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- Tue Mar 12, 2024 11:04 pm
- Forum: Chess History
- Topic: Britbase Updates
- Replies: 245
- Views: 36016
Re: Britbase Updates
Another game of Schotz, in the individual championship of the London League. [Event "Budget Cup"] [Site "London"] [Date "1947.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Gordon, A. L."] [Black "Schotz, Schachno Peisach"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D34"] [Opening "QGD: Tarrasch, Prague variation (7...Be7)"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4...
- Tue Mar 12, 2024 12:53 am
- Forum: Chess History
- Topic: Britbase Updates
- Replies: 245
- Views: 36016
Re: Britbase Updates
More on Leonard's opponent - and his brother - here:
https://www.chessscotland.com/documents ... others.htm
https://www.chessscotland.com/documents ... others.htm
- Sat Mar 09, 2024 11:42 am
- Forum: Chess History
- Topic: Britbase Updates
- Replies: 245
- Views: 36016
Re: Britbase Updates
An addition to City of London Chess Club Championship 1910/11 [Event "City of London C.C. Championship"] [Site "London"] [Date "1911.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Wainwright, George Edward"] [Black "Loman, Rudolf Johannes"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C45"] [Opening "Scotch game"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 e...
- Wed Mar 06, 2024 6:04 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Media comments on chess
- Replies: 5968
- Views: 737512
Re: Media comments on chess
BBC channel 4 just reported on the five o'clock news that Garry Kasparov has been placed on a dangerous dissident list by Putin. They mentioned he will have his bank frozen and need permission to use it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Volunteer_Corps https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/who-...
- Sun Mar 03, 2024 12:25 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Media comments on chess
- Replies: 5968
- Views: 737512
Re: Media comments on chess
Probably because it isn't true. His wife was Jewish however.NickFaulks wrote: ↑Sun Mar 03, 2024 12:16 pmAnyway, he makes the passing comment that Tigran Petrosian was Jewish. It hardly matters, but I don't recall that being mentioned before.
- Wed Feb 28, 2024 1:12 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Best Game by an English Player (the vote)
- Replies: 80
- Views: 3866
Re: Best Game by an English Player (the vote)
Got it [Event "English Counties and District Championship"] [Site "Correspondence"] [Date "1954"] [Round "?"] [White "Smith, T. J."] [Black "Morton, Joseph Eric"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C56"] [Opening "Two knights defence"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1 d5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8...
- Wed Feb 28, 2024 12:54 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Best Game by an English Player (the vote)
- Replies: 80
- Views: 3866
Re: Best Game by an English Player (the vote)
Game 44 must be:
White was T. J. Smith of Wiltshire and
Black was Joseph Eric Morton of Sheffield.
So could anyone with access to BCM 1954 or perhaps Tim Harding's database, provide us with the moves?
White was T. J. Smith of Wiltshire and
Black was Joseph Eric Morton of Sheffield.
So could anyone with access to BCM 1954 or perhaps Tim Harding's database, provide us with the moves?
- Tue Feb 27, 2024 6:56 pm
- Forum: Chess History
- Topic: Another reconstruction challenge
- Replies: 3
- Views: 274
Re: Another reconstruction challenge
That makes sense, I hope these do too... [Event "BCF-ch 10th Major Open"] [Site "Cheltenham"] [Date "1913"] [Round "?"] [White "Muller, Oscar Conrad"] [Black "Schories, Georg"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C50"] [Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo: Canal variation"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nc3 d...
- Tue Feb 27, 2024 5:25 pm
- Forum: Not Chess!
- Topic: Channel Tunnel Shares in 1942
- Replies: 9
- Views: 932
- Tue Feb 27, 2024 5:14 pm
- Forum: Chess History
- Topic: Another reconstruction challenge
- Replies: 3
- Views: 274
Another reconstruction challenge
This (featuring the second Bertram of the week) was going smoothly... 02 Nov 1912, 3 - Dorking Advertiser a.png [Event "BCF-ch 9th First Class B"] [Site "Richmond"] [Date "1912.08.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Goulding Brown, Bertram"] [Black "MacAlister, John"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B01"] [Opening "Scand...
- Mon Feb 26, 2024 10:53 pm
- Forum: Chess History
- Topic: Bertie Cohen - 1925 Lancashire Champion
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1626
Re: Bertie Cohen - 1925 Lancashire Champion
It seems he was 21 (man's estate) at this time, giving a birth year of 1904.
- Mon Feb 19, 2024 7:24 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Queens Gambit and Netflix
- Replies: 172
- Views: 26745
Re: Queens Gambit and Netflix
I think you missed The Rack Pack https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03bv0t5 Affectionate feature-length comedy drama about the glory days of professional snooker in the 1980s and the legendary rivalry between Alex 'Hurricane' Higgins and Steve Davis, featuring many of the key personalities of the tim...
- Sun Feb 18, 2024 11:07 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Queens Gambit and Netflix
- Replies: 172
- Views: 26745
Re: Queens Gambit and Netflix
Neville's review reminds me of this: Although written many years ago, Lady Chatterley's Lover has just been reissued by the Grove Press, and this fictional account of the day-to-day life of an English gamekeeper is still of considerable interest to outdoor minded readers, as it contains many passage...
- Tue Feb 13, 2024 5:51 pm
- Forum: Chess History
- Topic: Malcolm Barker.
- Replies: 82
- Views: 13448
Re: Malcolm Barker.
...I checked the first part, which ended with 1950 and said, 'The next year was to be quite a momentous one for Barker as a chess player, and I will get there in part two.' More fool me.John Saunders wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2024 3:59 pmThe Barker-Morry game appeared in the second part of Neil Blackburn's article on Malcolm Barker.
- Mon Feb 12, 2024 3:25 pm
- Forum: Chess History
- Topic: Malcolm Barker.
- Replies: 82
- Views: 13448
Re: Malcolm Barker.
Another Barker game [Event "Warwickshire Juniors v Birmingham"] [Site "Birmingham"] [Date "1950.12.02"] [Round "?"] [White "Barker, Malcolm"] [Black "Morry, William Ritson"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D51"] [Opening "QGD: 4.Bg5 Nbd7"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 e6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. e3 Bb4 7. Bd3 ...