Christmas 'Chess' presents

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Matt Mackenzie
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Re: Christmas 'Chess' presents

Post by Matt Mackenzie » Wed Dec 28, 2022 10:40 pm

He *lives* in Scotland and has done for much of his 70-odd years. However, he is actually English.
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Re: Christmas 'Chess' presents

Post by Geoff Chandler » Wed Dec 28, 2022 11:42 pm

Born in London Joey. Mum moved to Scotland when I was 9.
Then back to London, back to Scotland, back to London, back to Scotland...
I was the subject of custody battle. ( Neither of my parents wanted me. :) )

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Re: Christmas 'Chess' presents

Post by Kevin Thurlow » Thu Dec 29, 2022 12:50 pm

"Born in London Joey. Mum moved to Scotland when I was 9.
Then back to London, back to Scotland, back to London, back to Scotland...
I was the subject of custody battle. ( Neither of my parents wanted me. :) )"

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Re: Christmas 'Chess' presents

Post by John Townsend » Thu Dec 29, 2022 2:13 pm

I was happy to receive a copy of Winning by Nigel Short. The games are drawn from a selection of tournaments and are attractively annotated by someone who has played a match for the world's championship. Its visual presentation is a strong point, with frequent diagrams, and it is a handsome hardback in pictorial covers and a pleasing book just to hold and appreciate. I would recommend it.

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Re: Christmas 'Chess' presents

Post by John Upham » Fri Dec 30, 2022 11:04 am

When I first saw this I assumed it was an early April 1st article from CB but sadly it was not.

Hopefully nobody was stupid enough to waste their money on such nonsense.

I was amused by
Each NFT is authorized by the player himself.
presumably via Mystic Meg.

I'm pleased to see Bitcoin, NFTs and the like going down the toilet.
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Re: Christmas 'Chess' presents

Post by Richard Thursby » Fri Dec 30, 2022 9:22 pm

John Upham wrote:
Fri Dec 30, 2022 11:04 am
When I first saw this I assumed it was an early April 1st article from CB but sadly it was not.

Hopefully nobody was stupid enough to waste their money on such nonsense.

I was amused by
Each NFT is authorized by the player himself.
presumably via Mystic Meg.

I'm pleased to see Bitcoin, NFTs and the like going down the toilet.
I think this belongs in this thread.

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Re: Christmas 'Chess' presents

Post by Geoff Chandler » Fri Dec 30, 2022 11:13 pm

It looks that way Richard. Wrong thread. I've done that a few times though this one has humorous turn.

"I was happy to receive a copy of Winning by Nigel Short." (followed by)

"Hopefully nobody was stupid enough to waste their money on such nonsense."

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Re: Christmas 'Chess' presents

Post by Matt Mackenzie » Sat Dec 31, 2022 12:18 am

Well, its not impossible that some lucky person got one of these "chess related" NFTs as an Xmas gift?
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