Amazing Leicester success ..Glenn Flear wins 1986 London Masters

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Re: Amazing Leicester success ..Glenn Flear wins 1986 London Masters

Post by JustinHorton » Thu May 05, 2016 6:46 am

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Re: Amazing Leicester success ..Glenn Flear wins 1986 London Masters

Post by Brian Towers » Sat May 07, 2016 9:42 pm

UK City of Culture 2016 anybody? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwV5NYt4CiI
Ah, but I was so much older then. I'm younger than that now.
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Re: Amazing Leicester success ..Glenn Flear wins 1986 London Masters

Post by John Clarke » Wed May 11, 2016 12:17 pm

Christopher Kreuzer wrote:What is the furthest a rank outsider has got towards a shot at the world title?
Rocky Balboa of course. :mrgreen:

More seriously, wasn't Anderssen something of a surprise at London 1851? (To Staunton,anyway.) What sort of reputation did he come with?
"The chess-board is the world ..... the player on the other side is hidden from us ..... he never overlooks a mistake, or makes the smallest allowance for ignorance."
(He doesn't let you resign and start again, either.)
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