English Chess Forum

Other England teams are more of a movable feast. There's also England 3 in the Over 50 aka "Team Ledger". They play quite frequently as a team. There's Blackthorne in the 4NCL and before that Bedford in the National Clab. And also the Bedfordshire county team. In the Beds V Middlesex, Minor Countie...

John Clarke wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 15, 2025 9:48 pm

Not bad, Kevin, although it's not the one I had in mind.

Clue: can be played by either side, but it's usually Black who plays it in the earlier stages of the game.

In that case, let's try Rad8 (Radiate)

John Clarke wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 14, 2025 9:57 am

What's possibly the brightest move you can make?

I'll punt cd (candela, the SI unit of luminous intensity)

Mark Taylor wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 13, 2025 10:21 am

Nh3

Bf3 would also be a contender

Looking at the SCCU results, Middlesex are very strong, and I'd expect whoever is runner up to be strong too; not sure if it's going to go straight to the semi-finals again, or whether anyone from the MCCU, EACU or WECU will enter the Open Not from the EACU. Our two qualifiers, Norfolk and Cambridg...

Good shout, presumably yes as his only major trophy was the UEFA Cup But a forever hero at Man City for his 95th minute equaliser v Gillingham in the 1999 Div 2 play off final. It could be argued that without it City would not have gone on to achieve the success they did. Yes perhaps, but city fans...

Is it Paul Dickov? (Arsenal, Man City, Leicester, Blackburn) Good shout, presumably yes as his only major trophy was the UEFA Cup But a forever hero at Man City for his 95th minute equaliser v Gillingham in the 1999 Div 2 play off final. It could be argued that without it City would not have gone o...

Is it Paul Dickov? (Arsenal, Man City, Leicester, Blackburn)

Jon D'Souza-Eva wrote: ↑

Sat Aug 17, 2024 7:59 pm

https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index. ... ial_Growth

Yes, of course. And there was I thinking it was the number of moves in Peter Lalic's longest game.

I think it's fair to assume that team captains are familiar with the rules of the competition they are participating in, or at least have access to them on the day. I don't. Many years of being on a league committee leads me to think that would be the exception, not the rule. The majority of disput...

Are we to assume that Team Captains are familiar with the latest laws and rules or do we hope on a wing and a prayer that they might be? I think it's fair to assume that team captains are familiar with the rules of the competition they are participating in, or at least have access to them on the da...

A Ledger 211 D Glueck 227 D Ledger 195 ST Ansell 213 J (aged 16) A Bryce 193 NJ Holloway 206 S Ledger 189 M Hazelton 193 TG Hare ?? G D'Elia ?? PP Hare ? 193 IR Dutton 191 B Valentine 178 F Von Hasselt 179 RCP Freeman 189 JJ Hastings 174 J (aged 17) P Habershon 177 RJ Starkie 178 P Pritchard 171 M ...

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