Viz — 5-Page Chess Special

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Brendan O'Gorman
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Re: Viz — 5-Page Chess Special

Post by Brendan O'Gorman » Tue Sep 28, 2021 2:39 pm

Geoff Chandler wrote:
Tue Sep 28, 2021 2:25 pm
I paid £3.90, the cover price. Brendan got a bargain.

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My memory has a habit of diluting unpleasant experiences. I'm now feeling an extra 50p of regret.

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Re: Viz — 5-Page Chess Special

Post by Geoff Chandler » Tue Sep 28, 2021 3:11 pm

Brendan O'Gorman wrote:
Tue Sep 28, 2021 2:39 pm
My memory has a habit of diluting unpleasant experiences. I'm now feeling an extra 50p of regret.

Hang onto it. It may become a collectors item. E-Bay sells old copies from between £5.00 - £50.00.
(I will now stop dumping them in the Metro box in case I pick up rare one.) :)

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Re: Viz — 5-Page Chess Special

Post by Matt Mackenzie » Tue Sep 28, 2021 3:11 pm

MSoszynski wrote:
Tue Sep 28, 2021 1:06 pm
I'll admit that the chess section was less amusing than the rest of the mag, but still to have a five-page section on chess in a satirical magazine in 2021 says something about the currency of the game. Ten and twenty years ago we were wondering and worrying about the decline of chess once the Fischer generation passed on, weren't we?
Well, that worry hasn't exactly disappeared as far as a significant amount of OTB chess is concerned.
"Set up your attacks so that when the fire is out, it isn't out!" (H N Pillsbury)

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Re: Viz — 5-Page Chess Special

Post by MJMcCready » Fri Oct 01, 2021 6:38 pm

MSoszynski wrote:
Sat Sep 25, 2021 9:08 am
The profane and surreal Viz adult comic #309 October 2021 has a 5-Page Chess Special.

Among other things there are tips on how to improve your game: #2 Stay away from the edges, #5 Move twice every turn.
Some of us are abroad and can't get hold of it. Any chance you can attach a section or two?

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Re: Viz — 5-Page Chess Special

Post by MSoszynski » Sat Oct 02, 2021 7:54 am

MJMcCready wrote:
Fri Oct 01, 2021 6:38 pm
MSoszynski wrote:
Sat Sep 25, 2021 9:08 am
The profane and surreal Viz adult comic #309 October 2021 has a 5-Page Chess Special.

Among other things there are tips on how to improve your game: #2 Stay away from the edges, #5 Move twice every turn.
Some of us are abroad and can't get hold of it. Any chance you can attach a section or two?
No. That may infringe copyright not to mention break forum rules. And yet you asked all the same.

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Re: Viz — 5-Page Chess Special

Post by Geoff Chandler » Sat Oct 02, 2021 11:28 am

MJMcCready wrote:
Fri Oct 01, 2021 6:38 pm
Some of us are abroad and can't get hold of it. Any chance you can attach a section or two?
I've finished with it. if you PM me an address I'll send it to you.

I am 100% positive I'll pick one up from a charity shop next year for 20p. It's a regular along with 'Friends' DVD's,
plastic dinosaurs and 'The Da Vinci Code' (catching up is Richard Osman's ''The Thursday Murder Club' )

The bit from Viz's '15 Things You Never Knew About Chess' I borrowed.

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I found a game where a Bishop took two pawns, a Rook, put the King in check (all in 7 moves) and it ended in a draw.

I could not find one where a Queen's Knight took the Bishop so settled for part of the the criteria all in 7 moves.
I toyed with the idea of making up a Spassky v Vizrosky (geddit?) game but used one from RHP instead.

aga3 - azzgoodazz RHP 2011



https://www.redhotpawn.com/chess-blog/t ... rtimer.491

Back to charity shops.
Recently I was in London for a day trip - viewtopic.php?f=2&t=12135#p272694

The prices in the charity shops on Marylebone High Street were ridiculous. £14.00 for a 2nd hand short sleeve shirt!
£3.00 each for scuffed paperbacks, £2.49 for a 2nd hand CD. These place would soon get picketed in Edinburgh where
in my locals it is 3-4 books for a £1.00. Five DVD's or CD's for £1.00 (you can mix and match) and clothes, jackets, shirts etc cost 99p max.