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by Christopher Kreuzer
Thu Mar 28, 2024 9:20 am
Forum: Chess History
Topic: Britbase Updates
Replies: 269
Views: 37378

Re: Britbase Updates

The other part-game between Woollard and Kelly provided some chess interest. After 10 Qe2, in this position... 6q1/r7/2nR1B1p/1k1pP3/2pPp3/2P1P3/4QK1P/8 b - - 0 10 ... Black missed a chance to turn the tables. It's far from obvious. That is really nice. You wonder how they found combinations like t...
by Christopher Kreuzer
Wed Mar 27, 2024 1:10 pm
Forum: Deaths & Obituaries
Topic: Keith Escott
Replies: 8
Views: 434

Re: Keith Escott

Are there any details of his work as "an editor of BCM"?
by Christopher Kreuzer
Wed Mar 27, 2024 1:07 pm
Forum: Deaths & Obituaries
Topic: Alan Beresford
Replies: 9
Views: 510

Re: Alan Beresford

Good to put some faces to names, thanks Mick!
by Christopher Kreuzer
Wed Mar 27, 2024 1:02 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Young Authors
Replies: 13
Views: 709

Re: Young Authors

You would have thought the interlinking of databases and the way in which searches can be done now, that it might be trivial to extract a list of teenaged authors of chess books. Be aware that some will have been written while a teenager and published aged 20 (could also define the limit as under 18...
by Christopher Kreuzer
Fri Mar 22, 2024 6:30 am
Forum: Chess History
Topic: Britbase Updates
Replies: 269
Views: 37378

Re: Britbase Updates

There's a mention of STK Wilkinson in the junior event - I assume he is no longer with us? To prompt further interest in Kevin's enquiry (there are many references to Wilkinson over his playing career, far more than the two below): (i) An S.T.K. Wilkinson is shown (graded 144) playing for Wimbledon...
by Christopher Kreuzer
Thu Mar 21, 2024 5:36 pm
Forum: 4NCL
Topic: 4NCL 2023-24 Division Two
Replies: 15
Views: 1843

Re: 4NCL 2023-24 Division Two

Thank you Jonathan. I should apologise, as I was actually thinking of the performance of a Kingston team in winning the 1st Division of the 4NCL (the online one), though the OTB progression gets mentioned as well: https://kingstonchess.com/club-history-2/ John Foley entered a Kingston ChessPlus team...
by Christopher Kreuzer
Thu Mar 21, 2024 5:32 pm
Forum: Chess History
Topic: Britbase Updates
Replies: 269
Views: 37378

Re: Britbase Updates

Any chance you met or know who "Capt. O. Range" was? (Mentioning it in case you or John missed the additions to that thread.)
by Christopher Kreuzer
Thu Mar 21, 2024 5:29 pm
Forum: Not Chess!
Topic: OGWT
Replies: 26
Views: 852

Re: OGWT

I am not sure asking on a chess forum will get you a credible answer. There are actually archives and sources out there that may help. The University of Reading is a good place to start for this sort of thing. The BBC Television Audience Research Reports, 1957-1979: recorded opinions and invisible e...
by Christopher Kreuzer
Thu Mar 21, 2024 8:34 am
Forum: International News
Topic: Reykjavik 2024
Replies: 53
Views: 4820

Re: Reykjavik 2024

Fair points, Kevin. That is the same ending Dan Fernandez managed to lose, though the slip came when it had simplified to KRP vs KR. I think my perspective of the results by Peter Large and Dan Bisby (and others) are slightly coloured by the nature of their losses. Both results are overall actually ...
by Christopher Kreuzer
Thu Mar 21, 2024 12:21 am
Forum: Not Chess!
Topic: OGWT
Replies: 26
Views: 852

Re: OGWT

The shorter-lived precursors (of which I knew nothing, just like this one) included the fascinating 'Colour Me Pop':

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colour_Me_Pop

Apparently it was designed to "celebrate the new introduction of colour to British television".
by Christopher Kreuzer
Wed Mar 20, 2024 10:31 pm
Forum: 4NCL
Topic: 4NCL 2023-24 Division Two
Replies: 15
Views: 1843

Re: 4NCL 2023-24 Division Two

Audible Checks? Are there no checks(!) on team names? On other matters, can I ask your views on the progress of the CSC/Kingston team? I have been following with interest and wondered if their emergence has been a bit unexpected or a natural progression?
by Christopher Kreuzer
Wed Mar 20, 2024 10:26 pm
Forum: Chess History
Topic: Chess history trivia
Replies: 1349
Views: 124358

Re: Chess history trivia

A 50/50 chance and I blew it! (The fact I have that publication makes it a bit :oops: ...)
by Christopher Kreuzer
Wed Mar 20, 2024 10:16 pm
Forum: International News
Topic: Reykjavik 2024
Replies: 53
Views: 4820

Re: Reykjavik 2024

He has performed well. Hopefully he can finish with a draw or win. Is it just me, or have the other results from ENG players been underwhelming? (A good performance from the Welsh player I have highlighted a few times, but that seems to be about it). Well, Bodhana missing a mate in two against an IM...
by Christopher Kreuzer
Wed Mar 20, 2024 10:15 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Capablanca v James E Lewis (manhatton Chess Club1941)
Replies: 10
Views: 646

Re: Capablanca v James E Lewis (manhatton Chess Club1941)

Matt Mackenzie wrote:
Wed Mar 20, 2024 10:08 pm
Mona May Karff?

A reasonably well known US female player, if that's who it is.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mona_May_Karff

Goodness. That will teach me to post without checking first! Very well known (certainly to her contemporaries).
by Christopher Kreuzer
Wed Mar 20, 2024 10:06 pm
Forum: Chess History
Topic: Chess history trivia
Replies: 1349
Views: 124358

Re: Chess history trivia

Vodka distillers, followed by sex workers.

No, seriously, generic groups like factory workers or agricultural workers seem the only ones large enough. I am going to go for "factory workers".