Media comments on chess
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From Kevin Spraggett's column.
http://www.spraggettonchess.com/fide-jo ... th-motiva/
"Motiva and FIDE have been hiding a little secret from the rest of the chess world. It turns out that
Motiva has been organizing a women’s rapid tournament each year (since 2017) in St. Petersburg."
I found this, a mini report/advert on the 2019 event.
https://motiva.health/patient/blog/motiva-chess-2019/
Just take the money and thank them for their interest in promoting chess.
There will be a few unoriginal jokes flying about for a while but IMO it's not as silly as some football sponsors
which leave themselves open to laddish comments. (guffaw-guffaw)
etc..etc..and a Greek football club, Voukefalas, are/were sponsored by a brothel.
https://www.argophilia.com/news/greek-s ... hel/27154/
http://www.spraggettonchess.com/fide-jo ... th-motiva/
"Motiva and FIDE have been hiding a little secret from the rest of the chess world. It turns out that
Motiva has been organizing a women’s rapid tournament each year (since 2017) in St. Petersburg."
I found this, a mini report/advert on the 2019 event.
https://motiva.health/patient/blog/motiva-chess-2019/
Just take the money and thank them for their interest in promoting chess.
There will be a few unoriginal jokes flying about for a while but IMO it's not as silly as some football sponsors
which leave themselves open to laddish comments. (guffaw-guffaw)
etc..etc..and a Greek football club, Voukefalas, are/were sponsored by a brothel.
https://www.argophilia.com/news/greek-s ... hel/27154/
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Re: Media comments on chess
"It's just a game of chess" Dion Dublin after 15 minutes of Liverpool-Man City.
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I think my chess pieces have been watching too much football.LawrenceCooper wrote: ↑Sun Oct 03, 2021 4:46 pm"It's just a game of chess" Dion Dublin after 15 minutes of Liverpool-Man City.
Yesterday a knight took a pawn and they all moved to the corner to celebrate.
I wonder what team they support. ManCHESSter United?
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Geoff Chandler wrote: ↑Mon Oct 04, 2021 7:32 pmI think my chess pieces have been watching too much football.LawrenceCooper wrote: ↑Sun Oct 03, 2021 4:46 pm"It's just a game of chess" Dion Dublin after 15 minutes of Liverpool-Man City.
Yesterday a knight took a pawn and they all moved to the corner to celebrate.
I wonder what team they support. ManCHESSter United?
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They obviously don't believe in playing to the Laws of Chess.
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I thought the red pawn had been sent off.Simon Rogers wrote: ↑Tue Oct 05, 2021 12:39 pmGeoff Chandler wrote: ↑Mon Oct 04, 2021 7:32 pmI think my chess pieces have been watching too much football.LawrenceCooper wrote: ↑Sun Oct 03, 2021 4:46 pm"It's just a game of chess" Dion Dublin after 15 minutes of Liverpool-Man City.
Yesterday a knight took a pawn and they all moved to the corner to celebrate.
I wonder what team they support. ManCHESSter United?
They might support CHESSter City instead.
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I was slightly surprised to hear that Nigel Short was going to be interviewed on Classic FM and they were very excited about it.
Mystery solved
https://www.tenebrae-choir.com/about/nigel-short
Mystery solved
https://www.tenebrae-choir.com/about/nigel-short
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Hi Simon,Simon Rogers wrote: ↑Wed Oct 06, 2021 1:59 pmI thought the red pawn had been sent off.
They might support CHESSter City instead.
I could have made a yellow card/red card gag with my yellow and red set. Missed that one.
Other possible teams, Bishop Auckland, Queens Park Rangers, WoKING...
But I'll settle for this team, their nickname is The Rooks. (the name of their home ground is The Dripping Pan.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewes_F.C.
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I'm sure there is more football teams.Geoff Chandler wrote: ↑Fri Oct 08, 2021 9:03 pmHi Simon,Simon Rogers wrote: ↑Wed Oct 06, 2021 1:59 pmI thought the red pawn had been sent off.
They might support CHESSter City instead.
I could have made a yellow card/red card gag with my yellow and red set. Missed that one.
Other possible teams, Bishop Auckland, Queens Park Rangers, WoKING...
But I'll settle for this team, their nickname is The Rooks. (the name of their home ground is The Dripping Pan.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewes_F.C.
One I can think of straightaway is KINGStonian FC.
Anyone else think of anymore?
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There's always this lot, up in Shropshire. B H Wood once said that's where his business ought to have been based.Geoff Chandler wrote: ↑Fri Oct 08, 2021 9:03 pmI'm sure there is more football teams.Simon Rogers wrote: ↑Wed Oct 06, 2021 1:59 pmI thought the red pawn had been sent off.
They might support CHESSter City instead.
One I can think of straightaway is KINGStonian FC.
Anyone else think of anymore?
(Surprised Geoff didn't have QUEEN's Park on his list - perhaps because they're based in That Other City? )
"The chess-board is the world ..... the player on the other side is hidden from us ..... he never overlooks a mistake, or makes the smallest allowance for ignorance."
(He doesn't let you resign and start again, either.)
(He doesn't let you resign and start again, either.)
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Yeah, Geoff missed that one.John Clarke wrote: ↑Fri Oct 08, 2021 11:52 pmThere's always this lot, up in Shropshire. B H Wood once said that's where his business ought to have been based.Geoff Chandler wrote: ↑Fri Oct 08, 2021 9:03 pmI'm sure there is more football teams.Simon Rogers wrote: ↑Wed Oct 06, 2021 1:59 pmI thought the red pawn had been sent off.
They might support CHESSter City instead.
One I can think of straightaway is KINGStonian FC.
Anyone else think of anymore?
(Surprised Geoff didn't have QUEEN's Park on his list - perhaps because they're based in That Other City? )
Do they still play at Hampden Park?
Geoff also missed another in Scotland, Queen of the South, who play in Dumfries.
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Bishop's Stortford, Bishop Auckland etc etc
"Do you play chess?"
"Yes, but I prefer a game with a better chance of cheating."
lostontime.blogspot.com
"Yes, but I prefer a game with a better chance of cheating."
lostontime.blogspot.com
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in the Amateur Cup Final Crook Town (Rook Town) have beaten both King's Lynn (1901) and Bishop Auckland (1954)
The Amateur Cup is no longer played for. The last winners were Bishop's Stortford who won it in 1974.
Bishop Auckland hold the record for winning it 10 times.
The Amateur Cup is no longer played for. The last winners were Bishop's Stortford who won it in 1974.
Bishop Auckland hold the record for winning it 10 times.
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I'm surprised Jack R missed the town of Castle Cary in south Somerset.
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A bit of a tenuous link - Morecambe FC, aka 'the Shrimps', are known jocularly on the other side of the Bay as 'the prawns'. This brings to mind the famous chess scene from 'Bottom'.