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- Mon Sep 21, 2026 7:02 pm
- Forum: Not Chess!
- Topic: Terrible Jokes
- Replies: 60
- Views: 20414
- Mon Sep 21, 2026 3:51 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Swiss Manager Questions / Updates ?
- Replies: 75
- Views: 31661
Re: Swiss Manager Questions / Updates ?
Updates from the 17th of this month: Changes 17.09.2026 Build 15.0.0.14 Bugfixing of the TRF26 file. The field "Round from" was not being considered when not all rounds were being output. Bugfixing of the TRF26 file for Swiss team tournaments where no players had been entered. This had resulted in i...
- Sun Sep 20, 2026 11:29 am
- Forum: Chess History
- Topic: Remembering Hugh Blandford (24-i-1917 20-ix-1981)
- Replies: 0
- Views: 68
Remembering Hugh Blandford (24-i-1917 20-ix-1981)
Remembering Hugh Blandford (24-i-1917 20-ix-1981)
https://britishchessnews.com/2020/09/20 ... 0-ix-1981/
https://britishchessnews.com/2020/09/20 ... 0-ix-1981/
- Hugh Blandford (24-i-1917 20-ix-1981)
- BlandfordBook.jpg (34.75 KiB) Viewed 68 times
- Sat Sep 19, 2026 6:11 pm
- Forum: Not Chess!
- Topic: Terrible Jokes
- Replies: 60
- Views: 20414
Re: Terrible Jokes
A duck walks into a chemist and asks for some Chapstick.
The chemist says, "That will be £1.99."
The duck says, "Put it on my bill."
The chemist says, "That will be £1.99."
The duck says, "Put it on my bill."
- Fri Sep 18, 2026 10:37 am
- Forum: Birthdays & Anniversaries
- Topic: Happy Birthday IM Richard Palliser (18-ix-1981)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7858
Happy Birthday IM Richard Palliser (18-ix-1981)
Happy Birthday IM Richard Palliser (18-ix-1981)
https://britishchessnews.com/2020/09/18 ... -palliser/
https://britishchessnews.com/2020/09/18 ... -palliser/
- M Richard Palliser (18-ix-1981), British Championnships, 2019
- bct_4335_lv_small.jpg (574.9 KiB) Viewed 168 times
- Wed Sep 16, 2026 7:30 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Winton British Chess Problem Society Finals 2026
- Replies: 0
- Views: 175
Winton British Chess Problem Society Finals 2026
The 2026 Winton Chess British Problem Solving Championships were organised by the British Chess Problem Society (BPCS) and held in Player Hall at The Butler Centre, Harrow School on Saturday, February 21st 2026 See if you can spot any OTB GMs amongst the solvers: https://johnupham.smugmug.com/Chess/...
- Wed Sep 16, 2026 5:05 pm
- Forum: Chess History
- Topic: Remembering FM John Littlewood (25-v-1931 16-ix-2009)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 529
Re: Remembering FM John Littlewood (25-v-1931 16-ix-2009)
John Saunders wrote: ↑Wed Sep 16, 2026 4:02 pmBig mistake by John Upham, to take the score from ChessBase's Mega Database: I often make Big mistakes!IM Jack Rudd wrote: ↑Wed Sep 16, 2026 3:13 pmSomething tells me black probably didn't actually play 44...Qe3+ in that game.
- Wed Sep 16, 2026 4:00 pm
- Forum: Chess History
- Topic: Remembering FM John Littlewood (25-v-1931 16-ix-2009)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 529
Re: Remembering FM John Littlewood (25-v-1931 16-ix-2009)
When did the BCM switch over to algebraic, come to think of it? (CHESS magazine had an algebraic edition from the late 1970s, before the full conversion when Pergamon relaunched it) The final edition of BCM in descriptive was the December 1975 issue. This was game #17399 and it was ARB Thomas vs MJ...
- Wed Sep 16, 2026 10:07 am
- Forum: Chess History
- Topic: Remembering FM John Littlewood (25-v-1931 16-ix-2009)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 529
Remembering FM John Littlewood (25-v-1931 16-ix-2009)
Remembering FM John Littlewood (25-v-1931 16-ix-2009)
https://britishchessnews.com/2020/09/16 ... 6-ix-2009/
https://britishchessnews.com/2020/09/16 ... 6-ix-2009/
- FM John Littlewood (25-v-1931 16-ix-2009)
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- Mon Sep 14, 2026 1:07 pm
- Forum: Junior Chess
- Topic: Hampshire Open Junior FIDE Blitz 2026
- Replies: 0
- Views: 122
Hampshire Open Junior FIDE Blitz 2026
Hampshire Junior Chess Association is running a fifteen round open junior FIDE (and ECF) rated blitz event on Sunday, October 25th This is the fifth running of this increasingly popular event for juniors. :D The prize fund currently sits at £215 and is likely to increase. See https://www.eventbrite....
- Mon Sep 14, 2026 11:42 am
- Forum: Chess History
- Topic: Remembering Alexander McDonnell (22-iv-1798 14-ix-1835)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 587
Re: Remembering Alexander McDonnell (22-iv-1798 14-ix-1835)
Alexander McDonnell (22-iv-1798 14-ix-1835) by Edward Winter
Can anyone else corroborate the image below?
Can anyone else corroborate the image below?
- Alexander McDonnell (22-iv-1798 14-ix-1835) by Edward Winter
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- Mon Sep 14, 2026 11:30 am
- Forum: Chess History
- Topic: Remembering Alexander McDonnell (22-iv-1798 14-ix-1835)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 587
Remembering Alexander McDonnell (22-iv-1798 14-ix-1835)
Remembering Alexander McDonnell (22-iv-1798 14-ix-1835)
https://britishchessnews.com/2020/09/14 ... 5-ix-1835/
https://britishchessnews.com/2020/09/14 ... 5-ix-1835/
- Sun Sep 13, 2026 3:56 pm
- Forum: Not Chess!
- Topic: Terrible Jokes
- Replies: 60
- Views: 20414
Re: Terrible Jokes
Hint: Alekhine or Aljechin (Al Yokin) was known to drink a fair bit.Christopher Kreuzer wrote: ↑Sun Sep 13, 2026 3:01 pmIs that one of those jokes you have to explain? (Possibly based on how to pronounce Alekhine correctly?)
- Sun Sep 13, 2026 11:58 am
- Forum: Not Chess!
- Topic: Terrible Jokes
- Replies: 60
- Views: 20414
Re: Terrible Jokes
I've just applied for a job in the new Citroen factory
I had to send in 2CVs
I had to send in 2CVs
- Sat Sep 12, 2026 6:44 pm
- Forum: Not Chess!
- Topic: Pedants United
- Replies: 534
- Views: 109302
Re: Pedants United
As an avid fan of monochrome talking picture films especially British B movies (film noir even more so) from the 1950 and 1960s I've noticed when years are not given via Roman numerals they quite often appear as I955 rather than 1955 for example. This is common place also in printed documents and el...