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by Bob Kane
Wed Aug 30, 2023 11:50 am
Forum: International News
Topic: New number one England player
Replies: 35
Views: 2566

Re: New number one England player

How long before Svidler follows .... ?
by Bob Kane
Tue Aug 15, 2023 10:19 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Media comments on chess
Replies: 5968
Views: 737678

Re: Media comments on chess

In the second series of Slow horses,( spy drama apple tv) a chess game is played between a Russian agent and Mi5 operative, a discussion takes place about swapping information and that a rook is worth a knight and two pawns. When the Mi5 operative beats her opponent she refers to the immortal game n...
by Bob Kane
Sat Jul 29, 2023 4:57 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Media comments on chess
Replies: 5968
Views: 737678

Re: Media comments on chess

In the apple tv Sci fi "foundation" series 2 episode 2 A teleportation device is central to the storyline , a character describes its function as like "the chess move where king and rook transpose " Another production where a chess advisor is needed perhaps ?
by Bob Kane
Thu Apr 06, 2023 11:19 am
Forum: International News
Topic: Reykjavik 2023
Replies: 12
Views: 2236

Re: Reykjavik 2023

Just back, and confirm it was a fantastically organized event. The little details matter to us chess players so the free pens , individual water bottles, same day PGNs, (majority hand entered) and quick pairings were very welcome. Special events included a quiz, a blitz tournament, chess movie , che...
by Bob Kane
Thu Nov 24, 2022 1:34 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Media comments on chess
Replies: 5968
Views: 737678

Re: Media comments on chess

Available on Prime "The peripheral" is a sci fi series set in a future when technology has subtly altered society, in episode 6 a police inspector complains at some length about the demise of chess enjoyment because of AI ,( this scene set in 2032 ! :lol: )
by Bob Kane
Sun Aug 21, 2022 2:03 pm
Forum: Congress Results
Topic: 44th Blackpool Chess Conference
Replies: 40
Views: 19738

Re: 44th Blackpool Chess Conference

Eventually I got hold of the £ prize breakdown it took several emails to the organiser. Who knows one day it might even appear on the web site .
by Bob Kane
Mon Aug 15, 2022 1:46 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Edinburgh Festival - Fringe 2022 and Chess
Replies: 5
Views: 923

Re: Edinburgh Festival - Fringe 2022 and Chess

Geoff,
Chess things at the fringe, Mark Rivlin ex ECF newsletter editor is appearing at the fringe with his Mr. Punman show, ex president CJ Mooj is appearing in his one man show Banana Crabtree Simon, GM J Tisdale is here as a reviewer as am I ! .
All the best
by Bob Kane
Wed Apr 27, 2022 8:14 pm
Forum: Congress Results
Topic: 44th Blackpool Chess Conference
Replies: 40
Views: 19738

Re: 44th Blackpool Chess Conference

I thought the usual convention was to list the prize breakdown within days ?
More than a month has passed and still no published list of prize winners, who cares ?
It seems seniors prizes are to be shared ? I might be interested in seeing the breakdown for my section , but how ?
by Bob Kane
Wed Mar 23, 2022 1:49 pm
Forum: Congress Results
Topic: 44th Blackpool Chess Conference
Replies: 40
Views: 19738

Re: 44th Blackpool Chess Conference

Has a list of prize winners been published yet ?
by Bob Kane
Wed Mar 23, 2022 1:44 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Bob Wade memorial portrait at National Chess Library. (corrected)
Replies: 5
Views: 1194

Re: Bob Wade memorial portrait at National Chess Library. (corrected)

A really nice tribute, and a suitable place for the painting to hang ..well done!
by Bob Kane
Sun Mar 06, 2022 1:13 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: 'But I am a Ukrainian' by Raymond Keene
Replies: 11
Views: 1716

Re: 'But I am a Ukrainian' by Raymond Keene

Excellent topical article.
by Bob Kane
Sat Mar 05, 2022 11:33 am
Forum: Deaths & Obituaries
Topic: Dave Robertson
Replies: 26
Views: 6526

Re: Dave Robertson

Very sad news, genuinely lovely man, a brilliant mind, sharp and erudite.
I appreciated his wise council on ECF maters, later on FB I looked forward to his posts on art, poetry, and his amusing observations.
I will miss him.
by Bob Kane
Sun Feb 20, 2022 2:36 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Media comments on chess
Replies: 5968
Views: 737678

Re: Media comments on chess

Ted Lasso the Netflix football series has the N0 2 coach playing blindfold chess with his girlfriend in a pub in Richmond but using descriptive notation.
( sorry if already posted here)
by Bob Kane
Sun Jan 30, 2022 4:51 pm
Forum: Junior Chess
Topic: Foreign events
Replies: 36
Views: 6348

Re: Foreign events

This is a cynical money grabbing exercise hitting the poorer families, maybe you don't want to sign up with the compulsory x academy but get your own private coach , so now you have to pay twice to play internationals.
removing choice impedes player development.
by Bob Kane
Sun Jan 30, 2022 11:32 am
Forum: Junior Chess
Topic: Foreign events
Replies: 36
Views: 6348

Re: Foreign events

That's outrageous surely its enough to be registered with the national federation and be talented at the game, its not an opportunity for a third party training organisation to extort money from parents ...AND telling parents that only one of them can accompany the child is another unbelievable outr...