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by PeterTurland
Mon May 18, 2015 8:34 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Media comments on chess
Replies: 5968
Views: 737723

Re: Media comments on chess

If she is that good, it could give chess a tremendous boost, because it would inspire more women to learn to play and they would teach their sons.

Regards Peter.

http://dollyknot.com/chess.html
by PeterTurland
Mon May 04, 2015 11:41 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Media comments on chess
Replies: 5968
Views: 737723

Re: Media comments on chess

Ssh
by PeterTurland
Wed Apr 22, 2015 6:49 pm
Forum: Not Chess!
Topic: Peter Turland is a grandfather
Replies: 5
Views: 2040

Re: Peter Turland is a grandfather

Thanks for that Jack, thing is, now I'm a grandfather, I don't mind so much, growing old.

Something else I'm excited about, in September, my daughter gets to run her own primary school. (she is not the one who made me a grandparent, that was my son)
by PeterTurland
Wed Apr 22, 2015 4:26 pm
Forum: Not Chess!
Topic: Peter Turland is a grandfather
Replies: 5
Views: 2040

Re: Master Game on YouTube.

No Stewart, but seeing how she is not one year old, 'till the 6th of June, not at all surprising.
by PeterTurland
Wed Apr 22, 2015 3:51 pm
Forum: Not Chess!
Topic: Peter Turland is a grandfather
Replies: 5
Views: 2040

Peter Turland is a grandfather

Hey it's been a long while, although the website had recorded my password, it did not tell me what I had called myself, so it took me a while to track that down, before I could log in. As I am now logged in again after ages and ages, hello everybody. There has been a change in my life since I was la...
by PeterTurland
Wed Oct 29, 2014 8:38 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: preparation for tournament
Replies: 16
Views: 3316

Re: preparation for tournament

The art of chess can be summed up simply, the world your head is inside of, and the world that is inside your head.
by PeterTurland
Tue Oct 28, 2014 12:04 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Chess on radio 4
Replies: 26
Views: 4781

Re: Chess on radio 4

You can follow the moves of the next game here, http://en.chessbase.com/post/new-season ... -the-board
by PeterTurland
Wed Oct 22, 2014 10:32 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Chess on radio 4
Replies: 26
Views: 4781

Chess on radio 4

Hello,

Bit of a treat for chess lovers next week, on radio 4 http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04mb80d
by PeterTurland
Sun Aug 24, 2014 8:47 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: The bragging thread
Replies: 95
Views: 13656

Re: The bragging thread

Matt Mackenzie wrote:
Mats Winther wrote:Chess is simple
I think quite a few would disagree with you there!
Yeah I'm that dumb, it flies right over my head.

I'm that thick, I don't know what simple means.
by PeterTurland
Sat Jul 05, 2014 8:19 pm
Forum: Chess History
Topic: "I fear nobody but the dentist"
Replies: 7
Views: 2596

Re: "I fear nobody but the dentist"

I revolt on behalf of dentists. A good few years ago, because of loose teeth in the upper jaw, I had them removed, now because I forget to take them out sometimes, the routine of teeth removal and placing in a goblet of Steradent escapes me sometimes. My mouth is now happier because of it's articial...
by PeterTurland
Fri Jul 04, 2014 10:03 pm
Forum: English Chess Federation Forum
Topic: Whiter than White
Replies: 15
Views: 8774

Re: Whiter than White

Gawd this is complicated, how do we open up negotiations?
by PeterTurland
Mon Jun 30, 2014 7:57 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: President of FIDE
Replies: 19
Views: 3894

Re: President of FIDE

Oh so sorry.

My excuse is, I'm just a bumbling biped.
by PeterTurland
Mon Jun 30, 2014 7:32 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: President of FIDE
Replies: 19
Views: 3894

Re: President of FIDE

Paolo Casaschi wrote:
Reg Clucas wrote:Would any world champion have been worse than the current President?
Yes. For example, as much as you think you dislike KI, RJF would have been worse.
Is this a gambit?
by PeterTurland
Mon Jun 30, 2014 11:09 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: President of FIDE
Replies: 19
Views: 3894

Re: President of FIDE

If chess became more mainstream (puts hands together and prays:) it would generate more funds and could afford more desk wallahs, surely the function of a president is not admin? What needs to happen is, the same kind of thing that used to happen with Beetlemania, except with Magnus. Teaching the yo...
by PeterTurland
Sat Jun 28, 2014 7:38 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: President of FIDE
Replies: 19
Views: 3894

Re: President of FIDE

Is it being suggested that the World Champion should be President, or that Magnus Carlsen should be? These may not always be the same thing. True, what I'm suggesting is, being the best at chess could actually mean something. To put it another way, what is Ilyumzhinov's grade? My grade at it's best...