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PW Sergeant was the oldest player ever, I think, in the British Championship itself, at Leicester, 1960. When John Littlewood last played I wrote to him teasing that he'd not quite got the record. Paul wrote back that he'd get it - and he would have - the next year. Sadly, John died before achieving...

Your starter for ten: Which former British Chess Champion once appeared on University Challenge? If you think the answer is George Botterill then you might be wrong. The clip showing the youthful Stephen Fry has a fellow team mate labelled Botterill, but I am reliably informed it could not have been...

There is a Board Games Morning every Tuesday in Reading Central Library, Abbey Square, 10.30-11.30. Bring your own sets, I suppose, no contact name on the poster but many different games illustrated.

There will be a Board Games Morning from 10 am to Noon at the Parish Centre, Church Street, Alton, Hants on Saturday 20th July. Both children and adults welcome, bring your own games of choice. Dominoes, various dice and race games and chess feature on the poster. 'Tea, coffee, squash and cake.' Con...

I see Charlie Storey, who did the commentary last year, and Simon Williams, who has great following in this domain at large, are both playing in the British in Torquay. Andrew Martin, who they/we relied for so many years, is not going, leaving this spectator a-wondering who is down to do the comment...

Matthew - yes, played by great friend Otto.

Chess problems the hymn tunes of Mathematics from 'A Mathematician's Apology' (1940) appears om pp 222-3 of 'King, Queen and Knight' (Batsford 1975).

No answers? Then maybe that's a response all on its own ?!

L@@king at the list of entrants for Torquay, I spotted - horror - one GM out of the near fifty that might have registered. Surely they can do better than this?

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I wonder: how many events these days lack bookstalls? Increasingly I find them not at all.

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I think Dominic Lawson's chess column in Standpoint magazine disappeared some months ago. He had plenty of space and I enjoyed what he wrote. Can't we ask why/where/how our President's scribblings got snaffled-? Shouldn't we all write in and complain?

James
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I think there's a game of Frank Hatto's with a mate like this, Geoff. BH Wood quoted it.

The link was blocked by a BT notice. It still is. Mystery;-)
Anyway, I now have the game in spades.

Thanks to all.
James

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No this hasn't helped. Sorry Nick.

I am after a game PH Clarke-v-Johansson played at the Amsterdam Olympiad, 1954. Peter played him several times but the offending score eludes me.

The finale, which is pretty sweet, is given in 'Queen Sacrifice' by Neishtadt.

But I'd like all the moves.

Cheers
James

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