Odd one out

[Chris Fewtrell]

Middlesex extends to Uxbridge in the West, Hackney in the East, Enfield in the North and Feltham & Staines in the South. Clubs can affiliate to the Middlesex League that meet outside the County. For County players, the SCCU and ECF rules re eligibility apply.

If you google Middlesex, you get a list of the London Borough's that are included in it.

[Sean Hewitt]

This is almost as much fun as the NCCU boundary issues

[Gavin Strachan]

and all I asked was a mere simple question. I'll have to think up another.

Which is the odd one out? Kasparov, Karpov, Korchnoi, Capablanca. hmmm how many variations can you get on that?

[Daniel Young]

and all I asked was a mere simple question. I'll have to think up another.

Which is the odd one out? Kasparov, Karpov, Korchnoi, Capablanca. hmmm how many variations can you get on that?

Well the most immediate answer that springs to mind is Korchnoi, since he was never the World Champion.

[Gavin Strachan]

correct. variation one. the literate answer is Capablanca begins with C; variation two: the chronological answer 3 K's played in the same era Capa is the odd one out.variation three: the geographical answer again Capablanca again was from Cuba the others from USSR/Russia. So, statistically Capablanca is the odd one out.

[Adam Raoof]

and all I asked was a mere simple question. I'll have to think up another.

Which is the odd one out? Kasparov, Karpov, Korchnoi, Capablanca. hmmm how many variations can you get on that?

It's obviously Kapablanka

[Gavin Strachan]

Well done Adam: Golden egg award for guessing the correct statistical answer! Anyhow going back to Middlesex being/not being a county..........

[Adam Raoof]

The Middlesex shield has the Seaxe ('Middel - seaxe') on it - the blade with a notch in it.

Nobody has ever found an original Seaxe (it would be worth a fortune), nor worked out what the notch in the blade is for. Anyone got any good guesses?

[David Sedgwick]

This is almost as much fun as the NCCU boundary issues

Except when you're at the sharp end of a dispute. In the twenty years or so during which I've been involved with the SCCU, things have got nasty for this sort of reason twice.

Then someone comes along with a suggestion that the ECF should "abolish" the Union Qualifying Stages of the Counties Championships, and the SCCU counties rapidly pull together.

[Gavin Strachan]

so does Essex:


and this is the real Middlesex shield:


commonly found in large numbers around the streets of Golders Green to protect Adam from the hoards of chess fans once a month.

Why does Middlesex have a sea axe when it has no coastline? hmmm pirates up the Thames?

[Mike Gunn]

Another reason for Capablanca being the odd one out is that he is the only one to have given a sumultaneous display in Surrey.

[Gavin Strachan]

I am surprised that Berks isn't in the SCCU considering it is next to London.

[David Sedgwick]

I am surprised that Berks isn't in the SCCU considering it is next to London.

They're within the SCCU area, but they've chosen to disaffiliate. This has been discussed at http://www.ecforum.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=1841.

[Gavin Strachan]

I see. Allegedly one person has taken it upon themselves to disaffliate which seems a little autonomous. Would have thought that it would have been a committee decision. Oh well, their loss.

[Adam Raoof]

I see. Allegedly one person has taken it upon themselves to disaffliate which seems a little autonomous. Would have thought that it would have been a committee decision. Oh well, their loss.

They can disaffiliate, but they are always in our minds, and in our hearts...

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