Jan 30	Round 1
Feb 13	Round 2
Feb 27	Round 3
Mar 13	Round 4
Mar 27	Round 5
Apr 10	Round 6
Apr 24	Round 7

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1960	Paul Edwards	pe002a6452
1958	Lloyd Retallick (Bye Rd.4)	LloydRet
1838	Ian George	roskearman
1801	Trevor Palmer	TeePal
1780	Jamie Morgan	eimajuk
1733	Gary Trudeau	uagain
1717	Kieran Macphail	Pentire
1657	Nigel Kirkman	Knighski9
1552	Bryan Jones	Bjonse
1464	Maria Evdokimova	VasilisaKrasa
1431	Ian Renshaw	carrickian
1418	Maurice Richards	maurice48
1378	Philip May	mproines
1347	Chris Brough	ChrisPBrough
1294	Hugh Brown (Bye rd.1)	hughgb
1264	Lloyd Russell	LloydRussell
1200	John James	johnjamespenzance

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4^th Cornwall Online Congress

The tournament starts on 30^th January 2022

Round 1 - to be played by Sunday 30 January

The draw is shown below.

The first named player has white and should issue the challenge.

Instructions on how to do this are here

Game must Be RATED.

Rate of play: 45 minutes each with 15 second per move increments from move 1.

The players should make contact immediately so that they can arrange the date and time for their games.

As soon as arrangements have been agreed, both players need to inform me by email (3a.roskear@gmail.com), text (07890 133221) or lichess message (roskearman). It is very important that this is done as soon as possible in order to avoid misunderstandings.

If the players cannot agree a date and time for their games, please contact me as soon as possible so that a date and time can be arranged.

After the games have been played, I need both players to send me the results without delay so that I can publish them and update the standings as soon as possible.

The list of entries with email addresses is here.

Prizes: 1^st: £50. 2^nd: £30. 3^rd: £20, 4^th: £15. Grading prizes: U1750, U1400 £10 each

The rules are here.

Pairings, results and standings will also be on chess-results.com.

Paul Edwards	(0)	v	Bryan Jones	(0)
Maria Evdokimova	(0)	v	Lloyd Retallick	(0)
Ian George	(0)	v	Ian Renshaw	(0)
Maurice Richards	(0)	v	Trevor Palmer	(0)
Jamie Morgan	(0)	v	Philip May	(0)
Chris Brough	(0)	v	Gary Trudeau	(0)
Kieran Brough	(0)	v	Lloyd Russell	(0)
John James	(0)	v	Nigel Kirkman	(0)
Hugh Brown	(0)	½	BYE

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Draw Offers

There have been several instances in our league and congress of players intending to offer or accept a draw and pressing the RESIGN button instead. This is partly due to the poor design of the relevant lichess page where, instead of placing the DRAW button at either end of the page a long way from the RESIGN button, they have put it in the centre of a row of closely spaced buttons with the RESIGN button on the right.

Where this has arisen so far the positions have been dead drawn with no winning prospects for either side. In all cases the situation was resolved afterwards by fine sportsmanship on the part of the "winner" in agreeing to a draw.

In order to prevent this situation occurring in their games, I would urge all players to check carefully before offering or agreeing a draw.

Ian George

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Take Back Requests

In common with other online platforms lichess allows players to make a take back request, which the opponent is at liberty to grant or refuse as he or she sees fit. The principal use of this is where a mouse slip cause a player to move a piece to an unintended square.

I understand how frustrating this is, having done it myself more than once. I also understand that momentary loss of control might affect, for example, an arthritis sufferer. Having said that, I believe that competitive online play should, wherever possible, be conducted according to the same principles as over the board play. Furthermore the use of take back requests has the potential for creating a form of "moral blackmail" whereby the opponent considers that he or she will, unfairly, be thought guilty of poor sportsmanship if he or she refuses.

Accordingly, while I'm not going to a make a rule prohibiting take back requests, I do not think that they should be used in our online competitions. I therefore request all players to refrain from making them. If you do make one and your opponent refuses, please remember that he or she has every right to do so and that for some people this is a matter of principle.

The above remarks apply only to our formal competitions and not to the less formal events that we organise from time to time.

Ian George

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Last updated 13/1/2022