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Tonight, as ever was, I saw on the News that Philip Pullman (b.1946), best selling author, is to be knighted in the New Year's Honours List. His interview saw him browsing through his library in which I spotted MCO 11 . Is it it generally known that he is a player? I've no idea. http://essexroad.blo...

Yup, Compliments of the Season!

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The report is on p.179 of the June 1969 'Chess Life & Review' and is indeed by Trifunovich. Dinah is called Diane and her tutoring from Bob Wade is mentioned together with comment from the Yugoslav GM as to Dinah's appearance as Leonard indicates. I may be wrong but the press may have been looking f...

Kavalek and he'd be at a higher level than Bogdan surely?

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I met him at an anarchists' Christmas party. We chatted and he sent me a short story. Two bands turned up to play at a party: both insisted they stayed and played. They did, opposite ends of the room, seemingly in competition. Priceless. He told me it was a nightmare translating Flesch's Batsford, b...

Hexagon Equipment Ltd, founded in 1972 ['rigidly restricted as its name suggests to six members' -PHC] Chapel House Morwenstow Bude Cornwall EX23 9SQ (label inside one of my many books) Woolacombe, 1973 ('A Model for British International Tournaments - RDK) 'Becoming a Grandmaster' (Batsfords 1977) ...

no, this was not an Olympiad.

Margaret Eileen Elizabeth Clarke (b. 29 x 1937 Sutton Coldfield) has died. In 1962, as Peggy Wood, she married the British Master, PH Clarke. With Hampshire's Gill Moore, she tied for first place in the British Ladies in 1966, but fell pregnant before a play-off could be held. OTB she captained and...

Yes, one section events are a thought.
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It is the history of chess through illustration, not something the blurb makes clear.

or Strawberry Hill-?

a plucky effort!

Justin, I think tablas in Spanish means draw. I once had a book with that title anyways. btw, who saw 'Chess Moves' feted on 'Have I Got News For You?' It wasn't much of a mench. Completely off topic --

I saw CHESS MOVES sniggered at on the TV 'News Quiz' last week as Guest Publication. Victoria Coren Mitchell appeared to quote it a massive once, but I could be wrong. So nothing memorable or unpleasant happily ..

Well, ECF ... ?