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But when Hardcastle found it hard to castle... [Event "St. George's Club vs Cambridge University"] [Site "London"] [Date "1904.03.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Hardcastle, H. J."] [Black "Bateman, Harry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C24"] [Opening "Bishop's opening: Berlin defence"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc...

Nowhere near, I'm afraid... [Event "Liverpool vs Manchester"] [Site "Liverpool"] [Date "1909.11.27"] [Round "?"] [White "Dawbarn, Climenson Yelverton Charles"] [Black "Bateman, Harry"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B34"] [Opening "Sicilian: accelerated fianchetto, exchange variation"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. ...

An update on where the chess tables are to be located:

https://twitter.com/JackTShaw/status/17 ... 9478418883

Of course, the answer is Harry Bateman, as some of you have already indicated. Try this one: Which important international tournament consisted of an all-play-all preliminary stage, after which the first five played each other twice? St Petersburg 1914 For the record: [Event "Manchester vs Liverpoo...

Another game from our hero, where 13. or 14. Bg5 would have kept him in the game. [Event "Manchester vs Liverpool"] [Site "Liverpool"] [Date "1907.12.07"] [Round "?"] [White "N. N."] [Black "Askwith, E. A."] [Result "0-1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bg4 7. O-O Be7 8. ...

The next meeting of the ECF Council is not until April, if that's what you mean by "next meeting". It's supposed to be a Finance meeting and it can be difficult to get other matters discussed. Disputes at Director's Board meetings are usually kept under wraps with little more than a hint in the Min...

Will those questions be put at the next meeting? The next meeting of the ECF Council is not until April, if that's what you mean by "next meeting". It's supposed to be a Finance meeting and it can be difficult to get other matters discussed. Disputes at Director's Board meetings are usually kept un...

I think the ECF Director of International Chess and External Relations (!) should perhaps not be publicly endorsing a person now being investigated for incitement to riot. As for the use of 'feckin'... Questionable judgment but not a hanging offence. Will those questions be put at the next meeting?

As much as I dislike his politics, Leo Varadkar, is Gay, a person of colour and the child of an immigrant. The real reasons, in my opinion, why Conor McGregor hates him so much. Conor McGregor also recently quote tweeted Paul Golding, the leader of the fascist Britain First group. As for McGregor's ...

At the next meeting, could you ask our Director of International Chess and External Relations why he has been retweeting, and praising the notorious violent thug Conor McGregor - who has a history of racism, homophobia and islamophobia - and who has recently been inciting racist violence in Dublin. ...

From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_of_Authors Well known contemporary members include Philip Pullman (SoA president from 2013 to March 2022), Malorie Blackman, Neil Gaiman, Philip Gross, Judith Kerr, Hilary Mantel, J. K. Rowling and Lemn Sissay. A splendid group no doubt, but it may not com...

The Society of Authors, which has been defending the rights of authors since 1884, has written a defence of copyright law here: https://www2.societyofauthors.org/where-we-stand/copyright/ Piracy Book piracy is harmful to authors, publishers, booksellers and readers alike. In the digital age, electro...

I'm sure there are plenty of burglars in the vicinity of Mr McCready's home who also find property laws 'whimsical'. I hope that doesn't stop him locking his doors and windows.

The two volumes of 'Chess Characters: Reminiscences of a Badmaster' were published by 'Chess Notes, Geneva, 1984'. Wikipedia also gives: Geoffrey Harber Diggle (6 December 1902 – 13 February 1993) So they were published during the lifetime of the author. I'm sure Diggle would have had something to s...

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Sun Nov 19, 2023 11:41 am

Attention. A new question. Google at the ready:

The Dundee 1867 tournament was attended by Steinitz, De Vere, Blackburne and others. But who represented the Midlands?

Spens, Robertson and Dr J. C. Fraser all represented the Scottish Midlands