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His book on the Soviet Championships, co-authored with Taimanov, is an absolute pleasure to read.

It's probably a good choice at club level too as your opponent is likely to switch off, and your endgame will surely improve.

In any case, if the source of the material is electronic, then it is only a small sample of the total number of chess games played, as most games do not make it all the way to an electronic format. At best you have a general trend amongst those rated above 2000 or thereabouts. I don't think you'll f...

I think Ilyumzhinov was closer to 2100. There's some talk of that in Hoffman's King's Gambit, which paints an intriguing picture of the current FIDE president. It should be remembered that Campomanes was a strong IM in his day and still managed to play a bit after his inauguration as president. An ...

I think Ilyumzhinov was closer to 2100. There's some talk of that in Hoffman's King's Gambit, which paints an intriguing picture of the current FIDE president. It should be remembered that Campomanes was a strong IM in his day and still managed to play a bit after his inauguration as president. An r...

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It looks like the work of an International Arbiter to me.

Anyone got any ideas who the culprit might be?

http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/ ... es_vandal/

Nick Thomas wrote:Are chess players more geeky than road cyclists?

You mean 'geekier than'.

If it is a rated game then the name on the team sheet should stand. You should win by default if the opponent has not arrived. Various British leagues, not least the 4NCL, have rules which can allow substitution if a reserve is available. They are correct to do this, given that the player receiving...

If it is a rated game then the name on the team sheet should stand. You should win by default if the opponent has not arrived.

The ex-priest. I'm sure Kirsin gets out and about enough already!

Hi all, what happened to The Full English Breakfast? I know there were a few reunion shows last year but it looks like its gone again as there's been nothing for months. Does anyone know if Lawrence Trent and Stephen Gordon plan to continue it? Personally, I enjoy the show very much, a great shame i...

That's great for him. If he can use his brain and socialize more then he'll benefit from it.

A problem is that the early web pages cannot be indexed by modern search engines, meaning that much of the content cannot be retrieved easily even though its still out there. I think they call that the really early stuff the deep web, though could be wrong there.