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[Vlad Drkulec]

We look forward to reduced spending on FIDE. I can say that dealing with the FIDE office is very pleasant these days. We had a situation where two youngsters...

[Vlad Drkulec]

I would start with the CFC chess training manual that FIDE really likes or at least used to in the previous regime.

http://chess.ca/site...

[Vlad Drkulec]

I still have a copy of Dorfman's "The Method". I bought the second copy intending to give away as a prize. While it was laying there a long-time...

[Vlad Drkulec]

Hmmm... I sold a copy of the Dorfman book for something like 25 dollars a few years ago after buying it for $15 used.

[Vlad Drkulec]

I think 1400 players is a fairly safe record for the moment. I believe you said that there were 1600 one year.

[Vlad Drkulec]

Rating floor is 2200. I believe some of the details were released during the last CFC voting members meeting.

http://www.chesscanada.in...

[Vlad Drkulec]

Actually, the move appears 204 times in Megabase 2019 by players rated as high as 2400. The move also independently appeared in the games of at least...