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by James Plaskett
Wed Feb 21, 2024 8:18 am
Forum: Not Chess!
Topic: Millionaire Major Coughing Scandal
Replies: 44
Views: 12061

Re: Millionaire Major Coughing Scandal

https://www.thearticle.com/reasonable-d ... most_rated

All VOTES and comments from ECForum members most welcomed. 8)
by James Plaskett
Mon Oct 02, 2023 12:20 am
Forum: Deaths & Obituaries
Topic: Keith Spooner
Replies: 18
Views: 2194

Re: Keith Spooner

Oh dear, O Lor... let´s see if these CORRECT links are admissable in place of the INcorrect ones in that above Reply of mine (!) https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2023/sep/29/quiz-review-rory-bremner-chichester-festival-theatre?fbclid=IwAR0_1yHVLfRMK93uIcXt--uEfAC6JLcP5dMPxmqdvNhAGRfOutMwZw-6gXo htt...
by James Plaskett
Mon Oct 02, 2023 12:08 am
Forum: Deaths & Obituaries
Topic: Keith Spooner
Replies: 18
Views: 2194

Re: Keith Spooner

An interesting connection to the Who Wants to be a Millionaire thread - Keith's son, Paddy, has twice won a quarter of a million pounds / Australian dollars on the show: https://www.advertiserandtimes.co.uk/news/the-mystery-forest-man-behind-who-wants-to-be-a-millionaire-quiz-syndicate-9151391/ His...
by James Plaskett
Sun Oct 01, 2023 9:46 pm
Forum: Not Chess!
Topic: Millionaire Major Coughing Scandal
Replies: 44
Views: 12061

Re: Millionaire Major Coughing Scandal

A review of James Graham's play QUIZ. https://www.theguardian.com/.../quiz-review-rory-bremner... I accepted an invite to its Press Night on September 29th in Chichester at the start of a nationwide tour, due to my having co-authored the book upon which the play is based: Bad Show https://www.amazon...
by James Plaskett
Sun Sep 24, 2023 11:48 am
Forum: Deaths & Obituaries
Topic: Keith Spooner
Replies: 18
Views: 2194

Re: Keith Spooner

Why on earth was that "off topic"?
An earlier post on this thread mentioned Paddy Spooner as Keith´s son so mine was in "Reply" to that.

Had the English Chess Forum a "Reply" mechanism then, naturally, I would have used that!
by James Plaskett
Sat Sep 23, 2023 11:31 pm
Forum: Not Chess!
Topic: Millionaire Major Coughing Scandal
Replies: 44
Views: 12061

Re: Millionaire Major Coughing Scandal

Two days ago, after all this Covid Lockdown madness, the nationwide tour of QUIZ the play recommenced - https://www.cft.org.uk/news/this-story-isnt-as-simple-as-people-remember-restaging-quiz-six-years-on This time it´s Rory Bremner who plays Tarrant https://uk.news.yahoo.com/rory-bremner-chris-tarr...
by James Plaskett
Sun Aug 20, 2023 11:23 pm
Forum: Deaths & Obituaries
Topic: David W Anderton
Replies: 45
Views: 7707

Re: David W Anderton

Officer Moon told me he arrested Eley by knocking on his door. Eley then said he was too busy and tried to close it. Officer Moon had to explain that he was not asking for his co-operation; he was arresting him. Moon later told me there were MORE than seventy affadavits.He also, in view of the numbe...
by James Plaskett
Sun Aug 20, 2023 4:59 pm
Forum: Deaths & Obituaries
Topic: IM Beat Zueger
Replies: 4
Views: 946

Re: IM Beat Zueger

Sad news. Any insight as to the cause of death?
I played him in a double round event in Geneva in 1988 and it featured an instance of telepathy -

https://james-plasketts-coincidence-dia ... t-one.html
by James Plaskett
Sun Aug 20, 2023 4:52 pm
Forum: Deaths & Obituaries
Topic: David W Anderton
Replies: 45
Views: 7707

Re: David W Anderton

I told Anderton in no uncertain terms about Eley long before over 70 affadavits were sworn against him. He seemed not too bothered. I then said "I think your concerns might increase if it was your 10 year old son he was buggering." David Anderton, OBE, then looked at me in silence with a curious smi...
by James Plaskett
Sat Jul 08, 2023 3:23 pm
Forum: Deaths & Obituaries
Topic: Peter Gibbs
Replies: 11
Views: 2158

Re: Peter Gibbs

Sad news.
R.I.P.

The game shows what an animal you were in your youth, Keith. 8)
by James Plaskett
Thu Jun 22, 2023 10:30 am
Forum: Deaths & Obituaries
Topic: FM Orest Popovych
Replies: 2
Views: 852

Re: FM Orest Popovych

He played the Benko Gambit Vs me at Gausdal 1985... and the game even made it into Informator!
by James Plaskett
Wed Jun 14, 2023 7:27 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Pawn Sacrifice - the film
Replies: 41
Views: 6294

Re: Pawn Sacrifice - the film

Liev Schreiber, who played Spassky, also looks quite a bit like him, too! I agree with Nick re the fabulously interesting 13th game. And see my comment re Kavalek at the Obituaries thread re regretting sooooooo much not having quizzed him about working with Fischer on the adjourned position. :D Apro...
by James Plaskett
Wed Jun 14, 2023 10:32 am
Forum: Best of Chess
Topic: Bizarre opening
Replies: 11
Views: 1301

Re: Bizarre opening

Check out Gary's 11th and 12th moves here -
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessga ... =1#reply22