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Some chess pieces and boards feature in a 'Children in the Holocaust' exhibition: https://www.yadvashem.org/yv/en/exhibitions/children/index.asp#toys-games-books Summary page here for those and other chess artefacts: https://www.yadvashem.org/yv/en/exhibitions/bearing-witness/chess.asp Preserved in ...

Brian says below that they: "expect to turn off the Clarke system database after publishing the August list". The grading database has lots of historical data that I suspect lots of people would want to still access or at least download a copy of. Is the intention to archive and/or keep the database...

I have managed a career best as well! Though 175E means that it is only based on a few games - to be precise, 16 games over the past three seasons (+6 =3 -7). Helped immensely by a win in my last game this season, on 13 February 2020 the month before lockdown started! I am wondering when I will get ...

Spotted in an advert, and wondered if anyone here is familiar with the salt and pepper mills from a company called Millstone Mills: https://millstonemills.com/product-category/products/mills-grinders/ As you can see, made in the shape of chess pieces. https://millstonemills.com/about-us/ In 1989 Mil...

Wow, many thanks for this Martin. That is amazing. Any chance of a photo of the grave? I wonder if there is a way to contact the Chris Steadman that posted in this thread back in May 2016? It was his only post here, and he may not have seen my reply at the time, and will almost certainly be unaware ...

Simon, I also think 'Queen of Katwe' is well worth watching.

In a similar vein, there is the NZ film The Dark Horse, which I would also recommend:

Oh dear, my cover (pun intended) has been blown! Yes, I am a 'sagacious' drapery manager... :D By "worrying" I was trying (poorly) to articulate concern that simplistic newspaper reporting might stoke concern about the wrong things in the wrong area. Though maybe that is more due to the secrecy rath...

AlphaZero was the game-changer as it learned how to play by itself. How this was achieved is serious science and if there are applications in medicine as Kasparov claims, then it is unlikely to concern me. If enough of his thoughts are strung together then it ends up sounding like Sci-Fi. AI is alr...

The article is more pessimistic than that, Stewart. It is unclear what influence (if any) Demis has, or what role he has, though he is described as a 'full participant'. Hopefully his AI (medical data mining and analysis?) angle on things will help. I'll post more in another thread.

Sounds like it would have mostly involved curtains and upholstery, rather than clothes fabrics, but maybe some published sources go into more detail? Might archives held by John Lewis have more for those curious about this?

Quick question: I got an email about the online ECF ratings list, but am not on it as I've not played in any online ECF chess. So what is the deal with this and how does it relate to the "July grades" for those who are not likely to be playing any chess at the moment? (Also, are OTB and online chess...

Some interesting points in the 'second' (or third?) life of this thread. Keith, is this the John Hawthorne you are referring to? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hawthorne If you compare that article with the one on Jonathan Rowson (putting aside for the moment any concerns about Wikipedia as a wh...

Surely they can restart and produce and print imagazines n New Zealand if the demand is there? It is a bit silly, I agree. Does this impact any UK magazines? Does it impact any chess magazines? Are BCM and NiC and CHESS and others I forget still being printed?

Hmm. Wonder what Magnus Carlsen thinks of this (though right now, the chess world is grieving)? Would Carlsen prefer to face MVL or have the conclusion of this cycle delayed? Of course, the incumbent shouldn't have any influence, but as we have seen before their views can count for a lot.

Obituary from Chessbase has a bit more on her wide-ranging activities and achievements. Terribly tragic news. This was a romance the chess world watched blossom and it has been so cruelly cut short. RIP and condolences to Aronian and her family and friends.