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Personally, if I had any kind of outstanding chess ability, I would invite testing, put an end to any speculation and set about cleaning up at every event i could find.

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I am doing a quick one question, anonymous voting survey for the 2015 General Election....if you could take 2 minutes and press a couple of buttons that would be great. Thank you !!

www.surveymonkey.com/s/2PK6DTG

Rock star Bono from U2....looks like he was seriously into chess at one point. Now HE should be approached to be ECF honorary president From a U2 website 11. Was Bono really a great chess player as a kid? It's apparently true. There are many references in various books about Bono and U2 to the fact ...

"It's okay for explaining structural chess -- e.g. white with pawns at e5 and d4 versus black with pawns at e6 and d5, with f- and c- pawns on both sides absent gives white an enduring advantage (other things equal). Everyone has to have seen this at some time. But with modern chess, other things ar...

In a conversation about Magnus Carlsen with a friend - the question arose; in a game of limitless possibilities such as chess is there a limit on how good somebody could be? Just thought I'd put this one out there - might be a subject worthy of discussion...

This unfortunate event could have been handled within the Pond Forge environment and kept 'in-house'. Firstly, this was a chess event. It was not a chess event supporting gay equality. CJ could have worn something a little less controversial - does he wear his Stonewall t-shirt on Eggheads? Maybe he...

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Personally it appears to me that CJ is here promoting chess and whilst he is wearing his 'chess' cap he should be exercising some discretion and not promoting other causes - of any form.

You would think the ideal time to test the IT system would have been on the Sunday rapidplay....I've just tried 2seeitlive's own site and that looks like its down aswell - poor really.