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I've just had a look at the obits section Simon and I'm shocked at the number of people who have died this year. Have to say a magnificent job done by you to list as many as you have. Thank you.

Will chess be able to hold people's attention after the Covid crisis is over? Possibly not, but it may be a very long time before we have to worry about that. Magnus has got the right idea of how to keep the interest judging by his social media feed. https://scontent-lhr8-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/12...

First round starts at 5pm

David Sedgwick wrote: ↑

Sun Nov 22, 2020 2:00 pm

Tim Spanton wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 20, 2020 7:07 pm

I find Liechtenstein's anthem is strangely stirring

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJYsJ81Omgs

What a rip off of the original!

Looks like the tournament kicking off tomorrow will be really professional. The commentary team featuring David Howell and Jovanka even have their own studio . Round 1 1 GM Giri, Anish (0) 2731 — GM Vachier-Lagr. (0) 2860 2 GM Karjakin, S. (0) 2709 — GM Ding, Liren (0) 2836 3 GM Nakamura, H. (0) 282...

I've had it confirmed today that what would have been the Major Open for the British Online Championships 2020 will get a trophy in the late John Naylor's name. An amazing gesture by the ECF and much appreciated by all his family and friends.

I've had it confirmed today that what would have been the Major Open will get a trophy in the late John Naylor's name. An amazing gesture by the ECF and much appreciated by all his family and friends. The entry forms are scheduled to go out as well today I'm told and details of the various trophies ...

Drip, drip, drip....Ian Nepomniachtchi is the 13th player to be confirmed.

£82.33 + £2.80 delivery from Amazon....second hand!

Martin Crichton wrote: ↑

Sat Nov 14, 2020 3:56 pm

re the "Queens Gambit netflix series"

best chess series ever made IMO.

I thought so too a couple of weeks ago and then a thought suddenly struck me as to what I was comparing it with. Is this in fact the only fictional chess TV series ever made?

It's a long time ago and its not archived on their site. I don't know that opening well at all but there's a move black must not play as it loses on the spot almost, which is what the GM did. He was lost within 10 moves and resigned around move 16 I think, one of the players was German but I can't ...

FIDE's press release on this which includes the statement "With 164 players in total and a combined prize fund of USD 550,000, the event is set to be the strongest and highest-budgeted swiss tournament ever registered in history. "

Did Svidler win a qualifier for this, or am I hallucinating? I can't see anything on the Champions Chess Tour site regarding Svidler but I thought I was hallucinating when I scrolled to the bottom and saw the VIP Package as 4999 euros and then saw the asterix underneath and realised that was an Ear...

Next year's Reykjavik Open festival, scheduled for 7-21 April, will include the European Individual Championships. More information here.

Mick Norris wrote: ↑

Thu Nov 12, 2020 8:49 am

Chris Rice wrote: ↑

Sun Nov 08, 2020 9:09 pm

The players announced so far for the 16-player Skilling Open are:
1. Ding Liren
2. Levon Aronian
3. Teimour Radjabov
4. David Anton
5. Sergey Karjakin

6. Liem Quang Le
7. Wesley So

Player 8