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Looks like William Watson to me

It depends entirely on the constitutional documents of the charity. There is no rule which precludes payments to professionals, though it probably makes fundraising more problematic.

[SetUp "1"] [FEN "r1b1k1r1/ppq1np1Q/2n1p3/3pP3/3p3P/P1P5/2P1NPP1/R1B1KB1R b KQq h3 0 11"] I think I've sat next to that position. It also became an Andy Smith speciality. I’ve had Black in that position. Against Andy Smith. I remember Len from Lewisham in the 70s and 80s. Never played him, but I do...

Hayes Village Hall! That takes me back..

I noticed some confusion between my games and those of Mike St J K Brown, will drop you an email

Back in the day, the London Junior Championships used to have a two game play off, which had to be completed before the traditional simul with the Hastings GM visitors. One year, 1972 maybe, I tied with Nick Benjamin and the play off was to be held, of course, at St Brides on a Saturday afternoon. A...

It is and I do.

These days funds are limited as the demographic of members means that subs tend to lapse for natural causes. We still support norm events and occasionally more unusual requests. Recipients of grants give us some publicity but apart from the website, that’s all we do.

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Yesterday’s Times - “British grandmaster replaced missing pieces” (5-7)

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Yesterday’s Times - “British grandmaster replaced missing pieces” (5-7)

The 1995 table brings back the happy memory of the only time I qualified for the British!

City pioneering move in game (9). Does require knowledge of chess to a small extent, in case you are wondering. Times jumbo cryptic yesterday

That’s why I posted it!

Yesterday’s Jumbo Cryptic. “Knock over a preferred piece in castling (7)” Hard clue

Tony was my contemporary, and we were joint Southern Counties U-14 champions in 1975. Strong player with his own style, his Hastings game in the French Winawer with Qd7 was exactly what he played 50 years ago.

Carl Portman MBE. Congratulations