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Jonathan Rowson on Chess and Happiness in the New York Times

(It may be pay-walled. If so, I'll post the text on request)

Sorry. I've just noticed the article is from 2019

RIP

What a pity. I wish we'd met, and chatted. Or better, conversed

Hasting is receiving a little support from FIDE. It is more complex than an British only event. David Robertson presumably would advise not holding it this year, due to start 8 or 29 December. Any advice? Yes. It depends on planning horizon and critical path. If the planning horizon starts now, I'd...

The harbinger of doom! Mind you the 1918/19 Spanish 'Flu pandemic came in three waves, the second the most virulent by far and the third the least. It returned in a much milder form in 1920 with only a handful of deaths. Of course, in those times there was no vaccine, but according to the results p...

From the Torbay Chess Congress website "On a positive note, we are planning to hold the 2021 Congress on Armistice weekend (12th - 14th November). We hope to start accepting entries for the 2021 Congress around the middle of 2021. On a negative note, don't plan too deep. This event won't happen. We...

Professor Mestel, if you will (though I doubt he'll be troubled)

NickFaulks wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 24, 2021 7:46 pm

The point I find most interesting is that this gratification still seems to apply in conditions of anonymity. Why?

Most people live an unexamined life

NIC - Norway in Charge

It would seem that Malcolm Pein has Covid. We wish him a safe and rapid recovery of course. Meanwhile, this exchange took place with Nigel Short. Funny at several levels

MJMcCready wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 20, 2021 6:52 pm

DO we know when the schedule and pairings will be announced?

Never mind that.

Who is the cheating ECF Arbiter?

And which squads have cheating Captains?

Should we look to no-shows for answers?

Simon Rogers wrote: ↑

Tue Dec 29, 2020 7:36 pm

Hi Geoff. Just wandering the latest on Alex. Is he out of hospital?

He's doing fine. Not ready to oblige the Forum's coffin-chaser just yet

Danny Gormally withdraws, cites cheating

I've been idly following Phil's prospects here for some while. District 1 is a rock-solid REP seat. Yet the local polling has, these past several weeks, been calling it far, far closer than 65-34; never 'too close to call' though. The incumbent, Gaetz, is a rancid piece of work. But clearly, the vot...

Jonathan Rogers wrote: ↑

Sat Oct 17, 2020 5:39 pm

if elected, would have rather a large effect on Board deliberations

We can be pretty sure "deliberations" are not all it would have had an effect on

Christopher Kreuzer wrote: ↑

Sat Oct 10, 2020 10:21 am

John Clarke did mention in his original post that he had "written about him before in various other threads on this site..." [snip] For what John Clarke wrote earlier, see here

Thanks. I didn't follow the Central YMCA thread. I get the drift, so best leave it there