British Equivalent of US National Master title ?!

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John Saunders
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Re: British Equivalent of US National Master title ?!

Post by John Saunders » Mon Sep 21, 2009 10:37 am

Stewart Reuben wrote:Andrew Whiteley once said the only use of a BM title was for chatting up birds.

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Really? I shall look upon Andrew in an entirely new light from now on. That is so charmingly 1960s that it's given me an idea for a Mike Myers-style spoof movie on chess in the Swinging Sixties to be called Andy. It opens with Cilla Black singing "What's it all about, Andy" over the opening credits and then cuts to a London pub. 'Andy' approaches 'Bird'...

Andy: "'Ullo, darlin', woss your name?"
Bird: "Oo! Wouldn't you like to know!"
Andy: "'Ere! I've got m' BM title parked outside. Fancy a ride?"
Bird: "Oo! 'Ow d'ya get that, then?
Andy: "Well, I 'ad to checkmate a few geezers down at 'Astings, know wot I mean?"

etc etc.

Perhaps Richard could comment on the 'bird-pulling' potential of the IM title. I wonder if you misheard Andrew and he was in fact referring to his BMX bike.
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Re: British Equivalent of US National Master title ?!

Post by Matthew Turner » Mon Sep 21, 2009 10:45 am

I did hear a similarly good quote from Mr. Whiteley about the I.M. title

"It's not about the kudos, it's about the free meals"

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Re: British Equivalent of US National Master title ?!

Post by Chris Fewtrell » Mon Sep 21, 2009 11:16 am

Hi All,

On the subject of Andrew Whiteley, does he still have the best England player Olyumpiad performnce record or have things moved on

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Re: British Equivalent of US National Master title ?!

Post by John Saunders » Mon Sep 21, 2009 11:35 am

Chris Fewtrell wrote:Hi All,

On the subject of Andrew Whiteley, does he still have the best England player Olyumpiad performnce record or have things moved on

Chris Fewtrell
You would need to look it up on http://www.olimpbase.org/ which is a wonderful website for team chess stats. A quick check showed that Andrew had a 70% percentage for three Olympiads but that Matthew Sadler's was 72% for two Olympiads. There may be other contenders.
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Re: British Equivalent of US National Master title ?!

Post by Chris Fewtrell » Mon Sep 21, 2009 12:25 pm

John,

Many thanks

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Re: British Equivalent of US National Master title ?!

Post by James Pratt » Tue Jul 08, 2014 11:16 am

Andrew Whiteley has died. A full obituary is planned for BCM, naturally.

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Re: British Equivalent of US National Master title ?!

Post by Christopher Kreuzer » Tue Jul 08, 2014 12:30 pm

That is very sad news, James. Thanks for posting that here. Hopefully a link to any online obituary from BCM can be posted in the obituaries section here. Condolences to his friends and family.