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...well worth watching if you haven't seen it.

Quote from the BBC Sport website, 25 minutes into the Aston Villa v Derby County play-off final:

"It's been quite open and interesting though, certainly not a chess match"

From today's "Observer" (a full page article on the back of the sports section!):

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/ ... ampionship

The big match (but not the moves) is featured on the BBC News website:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/45786786

There is an interesting feature about chess in Armenia on the BBC website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/stories-43084816 I was in a bit of a quandary when I saw the feature and thought it should be flagged in this forum. The 'Media comments' thread is its natural home but it could have got lost there, ...

Garry Kasparov will be Kirsty Young's guest on "Desert Island Discs" at 11.15 on Radio 4 this coming Sunday, the 28th. Which tracks will he choose? Perhaps he will go for "Two Tribes" by Frankie Goes to Hollywood, "King of Pain" by The Police, "Killer Queen" by, well, it's obvious, or on a more elev...

Cheddleton is on the outskirts of Stoke-on-Trent and is about 30 miles from Derby.

As for the whole thread, this seems appropriate:

https://www.comedycard.co.uk/products/f ... e-northern

From last Saturday's 'Guardian':

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyl ... hess-moves

Shame he wasn't at the club last night!

Yesterday's "Guardian" featured an article about Germany's 'chess village'. It's rather an odd story:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/ ... g-strobeck

There was an article about Phiona Mutesi in this week's 'Observer' magazine:

https://www.theguardian.com/global/2016 ... ona-mutesi