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Anderson's wiki page has him as an OBE, DFC though.

Right, thanks.

Three entries in Pergamon's British Chess (1983):

Gerald Frank Anderson, MBE - an IM in chess composition.
Robin Charles Oliver Matthews, CBE, FBA - IM in chess composition, Master of Clare College, Cambridge.
Sir Jeremy Morse - FIDE Int. Judge for Chess Composition.

I think I recall William Fairhurst being made a CBE, but whether it was for chess or structural engineering, I couldn't say.

Hah! Nice one.

'Chess For Tigers' is maybe the one cover replication that shouldn't be attempted.

Over the years I did manage to locate a couple of articles about Penrose: One is in the archives of spraggettonchess.com. I guess this link should work - http://www.spraggettonchess.com/saturdays-chess-puzzle-3/ but if not, I used the archive box, right hand side of the homepage, where I selected Ma...

Playing chess may have had a direct bearing on Harry surviving the war: “Without chess I would almost certainly be dead. My artillery battery was about to leave for Singapore during WWII. My commanding officer arranged for me to be transferred to Intelligence a week before they left because he knew ...

This reminds me of a (possibly apocryphal) tale featuring John Nunn. In essence, it was told to me as follows ... "John's mother picked him up from his first day of elementary school and was called over by the teacher. She warned Mrs Nunn that they suspected John may be a slow learner, as he had sho...

Am I the only non-recipient curious to see what this 'badge' looks like?
Can someone post a photo of it?

I'll need to know what I'm looking out for on my future eBay searches

Thanks for the correction Lawrence.

I read a tweet from Ramesh that was congratulating Sohum, and somehow deduced that they were working together.

Ten-year-old Sohum Lohia (ENG) wins Group 3b of the Wijk Amateurs with a TPR of 2200. Won by a full point. Another promising surge from him.

Being coached by former British Champion RB Ramesh by the look of it.

Is Ray likely to be sporting a couple of new gold watches, or does Fleet Street have its own special way of bidding people farewell?

Double whammy on tonight's American Football highlights (Minnesota Vikings vs Dallas Cowboys): The commentators first waxed lyrical about Cowboys' Wide Receiver Amari Cooper being- "a quiet guy, who rarely talks ... always practicing his chess in the locker room ... a real student of the game." Then...

Terrific news Keith. Well done.

Keith Arkell playing in Cyprus and currently just a half point off the lead:

http://chess-results.com/tnr459286.aspx ... ES&flag=30

On the Alibi channel, the serialized drama "I Am The Night" has a season finale episode titled 'Queen's Gambit Accepted'. I gather the show is about a young woman (India Eisley) trying to unlock the secrets of her mysterious childhood, and along the way uncovering links to witchcraft, devil worship ...