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Chess on Sky News

Post by Matthew Turner » Sun Jun 12, 2011 9:59 pm

They say there is no such thing as bad publicity. hmmm
Just seem President Ilyumzhinov meeting with and playing a chess game against Colonel Gaddafi on Sky News.
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Re: Chess on Sky News

Post by IM Jack Rudd » Sun Jun 12, 2011 10:07 pm

...and you can write your own bait and switch comparison joke.
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Post by LozCooper » Sun Jun 12, 2011 10:08 pm

Matthew Turner wrote:They say there is no such thing as bad publicity. hmmm
Just seem President Ilyumzhinov meeting with and playing a chess game against Colonel Gaddafi on Sky News.
How embarressing for Gaddafi :shock:
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Re: Chess on Sky News

Post by Paul Cooksey » Sun Jun 12, 2011 10:14 pm

stay focused people - does anyone have the pgn? might be theoretically important.
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Post by Gavin Strachan » Sun Jun 12, 2011 10:35 pm

on ITV news at 10 as well. Didn't see Seb Blatter play John Terry.
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Post by Tristan Clayton » Sun Jun 12, 2011 10:49 pm

Next stop, The Hague for a quick hand of cribbage with Ratko Mladić.
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Post by John Saunders » Sun Jun 12, 2011 10:52 pm

Fair play to Ilyumzhinov, he stands by his mates - I believe he first got to know Gaddafi on that space ship.
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Post by Gavin Strachan » Sun Jun 12, 2011 11:03 pm

Perhaps he is his new military strategy adviser.

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Re: Chess on Sky News

Post by John Saunders » Sun Jun 12, 2011 11:06 pm

Despite the precedent of Kasimzhanov v Adams, I guess we can rule out the possibility that Anand v Gelfand is going to be played in Tripoli...
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Re: Chess on Sky News

Post by Paul McKeown » Sun Jun 12, 2011 11:23 pm

http://blogs.aljazeera.net/liveblog/libya
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Re: Chess on Sky News

Post by Colin Patterson » Sun Jun 12, 2011 11:48 pm

I doubt Kirsan is brave enough to suggest a game of bullet chess.
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Re: Chess on Sky News

Post by matt_ward » Mon Jun 13, 2011 5:36 am

I think this thread is some what unnecessary.
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Re: Chess on Sky News

Post by Mike Truran » Mon Jun 13, 2011 8:17 am

How about a caption competition?
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Re: Chess on Sky News

Post by Simon Spivack » Mon Jun 13, 2011 9:38 am

Mike Truran wrote:How about a caption competition?
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"So, colonel, you want my advice on how to deal with journalists."

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Re: Chess on Sky News

Post by Jonathan Bryant » Mon Jun 13, 2011 9:46 am

John Saunders wrote:Despite the precedent of Kasimzhanov v Adams, I guess we can rule out the possibility that Anand v Gelfand is going to be played in Tripoli...
Perhaps, but we may well have just ruled out anybody else wanting to fund anything to do with FIDE. Anyhoo, with those shades he's wearing, perhaps Gadaffi was hoping to be the next one to get a chance to make a GingerGM DVD?
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