English Chess Forum

My brother was stuck on the M6 for 5 hours so not the best of days for anyone travelling that way. (I think he should be down as a default rather than a loss because he never made it to the venue :? ) http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2362616/M6-crash-2013-Man-dead-motorbike-pile-causes-hour-d...

When I was about 13 years old I played an old man who seemed frustrated that he was losing to me. I was in a totally winning position so was eager to play my moves. I accidentally played move 41 without stopping the clocks. At this point he tried his first tactic of intimidation by calling over the ...

I remember at junior tournaments there were many strong chess playing families, some of which, me and my brothers played. Off the top of my head there were the: Halls, Maliks, Moruzzis, O'Tooles and the Talbots, all of which contained some really strong players. From playing in the northern leagues ...

It seems to me that it’s the slogan on the shirt that people have the problem with and not the actually charity. Advertisers deliberately design such slogans to be confrontational and provoke a reaction. In this case it seems to have worked, no doubt more stories on this will be published and furt...

I used the second logo's font and made the pawn a little classier

Will the full details of the circumstances that led to the problem, as well as the deliberations and reasoning of the Appeals Committee, be published? It would also be interesting to know what led to the Round 7 game between Warman and Rabbitte not being played, but the players also receiving 1.5 p...