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- Fri Sep 01, 2023 7:35 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Times cryptic chess clue
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Re: Times cryptic chess clue
From today's Telegraph crossword: Participants in chess game in central London area (13) This was a 'down' clue which I didn't solve until I got the first letter from one of the 'across' clues. As ever, solvers are expected to have a knowledge of London wherever they live (I happen to live in London)
- Mon Dec 12, 2022 8:15 am
- Forum: Junior Chess
- Topic: 7 year old girl joint second in UK women's blitz championship
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7 year old girl joint second in UK women's blitz championship
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/ ... hess-title
I don't think this has appeared on this forum so I thought it worth including! Feel free to delete it if someone has already mentioned it.
I don't think this has appeared on this forum so I thought it worth including! Feel free to delete it if someone has already mentioned it.
- Fri Oct 14, 2022 5:31 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Stephen Moss
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- Views: 8589
- Mon Aug 29, 2022 10:42 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Times cryptic chess clue
- Replies: 314
- Views: 44552
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I'm not related to Jeremy but a customs officer at San Francisco Airport did ask, tongue in cheek, whether I was related to Inspector Morse. It was a pleasant surprise to find some evidence of humour in an American customs officer after the rudeness which I and probably most people have encountered ...
- Mon Aug 29, 2022 7:01 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Times cryptic chess clue
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Re: Times cryptic chess clue
Correct!
- Mon Aug 29, 2022 3:21 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Times cryptic chess clue
- Replies: 314
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Re: Times cryptic chess clue
From today's Telegraph crossword: Line taken by bishop when villain invades land taken back (8) A bit convoluted, this one. My wife, who taught me how to do cryptic crosswords and is still better than me, found this clue a tough one to work out. The first letter was 'unchecked', I.e. it didn't inter...
- Wed Oct 13, 2021 4:03 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Media comments on chess
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Re: Media comments on chess
Prisoners allowed to play online in an international tournament:
https://www.theguardian.com/society/202 ... g_Internet
https://www.theguardian.com/society/202 ... g_Internet
- Sun Sep 26, 2021 8:47 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Media comments on chess
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Re: Media comments on chess
The latest 'Political Thinking with Nick Robinson' features an interview with Rachel Reeves: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p09wwt3r The first 5 or 6 minutes centres on her chess career. It is being shown on the BBC News television channel as I write so it is probably on BBC iPlayer as well as BBC...
- Mon Sep 20, 2021 12:06 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Queens Gambit and Netflix
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- Views: 26755
Re: Queens Gambit and Netflix
The "Queen's Gambit" director delivered 'the worst acceptance speech in history': https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/emmy-awards-2021-scott-frank-b1923241.html On a non-chess topic Gillian Anderson, who played Margaret Thatcher in "The Crown", was asked a question by a repo...
- Wed Aug 04, 2021 6:35 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Times cryptic chess clue
- Replies: 314
- Views: 44552
Re: Times cryptic chess clue
Set piece
- Fri Jul 16, 2021 9:25 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Times cryptic chess clue
- Replies: 314
- Views: 44552
Re: Times cryptic chess clue
A rather easier one from today's Telegraph:
Perhaps corner rook or knight? (3,5)
I hasten to add that I am a Guardian reader who gets the Telegraph crossword online - I love the Matt cartoon as well but otherwise I am not a fan of the newspaper and its political views!
Perhaps corner rook or knight? (3,5)
I hasten to add that I am a Guardian reader who gets the Telegraph crossword online - I love the Matt cartoon as well but otherwise I am not a fan of the newspaper and its political views!
- Mon Jun 28, 2021 10:50 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Media comments on chess
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Re: Media comments on chess
My tongue is/was slightly in my cheek. I don't think we need to be too serious or literal!
- Sun Jun 27, 2021 3:27 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Media comments on chess
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Re: Media comments on chess
It's a quote from 'The Sirens of Titans' by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. athough i knew it first from the song, inspired by the novel, by Al Stewart.
It seems a particularly appropriate quote for chess players!
It seems a particularly appropriate quote for chess players!
- Sat Jun 26, 2021 9:56 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Media comments on chess
- Replies: 5968
- Views: 737656
Re: Media comments on chess
The black king is on his side, in the 'resignation position', just in front of the board, something that is not so clear in the Internet version of the photograph.
- Sat Jun 26, 2021 3:31 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Media comments on chess
- Replies: 5968
- Views: 737656
Re: Media comments on chess
There's a photograph of the Danish football coach sitting at a chess board, in this article from 'The Guardian'. He's just won the game! The photo is rather more prominent in the article in the printed edition of the newspaper: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/jun/25/hes-become-a-friend-how...