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- Thu Mar 04, 2021 5:43 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Media comments on chess
- Replies: 4234
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Re: Media comments on chess
Succeeded by a Boris Well done everybody. Special mention to those who found a way to show they had found the answer without actually giving it. For a chess appropriate prize reward yourself by watching one of Danny King's Powerplaychess videos on youtube. He did a series on Fischer's games includi...
- Wed Mar 03, 2021 6:39 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Media comments on chess
- Replies: 4234
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Re: Media comments on chess
Yes 1984, thanks Mick. Think I'm not supposed to edit my original post, so will leave anyone interested to read on.
- Wed Mar 03, 2021 6:16 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Media comments on chess
- Replies: 4234
- Views: 459820
Re: Media comments on chess
Another sequence tonight :) But it's a rook, not a castle! Petrosian one of the clues on last night's episode Only Connect Series 16 episode 24. This was a nice question. From memory, what connects: John McEnroe Wimbledon winner 1980 World chess champion Tigran Petrosian Mikhail Gorbachev Soviet Pr...
- Thu Jan 07, 2021 5:19 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Media comments on chess
- Replies: 4234
- Views: 459820
Re: Media comments on chess
University Challenge Xmas 2020 series episode 4. No-one could identify the word in chess for the the same piece attacking 2 or more enemy pieces at once. No Oxbridge representation I hope. (https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000qry7 ) Nottingham v Sheffield. Older alumni. I recognised Michael Deacon...
- Wed Jan 06, 2021 6:08 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Media comments on chess
- Replies: 4234
- Views: 459820
Re: Media comments on chess
University Challenge Xmas 2020 series episode 4. No-one could identify the word in chess for the the same piece attacking 2 or more enemy pieces at once.
- Thu Dec 31, 2020 5:19 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Queens Gambit and Netflix
- Replies: 124
- Views: 8841
Re: Queens Gambit and Netflix
I have read that the games were selected by Bruce Pandolfini and Garry Kasparov. I know of two of the games: - Ivanchuk - Wolff, Biel iz, 1995 - Jakovenko - Stellwagen, Hoogovens, 2007, where Beth played 40. h5!! a winning improvement on the game I would dearly love to discover the sources of the o...
- Sun Dec 13, 2020 5:48 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Why men are higher rated than women
- Replies: 37
- Views: 2358
Re: Why men are higher rated than women
A lot of statistics and analysis of female participation in chess in different countries, summarized by a strong player:
https://www.davidsmerdon.com/?p=2075
https://www.davidsmerdon.com/?p=2075
- Wed Dec 09, 2020 4:51 pm
- Forum: Deaths & Obituaries
- Topic: Jim Billsborough 1942-2020
- Replies: 6
- Views: 793
- Sat Nov 28, 2020 5:15 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Times cryptic chess clue
- Replies: 99
- Views: 5717
Re: Times cryptic chess clue
Cryptic crossword (at a glance the clues are far easier than the examples here), in the free sample of Chess magazine for December at: https://chess.co.uk/collections/chess-magazine/products/chess-magazine-december-2020 The solution is given on the following page in the download. You may want to lea...
- Fri Nov 27, 2020 11:01 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Chess Life magazine free download
- Replies: 4
- Views: 734
Chess Life magazine free download
Ian Aird on the chessscotland web site mentions 'The US Chess Federation have made the latest Chess Life magazine (November 2020) available as a free pdf download on their website'. A lot of detail on Netflix's Queen's Gambit, Jacob Aagard on using engines, etc. https://new.uschess.org/sites/default...
- Wed Nov 25, 2020 10:42 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Queens Gambit and Netflix
- Replies: 124
- Views: 8841
Re: Queens Gambit and Netflix
Interesting discussion with Jonathan Rowson: https://en.chessbase.com/post/jonathan- ... n-s-gambit
He has also created a 35 minute video which I haven't watched yet: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XfcP-pyfw2s
He has also created a 35 minute video which I haven't watched yet: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XfcP-pyfw2s
- Thu Sep 17, 2020 5:54 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Media comments on chess
- Replies: 4234
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Re: Media comments on chess
Maths and Chess Is it really true that ability in mathematics and chess are somehow linked? Tim Harford pits his wits against a math-professor-turned-professional-chess-player, John Nunn. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02mvyjb A transcript at: https://chess24.com/en/read/news/john-nunn-on-maths-c...
- Sun Sep 06, 2020 2:40 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Media comments on chess
- Replies: 4234
- Views: 459820
Re: Media comments on chess
Today's Daily Telegraph Review section has a chess quiz - Read online. Many people couldn't get their papers today due to XR action. Link, please? Not able to provide link. DT preferred access via subscribing at https://www.telegraph.co.uk My library provides access using the Pressreader app ( http...
- Sat Sep 05, 2020 10:10 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Media comments on chess
- Replies: 4234
- Views: 459820
Re: Media comments on chess
Today's Daily Telegraph Review section has a chess quiz
- Read online. Many people couldn't get their papers today due to XR action.
- Read online. Many people couldn't get their papers today due to XR action.
- Sat Sep 05, 2020 6:34 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Media comments on chess
- Replies: 4234
- Views: 459820
Re: Media comments on chess
Today's Daily Telegraph Review section has a chess quiz 'And that's checkmate'. Nicely put together, 3 sections matching the 6 given answers with the questions. 6 book titles to match with their authors (disappointingly including The Castle and The Good Soldier along with 'chess' related titles such...