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There is little information available about the late ADRIAN JACKSON

He used to play for Cavendish Club, but retired when his playing strength deteriorated.
He was a Physics teacher in secondary school.

Born 1959. Last rated 2218.

Ay further help would be welcome.

Harry Golmbek told me he had few problems handling Vera.

The late Eline Pritchard told me she remembered sitting on Vera's k nee when a child.

Harry was the first person to receive the OBE simply for serices to chess.
I have no doubt this was due tO the inflence of Sir Stuart Milner-Barry who was, at one time, secretary of the Honours Commission. Others followed.

They are the politicians and possibly the medicos. I have not researched the matter. But I have seen no note about people at risk being encouraged to take vitamin D suplements. Have you?

Matt >I suppose he found it harder to lose that variety of chess on time.< Saemisch was invited to play in a round robin norm tournament. It was before the days of rating. They needed another GM to meet the requirements. He accepted, but thought it ridiculous. So he deliberately lost all his games o...

Why have they not encouraged BAME people to take vitmin D supplements? Surely it is well known they do not assimilate vitamin D from sunlight as easily as white people.

I haddn't realised the idiot was Samisch. And to think, I once lost to him at 10 second chess.

In the late 1990s I was contacted by the compilers of questions for University Challenge. They wanted the correct answer to, 'Who is the World Chess Champion?' I told them not to ask the question, Karpov or Kasparov could have been the answer. I then gave the researcher a new question. 'How many squ...

Feature film 'GIRL IN THE SPIDER'S WEB' before the credits starts with two little sisters playig a chess game with a chessclock and everything. The game went by too quickly to see all the moves. It ends in announcing chckmate.

I FIRST CAME UPON THIS THREAD TODAY AND, AS IS MY PRACTICE, STARTED AT THE END.

You all should note that, referring to people just by their initials or first name, is likely to lead to misunderstandings.

Roger >It's yet to be tested, but if any chess player was banned by WADA, would such a ban be legal in the UK?< FIDE is recognised by the IOC as a sport. Thus a ban may be upheld in FIDE events, even if held in Britain. I thought Shaun Press's principled stand against a random drug test was foolish....

I am sure Roger is correcta and these matters vary from server to server.
However, I am sure there is no 75 move rule where the arbier steps in and decares a draw.
I don't know whether they look ahead and, if they see the position cannot be won ny either side, then ceclare the game drawn.

Soheil online. If you touch a piece with your cursor, you don't have to move it. Just let go and try again. If a position is reached for the third time, with the same player to move; then the computer declares it drawn. It is usually impossible to aggravate your opponent. I don't know whether they h...

I have said that I may give up chess when my FIDE standardplay rating goes below 1939. But, when I said that, I didn't realise that I would be having a 6 month layoff - so far.

HSBC TV ad shows a man and a woman playing chess very, very briefly.