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I've just posted a BritBase page for the 1997 Manchester League International, played 3-7 November in Oldham... https://www.saund.org.uk/britbase/pgn/199711oldham-viewer.html However, I was only able to find one complete game and three part-games of a possible 45 (from a BCM report written by Tim Wa...

Something tells me black probably didn't actually play 44...Qe3+ in that game. Black did play 44...Qe3+ but White didn't play 44 Kd2. He played 44 Ke2. It's correct in BCM, CHESS and BritBase. Big mistake by John Upham, to take the score from ChessBase's Mega Database (where it's wrong). If I had b...

Having listened to the correct French pronunciation of Bayeux on YouTube, it sounded to me like a typical Welsh rendering of 'by here' as 'by-yer' which translates to the standard English phrase 'right here' (e.g. whereas most Brits would say 'put it right here', many Welsh people, including my fath...

- Was there a brief glimpse of Bob Wade in the audience at 33.48 in the Lord John Cup segment? Are you mixing up Bob Wade with Bernard Cafferty (full face at 33:28)? I don't think Bob Wade appeared anywhere though that might conceivably have been him walking right to left at the Lord John Cup at 33...

I'd like to thank the last few posters for sharing their thoughts on this subject which have been very helpful. I've long since abandoned the idea of a reintroduction of adjournments, though I and others will regret the effect their disappearance had on endgame play. Players and officials generally ...

I think this is somewhat of an over-reaction. Yes, you're right, it is. But it succeeded in eliciting a response from you and, as someone for whom I have a lot of respect, I'm glad to hear it. I seem to recall many moons ago on this forum I was the one defending the status quo about various issues ...

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Getting back to the fundamental point here, I think that the 90+30 time limit is the problem. Recent experiences at Kingston have highlighted a major flaw in the incremental time method and shown it is unsuitable for two-rounds-a-day events which are predominantly for amateurs, including old, very y...

Round 9 (Final) report now available...

https://johnchess.blogspot.com/2026/08/ ... -9-21.html

Round 8 report... https://johnchess.blogspot.com/2026/08/5th-kingston-invitational-round-8-21.html Henry Adams leads on 6.5/8 from Graeme Buckley, Danny Gormally, Jai Kothari and Mikhail Sedykh on 6 The last round starts at 1530 this afternoon: https://lichess.org/broadcast/5th-kingston-invitational...

Leonard Barden's latest Guardian column has further details of the marathon Lalic-Scrimgour game:

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/serie ... rden-chess

Round 7 report now available...

https://johnchess.blogspot.com/2026/08/ ... -7-20.html

Round 6 report now available...

https://johnchess.blogspot.com/2026/08/ ... -6-20.html

The Round 5 report has been posted...

https://johnchess.blogspot.com/2026/08/ ... -5-19.html

Round 4 report now available...

https://johnchess.blogspot.com/2026/08/ ... -4-19.html