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A menswear shop in Huesca is promoting its range by associating it with chess. Is this a first?

I've done the same, though. And worse.

Mmmm but being of grandmaster strength and actually getting yourself those norms are not the same thing Except the criteria for gaining the Grandmaster title have not always been what they are now. And the system of "norms" in the modern context didn't exist when he was at his peak. My understandin...

Mmmm but being of grandmaster strength and actually getting yourself those norms are not the same thing

Christopher Kreuzer wrote: ↑

Sun Nov 01, 2026 5:44 pm

). What must be avoided is the term 'honorary' or 'emeritus', as this was the proper deal, the actual title properly awarded.

I am not entirely on board with this

Personally I don't think it's accurate to describe Jonathan as a grandmaster, not without a qualifier

Also here. I wonder why Black didn't take on d4?

I am a long way behind on my reading, so it was only yesterday that I started reading the London Review of Books for 26 June 2025 and the article Through the Trapdoor by Steven Shapin caught my eye. It's a review of a biography of Roger Penrose and I am sure other readers will notice what I noticed...

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Eh

This evening I have posted rounds 14 and 15 and also a round 16 article which shows the cumulative scores to this point of all the players, with five rounds to go. As previously I'm not sufficiently well-informed or experienced to have a preference, but I note that in Albin-Lasker there are three e...

I am a long way behind on my reading, so it was only yesterday that I started reading the London Review of Books for 26 June 2025 and the article Through the Trapdoor by Steven Shapin caught my eye. It's a review of a biography of Roger Penrose and I am sure other readers will notice what I noticed....

What an inappropriate way to respond

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Happy birthday Susan

"remotely near"?