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I think Blackburne was probably better than me. But I am not absolutely sure. His best games are fantastic, his worst poor. I suspect I would get good positions against him and then get blown away tactically. Atkins is the first player I am sure was better than me, based on maybe 10 hours playing t...

I get 22, but I guessed 1 and 2 (fortunately, correctly). Q6 is just silly or wrongly worded. The ones I got wrong were 15 (another silly question), 16 and 25.

"EBay, unfortunately, don't seem to have got it right. They (not the sellers) are collecting VAT on small items (below £135) imported from the EU, but they also seem to be including books in this." That should be challenged, to see if it's an honest mistake. If they attempt justification, then at l...

"EBay, unfortunately, don't seem to have got it right. They (not the sellers) are collecting VAT on small items (below £135) imported from the EU, but they also seem to be including books in this." That should be challenged, to see if it's an honest mistake. If they attempt justification, then at l...

EBay, unfortunately, don't seem to have got it right. They (not the sellers) are collecting VAT on small items (below £135) imported from the EU, but they also seem to be including books in this.

Sure, Ian, and many of those items will, no doubt, be subject to VAT at 20% and, possibly, other charges. There is a link within the Guardian article to the various different rates of duty.

A helpful article from the Guardian:-

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2021/ ... ave-to-pay

I just completed a purchase on the New in Chess site up to but not including pressing the final button and there were no additional charges except for packaging.

But books and magazines are exempt from VAT, so unless I have missed something ...

Hi Paul I think that you will find an additional charge of 20% VAT on your invoice. This will apply to all EU goods sold into the UK post 1 January. For high value goods (over £135), there will, I think, be import duties as well. See https://www.gov.uk/guidance/vat-and-overseas-goods-sold-directly-t...

What would be the possible outcomes of this insidiousness, Matt. How bad could it be. It makes chess less than what it should be, isn't that enough? Well, maybe, Matt, I was thinking that anything that makes people think about chess isn't necessarily a bad thing. If that film makes a few more kids ...

What would be the possible outcomes of this insidiousness, Matt. How bad could it be.

Cancel the last request. All now working.

ChessBomb looks like it's failed. Got the pairings for round 10 but no pieces on the boards! Have the arbiting team got any info, please.

Mark Hebden has punted the QP countergambit against Gawain. Not even the 3..Bd6 Elephant but the old fashioned 3...e4.