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I think there was some sort of rapprochement later as I saw BH greeting him effusively at an event with "Ah, Ritson!" I think that's right, Kevin. When I interviewed Phil Wood (BH Wood's son) for Chess he touched on this. Phil told me that BH and Riston were "sort of" reconciled. Phil recalled BH a...

Yes, personally I have always seen Karpov winning that game 32 in 1978 as maybe *the* biggest single achievement of his career. Especially given how he had collapsed previously to that, and the magnitude of what was at stake. I don't disagree. The film is very interesting though on Korchnoi's choic...

I really enjoyed it. Definitely worth people watching and seeing what they think. It's also available on Amazon's platform. The archive footage is fascinating. Whenever Karpov won a game, his entourage would organise a party. Seeing "independent" match organiser Campomanes not only in attendance at ...

Sad news. Garry Kasparov's mother died yesterday. Garry lost his father when he was seven and Klara's unswerving support played a big role in enabling Kasparov to fulfill his potential. Klara was also a very talented engineer. Many years ago, Kasparov wrote in Child of Change : "But there can be no ...

I really enjoyed Game Changer and that inspired me to go back and read Chess for Life Another excellent contribution from Matthew and Natasha. Well worth a look if you haven't previously read it. My Chess Circuit review is attached. https://chesscircuit.substack.com/p/chess-for-life-a-review-by-ben-...

Thanks John, yes that's the actual copy I bought. I hadn't really used EBay much before, but they do seem to have some interesting older chess books on sale from time to time.

Thanks everyone. Some really interesting links and information. Fascinating stuff. My copy certainly looks and smells old. Christopher is right though, the condition isn't brilliant, part of the spine is missing and that might be what made it so cheap. Equally though, it could well not quite be what...

I bought a copy of G.H.Selkirk's The Book of Chess a few weeks ago. It only cost me what a modern hardback would, so it is not valuable, but still a nice thing to have. George Selkirk dedicates his book to Captain Kennedy, "As a tribute of respect, for his many estimable qualities, and in recognitio...

I wanted to put on record my full support for the ECF motion. All credit to Nigel, Malcolm et al for taking this issue forward. A point that has not been touched on so far, is the impact Iran's actions have on Israeli players. What about the damage to Israeli careers which flows from countries refus...

I thoroughly enjoyed Spurious Games and recently reviewed it for The Chess Circuit. https://chesscircuit.substack.com/p/spurious-games-by-david-jenkins Adam and I will be interviewing David Jenkins soon. I am really looking forward to hearing from David on his book, his life story and chess writing ...

Mick Norris wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 30, 2020 9:44 am

I'm more concerned about the new Hippo eating it before my daughter gets up and sees it

My girlfriend, who made the cake, doesn't play chess but has done a great job with the cake

Awesome cake Mick! Hope you have a great day!

Do we know who the chess consultant was for the series? For Nabokov's The Luzhin Defense we have John ( :roll: ) Speelman ... chess consultant it might be entertaining to list the chess consultants of various films and TV productions.... We do. Garry Kasparov and Bruce Pandolfini. Kasparov has said...

This is sad news. I knew Professor Furmston when I was a law undergraduate at Bristol University. He was warm and charismatic and his lectures always guaranteed a full house. He had a real gift for sharing his subject in a way that was accessible, insightful and often very funny. Bristol University ...

We've touched on the new Netflix drama in a couple of other threads. The series was released on Friday. There are seven episodes and I've now watched them all, as has Adam Raoof! We recorded a podcast earlier this afternoon, where we discussed what we thought... https://anchor.fm/thechesscircuit/epi...

I was very fond of Nigel and we played a number of interesting games over the years. Nigel's warmth and generosity of spirit touched everyone he met. Walking into the Solihull Club to be greeted by Nigel at the bar was a highlight of many a winter's evening for me. He was just so friendly and welcom...