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Originally posted by atticus2Love your work atticus - and your appropriate Anderssen quote ( albeit with a little license )
Yes indeed. And it's already turning into a [b]juksende drittsekk convention[/b]
skeeter
Originally posted by atticus2I realize it's a Clown Car and that the winner will almost certainly be an engine.
Yes indeed. And it's already turning into a [b]juksende drittsekk convention[/b]
Originally posted by fabien75I doubt it's fear of the police. There is no policing system in place any more. Not for engine-checking anyway.
The number of strong players ( +2000-2100 ) is really small, for the moment....
Fear of the police ..😉 ?
Originally posted by atticus2last years winner has not entered this years event (yet) re-tune first?
I doubt it's fear of the police. There is no policing system in place any more. Not for engine-checking anyway.
The absence of 2200+ players might in fact be related to the farce at the top of the leader board. If no effort is being expended to eliminate the most obvious cheats, why bother entering? You'll notice that just about 50% of the 'top 30' have ...[text shortened]...
I continue to play tournaments, many within clubs. But not the Championship, no thanks
Originally posted by maitkenhead2012 - 872 (so far)
Is it just me, or is this tournament looking smaller than earlier ones? I was looking through some old posts about last year's tourney, and people were talking about 15 people in the final. Unless there are a lot of drawn first and second rounds, that wouldn't happen this year. Surely the numbers interested can't have dropped.