I object!............ Surely Kevin from Home Alone is more famousJohn Upham wrote: ↑Thu Feb 11, 2021 10:32 amPresumably the most famous KevinKevin Thurlow wrote: ↑Wed Feb 10, 2021 11:14 pmMy parents selected Kevin mainly on the basis that nobody else in the family had the name!
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- Thu Feb 11, 2021 1:01 pm
- Forum: Not Chess!
- Topic: Ancestry
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2068
Re: Ancestry
- Sun Jan 31, 2021 7:51 pm
- Forum: Chess History
- Topic: What's wrong with the software?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1236
Re: What's wrong with the software?
We're also going to have to get out of the habit of saying our analysis out loud...... or is that just me?John McKenna wrote: ↑Sun Jan 31, 2021 2:36 amPS A lot of players are going to have to get used to writing the moves down, again, when they go 'offline' and return to over-the-board chess.
- Tue Jan 26, 2021 6:10 pm
- Forum: 4NCL
- Topic: 4NCL On-Line Season 3
- Replies: 79
- Views: 5235
Re: 4NCL On-Line Season 3
Does each match have its own link that you can click on to start? Mark, the pairings should be on the 4ncl website from 6:30. You'll need to log into Lichess and if white issue the challenge (instructions can be found by following the link in the email we got from our stand-in skipper). If you are ...
- Thu Dec 31, 2020 12:49 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: (Chess) Life Returning To Normal
- Replies: 1708
- Views: 97892
Re: (Chess) Life Returning To Normal
Thanks John. I'd optimistically thought I might be able to return to OTB chess at Southend but under the circumstances a good call by the organisers. Hopefully it'll return in 2022.John Moore wrote: ↑Thu Dec 31, 2020 6:43 amThe Southend Congress for 2021 due to be held at Easter has been cancelled.
- Sat Dec 26, 2020 8:13 am
- Forum: Not Chess!
- Topic: Pedants United
- Replies: 285
- Views: 13429
Re: Pedants United
When people say somebody needs to "redouble" their efforts, what does that mean? Is it quadruple or just double, and why not just say that instead?
- Tue Dec 08, 2020 9:20 pm
- Forum: Not Chess!
- Topic: Element Word Game
- Replies: 12
- Views: 571
Re: Element Word Game
I think Kevin T will enjoy the Chemistry World December cryptic crossword. Other than taking up a whole page it looks like a regular crossword. Full of enthusiasm after tackling some of the cryptic clues on this forum I decided to give it a go. But then I read the instructions: "Each crossword squar...
- Tue Nov 24, 2020 8:51 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: London System
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2463
Re: London System
Been having great fun at blitz with 2...e5. Isn't 2...Bg4 an improvement? Even more winning against someone who is premoving 3 e3, and much less lost against people who are not. Heh, might give that a pop to relieve the monotony Surprisingly 1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Bg4 is the line recommended by Wisnewski in...
- Sat Nov 14, 2020 8:46 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Times cryptic chess clue
- Replies: 97
- Views: 5359
Re: Times cryptic chess clue
From today's Times - "One piece by queen in drag, failing to finish lines (5)" The 'one piece by queen' is IK (could have been IB), so when another word gave me H as the starting letter I got HAIKU (= lines). Then you realise the HA..U is haul (= drag) failing to finish. Thank you, Paul. So not 'IP...
- Sat Nov 14, 2020 1:28 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Times cryptic chess clue
- Replies: 97
- Views: 5359
Re: Times cryptic chess clue
From today's Times - "One piece by queen in drag, failing to finish lines (5)" I rarely attempt cryptic crosswords so am unsure of the conventions, but my thinking is that 'One' could be 'I' and 'piece by queen' one of B, P or K (but K being the popular choice) . Then those two letters are inside a...
- Wed Nov 11, 2020 1:31 pm
- Forum: Not Chess!
- Topic: Element Word Game
- Replies: 12
- Views: 571
Re: Element Word Game
How about Arzrunite (Ar, Zr, U, Ni, Te). It's a mineral which seems appropriate for a chemistry-based word game, although, sadly, not containing any of those elements.
Fm could be challenging.
- Mon Nov 09, 2020 12:03 pm
- Forum: Not Chess!
- Topic: Cryptic Crossword Clues
- Replies: 26
- Views: 890
Re: Cryptic Crossword Clues
Peeler and mistaken Spanish principal are champion (5,7) I'm pretty sure of the intended answer, but can't quite get the clue to fit. Peeler is another term for a Bobby which drew me to the obvious answer. Then working backwards, Spanish Principal could be "Senor Chief" or Sr. Chief, which is an an...
- Sun Nov 08, 2020 9:52 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Times cryptic chess clue
- Replies: 97
- Views: 5359
Re: Times cryptic chess clue
KEENEJohn Clarke wrote: ↑Sun Nov 08, 2020 9:36 pmTry this on for size, folks: "Nice keyboardist is worried - sort him out, grandmaster." (5)
Keith Emerson is the keyboardist in the band Nice.
Remove the letters in 'sort him' leaving K, E, E, N, E
- Sun Nov 08, 2020 7:16 pm
- Forum: Deaths & Obituaries
- Topic: Andrew W Hill 1939-2020
- Replies: 12
- Views: 765
Re: Andrew W Hill 1939-2020
If I remember correctly Kevin, about ten years prior to this, this was a competition you were desperate not to win because you wife would take exception to the trophy cluttering up your house. My last experience of it was the 2003 match being called off the day before because Bucks couldn't raise a...
- Sun Nov 08, 2020 6:23 pm
- Forum: Deaths & Obituaries
- Topic: Andrew W Hill 1939-2020
- Replies: 12
- Views: 765
Re: Andrew W Hill 1939-2020
This is sad news. Unlike the other contributors, I didn't know Andrew as a player, but rather as a captain. We were opposing captains in the Fleming Trophy matches (Beds v Bucks) when they started up again in 2012 at Andrew's initiative. He was extremely well organised, usually starting the arrangem...
- Sun Oct 04, 2020 7:15 pm
- Forum: Not Chess!
- Topic: Pedants United
- Replies: 285
- Views: 13429
Re: Pedants United
Yes, true. But 'Three letter abbreviation' also works for TLAKevin Thurlow wrote: ↑Sun Oct 04, 2020 6:33 pm"....TLA (three letter acronym)"
Aha! NMR and GPC are not acronyms...