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Richard James

[With apologies for being cryptic] I believe my club president (who may have co-authored a book mentioned earlier in the thread, where this story is possibly told) has a story of how his late predecessor as club president was involved in an altercation with his opponent during a Thames Valley Leagu...

Richard James

Sounds like one to miss. If we are talking winning streaks, how can we miss out Fischer's performance from the end of the Palma interzonal onwards - the greatest performance in history? To quote Lakdawala: "I was originally going to cover Fischer's fameous (sic) 19-game streak from 1971, then came ...

Richard James

It seems highly likely this is the right chap. His wife, Ada Louisa Thorn, was from Clifton, which would explain LJW's activities in both Cardiff and Clifton. The family emigrated to Calgary, Alberta, presumably in the early 1900s, which would explain why he disappeared from chess records at that ti...

Richard James

https://search.findmypast.co.uk/bna/viewarticle?id=bl%2f0000919%2f18981024%2f016&stringtohighlight=l%20j%20williams%20chess%20cardiff The South Wales Daily News of 24 October 1898 reports on LJ Williams of Llandaff drawing with Blackburne in a simul. Although Williams is a very common Welsh surname...

Richard James

I've just uploaded a new item on BritBase - the 1989 British Championship, which was held in Plymouth and was won by a 17-year-old Mickey Adams... https://www.saund.org.uk/britbase/pgn/198907bcf-viewer.html There are 296 games available from a possible 429. These are the same ones which appear on B...

Richard James

Happy Birthday Leonard - and thanks for all you've done for chess.

Richard James

Curiously, there was another Anglo-Dutch match just two months later: a European Team Championship qualifier. England fielded Keene, Hartston, Miles, Stean, Mestel, Whiteley, Webb and Bellin.

The results are on OlimpBase.

Richard James

https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1555121 is the Round 1 game between Keene & Donner.

viewtopic.php?f=27&t=4389&start=30 is their Round 2 game, which also appears in Münninghoff's biography of Donner.

Richard James

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-07- ... arter.html

Music may not make kids smarter, according to Giovanni Sala and IM Fernand Gobet, who had previously reached the same conclusions about chess.

Richard James

John Townsend wrote: ↑
Tue Jul 21, 2020 11:25 am
Kevin, if you want it to be near Sherwood Forest, you will be very disappointed! Think Charles I. Think donkey.

Then it must be Carisbrooke (remembered from summer holidays on the IOW).

Richard James

Are there any where the player with eight pawns fails to win? [Event "Schwaben-chC (Women)"] [Site "Germany"] [Date "2003.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Adamer, Valerie"] [Black "Kress, Malaika"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D00"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2003.01.02"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "...

Richard James

If you search for games with only pawns you get those two. If you allow pieces as well you get a lot more, but mostly low level junior games. This is the most recent game, and also the game featuring the strongest players (2598 v 2312) [Event "PNWCC Online blitz JP8 op"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date...

Richard James

Paul Buswell wrote: ↑
Mon Jun 08, 2020 5:30 pm
Today's 'I' has a double page on Jonathan Rowson's 'The Moves That Matter... '

PB

Link

Richard James

Ray Cannon has asked me to post this (I may be able to find one or two other middle names for you): Anatoly KARPOV simultaneous display at the London Central YMCA (CENTYMCA) in Endell Street, London WC2. In his simultaneous tour prior to playing at the CENTYMCA club, Karpov had scored 90 wins and 8 ...

Richard James

Stewart Reuben wrote: ↑
Thu May 28, 2020 10:55 am
Here is a bombshell for many of you. Harry was married, very late in his life. I didn't even find out until some time after his death.

An even bigger bombshell - he had a son, Oliver Golombek Judkins, born in 1992.

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