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I knew Ewart relatively well, having played him in tournaments and the Berkshire League several times, but most importantly through chatting to him after the games. He was a kind man wth a dry sense of humour and met triumph and disaster with complete equanimity. I liked him

Vukovic seems to be getting it in the neck in this discussion, including the pejorative use of 'classic' in quotation marks. 'The Chess Sacrifice' was one of the earlier books I read when starting to play chess. I liked it then and I like it now. It was a seminal work in it's time, and for many year...

Yes, but chess.com renames existing lines that have been around for decades, and in at least one case over a century.

Basman at least assigned names to openings that didn't, as far as I know (although I'm waiting to be debunked!), already have them.

Nh3

Since when has been watching films been a cerebral activity? It depends what films you're talking about, John. If you watch films by auteur directors like Tarkovsky, Bergman, Dreyer, Hitchcock and Nolan to name but five, you need to be paying close attention to get the best out of the films. There ...

I'm just adding my voice to the others. I've always enjoyed playing in the Guernsey Chess Festival, not least because of the sterling efforts of Peter Rowe and Fred Hamperl. I too hope this isn't the end of a wonderful tournament.

From today's Guardian cryptic:

"Enquires about missing one rook and other pieces" (6)

From today's Guardian cryptic:

"You're a loser, says European partner"

I'm very sad to hear this shocking news. I played Kevin 5 times over a 23-year period, and of course saw him in many other matches against Bourne End. He was a real chess enthusiast who loved attacking play, and was a very nice man. My commiserations to his family, and to his friends, and especially...

IM Jack Rudd wrote: ↑

Thu May 09, 2019 7:20 pm

Mark Taylor wrote: ↑

Thu May 09, 2019 1:32 pm

Had we edged into the Promotion Pool we would actually have carried forward 7 points and been leading it

Impressive, seeing as one only carries forward the results of three matches.

Oops. I should have read the rules.

Qualifiers from Group A were ;- Check Innmates 1 (10); Kings Head (10), Fermented Sharks (8); Iceni 1 (7) Relegation Pool :- Leeds Old Boys (7); MK Phoenix (6) join CSC2 & Cambridge Univ 2. The board difference between Iceni and Leeds OBs was 20-19; Leeds manage to carry forward three losses into t...