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by Matthew Tapp
Mon Oct 05, 2009 9:28 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Knights of the South Bronx (2005)
Replies: 5
Views: 1323

Re: Knights of the South Bronx (2005)

Jonathan Rogers wrote:Cheers
... is filmed before a live studio audience :D
by Matthew Tapp
Fri Jun 12, 2009 10:38 pm
Forum: Chess History
Topic: Descriptive notation
Replies: 95
Views: 20049

Re: Descriptive notation

I spent much of the week gently trying to nudge Peter into writing a book of humorous anecdotes and quotes. I would certainly buy such a book - unless I could scrounge a complimentary copy, of course. I think I've heard the one about the Pole at the opticians but it made me laugh again! Jim Plasket...
by Matthew Tapp
Sun Jun 07, 2009 10:53 pm
Forum: Chess History
Topic: Descriptive notation
Replies: 95
Views: 20049

Re: Descriptive notation

The good news is that, these days, they usually pass by Britbase and act upon any errors I flag up there, with the result that errors do get picked up and corrected in their subsequent editions. In view of this, ChessBase please note(!): In Hebden - Bates, BCF-ch Hove 1997 Round 3, White played 6.Q...
by Matthew Tapp
Sat Jun 06, 2009 10:54 pm
Forum: Chess History
Topic: Descriptive notation
Replies: 95
Views: 20049

Re: Descriptive notation

John/Stewart, Of course. I'll tidy them up a bit and send them ASAP. Possibly you won't be terribly interested in games from the Solihull CC Handicap tournament :wink: , but there are lots of games from, e.g. Paignton and many others. Lots of unpublished games against future GMs and IMs such as Adam...
by Matthew Tapp
Fri Jun 05, 2009 9:24 pm
Forum: Chess History
Topic: Descriptive notation
Replies: 95
Views: 20049

Re: Descriptive notation

I was flicking through Peter Griffiths' Better Chess For Club Players the other day when I realised it was in descriptive notation. The book was publshed in 1982 (30 Sep according to an Amazon entry). Having been a pupil of Peter's for 10 years, for my own interest/education I recently entered abou...