Chess and Pension Fraud - allegation

[Nick Ivell]

The above is one of the nicest swindles I have ever seen. Thanks for posting.

[Geoff Chandler]

The above is one of the nicest swindles I have ever seen. Thanks for posting.

Hi Nick,

Yes that is a cool trick. I found more than I expected to see on RHP. It's not as uncommon as I first thought in OTB games either. I think the tactic should have a name.

A young Carlsen managed to spring it in a 2004 Blitz game.

Magnus Carlsen vs Torben Kallesoe, Bergen, rd 3, 2004.

1r1k2nr/p1p2ppp/2p1b3/2N5/4P3/2P5/PP3PPP/R3KB1R b KQ - 0 12
Black took the b2 pawn. https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1820714

[Matt Mackenzie]

Was active in Cumbrian chess a few years ago, and I played him a few times.

Wondered where he had vanished to, and now I know

If you know where Robin Moss is, I hope you are telling Interpol so that he can be arrested...

I meant in a general sense, I have had no contact with him since 2019.

[Roland Kensdale]

The above is one of the nicest swindles I have ever seen. Thanks for posting.

Had skipped the game to come back another time, when I saw Nick's post. For a few microseconds I thought he was referring to the subject of the thread!

[Matt Mackenzie]

There is a quite widely published game where a young Alberic O'Kelly falls into a similar trap.

[Jonathan Rogers]

At a higher level, see the plausible blunder on move 24 in Gelfand v Adams, 2013:

https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1741263

[Matt Bridgeman]

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[Kevin Thurlow]

"A Google search found this
https://www.antiquestradegazette.com/ne ... der-alert/"

Thanks Roger, I knew you would get it! I thought the lengthy sentence suggested he had previous. I played him at Hastings in 1984 and I seem to recall he was local then.

And I've managed the 0-0-0 trick also.

[Ian Thompson]

I played him at Hastings in 1984 and I seem to recall he was local then.

I think he went to school in Bexhill.

[John Upham]

Simon Rogers’s has spotted a longer article on Moss in the Scottish Sun; https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/1 ... led-fraud/

I assume that

https://www.ecfrating.org.uk/v2/new/pla ... de=115892C is one and the same Robin Moss.

[Neil Graham]

Simon Rogers’s has spotted a longer article on Moss in the Scottish Sun; https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/1 ... led-fraud/

I assume that

https://www.ecfrating.org.uk/v2/new/pla ... de=115892C is one and the same Robin Moss.

Yes, as quoted in Christopher's post on Tuesday.

There have been multiple media postings on this - most a copy of the one on the BBC Website emphasising the "chess player" aspect. We can thank HMRC for this as all the coverage is from a press release they issued on Tuesday which no doubt has been forwarded to the media by their Press Office.

https://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/hm-revenu ... er-3278467

[Brendan O'Gorman]

A tangent, I know, but why do reports say he's been "jailed" when they should say "sentenced to jail".

[Gerard Killoran]

The above is one of the nicest swindles I have ever seen. Thanks for posting.

Swindler swindled?

[Neil Graham]

A tangent, I know, but why do reports say he's been "jailed" when they should say "sentenced to jail".

This is the wording in the HMRC press release - artistic licence to make them look good. It is not known from the reports whether the defendant absconded whilst the case was in progress or whether he was charged and bailed to court and simply failed to turn up.

[Matt Bridgeman]

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