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Does this include wins on default?

"I was thinking that CB trawled for them."

And accidentally change "annotator" from whomever it was to "Chessbase".

"One being present at the board for most of the game or at least in view and the other not producing moves allegedly far above the rating. The latter is subjective though and losing titled players have been known to make accusations. " Yes - I have to walk around a bit (or at least stand) as I have ...

"It was not a typo"

Ah, I didn't expect one from you - I can usually trust your precision and accuracy. I've only just got the pop song, and will now go and look up who sang it!

Now done - can't mention him...

Opening names are a problem, and frequently weird. After many years of being an authority on chemical names, I quite enjoy Caissic nomenclature. I recall a book on the Benoni, which said in the foreword that it meant "Son of Sorrow", unlike "Benjamin" which means "Son of Joy"(?) John Saunders did a ...

"So stereotypical English arbiters need not jump up and down waiving the Laws and its preface in the air." I know it's a typo, but I think you mean "waving"! Arbiters should definitely not "waive" the laws... I regard the start of the round as the start of the game. After I have delivered a preferab...

"Going back pre-Hearn, snooker's nadir is considered to be 2005/06"

Yes, anything involving Hearn needs its own scale of nadirness!

There are dubious connotations involving bishops as well.

"'Atwood apparatus'"

It bothers me that all those times I used a funicular railway, I never knew a chessplayer had been so influential in its creation.

"I have deleted Charlie's latest post on the grounds that it was, if not necessarily libellous, arguably close to being so, and I'd rather not get the forum involved in such an action." The latter point is a good one. May I propose that this always applies? I would ask Charlie to carry on posting - ...

Usually known as "Machines Like Me". The book describes an alternative history where UK loses the Falklands War in 1982, but AI and computer technology are incredibly advanced. There are other changes, like Tony Benn being leader of the opposition. The narrator is Charlie, who has been lucky to avoi...

"Clearly the over 65 Championship and perhaps the over 50 Championship should be increased to nine rounds."

That would be better than a blitz play-off...

"It sucks the way the military treats its personnel - we are not even at war, they literally just move people around at random to dick them about and make sure they know they are being controlled ! No wonder it is getting harder and harder to recruit people these days, most of the guys I know in the...

"The alternative is that the arbiters sit at their desk with their eyes closed."

That has been known...

"In this case I observed that both kings were in check by it being drawn to my attention by the players, who informed me that the kings had both been in check for some time. What should I have done? If “observes” is to be interpreted as “has knowledge that”, then I should declare the game drawn. If ...