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- Fri Sep 23, 2011 12:11 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Fischer documentary
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3157
- Mon Sep 12, 2011 5:51 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Adding chess to the school curriculum
- Replies: 107
- Views: 10012
Re: Adding chess to the school curriculum
Like Richard James, I too would be happier to lobby my MP about Malcolm Pein's EDM (see above) if it didn't simply refer to primary schools and included secondary schools - as both sectors need more chess and the benefits are arguably equivalent. I might still write to my MP, while pointing out its ...
- Mon Sep 12, 2011 12:21 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Adding chess to the school curriculum
- Replies: 107
- Views: 10012
Re: Adding chess to the school curriculum
I too felt that the e-petition - that chess should be on the curriculum - was somewhat utopian and missing the point. Admittedly I write from a Scottish base and was Chess Scotland's schools chess development director for some five years to 2008, but the educational issues are similar. Peter Turland...
- Wed Aug 10, 2011 12:54 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Who would have won had Anatoly Karpov played Bobby Fischer?
- Replies: 60
- Views: 8249
Re: Who would have won had Anatoly Karpov played Bobby Fisch
Hi Dashiell I fear that you are attempting the impossible, but if you want to try to draw up a list of stylistic strengths / weaknesses that either side might have exhibited in a putative 1975 Karpov-Fischer world championship match (and speculate from there), I think your best single source for tha...
- Wed Aug 03, 2011 11:26 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Who would have won had Anatoly Karpov played Bobby Fischer?
- Replies: 60
- Views: 8249
Re: Who would have won had Anatoly Karpov played Bobby Fisch
Geoff Chandler mentioned I was Scotland's rep at the March 1975 FIDE Special General Meeting to decide the two outstanding demands by Fischer for his scheduled FIDE world title defence against Karpov. He also suggested that Dashiell speak to the English rep - but I think the two Englishmen that were...
- Mon Jul 18, 2011 11:36 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Scottish Championships
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1103
Re: Scottish Championships
Came across this while browsing. I'm pretty certain I played the best line. Unfortunately I inadvertently allowed Black to draw by threefold repetition trying to gain some clock time before move 40 ... otherwise my (intended) second bishop deflection sacrifice right at the end after the final move ....
- Wed May 18, 2011 1:48 pm
- Forum: International News
- Topic: International Round Up 11/5/11
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1332
Re: International Round Up 11/5/11
Correction: Russia lost two individual games!
- Wed May 18, 2011 10:13 am
- Forum: International News
- Topic: International Round Up 11/5/11
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1332
Re: International Round Up 11/5/11
You'll make me blush, Jonathan! For the record, I won the prize for the best score on board 1 (7/9) and took the sole full point from a Russian (Vasiukov). Scotland was seeded higher than England 1 and finished 11th on the tie-break on 10 match points, having been competitive throughout the event. I...
- Sat Dec 04, 2010 10:05 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: 2nd London Chess Classic 2010
- Replies: 334
- Views: 35974
Re: 2nd London Chess Classic 2010
"Hastings 1895 rings down the ages. But chess was not then at all well understood." Hmm! Stewart, I don't want to get into an inter-generational dispute (certainly not going back to 1895) but I think you have to be a wee bit careful with such judgements. Of course, they didn't have the advantage of ...
- Tue Nov 30, 2010 11:42 pm
- Forum: Chess History
- Topic: Graves of famous chess players
- Replies: 17
- Views: 11542
Re: Graves of famous chess players
It is a pity that no concerted effort (ouch!) was made by many, including the English and Scottish federations to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Philidor's death. I, too, made a pretty feeble attempt to excite musical interest in 1994. In May or June that year, I attended a concert in the annual...