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by Leonard Barden
Thu Mar 21, 2024 6:08 pm
Forum: Chess History
Topic: Britbase Updates
Replies: 269
Views: 37360

Re: Britbase Updates

No idea, I didn't start going to the Lud Eagle club until late 1945 or 1946.
by Leonard Barden
Thu Mar 21, 2024 5:14 pm
Forum: Chess History
Topic: Britbase Updates
Replies: 269
Views: 37360

Re: Britbase Updates

[quote= I think their top board was Mieses, who lost to Croydon's DR Lester. [/quote] . A couple of other minor inaccuracies in memory , but forgivable given that this was nigh on 80(!) years ago... [/quote] I make it at least six errors in a short paragraph, so a more accurate summary would be that...
by Leonard Barden
Sat Mar 16, 2024 11:56 am
Forum: International News
Topic: Reykjavik 2024
Replies: 53
Views: 4811

Re: Reykjavik 2024

Board 2 tomorrow: FM Sohum Lohia 2354 1 1 GM Vasyl Ivanchuk 2625 https://www.chess.com/events/2024-reykjavik-open/02/Lohia_Sohum-Ivanchuk_Vasyl ...and draw just agreed, in a better ending for Lohia! https://lichess.org/broadcast/reykjavik-open-2024/round-2/AQq1bHyz/NZ966siD That's a big rating boos...
by Leonard Barden
Sun Mar 10, 2024 11:02 pm
Forum: Chess History
Topic: Britbase Updates
Replies: 269
Views: 37360

Re: Britbase Updates

I played for Croydon against a West London team including Captain Beamish some time in 1945 (probably autumn). I vaguely remember looking at his game and thinking, yes, he does have a military air. My opponent was Dr SP Schotz, on or around Board 15, so the Captain and I may have been quite close. I...
by Leonard Barden
Thu Feb 22, 2024 9:28 pm
Forum: Congress Diary
Topic: 2nd Cambridge International Open
Replies: 109
Views: 13573

Re: 2nd Cambridge International Open

The round 7 draw just up is headed by Willow v Tiviakov. Fernandez, who shares the lead with them. is shown unpaired and with a zero. Can anybody tell this hack with a deadline to catch what that's all about?
by Leonard Barden
Thu Feb 22, 2024 8:03 am
Forum: Congress Diary
Topic: 2nd Cambridge International Open
Replies: 109
Views: 13573

Re: 2nd Cambridge International Open

Curiously the same K+B+N v K ending occurred in Round 3 in the game Lazarus v Saine. Black won.
https://chess-results.com/partieSuche.a ... 11519&rd=3
by Leonard Barden
Wed Feb 21, 2024 9:01 am
Forum: Chess History
Topic: Sir George Alan Thomas
Replies: 30
Views: 8087

Re: Sir George Alan Thomas

Great to hear about the coming bio on Thomas! Anybody here that also have a clue if he had something against C.O.H´D Alexander, not giving him a single point before Saltsjöbaden 1948? I knew them both and never heard or saw any evidence of mutual antipathy. Probably just Thomas believing that he sh...
by Leonard Barden
Sat Feb 17, 2024 7:58 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Is This Arbiter's Interpretation of the Laws Correct?
Replies: 16
Views: 1302

Re: Is This Arbiter's Interpretation of the Laws Correct?

An opponent taking one of his own pieces actually happened to me in England v Italy in the 1960 Clare Benedict tournament.
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=2000390
I can still recall the sense of shock when my opponent suddenly leaned over and grabbed my c8 bishop.
by Leonard Barden
Fri Feb 16, 2024 8:38 pm
Forum: Chess History
Topic: Sir George Alan Thomas
Replies: 30
Views: 8087

Re: Sir George Alan Thomas

Sad that there will, probably, be no bio on, Sir George Thomas. I received a message from Jon Manley in October 2023 saying that he had been invited to co-write a book on Thomas (he didn't say who the other author(s) are/were). He had been touch with Paige, who had nothing further to add, and had a...
by Leonard Barden
Thu Dec 28, 2023 7:23 pm
Forum: International News
Topic: 2024 Candidates qualification revised process
Replies: 145
Views: 13739

Re: 2024 Candidates qualification revised process

Firouzja has beaten Kamsky to go to 6-0, round 7 tomorrow 9am.

https://www.2700chess.com/games/firouzj ... 2023-12-28

In tomorrow morning's final round Firouzja plays Black against 2275-rated Kamran Shirazi, aged 71 and a former champion of Iran.....
by Leonard Barden
Wed Dec 27, 2023 7:53 pm
Forum: International News
Topic: 2024 Candidates qualification revised process
Replies: 145
Views: 13739

Re: 2024 Candidates qualification revised process

LawrenceCooper wrote:
Wed Dec 27, 2023 7:16 pm
If, and it's a big if, the matches are rated
The Chartres matches are no longer mentioned at https://ratings.fide.com/rated_tourname ... ountry=FRA, although Rouen along with completed December events are listed for rating in the January list.
by Leonard Barden
Tue Dec 26, 2023 10:12 pm
Forum: International News
Topic: 2024 Candidates qualification revised process
Replies: 145
Views: 13739

Re: 2024 Candidates qualification revised process

It's listed for rating on January 1, as far as I could see, but the Chartres event has been deleted, suggesting that Firo may need 7/7 at Rouen and to meet and defeat all three 2400+ players.