Media comments on chess
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An interview in today's Telegraph "Ultratravel" magazine with Lily James (Downton Abbey, War and Peace, Cinderella etc), talking of a trip to Hamilton Island, Australia, says,
"We had a villa that was really secluded, with beautiful views, and I played chess all day, read and sunbathed."
"We had a villa that was really secluded, with beautiful views, and I played chess all day, read and sunbathed."
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Ukrainian chess tournament ends… in a knock-out
A chess duel at a major competition in Ukraine evolved into a fist-fight after a coach became incensed by the way his pupil was being treated.
https://www.rt.com/news/337671-ukrainia ... ournament/
A chess duel at a major competition in Ukraine evolved into a fist-fight after a coach became incensed by the way his pupil was being treated.
https://www.rt.com/news/337671-ukrainia ... ournament/
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This might be true, but RT is not exactly a reliable source where Ukraine is concerned.
"Do you play chess?"
"Yes, but I prefer a game with a better chance of cheating."
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"Yes, but I prefer a game with a better chance of cheating."
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From ITV London News:
(Lambeth Council is closing Carnegie Library in Herne Hill. It will reopen in 2017 as a gym with token self-service library.)ITV London News wrote:For the past 16 years the Carnegie Library has hosted a chess club run by Edward Ochagavia, a survivor of the Nazi siege of Stalingrad in 1942.
"I'm a very old man. I survived the Stalingrad battle in 1942, but at the moment I can't survive the Lambeth Council closure of the Carnegie Library."
– EDWARD OCHAGAVIA, CHESS CLUB FOUNDER"
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A recent episode of sci fi series EXTANT starring Halle Berry was titled Zugswang and featured a code hidden with a chess game
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Many world-class chess players are simply not cut out for the nonstop self-promotion that celebrity culture demands.
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I was wondering whether the FIDE President would feature in the Panama revelations.
No, or not yet, but the 1972 Champion gets a mention.
http://www.theguardian.com/news/2016/ap ... ings-stars
The slightly suspect nature of his 1992 Serbian prize money presumably contributed to the use of a complex structure designed to maintain secrecy.
Former BCF/ECF sponsor, Smith & Williamson, gets a name check, not for chess, but for involvement with the Blairmore fund run by Cameron senior and others.
No, or not yet, but the 1972 Champion gets a mention.
http://www.theguardian.com/news/2016/ap ... ings-stars
The slightly suspect nature of his 1992 Serbian prize money presumably contributed to the use of a complex structure designed to maintain secrecy.
Former BCF/ECF sponsor, Smith & Williamson, gets a name check, not for chess, but for involvement with the Blairmore fund run by Cameron senior and others.
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There is a programme about the Polgar sisters on Radio 4 Extra at 11.15am today.
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How four men survived as hostages of IS: 'We played chess a lot'. Harrowing stuff. Chess is obviously only a small part of the story.
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Thanks for that IanIan Kingston wrote:How four men survived as hostages of IS: 'We played chess a lot'. Harrowing stuff. Chess is obviously only a small part of the story.
Puts everything into context reallychess, with pieces fashioned from cheese cartons with nail clippers
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An electrician who worked with Stanley Kubrick on The Shining:
We played chess now and then. He’d slaughter me.
"Do you play chess?"
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"It's a chess match so far" BT Sport commentator after 25 minutes of Man City v Real Madrid.
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Standard football code for "it's still 0-0"LawrenceCooper wrote:"It's a chess match so far" BT Sport commentator after 25 minutes of Man City v Real Madrid.
But what would have to happen in a game of chess for us to say "it's like a game of football"?
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Either a biting incident or something to do with the arbiter.Jonathan Rogers wrote: But what would have to happen in a game of chess for us to say "it's like a game of football"?
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The spectators chanting obscene slogans at the players, while officials try desperately but ineffectually to remove them from the playing area.Jonathan Rogers wrote:Standard football code for "it's still 0-0"LawrenceCooper wrote:"It's a chess match so far" BT Sport commentator after 25 minutes of Man City v Real Madrid.
But what would have to happen in a game of chess for us to say "it's like a game of football"?