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To be fair to Dennis the conversation I had with him was in 1997 so he would have been unaware of the record snowfall in 2013. The reference to 1963 would be enough to shatter the statement but perhaps it had faded from his memory or perhaps he didn't consider it to be significant. I'd assumed it h...

They've woken up on Twitter too, so yes it is looking like they intend to play

It will in theory come after, rather than before as last year, the Candidates

In Wales you have to have express permission of the WCU for any over the board chess; https://www.welshchessunion.uk/covid19/coronavirus-and-over-the-board-chess/ That's very prescriptive, although the approach of the Welsh Government appears more stringent e.g. although here in Bolton pubs and res...

Week One "Nothing gives me comfort that the club can pay its debts in a reasonable period” Judge Sebastian Prentis orders the winding-up of Macclesfield Town with debts of £500,000. Gareth Bale earns £500,000 a week at Real Madrid. Are you comfortable with this ? The indications are that Tottenham ...

Currently in play Vandenbussche, Thibaut vs Adams, Michael 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 Ne4 6. Qe2 Nc5 7. O-O Ne6 8. c3 d5 9. exd6 Bxd6 10. Bg5 Qd7 11. cxd4 O-O 12. Be3 Nf4 13. Bxf4 Bxf4 14. Qe4 Qf5 15. Bd3 Qxe4 16. Bxe4 Bd7 17. Nc3 Rfe8 18. Rfe1 Kf8 19. h3 Rad8 20. Rad1 a6 21. g3...

Alan Walton wrote: ↑

Fri Sep 18, 2020 11:34 pm

Well Oldham is a hotspot with 118 per 100,000; but the area I live in has only 20 per 100,000; but we get tarred with the same brush

Indeed, same here Alan, but it only takes one

Chess just featured as an answer in Fighting Talk on Radio 5 live

So finishes the Rapid ahead of Carlsen TWIC

Blitz today and tomorrow

(As an aside, I enjoyed the FM saying at today's PPB "this is not something we'll be taking our eye off the ball on".) As another aside - where should the full-stop go relative to the bracket in the preceding sentence? I'm not sure I'm qualified to answer this, so step in hesitantly, but as the sen...

No surprise with the following: Tighter restrictions will come into force in Lancashire, Merseyside, the Midlands and West Yorkshire after significant increases in Covid-19 cases. The new rules ban separate households from meeting each other at home or in private gardens. Pubs and restaurants must a...

The Covid Zoe app is reporting 6,478 estimated daily cases with a total of 69,687; concerns about London, the Midlands and everywhere north, including Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland

You need enough players wanting to book rooms in the host hotels to make a 4NCL weekend viable My experience of the demographic in Div3N would suggest that Nick may be correct This is independent of the financial position of the hotels and the possibility of local lockdowns which might prevent playe...

That's interesting Chris; have they said anything about players using public transport to get to the venue? If you get the same restrictions as here, which would seem likely, then it is essential travel only

The bottom line is if we are on the same path as Spain and France, probably in 3 weeks time we'll be on 8 to 9,000 cases being recorded a day. Unlike April and May, when monitoring the weekly total of deaths from all causes, there's nothing special being observed. if that's still the case in two to...

The bingo club answer is interesting