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For anyone who hasn't seen it Tim's blog is very entertaining and well worth a look. He must put a lot of work into it.

I found the more forcing line. It's a nice line, but when you know there's something there, it's not that difficult. Black's choices are limited. I would be disappointed if I didn't find that in a game.

I got a gold star

Short-Timman was the first game that came to mind, but there are many others.

10 games doesn't seem enough, but it depends how much interest there is.

I can post the games to the forum if people are interested. Perhaps we should have a separate thread for the games?

Chess features twice on 'The Times' letters page today. John Burscough of Brigg, N Lincs., suggests that Deep Blue should have won the 1997 Overseas Sports Personality of the Year. ... From the song "Bad Losers on Yahoo! Chess" by Half Man Half Biscuit (2008) "Deep Blue, in '97 I voted for you as S...

My last move was 24. Na3-b5. With mates in one threats and a Philidor mate in there as well. Black resigned. (OOPS! though I did not see the missed resource either.) I wouldn't really rate that as a blunder by you, your attack looked completely overwhelming and the defensive resource is such an ama...

Nice review, Kevin! I am finding this book hugely enjoyable. I know a lot of the people in the book from playing in tournaments and for Charlton and Kent in the 90s. I've had a couple of drinks with Andrew in my time, and he was always entertaining in the pub, so it's no surprise to me that he write...

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Sat May 29, 2021 12:11 pm

More seriously, there is a lot of great music from the 80s. What's the general consensus on Duran Duran and Tears for Fears?

Not a big fan, but Rio, The Hurting and Songs from the Big Chair are all good albums.

Hi Andrew

I'd like to buy your book as well. I will send you an email.

Yes, "Test Tube Chess" is a great book. If we are talking about studies now, then "Endgame Challenge" by John Nunn is absolutely fantastic. He takes 250 studies and analyses them thoroughly. The selection of material and analysis is exactly what you would expect from John Nunn. I also have Lommer's ...

... I can also highly recommend Chess Wizardry: The new ABC of chess problems by John Rice (who was a teacher at my secondary school!). ... Yes, that is a very good book, from which I learn that a Meredith is a problem with at least eight and not more than twelve units. John Nunn's "Solving in Styl...

I like this mate in two, posted by a friend on Facebook:

2N1R3/3b4/R2N1p2/Q1pk3n/5PP1/BPP2K2/7p/2n3bB w - - 0 1

Why did he resign? Surely he can play on.

Black got all you could ever want from a Schev. Will my opening ever come back into fashion? Probably not. The problem is the Keres attack! Other approaches have never worried me. Carlsen played the Scheveningen move order a couple of times last year against Nakamura, so he wasn't afraid of the Ker...

and a (very) old favourite Soft Machine - Third https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfa1VETxtwo Volume Two is my own favourite, but still... Third http://www.planet-smilies.de/finger/finger_054.gif The first 3 albums are all great! It took me a long time to appreciate Third though. I lose interest afte...