Media comments on chess
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Rich Hall's 'Red Menace' now on BBC IPlayer (History category)
Runs though the cold war, mentions chess and 1972, has clip of the match and Fischer.
Adds watching two men playing chess would be mind numbing so shows the story of the match via a Popeye cartoon.
Amusing program, well put together, always liked Rich Hall.
Runs though the cold war, mentions chess and 1972, has clip of the match and Fischer.
Adds watching two men playing chess would be mind numbing so shows the story of the match via a Popeye cartoon.
Amusing program, well put together, always liked Rich Hall.
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In today's Evening Standard (Monday 25 November):
Make your move as chess masters come to the capital
Covers: the London Chess Classic, the play Ravens: Spassky vs. Fischer at the Hampstead Theatre, and the 10th anniversary of Chess in Schools and Communities.
Make your move as chess masters come to the capital
Covers: the London Chess Classic, the play Ravens: Spassky vs. Fischer at the Hampstead Theatre, and the 10th anniversary of Chess in Schools and Communities.
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A main story in today's papers is that playing board games helps keep your memory sharp in old age. However there are more references to Bingo than chess and the Telegraph delights in telling us that "bingo was just as good as chess, cards or crosswords for improving thinking skills." . Anyway off to the "Two Fat Ladies" site for my £88 worth of free plays!
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/201 ... ists-find/
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/201 ... ists-find/
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Just on Twitter: Ernst Happel playing chess against a journalist.
"Do you play chess?"
"Yes, but I prefer a game with a better chance of cheating."
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"Yes, but I prefer a game with a better chance of cheating."
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Ravens: Spassky vs. Fischer at the Hampstead Theatre
I just booked my seat for the opening night of this new play.
Thank you Christopher.
I just booked my seat for the opening night of this new play.
Thank you Christopher.
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Neil Graham wrote: ↑Tue Nov 26, 2019 9:53 amA main story in today's papers is that playing board games helps keep your memory sharp in old age. However there are more references to Bingo than chess and the Telegraph delights in telling us that "bingo was just as good as chess, cards or crosswords for improving thinking skills." . Anyway off to the "Two Fat Ladies" site for my £88 worth of free plays!
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/201 ... ists-find/
As usual, worth remembering that whilst print media is good at generality, they typically underperform with respect to accurate representations of research
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Glad to be of service, Stewart! I think they sometimes have a post-show discussion with the audience at that theatre (Hampstead Theatre). If they have that on the night you go, you will be able to tell them everything they have got wrong... (or maybe praise them for getting it all right). There will probably be quite a lot of poetic licence at play. Not sure what 'Ravens' refers to in the title - maybe you will find out.Stewart Reuben wrote: ↑Tue Nov 26, 2019 9:27 pmRavens: Spassky vs. Fischer at the Hampstead Theatre
I just booked my seat for the opening night of this new play.
Thank you Christopher.
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My review of Ravens appears on its separate section.
IIn today's Daily Telegraph, page 31, Sacred Mysteries, a weekly section By CRISTOPHER HOWSE the headline is
Making our moves on God's own chessboard.
It was a long article and I lost patience.
Later in it he says: Now if he can do what he wants, God must have the ability to make things happen in the universe. It's less like winding up a clock and more like a chess game. The moves made by evildoers are countered by God's infinite capacity to say, 'If he goes there, I'll move there.'
IIn today's Daily Telegraph, page 31, Sacred Mysteries, a weekly section By CRISTOPHER HOWSE the headline is
Making our moves on God's own chessboard.
It was a long article and I lost patience.
Later in it he says: Now if he can do what he wants, God must have the ability to make things happen in the universe. It's less like winding up a clock and more like a chess game. The moves made by evildoers are countered by God's infinite capacity to say, 'If he goes there, I'll move there.'
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I might never have become a chess grandmaster if I’d stuck to women-only tournaments says Judit Polgár
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... t-play-men
Guardian 30 Nov 2019
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... t-play-men
Guardian 30 Nov 2019
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Isn't that axiomatic, since at female only tournaments you can just get female titles?
"Set up your attacks so that when the fire is out, it isn't out!" (H N Pillsbury)
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That's not right. You could get norms in tournaments with three full GMs and two other titled players, even if they were all women.Matt Mackenzie wrote: ↑Sat Nov 30, 2019 6:09 pmIsn't that axiomatic, since at female only tournaments you can just get female titles?
More relevantly, the Women's World Champion is awarded the full GM title, if she does not already hold it.
For that reason, Judit Polgar's statement, far from being axiomatic, seems to me to be dubious.
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I thought JP meant that she got better as she played stronger players, which is almost certainly true.
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Fair enough (and I did know about the woman WC getting the male GM title thing)David Sedgwick wrote: ↑Sat Nov 30, 2019 6:44 pmThat's not right. You could get norms in tournaments with three full GMs and two other titled players, even if they were all women.Matt Mackenzie wrote: ↑Sat Nov 30, 2019 6:09 pmIsn't that axiomatic, since at female only tournaments you can just get female titles?
More relevantly, the Women's World Champion is awarded the full GM title, if she does not already hold it.
For that reason, Judit Polgar's statement, far from being axiomatic, seems to me to be dubious.
"Set up your attacks so that when the fire is out, it isn't out!" (H N Pillsbury)
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Matt > I did know about the woman WC getting the male GM title thing,
There is no such thing as the Male GM title. There is a GM title, which mainly requires 2600+ performances. It is in no way gender indicative.
There is no such thing as the Male GM title. There is a GM title, which mainly requires 2600+ performances. It is in no way gender indicative.
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Yes, I know that as well - maybe I should have used inverted commas
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