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"Scored a famous win over John Nunn " Yes - he was a bit fed up with that result. We were staying at the same hotel and I carefully avoided the topic of chess when we bumped into each other that evening! Interestingly, the other strong GMs were sympathetic the next day. One said, "I expect he felt s...

Nice trophy - was it made by Thomas Fattorini, I wonder?

Hastings did go through difficult times - who can forget the snowy one where the heating in the Queens Hotel broke down and the players in the Premier borrowed an axe and burnt the Christmas tree in the lounge fireplace. I think that was the year the hotel had acquired a new Head Waiter, who was com...

I enjoyed watching the event and saw another nice queen ending a couple of rounds after the other one. Great stuff.

A family member was delighted to receive this toy for Christmas https://www.giantmicrobes.com/us/produc ... virus.html

At least they're donating some of the proceeds to charity and we do need a laugh. We read the label and it said at the end, "Made in China"...

"Maybe someone in the MCCU realised that biscuits, cordial and a kettle would have been beneficial to everyone playing before this scientific research was published."

I hope Chris Whitty is reading this forum...

I think there was some sort of rapprochement later as I saw BH greeting him effusively at an event with "Ah, Ritson!"

BH Wood memorably referred to him as a "fat jailbird", which I assume would not be permitted these days as it is stoutist. When Ritson accidentally transferred a client's money into his own account, he wrote a lengthy appeal against conviction, and the Appeal Court rather quickly expressed the opini...

Nice queen ending in Matthew vs Glenn in round 3

"An interesting rule. I hope some guidelines will have been given to the players as to what that entails. Does playing a line as White which forces a repetition count as a 'meaningful game'? Does it matter if this happens after 12 moves say or 25, if it's all theoretically known? Not seeking to caus...

Apparently, Anya Taylor-Joy is on the Graham Norton Show tonight. BBC1 @10.45 pm.

"EU citizens will be banned from using ID cards to enter the UK from October because they are so easy to fake they are being widely used by terrorists, criminals and illegal immigrants to enter the country... " I was told by some Brexiteers that they voted for Brexit, so UK could stop such incursion...

"chess themed biscuits"

Tell me more...

"Glenn Fleer"?

Should be a great event. Good luck everybody, but especially the Somerset contingent!

And well done Caplin and organizers.

https://gbit.cognitron.co.uk I participated in this study and they invite others to do so. Apparently, I'm really good at spatial reasoning, both 2D and 3D, and verbal comprehension, but not that good at planning or memory, and they worked that out without looking at any of my chess games... It is a...