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- Sun Feb 18, 2024 11:07 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Queens Gambit and Netflix
- Replies: 172
- Views: 26918
Re: Queens Gambit and Netflix
Neville's review reminds me of this: Although written many years ago, Lady Chatterley's Lover has just been reissued by the Grove Press, and this fictional account of the day-to-day life of an English gamekeeper is still of considerable interest to outdoor minded readers, as it contains many passage...
- Tue Feb 13, 2024 5:51 pm
- Forum: Chess History
- Topic: Malcolm Barker.
- Replies: 82
- Views: 13608
Re: Malcolm Barker.
...I checked the first part, which ended with 1950 and said, 'The next year was to be quite a momentous one for Barker as a chess player, and I will get there in part two.' More fool me.John Saunders wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2024 3:59 pmThe Barker-Morry game appeared in the second part of Neil Blackburn's article on Malcolm Barker.
- Mon Feb 12, 2024 3:25 pm
- Forum: Chess History
- Topic: Malcolm Barker.
- Replies: 82
- Views: 13608
Re: Malcolm Barker.
Another Barker game [Event "Warwickshire Juniors v Birmingham"] [Site "Birmingham"] [Date "1950.12.02"] [Round "?"] [White "Barker, Malcolm"] [Black "Morry, William Ritson"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D51"] [Opening "QGD: 4.Bg5 Nbd7"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 e6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. e3 Bb4 7. Bd3 ...
- Thu Feb 08, 2024 5:13 pm
- Forum: Chess History
- Topic: Britbase Updates
- Replies: 269
- Views: 37365
Re: Britbase Updates
A little detective work leads to the capture of another Pinkerton success... [Event "BCF-ch 8th Major Open"] [Site "Glasgow"] [Date "1911.08.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pinkerton, Henry"] [Black "Wenman, Francis Percival"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C22"] [Opening "Centre game: Paulsen attack"] 1. e4 e5 2. d...
- Tue Feb 06, 2024 11:11 am
- Forum: Chess History
- Topic: Britbase Updates
- Replies: 269
- Views: 37365
Re: Britbase Updates
Well done David. Your version solves the problem of how the Queen goes to g7 and the rest makes sense in chess terms. Neither player makes an obvious blunder, nor do they play like a machine at any stage. Good enough for me, but will it be good enough for Britbase?
- Mon Feb 05, 2024 7:10 pm
- Forum: Chess History
- Topic: Britbase Updates
- Replies: 269
- Views: 37365
Re: Britbase Updates
The Southport Visiter carried extensive reports of the 1905 British Championships, but got this game muddled up. It was OK until move 20, but then a combination of the wrong moves and bad reproduction defeated me. Can anyone do better? Moves 1-20.png [Event "BCF-ch 2nd Second Class B"] [Site "Southp...
- Fri Feb 02, 2024 7:14 pm
- Forum: Chess History
- Topic: Britbase Updates
- Replies: 269
- Views: 37365
Re: Britbase Updates
Thanks for the 1979 and 1985 games, Gerard, which I have added to the collection. You had previously sent me the game fragment from 1923 a year or so ago and it is already on BritBase. The version you have just posted is missing a pair of moves (69 Ke3 Ke7 and only then 70 g6, etc). Apologies yet a...
- Fri Feb 02, 2024 12:10 pm
- Forum: Chess History
- Topic: Britbase Updates
- Replies: 269
- Views: 37365
Re: Britbase Updates
An earlier fragment [Event "GBR-ch 16th Premier Final B"] [Site "Southsea"] [Date "1923.08.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Church, William"] [Black "Barnett, Richard Whieldon"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/Qb1q1k2/2p5/1pP2p2/1P2p3/4P1P1/5PB1/6K1 b - - 0 43"] 43... Ke6 44. Qa2+ Qd5 45. Qe2 Qb3 46. Qd2...
- Thu Feb 01, 2024 10:37 pm
- Forum: Chess History
- Topic: Britbase Updates
- Replies: 269
- Views: 37365
Re: Britbase Updates
...and from the same source: [Event "GBR-ch 66th U21"] [Site "Chester"] [Date "1979.08.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Shutler, Stephen J."] [Black "Finlayson, Sean"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C59"] [Opening "Two knights defence"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. B...
- Thu Feb 01, 2024 7:15 pm
- Forum: Chess History
- Topic: Britbase Updates
- Replies: 269
- Views: 37365
Re: Britbase Updates
Back on topic [Event "GBR-ch72 Major Open"] [Site "Edinburgh"] [Date "1985.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Escott, Keith"] [Black "Bosveld, Henk"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B14/11"] [Opening "Caro-Kann: Panov-Botvinnik attack (6...Be7)"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 N...
- Thu Feb 01, 2024 10:55 am
- Forum: Birthdays & Anniversaries
- Topic: Happy Birthday GM Raymond Keene OBE (29-i-1948)
- Replies: 34
- Views: 8498
- Tue Jan 30, 2024 1:32 pm
- Forum: Chess History
- Topic: Britbase Updates
- Replies: 269
- Views: 37365
Re: Britbase Updates
Here's a puzzle, this was one of four games left for adjudication. Somerset were losing 7-5 but tied the match and went through on board count, meaning they were awarded 3 wins and 1 draw or 2 wins and 2 draws. I can't find any report giving the result of the game below and assume it was given as a ...
- Mon Jan 29, 2024 1:33 pm
- Forum: Chess History
- Topic: Britbase Updates
- Replies: 269
- Views: 37365
Re: Britbase Updates
Winner of best game prize in this section [Event "GBR-ch46 U15"] [Site "York"] [Date "1959.08.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Sandiford, Graham Kenneth"] [Black "Smith, D. G."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C14"] [Opening "French: classical variation"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7...
- Fri Jan 26, 2024 6:00 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Media comments on chess
- Replies: 5977
- Views: 741951
- Wed Jan 10, 2024 6:58 pm
- Forum: Chess History
- Topic: Alfred Milner Manchester - any relation with Milner Barry or Sir Alfred Milner
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1245
Re: Alfred Milner Manchester - any relation with Milner Barry or Sir Alfred Milner
It seems that Alfred's father was also a chess player: