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Chess.com simply does not allow takebacks in rated games.
In Lichess under your own Preferences, subsection "Game behavior", it is possible to set "Takebacks (with opponent approval): Never / Always / In casual games only".

Matt Mackenzie wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 05, 2021 6:03 pm

John Upham wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 05, 2021 11:50 am

CHESS & Bridge are offering for download the first ever issue of CHESS
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You have to pay for it though......

If I can find six florins, I'll subscribe for the entire year.

Tim Harding wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 04, 2021 11:05 am

I always got on very well with BH and Marjorie, especially during the few months I lived in Birmingham [...]

What year was that? Were you ever a member of Sutton Coldfield Chess Club?

Not in the same class as the Blackpool Conference, but I played in the Birmingham Rapidplay, Sunday 15th March. Sutton Coldfield's Henrik Stepanyan won the Open.

I well remember many players awkwardly bump elbows at the start of a game only to forgetfully shake hands at the end.

Unknown Hinson: Sweet Pain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBxLGZTRwmE

Reverend Horton Heat: Where in the Hell Did You Go with My Toothbrush?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyuChrBmINg

There's at least another word pronounced differently if initially capitalised. I'll give a clue as to the one I'm thinking about: it starts with the first letter of the alphabet. I've thought of a possible answer but don't want to dive in until others have seen the question. If I am correct it's a ...

Matthew Turner wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 10, 2021 5:02 pm

Congratulations

There's at least another word pronounced differently if initially capitalised. I'll give a clue as to the one I'm thinking about: it starts with the first letter of the alphabet.

Keith Arkell wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 03, 2021 1:51 am

I think Juga Di Prima has the ideal style for a James Bond theme song. Take a listen and see what you think: https://youtu.be/21QpsK7LRM4

Magnificent!

What is "neural net" and "github" Developers of "free" and open source software might use GitHub as the public storehouse of their shareable code. Chess engines used to have humanly intuitive, fixed internal settings (like bonuses for the bishop pair or fewer pawn islands) whose values would have b...

Hash (transposition table) usage.

In 1851 when the Immortal Game was played it can indeed be seen that Kieseritzky played Black. The earliest publication of the game I have seen (and possibly it was the first publication) was in Kling and Horwitz's magazine "The Chess Player" on page 2 of the very first issue. Shortly after it was ...

Where to start. Look at the introduction to Soviet Chess, full of personalized insults, such as the Soviets being 'the world's greatest liars' yet it tries to pass itself off as an academic publication, well at least it has the pretentions as such. Chess players should stick to chess theory and onl...

Reshevsky rarely missed a trick, ever. He had the help of such a steward in Great Yarmouth 1935 when he beat BH Wood. (See The Great Reshevsky on the Forward Chess platform.)

It is interesting that Roberts claimed chess to be "work" as if he were a professional, although playing in a lower section.

A few thoughts... Beware unrealistic quora. Imagine if a few people leave the club for whatever reason. There are real life cases of organisations unable (constitutionally) to call a meeting or replace officials, etc. Don't state an address unnecessarily. Venues are lost quicker than constitutions c...

My top three every year. 1. Slade — Merry Xmas Everybody [1973]. Noddy Holder called this perennial hit his equivalent of a pension plan. 2. The Waitresses — Christmas Wrapping [1981]. New wave, story-telling song with a happy ending. In real life the lead singer died of lung cancer aged 40. 3. Chuc...