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One our players flew to Heathrow from the North-East so he could play. Is this a first for Division 3?

Ref Oxford 5, we had virtually an entire team drop nout just before the deadline and had very little choice about withdrawing the team. We hope to be back next time.

Of possible interest to this topic is that I received this message on lichess.org:-

"You lost to a cheater 34 minutes ago
Refund: 2 Blitz rating points"

I have no idea who the cheater was, if he was truly a cheater and how they decided that he was a cheater.

I thought that too, I've no idea how this works.

It seems there will also be an Oxford 5 team!

From Private Eye's Dumb Britain section (issue 1503, 23 August):-

Tipping Point, ITV
Ben Shephard: in 1991, 15 year-old Judit Polhgar became the youngest ever international grandmaster of which board game?
Contestant: Monopoly

Kevin Thurlow said:
I assume Phil is asking if he can refuse to shake hands as his opponent was so obnoxious, he doesn't want to...

Actually it was my opponent who refused to shake hands, after he blundered in a drawn position (as he saw it). Apparently he felt I should not have played on.

I guess I should have known better than to expect any serious answers.

Is there ever a good reason for not shaking hands after the game?

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I once went to a 'chess exhibition' featuring Murray Chandler in Waterstones book shop. with my young son, whi was probably about 5. I hadn't expected there to be a simil, but there was, so my son sat n my lap while I played. Murray didn't seem to mind, even when I won.

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I have been playing in tournaments since the mid 1970's. In my current tournament, I have seen something I have never seen before. One of the players brings his dog into the tournament hall. I have to say it is a very well behaved dog. It lies down under the table and stays there quietly. I played i...

I think there is a win for the SNP in the event of a no-deal Brexit.