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https://www.ecfresource.co.uk/results/ has some of the missing names.
2011 for example won't show up in the searches suggested because it is only shown as an e2e4 event with no mention of Seniors.

Dubov Meier is worth a look if you like that sort of thing. https://lichess.org/broadcast/fide-world-cup-2025--round-3/tiebreak-2-rapid-1/9wuDCaIo/eh6tDnYp I thought 7...Nf5 was supposed to be unplayable. I've played it a couple of times in Rapidplay but it is close to unplayable. The main reason i...

1970?

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesig ... n-pictures

A number will be familiar. Only David Bowie and Catherine Deneuve obviously have their board the wrong way round.

Eley v Williams Round 11 British Champs 1972

Nearly. Safer to play 3. d3 first. [Event "Cambridge Univ v Insurance"] [Site "?"] [Date "1970.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Yeo, Michael J"] [Black "Carr, Chris D"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B23"] [PlyCount "54"] [EventDate "1970.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. d3 d6 4. g4 e6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nge2 Nf6 7. ...

Yes, that was my point. Nearly all of the top bridge players are men, albeit not to the same extent as in chess. Today's English top 100 bridge players (rolling National Grading System) has two women, at 44th and 69th. The only caveat is that players can elect to keep their grade private. I think t...

I suspect that I was the last English player to play against Simic, with a loss and a draw in a double round tournament in Belgrade in 2003.

" I've heard of at least one intrepid English player who has played chess in Uzbekistan. I doubt that you meant me, but I did play in the 7th Agzamov Memorial in 2013. Having accepted a draw in a winning position in the penultimate round I needed to win this final round game to have a share in the ...

I won in 1974, beating Roland Payne. I have unearthed a poor copy of an article from the East Anglian Daily Times: Capture.PNG In 1975 we played again. I am not sure whether or not it was the final. We drew the first game with me as Black and I lost the second game as White. The trophy was magnifice...

"What was his final game, in these books anyway?" He played at Guernsey in October and I believe the last round was 22/10/83, and he died 3/12/83 so it might have been his last game... He lost to SJ Shutler (whatever happened to him?) I don't have the game on Chessbase. Since you ask: http://mail.w...

Kevin Thurlow wrote: ↑

Fri Apr 17, 2020 4:03 pm

Is that true? Does/did the Spooner character exist?

From my local paper:
https://www.advertiserandtimes.co.uk/quiz-millionaire

I have played his father at chess.

I think it was earlier, probably 1962, as it was based on an article in the Scientific American in March 1962 available online at http://cs.williams.edu/~freund/cs136-07 ... xapawn.pdf. This was based on work by Donald Michie There is some more info at http://www.mscroggs.co.uk/blog/19.

Looking back at that game against Reppen, 15.Bc1 looks like it could be rather strong. I must not have seen it at the tame. No it isn't. Black just plays 15.....Qxf3 16.gxf3 Re7! (better than 16....Re8 that has been played a few times) and even if White regains material after something like 17.Ng5 ...

Remarkable play by Luke, even given the time control. Not really. I analysed this line out to a draw 5 years ago (with colours reversed: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5 Nd5!? etc). I suspect both players are still in their preparation (at move 15) as it is still following Motylev - Radjabo...