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- Sun Mar 24, 2024 4:17 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: The UK Parliamentary Chess Club
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1186
Re: The UK Parliamentary Chess Club
ukpcc3.jpg ukpcc2.jpg ukpcc1.jpg Congratulations to the UK Armed Forces Chess Association for their convincing victory over the UK Parliamentary Chess Club ♟♟♟ You can find more details about details about them here: https://serviceschess.wixsite.com/home, and see the full scorecard and list of MPs...
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 4:09 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Media comments on chess
- Replies: 5977
- Views: 741972
Re: Media comments on chess
2 links from a recent article by Leonard Barden. Spassky's son (also Boris), who doesn't play seriously, talking about his father. He looks a lot like his father, with his glasses there is also a resemblance to David McCallum.The elephant in the room is the acrimonious breakup of his parents' marria...
- Fri Mar 22, 2024 11:35 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: The UK Parliamentary Chess Club
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1186
Re: The UK Parliamentary Chess Club
ukpcc3.jpg ukpcc2.jpg ukpcc1.jpg Congratulations to the UK Armed Forces Chess Association for their convincing victory over the UK Parliamentary Chess Club ♟♟♟ You can find more details about details about them here: https://serviceschess.wixsite.com/home, and see the full scorecard and list of MPs...
- Thu Mar 21, 2024 5:37 pm
- Forum: Deaths & Obituaries
- Topic: Lisa Lane
- Replies: 5
- Views: 517
Lisa Lane
https://slate.com/culture/2024/03/women ... -lane.html
From another time. An immature Fischer claimed he could give knight odds to all women players. That wasn't true when he said it, certainly in the Soviet Union.
From another time. An immature Fischer claimed he could give knight odds to all women players. That wasn't true when he said it, certainly in the Soviet Union.
- Thu Feb 22, 2024 11:51 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Media comments on chess
- Replies: 5977
- Views: 741972
Re: Media comments on chess
'The Commons needed to focus on the horror in Gaza. Instead this was a grubby game of political chess.'
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... dsay-hoyle
(Actually a clear explanation of what happened on Wednesday).
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... dsay-hoyle
(Actually a clear explanation of what happened on Wednesday).
- Tue Feb 20, 2024 10:48 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Media comments on chess
- Replies: 5977
- Views: 741972
Re: Media comments on chess
Went back to check wording in programme: ' How many different chess pieces can capture by moving one square diagonally'. Ian's point still applies.Ian Thompson wrote: ↑Mon Feb 19, 2024 10:26 pmPoor question. Are pawns considered to be pieces or not?Roland Kensdale wrote: ↑Mon Feb 19, 2024 10:02 pmHow many chess pieces can capture one square diagonally?
- Mon Feb 19, 2024 10:43 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Media comments on chess
- Replies: 5977
- Views: 741972
Re: Media comments on chess
Good pointIan Thompson wrote: ↑Mon Feb 19, 2024 10:26 pmPoor question. Are pawns considered to be pieces or not?Roland Kensdale wrote: ↑Mon Feb 19, 2024 10:02 pmHow many chess pieces can capture one square diagonally?
- Mon Feb 19, 2024 10:02 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Media comments on chess
- Replies: 5977
- Views: 741972
Re: Media comments on chess
The Chase 23rd Jan, available on the player:
How many chess pieces can capture one square diagonally?
2. 3 or 4
Quick!
How many chess pieces can capture one square diagonally?
2. 3 or 4
Quick!
- Mon Feb 19, 2024 5:28 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Without thinking about it too much... are you a bishop or a knight person?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 4732
Re: Without thinking about it too much... are you a bishop or a knight person?
Knight circuits can be difficult to follow.
From the endgame KB+P v K doesn't always win, while KN+P does, but 2 knights alone can't force checkmate.
I prefer Bishops unless I've just caught my opponent in a knight fork.
From the endgame KB+P v K doesn't always win, while KN+P does, but 2 knights alone can't force checkmate.
I prefer Bishops unless I've just caught my opponent in a knight fork.
- Mon Feb 19, 2024 5:08 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: OTB Freestyle / Fischer Random / Chess 960 in the UK
- Replies: 2
- Views: 236
Re: OTB Freestyle / Fischer Random / Chess 960 in the UK
Slight tangent. Watched a video of the players in the 'freestyle' GOAT tournament (https://youtu.be/eU_oCJUthN0?si=pAgid7Wm-HnPJ6jw), there seemed a few questions about castling (I couldn't follow all the comments), suggesting even these players were not 100% clear on every aspect of the rules conce...
- Tue Feb 13, 2024 5:23 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Outrageous Puzzle
- Replies: 3
- Views: 425
Re: Outrageous Puzzle
More about this:
https://en.chessbase.com/post/solution- ... able-study
Was discussed on this forum in 2020: viewtopic.php?t=11209
https://en.chessbase.com/post/solution- ... able-study
Was discussed on this forum in 2020: viewtopic.php?t=11209
- Sun Jan 28, 2024 6:26 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Media comments on chess
- Replies: 5977
- Views: 741972
Re: Media comments on chess
I see they went with 'Inmate to checkmate' could not read the rest - pay wall. 2nd time I tried to read I got paywall, not sure why it let me read first time. Opened link in an 'incognito' tab on phone and it could all be read. I have pm'ed it to Geoff as I think it's too long to paste here. I trie...
- Sun Jan 28, 2024 12:40 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Media comments on chess
- Replies: 5977
- Views: 741972
Re: Media comments on chess
More on the same: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/01/26/woody-harrelson-plays-chess-at-wormwood-scrubs-prison/ "During the pandemic, it supported more than 70 prisons by sending inmates chess puzzles to complete". He added that the puzzles were translated into Romanian and Polish because of hi...
- Fri Jan 12, 2024 12:45 pm
- Forum: International News
- Topic: Tata Steel 12 - 28 Jan 2024
- Replies: 65
- Views: 6446
Re: Tata Steel 12 - 28 Jan 2024
Nice poem. Can I ask if you composed that yourself, Roland, or if the reference to "Bard of Google" is a reference I am missing a subtle meaning of? (I dread to think what ChatGPT would come up with.) Christopher, no, this is produced by Google's Bard ( https://bard.google.com/ ), which works very ...
- Fri Jan 12, 2024 12:39 pm
- Forum: International News
- Topic: Tata Steel 12 - 28 Jan 2024
- Replies: 65
- Views: 6446
Re: Tata Steel 12 - 28 Jan 2024
Nice poem. Can I ask if you composed that yourself, Roland, or if the reference to "Bard of Google" is a reference I am missing a subtle meaning of? (I dread to think what ChatGPT would come up with.) Christopher, no, this is produced by Google's Bard ( https://bard.google.com/ ), which works very ...