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Ken was also a regular at the West minister rapidplays in the 90's..RIP

WIll quickly add this as well... I mean guys... like I said I'm fine with all this chat but... I totally get why some people JUST want to play online... I am a better player online than I am OTB. On YouTube now you see all these vids HOW I WENT FROM NOOB TO 1900 in just 2 years..... This is the fut...

I just renewed my membership...downgraded it from Silver to Bronze.

where do you draw the line? This "woman" (lol) just broke the Canadian weight lifting record by a huge amount Andres, a 6’2 athlete, lifted 1,327lbs, calculated from the combined weight of squat, bench and deadlift. The 40-year-old beat her closest competition by a staggering 470lbs and achieved the...

As a designer I think the obvious solution regarding the issue of toilets in all sports in all possible scenarios would be to have a 3rd classification of toilet...male...female....other

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Lots of stunning photos from the event now available taken by the Austrian board 4 professional photographer Peter Kranzl here: https://schachunddarts.at/Senioren%20EM%20Dresden/ As you would expect lots of photos from an Austrian perspective. Also many excellent photos of Dresden and the events aro...

so what is going to happen with the cheater Niemann? he has been found guilty of cheating in more than 100 games. I always thought he looked guilty...he has the kind of smug arrogant face that you just want to punch. I stand with 100% Magnus, Nepo and Keith Arkell. Too many bleeding hearted liberals...

I am going to say it... but Hans Niemann appears in his photos to have one of those faces...the camera might be doing him an injustice.

the Germans would call it "a Backpfeifengesicht" Would Magnus agree or disagree?

I would be amazed if David Howell played any other games as he is almost certain of the gold medal on board 3. And I'd be amazed if he never played another game. He is not there to go solo pot hunting. He is there because he is English. The pride he feels when marching out to represent his country ...

I would be amazed if David Howell played any other games as he is almost certain of the gold medal on board 3. It would make no sense to risk losing it by playing another game.

Thanks Tim

mine showed Frostick beating Emms...duncan drawing with Hebden and Adams getting busted by Flear...then those 3 boardws changed completely ...only Shorts board stayed the same

looks like4 the organisers were showing wrong boards?

very annoying

England 1 smashed by England 2

going to be 3-1 or maybe 3.5 - 0.5

blows the competition wide open!

1972 British champion....eye opening reading for me (before my time) extract from the Fiona Pitt-Kethley article link above... "Inspector Moon asking about his experiences with Eley and mentioning that more than seventy affidavits had been sworn against him"..... just because he is dead should not m...