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Barry Sandercock
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Re: Chris Clegg

Post by Barry Sandercock » Tue Jun 09, 2015 11:16 am

Where can I find the results of the Chris Clegg Memorial Rapidplay ?

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Re: Chris Clegg

Post by Brendan O'Gorman » Tue Jun 09, 2015 12:57 pm

Barry, the competition format was four all-play-all sections whose winners entered a knockout stage. The semi-finals and finals were decided by two games for each match. John Nunn defeated Mike Healey in one semi-final while Gavin Wall beat Russell Granat in the other. Nunn won the final 2-0 although he looked to be in trouble in the following game before recovering to demonstrate his superior skill in rook and pawn endings.


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Re: Chris Clegg

Post by Brendan O'Gorman » Tue Jun 09, 2015 1:03 pm

And here's the second final round game:



We should also thank Robin Haldane who recorded the moves in the final games.

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Re: Chris Clegg

Post by John Saunders » Tue Jun 09, 2015 1:06 pm

Attached, a file with complete results of this event. The six games recorded may be downloaded via the latest TWIC.

TWIC report: http://www.theweekinchess.com/html/twic1074.html#10
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Re: Chris Clegg

Post by Clive Blackburn » Tue Jun 09, 2015 1:30 pm

John McKenna wrote: At such close quarters my bishop continued to be a pedestrian prelate wandering aimlessly in the confines of the white tiles while the knight was hopping madly from black to white, and back, harrying my poor monarch into a hole in the ditch of the H-file.
What you needed John was a Giant Bishop! :D

http://www.ecforum.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=7483

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Re: Chris Clegg

Post by John McKenna » Tue Jun 09, 2015 3:24 pm

Thanks for pointing that out, Clive.

I think of that bishop of mine more as a redundant verger - let that be a lesson to me.

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Re: Chris Clegg

Post by Barry Sandercock » Tue Jun 09, 2015 6:32 pm

Thanks very much Brendan, for the details on the Memorial Rapidplay.

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Re: Chris Clegg

Post by John Upham » Sat Jun 13, 2015 11:14 am

See here :D
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Re: Chris Clegg

Post by Nick Burrows » Sat Jun 13, 2015 1:15 pm

Malcolm mixes up Mike Healey with John Healey..

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Re: Chris Clegg

Post by John Foley » Thu Jun 15, 2023 2:51 pm

It has come to our notice that there is a bench in Blakeney, Norfolk with a memorial plaque dedicated to Chris Clegg (1948-2015).
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The dates match our own Chris Clegg.
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The bench is in front of the Blakeney Hotel on the quay. Its location can be found on the national benches database.

We were unaware of Chris's connection to Norfolk. We suspect it is related to his interest in ornithology.
If anybody knows how the plaque came to be there, please let us know.
As far as we were aware, there were no family members or ornithologists at his funeral.

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Re: Chris Clegg

Post by Jon D'Souza-Eva » Thu Jun 15, 2023 3:22 pm

I suspect that is in memory of the only other Christopher Clegg whose death was registered in England or Wales in 2015 - Christopher William Clegg. His obituary mentions that he liked to sail his boat in Norfolk:
https://www.bps.org.uk/psychologist/pro ... -1948-2015

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Re: Chris Clegg

Post by Christopher Kreuzer » Thu Jun 15, 2023 3:30 pm

I found the same webpage and agree with Jon. Strange to find two people with the same name and dates, though it happens with fairly common names.

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Re: Chris Clegg

Post by Richard Thursby » Sat Jun 17, 2023 2:53 pm

See, for example here

In the well-known Birthday Problem, the solution is a surprisingly small value of 23.

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