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Footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcKouHIVIvI https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?tid=79435 Moscow, Soviet Union (Russia), 21 May - 16 June 1967 (1) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts 1 Stein * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 11 =2 Smyslov ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 10 =2...

On another piece of trivia, which ENG players have faced a current world champion in the open Olympiad? I think it's only Penrose against Tal in 1960 who won. Sultan Khan - https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1012777 William Winter - https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1013167 G...

Route (b) is not intended to be an option that an ordinary newly promoted team can select merely to avoid the existing composition rule. The way you've drafted it, that is what it does. Such a team would need to identify and evidence a lawful basis for restricting its entire squad to one sex. Witho...

So as you can see it is Schachattack who are more affected by the rule imposed in the promotion In the consultation, I voted to remove the compulsory female-player rule because of its impact on my team. The rule creates a market for a limited number of female players. Strong players may reasonably ...

The practical effect could well be similar to abolishing the rule completely, except that female players would be excluded from even being listed in a squad. Whilst existing Division 1 teams might feel some obligation to retain a place for their female players, newly promoted teams would be likely ...

Proposed solution: A team must satisfy either: (a) Standard route: the team must comply with the existing team-composition requirements for the division in which it competes; or (b) Single-sex team route: the team may field players of one sex only, provided that: it registers for this route before t...

Jon D'Souza-Eva wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 18, 2026 12:00 pm

Wow, thanks Nick! Looks like I'll have to start using Gemini.

Ha, well it looked plausible! It would be so much better if it just said - I do not know.

I checked on Gemini: You are likely looking for William Lee Sims II, a prominent American business executive who rose from the small community of Egypt, Mississippi, to become a global leader in the corporate world. Here is the profile of his life and career based on historical records: William Lee ...

Upcoming Netflix documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4k7lkMdZorE

The same photograph accompanied the Independent's obituary on 19 February 2026: https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/jan-timman-death-chess-grandmaster-b2923661.html That isn't an obituary per se, has any major newspaper other than the Times yet produced one? https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/jan-...

Jonathan Rogers wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 26, 2026 5:25 pm

Second to Polgar! "Not bad". I'd curious to know the top five or ten, if Leonard or anyone else has them readily available.

No. 2: https://www.facebook.com/chessbaseindia ... 725013085/

Christopher Kreuzer wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 21, 2026 9:25 am

No idea what the continuations are after Nick's 26...Kg8 27.g4.

28.Qh3

Very nice game Keith! 25.e4!! deserves to win any game. If 26..Kg8 27.g4! continues the theme and wins with Keiths favourite move.

Leonard Barden wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 19, 2026 8:48 am

Where was Freddy's second IM norm? Fide only lists the 2025 European teams.

Was it this?: https://s1.chess-results.com/tnr802873. ... 5&SNode=S0

Google plans to launch AI-powered smart glasses in 2026, featuring Gemini integration for hands-free assistance. Two versions are planned: a screen-free, audio/camera-based model, and another featuring a discrete in-lens visual display for navigation and notifications. They run on Android XR, empha...