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At her best she's already playing at GM level and she appears entirely unruffled, objective, and immune to the hype whether she wins, draws or loses. She reminds me of the 11-year-old Pragg in these respects. Good luck in the over-65 world championship, Keith.

I met him just once, in the late 1970s perhaps, chez Bob Wade.I told him I had heard he was something of a bridge player. He eplied, "Yeah. I`m the best." Bob then mentioned something about a board game Len had invented - something to do with space travel, if memory serves... He showed myself and s...

I first went to Charlton Chess Club when I was 11 or 12 and soon became a member. At the time and for many years the club nights were held in the long gallery of Charlton house on Tuesdays and Thursdays. I wandered in and was very impressed at the sight of so many players and games in progress in th...

It would be interesting to know the details and it certainly seems to be successful in Europe. Also, don't you always play someone much stronger in the first round in a seeded Swiss if you're in the bottom half of a tournament? I was once seeded against a very strong Indian player in the first round...

I knew Nigel when we were both members of Charlton CC. A very nice guy and a formidable player at his best. I'm very sorry to hear this.

Why are multi-section opens rare in the UK while being quite common in Europe? The basic set up is one big Swiss tournament in which anyone or any rating can enter with no options for rating restricted events. Instead what is on offer are quite generous prizes for rating limited sections within the ...