End of an era

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Re: End of an era

Post by JustinHorton » Sun Nov 17, 2019 1:49 am

Yeah, I saw that too. I wonder where they originate.
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Re: End of an era

Post by JustinHorton » Mon Nov 18, 2019 12:56 pm

Today
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Re: End of an era

Post by JustinHorton » Tue Nov 19, 2019 9:54 am

And today
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Re: End of an era

Post by Alex Holowczak » Tue Nov 19, 2019 11:22 am

JustinHorton wrote: ↑
Tue Nov 19, 2019 9:54 am
 And today
How are you going to fill your day once Keene finally hangs up his pen?
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Re: End of an era

Post by John Upham » Tue Nov 19, 2019 11:45 am

Alex Holowczak wrote: ↑
Tue Nov 19, 2019 11:22 am
JustinHorton wrote: ↑
Tue Nov 19, 2019 9:54 am
 And today
How are you going to fill your day once Keene finally hangs up his pen?
The pen was hung up years ago.

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Re: End of an era

Post by JustinHorton » Tue Nov 19, 2019 12:26 pm

Alex Holowczak wrote: ↑
Tue Nov 19, 2019 11:22 am
JustinHorton wrote: ↑
Tue Nov 19, 2019 9:54 am
 And today
How are you going to fill your day once Keene finally hangs up his pen?
Same as I always have, Alex.
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Re: End of an era

Post by JustinHorton » Wed Nov 20, 2019 9:18 am

And...
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Re: End of an era

Post by Paul Habershon » Fri Nov 22, 2019 4:34 pm

Today's 'Spectator' magazine - echo of an era. McShane's column but RDK credited on the contents page.
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Re: End of an era

Post by JustinHorton » Fri Nov 22, 2019 7:24 pm

Ha ha brilliant
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Re: End of an era

Post by JustinHorton » Fri Nov 22, 2019 10:07 pm

Meanwhile as the BCM is still, unaccountably, playing host to Ray, Olimpiu offers us this on his notes to Alekhine-Sämisch. I note that chessgames.com, also an old haunt of Ray's, has the apparently incorrect move order. Nice photo, incidentally.
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Re: End of an era

Post by JustinHorton » Sat Nov 30, 2019 3:57 pm

From Ray's final column:
Only one day has gone by in the more than a quarter of a century since then eithout a chess column (a sensational murder blocked out other news that day).
I must have missed that one. What was the "sensational murder"?
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Re: End of an era

Post by Colin Patterson » Sat Nov 30, 2019 4:48 pm

Is Ray likely to be sporting a couple of new gold watches, or does Fleet Street have its own special way of bidding people farewell?
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Re: End of an era

Post by JustinHorton » Sat Nov 30, 2019 5:17 pm

Well usually when a columnist leaves after several decades' service there's all kinds of tributes, reminiscences and the like, perhaps they will appear on Monday
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Re: End of an era

Post by David Sedgwick » Sat Nov 30, 2019 6:32 pm

JustinHorton wrote: ↑
Sat Nov 30, 2019 3:57 pm
 From Ray's final column:
Only one day has gone by in the more than a quarter of a century since then eithout a chess column (a sensational murder blocked out other news that day).
I must have missed that one. What was the "sensational murder"?

I imagine that the reference is to The Black Queen Murder Mystery, which was described on the S&B blog at http://streathambrixtonchess.blogspot.c ... ddler.html.
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Re: End of an era

Post by Kevin Thurlow » Sat Nov 30, 2019 6:44 pm

I seem to recall that the "map of Ireland" was more the shape of Lancashire. The alleged victim was from Lancashire. However, if the accused said he invented the diagrams to confuse people then it doesn't actually matter what it depicts.
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