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"So i am still looking fo a real-life situation where zugswang occurs. Any suggestions?"

I was idly watching "Motorway Cops" or some such where a camera crew follows them about and you get horrified by what morons do on the road. There was one this morning where someone had crashed on their own and overturned on the motorway. One HGV was following and swerved violently to avoid the wreckage, a second HGV realised he could not swerve to the right as there was another vehicle there, so he stood on the brakes and ploughed into the wreckage. Could that be regarded as Zugswang? (Nobody died.)

Kevin Thurlow wrote:Could that be regarded as Zugswang? (Nobody died.)

Only if the third option existed of stopping instantaneously, which it didn't.

LOL, recent posts suggest the quiz question, "How many z's in the word 'zugzwang'?"

oops - thought it looked a bit odd and I didn't check...

Don't worry about it Kevin, every time I write a post I'm in spelling zugzwang.
No matter what how I arrange the letters it will be wrong.
(Some days I think my whole life has been one long Zugzwang.)

Currently om ITV+1 Danny Gormally is appearing o the quiz progamme 'The Chaser'. He has reached the final.
My sister pointed this out to me.

LOOK AWAY if you don't want to know Danny's result.


He won £4000 which he described as a lot of money for him. My sister, Rose, said he made a most pculiar tactical decision.

Stewart Reuben wrote:LOOK AWAY if you don't want to know Danny's result.


He won £4000 which he described as a lot of money for him. My sister, Rose, said he made a most pculiar tactical decision.

Was that a repeat of the 2013 show or another appearance? http://www.ecforum.org.uk/viewtopic.php?t=5933

Reading about it, this was a repeat. He surely couldn't again have gone for -£2000.

Will he get repeat fees?

Another repeat and he'll get a draw

There is a picture of a chess player on the BBC sport homepage. I'll leave you to read the story and see if you can work out why
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport

Disappointing clue in the Times crossword today; "Maybe castle's staff (3)"

Matthew Turner wrote:There is a picture of a chess player on the BBC sport homepage. I'll leave you to read the story and see if you can work out why
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport

Ha yes I spotted that. Note the weirdness of the photo in the actual story.

There is an article in yesterday's Guardian on chess in Primary schools, focusing on the work of CSC:
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2 ... ry-schools

Headline: Schools teach chess to help ‘difficult’ pupils concentrate
Game takes off in primaries as a way to lure pupils away from their phone screens