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Can somebody please talk me through the opening in Matthew Wadsworth-v-Roman Edouard from Rd. 7 (yesterday). It looks like white was quickly on the back foot if not quite 'an early bath'.

Course there's always
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmaduke ... ss_player)
Or better
p 80-81 in 'The Even More Complete Chess Addict' by Mike Fox and Richard James (Faber 1993) - naturally where else would be worth looking-?

The Oxford Playhouse is hosting CHESS with the Musical Youth Company of Oxford. Evenings Wednesday thru Saturday at 7.30pm and Matinee at 2.30 on the Saturday. Tickets from £10 to £30. Musical Director Julie Todd. Director Choreographer Graham Brigg. Tel 01865 305305. 8th-11th April. This is a 'sty...

He gave up chess because of all the smoking. He won the Over 70s World Left-Handed Golf Championship (no joke) and I had brief correspondence with him about ten years ago. He may no longer be with us, of course, but was then living in England ...

John Upham is threatening never to give me any more review copies. I tried emigrating but my luggage was 5 kilos over weight, so I got stopped in customs while they searched for contraband, Leningrad Dutches, I fear. I had in mind x ... Nh6 but Harding (1976), a book I have always loved, is silent. ...

I have corrected on screen and thanked Olimpiu personally at the end.

I have corrected on screen and with thanks to all these experts.

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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 ?!