If this is your first visit, be sure to
check out the FAQ by clicking the
link above. You may have to register
before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages,
select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.
Policy / Politique
The fee for tournament organizers advertising on ChessTalk is $20/event or $100/yearly unlimited for the year.
Les frais d'inscription des organisateurs de tournoi sur ChessTalk sont de 20 $/événement ou de 100 $/année illimitée.
You can etransfer to Henry Lam at chesstalkforum at gmail dot com
Transfér à Henry Lam à chesstalkforum@gmail.com
Dark Knight / Le Chevalier Noir
General Guidelines
---- Nous avons besoin d'un traduction français!
Some Basics
1. Under Board "Frequently Asked Questions" (FAQs) there are 3 sections dealing with General Forum Usage, User Profile Features, and Reading and Posting Messages. These deal with everything from Avatars to Your Notifications. Most general technical questions are covered there. Here is a link to the FAQs. https://forum.chesstalk.com/help
2. Consider using the SEARCH button if you are looking for information. You may find your question has already been answered in a previous thread.
3. If you've looked for an answer to a question, and not found one, then you should consider asking your question in a new thread. For example, there have already been questions and discussion regarding: how to do chess diagrams (FENs); crosstables that line up properly; and the numerous little “glitches” that every new site will have.
4. Read pinned or sticky threads, like this one, if they look important. This applies especially to newcomers.
5. Read the thread you're posting in before you post. There are a variety of ways to look at a thread. These are covered under “Display Modes”.
6. Thread titles: please provide some details in your thread title. This is useful for a number of reasons. It helps ChessTalk members to quickly skim the threads. It prevents duplication of threads. And so on.
7. Unnecessary thread proliferation (e.g., deliberately creating a new thread that duplicates existing discussion) is discouraged. Look to see if a thread on your topic may have already been started and, if so, consider adding your contribution to the pre-existing thread. However, starting new threads to explore side-issues that are not relevant to the original subject is strongly encouraged. A single thread on the Canadian Open, with hundreds of posts on multiple sub-topics, is no better than a dozen threads on the Open covering only a few topics. Use your good judgment when starting a new thread.
8. If and/or when sub-forums are created, please make sure to create threads in the proper place.
Debate
9. Give an opinion and back it up with a reason. Throwaway comments such as "Game X pwnz because my friend and I think so!" could be considered pointless at best, and inflammatory at worst.
10. Try to give your own opinions, not simply those copied and pasted from reviews or opinions of your friends.
Unacceptable behavior and warnings
11. In registering here at ChessTalk please note that the same or similar rules apply here as applied at the previous Boardhost message board. In particular, the following content is not permitted to appear in any messages:
* Racism
* Hatred
* Harassment
* Adult content
* Obscene material
* Nudity or pornography
* Material that infringes intellectual property or other proprietary rights of any party
* Material the posting of which is tortious or violates a contractual or fiduciary obligation you or we owe to another party
* Piracy, hacking, viruses, worms, or warez
* Spam
* Any illegal content
* unapproved Commercial banner advertisements or revenue-generating links
* Any link to or any images from a site containing any material outlined in these restrictions
* Any material deemed offensive or inappropriate by the Board staff
12. Users are welcome to challenge other points of view and opinions, but should do so respectfully. Personal attacks on others will not be tolerated. Posts and threads with unacceptable content can be closed or deleted altogether. Furthermore, a range of sanctions are possible - from a simple warning to a temporary or even a permanent banning from ChessTalk.
Helping to Moderate
13. 'Report' links (an exclamation mark inside a triangle) can be found in many places throughout the board. These links allow users to alert the board staff to anything which is offensive, objectionable or illegal. Please consider using this feature if the need arises.
Advice for free
14. You should exercise the same caution with Private Messages as you would with any public posting.
15. Have fun!
(Thanks to Nigel Hanrahan for writing these up!)
Update: Titanium Spring Chess Classic Open 2019 - March 8-10, 2019
Update: Titanium Spring Chess Classic Open 2019 - March 8-10, 2019
Hi everyone,
On behalf of the organizer (who does not have a chesstalk account), I would like to remind everyone the last day for early registration is March 7. Onsite payments are accepted; however, the fee goes up by $20. Tournament starts in less than a week.
The flyer I have says $ 100 regardless of section and a deadline of today, Friday, Mar. 1. I got an exception from Brian to be able to register on Monday, Mar. 4 due to my personal circumstances that I would not know 'til then whether I had a conflict.
Is the exception that I am getting to register on March 4 at the $ 100 rate, though the March 1 deadline will have passed? In other words, I normally would have had to pay $ 120 if I had registered on Mon., March 4? But since I have extenuating circumstances and contacted them BEFORE the end of today about all this, I was granted an exception?
Hi William: Thanks.....confusion cleared up ............ looking forward to seeing you, Brian and Corinna.........
At the moment, it seems I will be registering on Monday.......but my life is a bit chaotic, so I have to wait 'til then.........
And now it doesn't matter anyway with the deadline extension.... I can wait 'til March 7 if there is still some uncertainty.
But I do know it is a help to the organizer to know as early as possible who is going to come. So, I will avoid the $ 20 "on-site charge" by registering as early as I can (Before or on Thursday March 7). I note that Rd. 1 does start on Friday, Mar. 8 @7:00 PM, so the organizers do have a good part of the Friday to deal with the flood of Mar. 7 registrations in a pretty timely manner (When it comes to registering for chess tournaments, I fear we all are great procrastinators).
Bob A
Last edited by Bob Armstrong; Monday, 4th March, 2019, 07:32 AM.
Unfortunately, due to health reasons, I will not be playing in the Titanium Classic.....although I have 'til March 7 to register (Without on-site premium), this decision will not change.
Good luck to all of you with this "IronPerson" tournament! Hope you get a good turnout........I like to see organizers starting to think outside the box re official tournaments.....
Tweet
Update: Titanium Spring Chess Classic Open 2019 - March 8-10, 2019
Hope you get a good turnout........I like to see organizers starting to think outside the box re official tournaments.....
Comment