OTB chess still being played...

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Reg Clucas
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OTB chess still being played...

Post by Reg Clucas » Thu Apr 02, 2020 4:24 pm

...in the avian community. Here, GM Joseph Henry Blackbird takes on a team of allcomers.
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Andy Stoker
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Re: OTB chess still being played...

Post by Andy Stoker » Thu Apr 02, 2020 11:03 pm

The obvious opening! The rooks are waiting. No great winds indoor or there could be a knight-in-gale

Geoff Chandler
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Re: OTB chess still being played...

Post by Geoff Chandler » Fri Apr 03, 2020 12:17 pm

Brilliant:

Perhaps the time piece should have been a cuckoo clock. (... Blackbird takes on a flock of all comers.)

Kevin Thurlow
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Re: OTB chess still being played...

Post by Kevin Thurlow » Fri Apr 03, 2020 3:15 pm

Brilliant indeed.

Having overcome my disappointment that no owls are involved, may I point out that the robin would probably select a high vantage point from which to view the game.

Nice set and board as well.