Last weekend I took the trains to Frodsham, near Chester, to take part in the Minor section of the Chess Congress held there. I stayed at the Old Hall Hotel in the town, a twenty minute walk to the venue, which was the Community Centre in Fluin Lane. I won my first game on the Friday evening, lost the next two on the Saturday, then drew one and won one on the Sunday, scoring 2.5/5.
There were quite a few other players from the Crewe Chess Club there as well, though I think some of them were traveling there by car each day. The Arbiter Francis Bowers was staying at the same hotel and we travelled together as far as Crewe on the return journey on Sunday evening. I think that was the first time I'd met him since the World Circular Chess in Lincoln some years ago.
Here are the results of the congress:
https://chess-results.com/tnr511730.aspx?lan=7&art=0&flag=30
Clicking on a player's name shows the games they played and the results.
I treated the weekend as a sort of holiday and spent some time walking around to see the local sights. Such as the Castle Park (though without a Castle) which was full of dog-walkers. Then on Sunday morning along to the river where there is an impressive Victorian railway viaduct, dated MDCCCL in prominent Roman numerals, high up. Unfortunately I forgot to take a camera.
Saturday, 8 February 2020
Monday, 20 January 2020
New Computer
This is just a test post using a new computer.
My old Samsung laptop seized up, apparently due to a faulty disc.
The new one is a Lenovo laptop with Windows 10 and WiFi connection.
It is taking me a while to get used to and to transfer files from the old machine.
This seems to have worked so far!
My old Samsung laptop seized up, apparently due to a faulty disc.
The new one is a Lenovo laptop with Windows 10 and WiFi connection.
It is taking me a while to get used to and to transfer files from the old machine.
This seems to have worked so far!
Sunday, 8 December 2019
Crewe Chess Congress
I forgot to post that I entered the Crewe Chess Congress on 27-29 September and won a grading prize for a 3.5 score in the Minor section. Since then I've only played in the Club and in a few team matches, away to other local clubs at Newcastle and Cheddleton and Meir. I was thinking of going in for other tournaments but the cost of travel and accommodation is getting prohibitive. I'm not sure if I will get to one of the Hastings tournaments after Christmas or in the New Year.
Wednesday, 2 October 2019
Knight's Tours Notes in 12 PDFs
On 26 September I published this version of my "Knights Tour Notes" in the form of 12 PDF monographs that can be downloaded from my publications page. I am really pleased, and indeed relieved, that I have been able to get this finished. Though new historical information has since come to light that makes part of it out of date already!
http://www.mayhematics.com/p/p.htm
Knight's Tour Notes by G. P. Jelliss
1 — Theory of Moves
2 — Walker Tours
3 — Shaped & Holey Boards
4 — Oblong Boards
5 — Odd & Oddly Even Boards
6 — Geometry of Chessboard Knight Tours
7 — Symmetry in Chessboard Knight Tours
8 — Octonary & Quaternary Pseudotours
9 — Magic Knight Tours
10 — Augmented Knight & Leaper Tours
11 — Alternative Worlds
12 — Chronology & Bibliography
This series of 12 monographs, contain much of the material from my Knight's Tour Notes web-pages. It was orignally proposed to publish it in book form but has proved too much to reproduce that way. It may be possible to produce a shorter book, in a more popular style, if a publisher can be found.
http://www.mayhematics.com/p/p.htm
Knight's Tour Notes by G. P. Jelliss
1 — Theory of Moves
2 — Walker Tours
3 — Shaped & Holey Boards
4 — Oblong Boards
5 — Odd & Oddly Even Boards
6 — Geometry of Chessboard Knight Tours
7 — Symmetry in Chessboard Knight Tours
8 — Octonary & Quaternary Pseudotours
9 — Magic Knight Tours
10 — Augmented Knight & Leaper Tours
11 — Alternative Worlds
12 — Chronology & Bibliography
This series of 12 monographs, contain much of the material from my Knight's Tour Notes web-pages. It was orignally proposed to publish it in book form but has proved too much to reproduce that way. It may be possible to produce a shorter book, in a more popular style, if a publisher can be found.
Tuesday, 24 September 2019
Magic Knight Tour 12x10
This is formed by simply adding a braid to one of Awani Kumar's recently found 12x6 magic tours.
The file and rank sums are 605 and 726.
The file and rank sums are 605 and 726.
Non-Crossing Knight Tour
I've been doing some more work on knight tours.
This is the best I've found for a closed non-crossing knight tour on 32x32 board.
820 moves which is 80% coverage.
This is the best I've found for a closed non-crossing knight tour on 32x32 board.
820 moves which is 80% coverage.
Monday, 26 August 2019
Update for June and July
I seem to have missed a month again.
On 26 June I played in a 5-round Blitz tournament at the Crewe Chess Club. Forget result.
On 27 June my computer website sub was due. It is just under £60 on a standing order, so OK.
On 30 June I reinstalled the scanner on my computer and began to scan material on knight's tours, beginning with a paper by Eggleton & Eid and the Retrograde Analysis of Dawson and Hundsdorfer that I have been meaning to copy for some time. It has now been uploaded to my website. I also gave it a mention on Alexander George's chessproblemnet pages.
On 10 July I renewed my ECF membership.
On 23 July as a member of a Crewe team I was taken by car to play in a special Rapid Play match at the Town Crier in Chester. I was on the bottom board (12) but fortunately managed to win both my games (as Black and White against the same opponent).
My ECF grade for rapid play is now up to 92 though my normal grade has dropped drastically to 66.
Addendum: I seem to have forgotten that I played in a local Rapid Play Tournament organised by the Crewe Chess Club and held at the Ibis Hotel on 19 May. In that I won a grading prize. The results are reported here: https://crewechessclub.co.uk/congress-results-2017/ The key to rapid play I find is to keep to openings you know quite well, but the opponent may not be familiar with. This enables one to build up a time advantage early on.
On 26 June I played in a 5-round Blitz tournament at the Crewe Chess Club. Forget result.
On 27 June my computer website sub was due. It is just under £60 on a standing order, so OK.
On 30 June I reinstalled the scanner on my computer and began to scan material on knight's tours, beginning with a paper by Eggleton & Eid and the Retrograde Analysis of Dawson and Hundsdorfer that I have been meaning to copy for some time. It has now been uploaded to my website. I also gave it a mention on Alexander George's chessproblemnet pages.
On 10 July I renewed my ECF membership.
On 23 July as a member of a Crewe team I was taken by car to play in a special Rapid Play match at the Town Crier in Chester. I was on the bottom board (12) but fortunately managed to win both my games (as Black and White against the same opponent).
My ECF grade for rapid play is now up to 92 though my normal grade has dropped drastically to 66.
Addendum: I seem to have forgotten that I played in a local Rapid Play Tournament organised by the Crewe Chess Club and held at the Ibis Hotel on 19 May. In that I won a grading prize. The results are reported here: https://crewechessclub.co.uk/congress-results-2017/ The key to rapid play I find is to keep to openings you know quite well, but the opponent may not be familiar with. This enables one to build up a time advantage early on.
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