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- Sat Nov 26, 2016 10:23 am
- Forum: Chess History
- Topic: Chess history trivia
- Replies: 1349
- Views: 124285
Re: Chess history trivia
I think Jim Plaskett was a little older when he left school. I played him in a school match on 6 December 1977, when he was 17 years old.
- Sun Nov 20, 2016 7:45 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Theoretical draws
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3167
Re: Theoretical draws
Best friends Almira Skripchenko and Alexandra Kosteniuk demonstrate another early (unforced) repetition: [Event "FIDE Womens Grand Prix 2015-16"] [White "Skripchenko, Almira"] [Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"] [Site "Khanty-Mansyisk"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2016.11.19"] [WhiteElo "2456"] [BlackElo "...
- Fri Nov 18, 2016 10:08 pm
- Forum: International News
- Topic: WC Match 2016 - New York 10-30 November
- Replies: 567
- Views: 51670
Re: WC Match 2016 - New York 10-30 November
If this were a football match the commentators would be likening it to a game of chess.
- Wed Nov 16, 2016 10:04 am
- Forum: Chess Questions
- Topic: Queen and knight v Queen
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2912
Re: Queen and knight v Queen
According to John Nunn, 'the overwhelming majority of positions are drawn' in this ending (Secrets of Pawnless Endings, 1994, p. 68). He devotes 53 pages to the topic.
- Sun Nov 13, 2016 5:04 pm
- Forum: International News
- Topic: WC Match 2016 - New York 10-30 November
- Replies: 567
- Views: 51670
Re: WC Match 2016 - New York 10-30 November
Coverage of the first two games from a different perspective at FiveThirtyEight.
- Fri Nov 11, 2016 11:37 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Media comments on chess
- Replies: 5977
- Views: 741631
Re: Media comments on chess
Guardian article on Magnus Carlsen.
Amusingly, Karpov is described as a 'former world champion', while Kasparov is merely a 'Russian grandmaster'.
Amusingly, Karpov is described as a 'former world champion', while Kasparov is merely a 'Russian grandmaster'.
- Tue Nov 08, 2016 6:37 pm
- Forum: Chess Questions
- Topic: Engines fail to find mate in two
- Replies: 25
- Views: 5644
Re: Engines fail to find mate in two
Just checked with Fritz 11SE (comes with ChessBase): finds the mate in 2 instantly.
- Wed Oct 12, 2016 12:03 pm
- Forum: Junior Chess
- Topic: "SavetheUKCC" petition
- Replies: 605
- Views: 72372
Re: "SavetheUKCC" petition
For the benefit of anybody capable of unravelling all the implications, here's HMRC's VAT Notice 701/30: education and vocational training.
- Sun Oct 02, 2016 4:23 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Media comments on chess
- Replies: 5977
- Views: 741631
Re: Media comments on chess
If anyone is interested in the new Marvel series Luke Cage on Netflix, try not to get too upset by the chessboard in Pop's barber shop. It is, of course, the wrong way round. (Several shots so far in episodes 1 and 2.) But even as I was typing the above, the board magically appeared the right way ro...
- Mon Sep 26, 2016 11:09 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Media comments on chess
- Replies: 5977
- Views: 741631
Re: Media comments on chess
Bill Hartston in the Guardian: Can you solve it? Are you smarter than the Gogglebox brainbox?
- Wed Sep 14, 2016 10:18 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Media comments on chess
- Replies: 5977
- Views: 741631
Re: Media comments on chess
From a BBC article on the use of statistics in football:
It is still "the beautiful game", but it is one that increasingly resembles a game of chess.
- Mon Sep 12, 2016 7:04 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Media comments on chess
- Replies: 5977
- Views: 741631
Re: Media comments on chess
The Guardian, talking about Pep Guardiola:
Not the usual chess comparison....at times he can resemble a chess grand master chucked into the middle of a full-contact game of It’s a Knockout.
- Thu Sep 08, 2016 2:05 pm
- Forum: International News
- Topic: 2016 Olympiad - Baku
- Replies: 901
- Views: 56013
Re: 2016 Olympiad - Baku
While looking to see whether, the much maligned Reinfeld (another story), played for the USA in Olympiads ,I stumbled across the fact that the USA did not play in the famous Buenos Aires Olympiad of 1939. Does anyone have any explanation? From Kazic's International Championship Chess (Batsford, 197...
- Mon Aug 22, 2016 8:23 am
- Forum: Junior Chess
- Topic: "SavetheUKCC" petition
- Replies: 605
- Views: 72372
Re: "SavetheUKCC" petition
Phil Ehr made a comment on Facebook about this petition. One sentence stands out:
Does anyone know the background to this?UKCC's litigation history with HMRC indicates a recurring tax issue.
- Sun Aug 14, 2016 6:53 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Garry Kasparov's "Winter is Coming" (2015)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2477
Re: Garry Kasparov's "Winter is Coming" (2015)
The point I'm making is not that Kasparov is some kind of great thinker - I'm not a fan either. And spouting raw numbers without attribution on Twitter isn't terribly clever by any measure. But unless he was incredibly lucky in guessing at those two numbers, which I doubt, there was no 'random numbe...