All the best Leo... very best wishes etc.. re chess... remember you can put it to vacation.... but only for so long ....
Thanks Yorkie - yes I had forgotten about that but I don't think you get many days of vacation and our London trips are ever more frequent - I have a lovely birthday trip tomorrow up to the Cancer Ward
General info re. Vacation: http://support.chess.com/Knowledgeb...-for-a-while-but-i-dont-want-to-lose-my-games All new Chess.com accounts start out with 7 days of vacation time. All members then accrue an additional 2 vacation days per month: one on the 1st, & one on the 15th. Vacation time is capped at a certain maximum so that you can't keep accumulating vacation time forever. Your maximum allowable vacation time depends on your membership level: •Basic Members: 30 days
The info on draws is useful too: [TABLE] [TR] [TD]How do I claim a draw ? [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: kbcontents, colspan: 2"]In Live Chess, the "Draw" button is generally used to offer your opponent a draw, which may be accepted or declined. However, in the instance of Three-fold Repetition, you can use the "Draw" button to claim a draw, without your opponent having an option to decline. Once the position has repeated three times, make your move then click on the "Draw" button. This ends the game as a draw. In online or turn-based chess, once the position is repeated three times, make your move. Now, on the screen for that game, just below the notations box there will be text for you to click on that says "claim game". Click on that to claim the draw. This method also works for the 50-move rule, which states that the game may be drawn if 50 moves (100 ply) are played with no captures and no pawn moves. Finally, note that in cases where the opponent has insufficient material to mate (lone King, King + Knight, King + Bishop, King + 2 Knights) a draw will be automatically declared where there is a time-out. [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] Lots of things useful info here: http://support.chess.com/Knowledgebase/List
Very rare that I draw in chess. Think I've only ever drawn one on Chess.com, and that was because I felt my opponent had more potential to checkmate me than vice-versa.
I went on an excellent run last week of something like 10 or 11 wins and a draw in 11 or 12 games. And yes, you guessed it, none of them were league games
Thanks Toby - you thought I had "traps??!!" 2RJ bt Toby Tivvy, H ?? Any results..?? Norway .5 4 0 1 8 2RJ . 4 2 1 1 5 NNW . 4 2 0 2 4 Yorkie .3 0 1 2 1 Toby . 2 0 0 2 0
I'm in a game against Tivvy, but progress is fairly slow because we're never online at the same time. I reckon we'll get both games in before the end of May though.
Fraid I beat Toby too. On form I still regard him as one of the strongest players in this league. I suspect he'll come back with a vengeance in the second legs.
