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English chess players by sight.

Last post by Nick Burrows « Fri Jul 01, 2022 7:33 am
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by MJMcCready » Fri Jul 01, 2022 2:24 am

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Soviets by sight

Last post by MJMcCready « Fri Jul 01, 2022 2:25 am
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by MJMcCready » Thu Jun 30, 2022 6:00 am

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Remarkable chess career of GPS Coy

Last post by John Saunders « Thu Jun 30, 2022 9:23 am
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by Kevin Thurlow » Thu Nov 02, 2017 4:35 pm

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Last post by John Saunders
Thu Jun 30, 2022 9:23 am
Chess history trivia

Last post by John Townsend « Tue Jun 28, 2022 8:28 pm
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by John Townsend » Thu Nov 19, 2015 10:04 am
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Tue Jun 28, 2022 8:28 pm
Britbase Updates

Last post by John Saunders « Sat Jun 25, 2022 11:24 pm
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by Gerard Killoran » Sat Apr 16, 2022 1:57 pm
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Last post by John Saunders
Sat Jun 25, 2022 11:24 pm
The Southern Counties Chess Union - a retrospective

Last post by GrahamStuart « Thu Jun 16, 2022 6:40 pm

by GrahamStuart » Thu Jun 16, 2022 6:40 pm

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Thu Jun 16, 2022 6:40 pm
Chess in French newspaper columns

Last post by Gerard Killoran « Wed Jun 15, 2022 1:51 pm
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by Christopher Kreuzer » Sun Jun 12, 2022 1:10 pm

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Last post by Gerard Killoran
Wed Jun 15, 2022 1:51 pm
Cochrane's

Last post by James Pratt « Tue Jun 14, 2022 8:59 pm

by James Pratt » Tue Jun 14, 2022 8:59 pm

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Tue Jun 14, 2022 8:59 pm
Quiz Question (Capablanca)

Last post by John Townsend « Sat Jun 11, 2022 5:29 pm
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by Geoff Chandler » Sat Jun 11, 2022 1:17 pm

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Last post by John Townsend
Sat Jun 11, 2022 5:29 pm
Who is Bob Wade Talking About?

Last post by Geoff Chandler « Sun May 29, 2022 9:16 pm
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by Geoff Chandler » Mon May 23, 2022 4:12 pm
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Last post by Geoff Chandler
Sun May 29, 2022 9:16 pm
Nigel Short radio game 1991

Last post by MSoszynski « Fri May 06, 2022 8:37 pm
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by MSoszynski » Thu May 05, 2022 11:03 am

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Fri May 06, 2022 8:37 pm
Malcolm Barker.

Last post by Gerard Killoran « Wed May 04, 2022 11:03 pm
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by Neil Blackburn » Sun Oct 27, 2019 9:00 am
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Last post by Gerard Killoran
Wed May 04, 2022 11:03 pm
Hampshire Chess History

Last post by John Upham « Fri Apr 29, 2022 10:33 pm
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by GrahamStuart » Wed Dec 22, 2021 3:32 pm

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Fri Apr 29, 2022 10:33 pm
Remembering Norman Littlewood (31-i-1933 29-iv-1989)

Last post by John Upham « Fri Apr 29, 2022 9:10 am

by John Upham » Fri Apr 29, 2022 9:10 am

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Howard Staunton in Birmingham, 1852

Last post by Matt Mackenzie « Thu Apr 28, 2022 3:05 pm
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by Gerard Killoran » Wed Apr 27, 2022 4:10 pm

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Last post by Matt Mackenzie
Thu Apr 28, 2022 3:05 pm
Remembering George Walker (13-iii-1803 23-iv-1879)

Last post by Tim Harding « Sat Apr 23, 2022 12:32 pm
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by John Upham » Sat Apr 23, 2022 9:32 am

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Sat Apr 23, 2022 12:32 pm
Surrey Junior tournaments at Glyn School, Epsom

Last post by David Sedgwick « Sun Apr 17, 2022 6:07 pm
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by Paul Dupré » Sat Apr 16, 2022 10:22 pm

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Sun Apr 17, 2022 6:07 pm
Remembering IM Colin Crouch (14-x-1956 16-iv-2015)

Last post by John Upham « Sat Apr 16, 2022 4:29 pm

by John Upham » Sat Apr 16, 2022 4:29 pm

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Sat Apr 16, 2022 4:29 pm
Earliest English Chess Clubs

Last post by raycollett « Fri Apr 15, 2022 3:19 pm
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by raycollett » Mon Aug 29, 2011 10:33 am
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Where was James Mason born?

Last post by John Townsend « Fri Apr 15, 2022 11:48 am
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by Gerard Killoran » Fri Feb 05, 2021 10:49 pm
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Last post by John Townsend
Fri Apr 15, 2022 11:48 am
BCF 1948 U18

Last post by John Saunders « Thu Apr 14, 2022 2:36 am
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by Gerard Killoran » Wed Apr 13, 2022 1:11 pm

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Thu Apr 14, 2022 2:36 am
Remembering Rev. Charles Ranken (05-i-1828 12-iv-1905)

Last post by John Upham « Tue Apr 12, 2022 3:30 pm

by John Upham » Tue Apr 12, 2022 3:30 pm

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Remembering CGM Keith Richardson (02-ii-1942 10-iv-2017)

Last post by John Upham « Sun Apr 10, 2022 10:00 am

by John Upham » Sun Apr 10, 2022 10:00 am

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Remembering BH Wood MSc FCS OBE (13-vii-1909 04-iv-1989)

Last post by John Upham « Mon Apr 04, 2022 6:12 pm
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by John Upham » Mon Apr 04, 2022 3:22 pm

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Mon Apr 04, 2022 6:12 pm
Alekhine's cow

Last post by Matt Mackenzie « Fri Apr 01, 2022 5:42 pm
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by JustinHorton » Tue Mar 29, 2022 9:00 am
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Last post by Matt Mackenzie
Fri Apr 01, 2022 5:42 pm
Remembering IMC Ken Messere OBE (16-iv-1928 31-iii-2005)

Last post by John Upham « Fri Apr 01, 2022 3:21 pm
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by John Upham » Fri Apr 01, 2022 12:38 pm

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Last post by John Upham
Fri Apr 01, 2022 3:21 pm
Movers and Takers: A Chess History of Streatham and Brixton 1871-2021

Last post by Geoff Chandler « Mon Mar 28, 2022 4:47 pm
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by Richard James » Fri Jan 14, 2022 11:12 am

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Last post by Geoff Chandler
Mon Mar 28, 2022 4:47 pm
Remembering Comins Mansfield MBE (14-vi-1896 28-iii-1984)

Last post by John Upham « Mon Mar 28, 2022 9:58 am

by John Upham » Mon Mar 28, 2022 9:58 am

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Mon Mar 28, 2022 9:58 am
Remembering Sir Stuart Milner-Barry KCVO CB OBE (20-ix-1906 25-iii-1995)

Last post by JustinHorton « Sat Mar 26, 2022 7:49 pm
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by John Upham » Sat Mar 26, 2022 2:11 pm

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Last post by JustinHorton
Sat Mar 26, 2022 7:49 pm
Remembering Percy Blake (6-xii-1873 26-iii-1936)

Last post by John Upham « Sat Mar 26, 2022 3:31 pm
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by John Upham » Sat Mar 26, 2022 2:13 pm

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Last post by John Upham
Sat Mar 26, 2022 3:31 pm
Stanley Holloway

Last post by Chris Goodall « Tue Mar 22, 2022 9:31 pm
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by JustinHorton » Mon Mar 21, 2022 9:10 pm

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Last post by Chris Goodall
Tue Mar 22, 2022 9:31 pm
Remembering Reginald Bonham MBE MA (31-i-1906 16-iii-1984)

Last post by John Upham « Wed Mar 16, 2022 4:55 pm

by John Upham » Wed Mar 16, 2022 4:55 pm

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Wed Mar 16, 2022 4:55 pm
Remembering Gerald Abrahams (15-iv-1907 15-iii-1980)

Last post by John Upham « Tue Mar 15, 2022 9:47 am

by John Upham » Tue Mar 15, 2022 9:47 am

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Tue Mar 15, 2022 9:47 am
Remembering IM Simon Webb (10-vi-1949 14-iii-2005)

Last post by Martyn Goodger « Mon Mar 14, 2022 8:24 pm
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by John Upham » Mon Mar 14, 2022 2:13 pm

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Last post by Martyn Goodger
Mon Mar 14, 2022 8:24 pm
Bob Wade memorial portrait at National Chess Library.

Last post by Xavier White « Sat Mar 12, 2022 11:00 pm
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by Xavier White » Fri Mar 11, 2022 10:23 am

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Last post by Xavier White
Sat Mar 12, 2022 11:00 pm
Remembering Dr. Richard Guy (30-ix-1916 09-iii-2020)

Last post by John Upham « Wed Mar 09, 2022 11:16 am

by John Upham » Wed Mar 09, 2022 11:16 am

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Wed Mar 09, 2022 11:16 am
Loppupeliteoria ja käytännöt

Last post by Leonard Barden « Mon Mar 07, 2022 10:53 pm
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by JustinHorton » Mon Mar 07, 2022 11:01 am

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Last post by Leonard Barden
Mon Mar 07, 2022 10:53 pm
Joseph Woods chess notebooks

Last post by John Townsend « Wed Mar 02, 2022 2:11 pm
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by Myron Samsin » Wed Jan 19, 2022 6:20 pm
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Last post by John Townsend
Wed Mar 02, 2022 2:11 pm
Galvenius-Stone, Oxfordshire vs Middlesex, 1952

Last post by Ian Thompson « Sun Feb 27, 2022 3:53 pm
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by John Saunders » Sun Feb 27, 2022 8:10 am

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Last post by Ian Thompson
Sun Feb 27, 2022 3:53 pm
Previously unseen Blackburne photographs?

Last post by Gerard Killoran « Thu Feb 24, 2022 3:57 pm
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by Gerard Killoran » Sun Feb 20, 2022 7:52 pm

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Thu Feb 24, 2022 3:57 pm
Remembering John Keeble (27-viii-1855 19-ii-1939)

Last post by John Upham « Sat Feb 19, 2022 10:33 am

by John Upham » Sat Feb 19, 2022 10:33 am

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Sat Feb 19, 2022 10:33 am
What did Blackburne miss?

Last post by Tim Harding « Fri Feb 18, 2022 2:43 pm
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by Gerard Killoran » Thu Feb 17, 2022 4:56 pm

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Last post by Tim Harding
Fri Feb 18, 2022 2:43 pm
Remembering Cyril Kipping (10-x-1891 17-ii-1964)

Last post by John Upham « Thu Feb 17, 2022 3:44 pm
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by John Upham » Thu Feb 17, 2022 10:20 am

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Last post by John Upham
Thu Feb 17, 2022 3:44 pm
Remembering IM Hugh Alexander CMG CBE (19-iv-1909 15-ii-1974)

Last post by Nick Ivell « Wed Feb 16, 2022 3:35 pm
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by John Upham » Tue Feb 15, 2022 9:48 am

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Last post by Nick Ivell
Wed Feb 16, 2022 3:35 pm
Remembering IM Čeněk Kottnauer (24-ii-1910 14-ii-1996)

Last post by John Upham « Mon Feb 14, 2022 2:27 pm

by John Upham » Mon Feb 14, 2022 2:27 pm

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Mon Feb 14, 2022 2:27 pm
Remembering Cecil Valentine De Vere (14-ii-1846 09-ii-1875)

Last post by David Sedgwick « Thu Feb 10, 2022 7:50 pm
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by John Upham » Wed Feb 09, 2022 2:39 pm

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Last post by David Sedgwick
Thu Feb 10, 2022 7:50 pm
The Ken Whyld Association

Last post by Tim Harding « Sun Feb 06, 2022 8:16 pm
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by John Upham » Sun Feb 06, 2022 5:25 pm

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Last post by Tim Harding
Sun Feb 06, 2022 8:16 pm
Yorkshire v Middlesex 1936

Last post by Leonard Barden « Sat Feb 05, 2022 4:36 pm
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by David Sedgwick » Fri Feb 04, 2022 10:12 pm

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Last post by Leonard Barden
Sat Feb 05, 2022 4:36 pm
Blackburne had described him as the best amateur chess-player in England

Last post by John Townsend « Sat Feb 05, 2022 12:30 pm
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by Gerard Killoran » Wed Feb 02, 2022 4:18 pm

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Last post by John Townsend
Sat Feb 05, 2022 12:30 pm
Ages of World Chess Champions

Last post by ben.graff « Sat Feb 05, 2022 9:44 am

by ben.graff » Sat Feb 05, 2022 9:44 am

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