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The BBC take an interest in Chess : surely some mistake?
Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2020 5:30 pm
by John Upham
The BBC have taken an interest in chess :
Chess Olympiad ends in stalemate as internet fails
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-53965748
complying to the usual media requirement to include the word "stalemate" in any chess story.
Re: The BBC take an interest in Chess : surely some mistake?
Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2020 5:57 pm
by David Sedgwick
BBC News haven't taken that much interest. They have only covered the story once.
On this Forum the BBC News item has been reported on three different threads in the space of 53 minutes. Is this a record?
Re: The BBC take an interest in Chess : surely some mistake?
Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2020 7:56 pm
by Nick Grey
Will not make the BBC News at 22;00.
Re: The BBC take an interest in Chess : surely some mistake?
Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2020 9:10 pm
by Stewart Reuben
Today's Sunday Times LETTERS to the Editor
About Bletchley Park. 'In October 1941, four codebreakers - Alan Turing, Gordon Welchman, Hugh Alexander and Stuart Milner-Barry - sent an urgent message to Winston Churchill asking for additional resources. Churchill granted their request and famously demanded "Action this day."
It is always pleasing to be reminded of the importance of chess players I knew and the part they played in the Second World War.
Re: The BBC take an interest in Chess : surely some mistake?
Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2020 9:17 pm
by Kevin Thurlow
"About Bletchley Park. 'In October 1941, four codebreakers - Alan Turing, Gordon Welchman, Hugh Alexander and Stuart Milner-Barry - sent an urgent message to Winston Churchill asking for additional resources."
I think we're in the wrong thread, but M-B actually hand-delivered the note...
Re: The BBC take an interest in Chess : surely some mistake?
Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2020 5:54 am
by MJMcCready
I take it you know, concerning Olympiads that is, what the BBC produced impeccably once upon a time?
Re: The BBC take an interest in Chess : surely some mistake?
Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2020 5:55 am
by MJMcCready
Oh just read the link. Nice headline, very Spandau Ballet...think I'll put some music on.