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I am very sorry to hear this news. He made an enormous contribution to chess life in this country. I can't think of many people who loved chess as much as Stewart.

I’m very sorry to hear this news. Graham and I played quite a few times over the years and he was always a friendly and gracious opponent. My condolences to Lynne and Graham’s friends and family.

Very sorry to hear this news. We must have played about a dozen times over a 40 year period. Condolences to friends and family.

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Ian Thompson wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 31, 2021 10:27 am

Peter Sowray wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 31, 2021 6:25 am

Is there somewhere I can download the games?

This week's The Week in Chess has 196 of the games, probably the top 22 boards in each round, bar a couple where the game score is missing.

Thanks - perfect!

Just a quick note to thank Tim Wall and the rest of his team, including Paul McKeown who was the arbiter in the event I played, for a very well organised tournament.

Is there somewhere I can download the games?

Michael - congratulations! I’m impressed ...

I’m trying to make a little puzzle ...

White is a playing at odds of queen’s rook. The following position is reached:

White - king on e1, pawn on a3.
Black - king on c3, pawn on b4.

Black plays 1...b4-b3. Is this a) a winning move, b) a terrible blunder allowing white to draw, or c) ... ?

Thanks, Adam

Found exactly what I was looking for on playchess (and much other good stuff besides).

Thanks, I hadn't found that ( obviously! ). Do we know how Peter Sowray came to lose to Jonathan Rowson in the last round when they appeared to be repeating moves? Are the games from yesterday still available online? If so, I'm happy to try to fix the score of my game vs. Jonathan. Fantastic event ...

David,

We'll have to agree to disagree here. I suspect that your views are shared by the vast majority of players, but I've made my point and I'll leave this thread for now.

Best,

Peter

David, Thanks for your considered views. I didn't specifically mention Yudina by name in my original post, partly because I have referred to her case (as have others) in previous posts on this forum, and partly because the human rights charge sheet against Ilyumzhinov extends beyond her murder. Of c...

Kirsan Ilyumzhinov has many faults. It's not immediately obvious to me why you consider his "human rights record" to be one of them. Could you elaborate, please? David, There are many good sources. You could start by googling Larisa Yudina, or visit the Kingpin site and look at their material. Or r...

Angus French wrote: What have the ECF done that's unacceptable? Should they not engage with FIDE?

The ECF's own record of the meeting shows that they failed to challenge Ilyumzhinov's human rights record. Or if they did, they chose not to publish this.

In either case, that's unacceptable.