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[John Moore]

Much older - Stewart! But surely people like me who are semi-retired have the time to offer things - even if it's only taking over captaincy duties. Anyway looking forward to finals day tomorrow. Essex U175s - playing Surrey in Leicester! Usual sort of thing!

[David Robertson]

Professor David Robertson has obviously hit on a great economic model. Discourage all chess organisers and the costs will go down dramatically. Why did I not think of that 55 years ago?

Who needs to discourage them? They walk off the job without any encouragement at all. Merely a pinprick to their vanity, or a mild attack of the vapours, is usually all it takes