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According to Wikipedia, a rating system intended as an improvement on the ELO system:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glicko_ra ... 0deviation.

The name of the painting I posted:

https://www.artifactcollectors.com/i-ha ... 38618.html

Confusingly, refers to EM Bennett not FM but maybe they have misread the signature?

I found it via google images, searching on something like 'hunting men fireside paintings' then 'Bennetts paintings' after spotting that some of his paintings looked vaguely like Justins (red coats, stately lounge etc). I also tried searching on chess as Bennett seems to have done quite a few painti...

Doubtful, given he was born in 1984 .....

Looks like FM Bennett, or someone reproducing his artwork or style. The link below is a painting almost identical to part of the painting posted by Justin. https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=42NECXqU&id=B532F0FCB54C2112F6E40090D1CB18EC779C63ED&thid=OIP.42NECXqUwAFLdKs76F7rZwHaFj&m...

There's a link here to some interesting stuff:

https://www.chess.com/article/view/supe ... haircut%21

I think there could be a lot but it depends on your definition of superstition. Players might have a 'lucky' or favourite pen to record the scores, flask and cup for their drinks, particular clothes .... even the way they move the pieces or where they place the captured pieces.

And what exactly is 'digital hygiene?'

Another issue is that we know what happens with flu - come March/April the number of cases falls dramatically. We don't know have the same understanding of Coronavirus.

Ben Youngs (England's scrum half) in todays Daily Mail:

"The role of a 9 has changed so much", he said. "It's just like a game of chess now...…."

I couldn't possibly comment.

Chinese Chess Board Set for sale - see pic. Condition very good. Any reasonable offer accepted. Sorry, I should make it clear that I found the pic online. It looks new, mine is 'condition very good.' I can post an actual pic, or send an actual pic to anybody who is interested. Thanks. 25655345_614.j...

Are non-chess jokes allowed? If so, one of my favourites from Tim Vine:

I thought my wife was joking when she said she was going to leave me because of my obsession with The Monkees. And then I saw her face.

There's also the point that introverts can act in an extrovert way when needed, at least sometimes (and indeed vice versa). I remember being on a course at work a few years back where the lecturer, who was talking about the subject, said that 'the real him' was the person we had just encountered in ...

Kasparov had a strong history prior to his first grading though. Botvinnik for one, Leonard Barden for another were raving about him from a young age eg didn't Botvinnik say something like the future of chess was in his hands? And Leonard predicted he would be world champion following Kasparovs perf...