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Does anyone know any more about this?

https://twitter.com/OxfordUnion/status/ ... 7534213125

It was advertised on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/events/502348687616163/

Maybe those with Facebook accounts can tell us more?

(It is probably a different Max that was the Oxford Union challenger, but it all reminded me of this:

https://medium.com/@maxdeutsch/my-month ... ff8003d3f2

https://en.chessbase.com/post/beating-m ... f-training

No, he didn't beat Carlsen!)

Matthew Turner wrote: ↑

Tue May 11, 2021 10:35 am

Does anyone know any more about this?

https://twitter.com/OxfordUnion/status/ ... 7534213125

Yes, my brother is studying at Oxford currently so I know a little more. At some point it was announced that Magnus was going to give a talk at the Oxford Union and that he would be playing a bullet game against someone from the university during the talk. The Oxford University Chess Club therefore had a bullet tournament to decide who would play Magnus which Max French won (https://lichess.org/tournament/zJ3l24pe). As for the game against Magnus I can't find it currently, I'll ask some people. I believe to actually watch the talk you had to be a member of the Oxford Union which is quite expensive.

Thanks, Peter. FWIW, Max French has a FIDE rating of 2248, so a "valiant fight" does sound like it would be of interest. We can't have games by Carlsen not being preserved for posterity!

(I should have recognised the name: Max French, ex-Millfield and studying mathematics at Oxford. He has also represented England as a junior at World and European Championships.)

Max was my last OTB opponent (4th March 2020, Wells vs Sedgemoor)! He is a good and inventive player, and whenever I've seen him he's been a really pleasant individual, which is not always the case in chess matches...