I assume unintentional, but brutal shading of Leon Watson of Battersea chess club and Play Magnus if not!Stewart Reuben wrote: ↑Sat Jul 03, 2021 12:05 pmDaily Telegraph Friday page 11 Boy, 12, becomes youngest ever chess Grandmaster by Leon Watson.
Nothing new in this article, but quite accurate, though not written by either Pein or Adams.
Media comments on chess
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Absolutely. Watson's articles are normally pretty accurate in my experience.Paul Cooksey wrote: ↑Sat Jul 03, 2021 12:31 pmI assume unintentional, but brutal shading of Leon Watson of Battersea chess club and Play Magnus if not!Stewart Reuben wrote: ↑Sat Jul 03, 2021 12:05 pmDaily Telegraph Friday page 11 Boy, 12, becomes youngest ever chess Grandmaster by Leon Watson.
Nothing new in this article, but quite accurate, though not written by either Pein or Adams.
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The Mail online
"Checkmate! Moment glamorous chess champion, 25, trounces a Union Square hustler in less than ten minutes"
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... nutes.html
"Checkmate! Moment glamorous chess champion, 25, trounces a Union Square hustler in less than ten minutes"
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... nutes.html
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That's a bit strange because in her game again Russian Paul she played atrociously, leaving a rook en prise amongst other mistakes. Why are they focusing on one win rather than give an account of how she got on? Poor journalism if you ask me.
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From the BBC
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/57726287
Without commenting on the story, I am pleased that the BBC have chosen to use nicer photos than some reports.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/57726287
Without commenting on the story, I am pleased that the BBC have chosen to use nicer photos than some reports.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/57726287
Good news of course - I'm surprised White underpromoted to a bishop in the game depicted...
An Australian TV documentary (Neighbours) showed bar staff setting up a giant chess set on Monday, which was actually the right way round, but in the next scene, the king and queen had swapped places. It was all so that in a later dispute, blonde 1 threw a pawn at blonde 2, missing, and the pawn went in the lake.
Private Eye are publishing Dr Phil Hammond's collected Covid columns in August. Cover diagram in the advert shows a chequered board with smooth pawns facing pawns with spiky tops. Not chess-related but they didn't publish my letter revealing that Matt Hancock's local pub in Thurlow (Suffolk) is called "The Cock Inn".
Good news of course - I'm surprised White underpromoted to a bishop in the game depicted...
An Australian TV documentary (Neighbours) showed bar staff setting up a giant chess set on Monday, which was actually the right way round, but in the next scene, the king and queen had swapped places. It was all so that in a later dispute, blonde 1 threw a pawn at blonde 2, missing, and the pawn went in the lake.
Private Eye are publishing Dr Phil Hammond's collected Covid columns in August. Cover diagram in the advert shows a chequered board with smooth pawns facing pawns with spiky tops. Not chess-related but they didn't publish my letter revealing that Matt Hancock's local pub in Thurlow (Suffolk) is called "The Cock Inn".
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Just got an advert for this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmJdCBfF25E
interrupting what I was trying to watch on youtube. An exciting chess clock, which requires a phone to make it work. Er, have they failed to realise something?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmJdCBfF25E
interrupting what I was trying to watch on youtube. An exciting chess clock, which requires a phone to make it work. Er, have they failed to realise something?
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Is this 'clock' now for sale?
There are numerous warnings on the Internet that it is a scam to get crowd funding without ever producing a product.
Certainly, the number of ads I've seen say 'coming soon', rather than available now.
I've also watch videos where the 'analogue' version seems to light up indicating who is on the move but there is no movement of the hands that I can see.
There are numerous warnings on the Internet that it is a scam to get crowd funding without ever producing a product.
Certainly, the number of ads I've seen say 'coming soon', rather than available now.
I've also watch videos where the 'analogue' version seems to light up indicating who is on the move but there is no movement of the hands that I can see.
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"There are numerous warnings on the Internet that it is a scam to get crowd funding without ever producing a product."
Could be - I just tried to follow a link and it didn't work. Admittedly, "Kickstarter" do seem to seek funding for some rather odd things.
Could be - I just tried to follow a link and it didn't work. Admittedly, "Kickstarter" do seem to seek funding for some rather odd things.
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There are programs available for phones. I've seen them in use in the evening bar during 4NCL weekends.Kevin Thurlow wrote: ↑Wed Jul 07, 2021 2:36 pmAn exciting chess clock, which requires a phone to make it work.
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Came across this while finding something to listen to this afternoon
"Do you play chess?"
"Yes, but I prefer a game with a better chance of cheating."
lostontime.blogspot.com
"Yes, but I prefer a game with a better chance of cheating."
lostontime.blogspot.com
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Potentially important piece in the New York TImes, written by Ivan Nechepurenko and Misha Friedman and entitled The Dark Side of Chess: Payoffs, Points And 12-Year-Old Grandmasters. Probably deserves its own thread, though it is unfortunately paywalled. Makes some serious claims, which include:
- Karjakin's final GM norm was achieved with the help of replaying a game (at blitz speed) that he had already lost
- Mishra's GM title was achieved with by bending FIDE rules (specifically by playing more than two games a day) and with the help of conveniently short draws with GMs he was playing very regularly
- "At least ten per cent" of grandmasters "have cheated one way or another to acquire the title" (opinion attributed to IM Mikhail Zaitsev)
- "Some tournaments...[take] place only on paper" (attributed to Shohreh Bayat).
"Do you play chess?"
"Yes, but I prefer a game with a better chance of cheating."
lostontime.blogspot.com
"Yes, but I prefer a game with a better chance of cheating."
lostontime.blogspot.com
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It comes as no surprise to stumble on a NYT article, relating to chess or more weighty matters, that is fact free.
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"Some tournaments...[take] place only on paper" (attributed to Shohreh Bayat).
I can remember that one. They had to submit games so instead of making them up they used games from a computer v computer tournament.
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=5723
I can remember that one. They had to submit games so instead of making them up they used games from a computer v computer tournament.
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=5723
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People have bent the rules and cut corners to get the GM title almost as long as it has existed, surely.
Yes there have been entirely fictitious tournaments in the past (notably in Ukraine and some Asian countries)
That at least is established beyond reasonable doubt, not so sure about the other allegations.
Yes there have been entirely fictitious tournaments in the past (notably in Ukraine and some Asian countries)
That at least is established beyond reasonable doubt, not so sure about the other allegations.
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