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The Wall family will hold a wake for Gavin on Saturday 11th October, 12pm - 3pm in south west London at Richmond's club venue: Upstairs room The Adelaide 57 Park Road Teddington TW11 0AU https://www.adelaideteddington.co.uk/ if friends want to come and share condolences with the family and raise a g...

The family has asked me to pass on the very sad news of the passing of International Master Gavin Wall, from a suspected heart attack. Gavin was a behemoth of chess both here in London and abroad. He taught myriad children, myself included, and lit up any competition with his creative and dangerous ...

Hi all The second hand bookshop (http://www.copperfieldbooks.co.uk/) I work at has come into a fair few chess books recently, so I thought I would post a selection here to see if anyone is interested. Staunton / Chess Players companion /1849 First edition leather bound with covering plate Irving Che...

5/10 moves with one knight (6 with both) is quite easy with the BKT, as hinted at above: http://www.365chess.com/game.php?gid=3895323 (Based on the game Ward-Palliser '00) Old Indian / Tromp lines are the best for bishop moves, although 6/9 is impressive. 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Bc5 4. b4 Bf8 is ...

Thanks Neill, that's great

Hi

Does anyone have any information on this tournament (particularly interested in Cumnor House)?

Thanks
Mike