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Roger de Coverly
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by Roger de Coverly » Thu Mar 24, 2022 6:50 pm
Also in the Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/ ... utin-rally
from which
There is a precedent for a Russian competitor being personally punished for supporting government policies. Gymnast Ivan Kuliak is facing a disciplinary hearing for wearing a “Z” symbol on the podium next to a Ukrainian competitor, and chess player Sergey Karjakin was suspended for six months on Monday for social media posts with strident support for Putin and Russian troops.
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Mick Norris
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by Mick Norris » Tue Mar 29, 2022 10:08 am
it was a game of chess even Netball coaches say it
Any postings on here represent my personal views
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Gerard Killoran
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by Gerard Killoran » Tue Mar 29, 2022 2:19 pm
Having been forced to read Tim Marshall's book, The Power of Geography I was wading through his leaden prose thinking it couldn't get any worse, when I came across this...
In chess terms, the king will still be the USA, and the queen will be the USA’s foreign policy as it moves around the board. Britain can be a knight, capable of making its own moves, but major British decisions will have to be referred to the king and queen to see how they fit with America’s game strategy.
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Ian Thompson
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by Ian Thompson » Tue Apr 05, 2022 5:30 pm
The Chase today, about 20 minutes into the programme - "How many white squares are empty at the start of a game of chess?". The contestant said 32.
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JustinHorton
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by JustinHorton » Tue Apr 05, 2022 7:33 pm
From an announcement on Radio Three just now I gather
this programme at ten tonight is going to include "chess-playing Turks" among its subjects
"Do you play chess?"
"Yes, but I prefer a game with a better chance of cheating."
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Reg Clucas
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by Reg Clucas » Wed Apr 06, 2022 1:40 pm
Ian Thompson wrote: ↑Tue Apr 05, 2022 5:30 pm
The Chase today, about 20 minutes into the programme - "How many white squares are empty at the start of a game of chess?". The contestant said 32.
So did I! Bradley Walsh rather garbled the question, and I missed the word 'empty'.
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Kevin Thurlow
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by Kevin Thurlow » Wed Apr 06, 2022 4:41 pm
Private Eye 1570 in "Mali Watch" says, "The global chess game Vladimir Putin is playing extends far beyond Ukraine, whose invasion may be as much about gauging how his opponents might retaliate to his move as about crushing Ukraine into submission to recreate 'Novorossiya'."
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David Gilbert
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by David Gilbert » Sat Apr 09, 2022 11:36 am
Chess on Soccer AM this morning! A segment on awkward handshakes features two players, who I don’t recognise, at the 2021 FIDE World Cup greeting each other with an inadvertent best-of-three game of rock, paper, scissors (minus the scissors) before settling on paper versus paper. I‘ve played this myself on more than a lot of occasions recently, but I haven’t got up to three yet.
And as its Soccer AM, a visual joke is followed by a verbal one. “My nephew works in a factory making chess pieces. He’s on (k)nights this week!”
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JustinHorton
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by JustinHorton » Sat Apr 09, 2022 5:12 pm
Stewart Reuben wrote: ↑Thu Sep 10, 2015 2:57 pm
LE TOURNOI a 2015 French film.
I watched this yesterday on the way back from Abu Dhabi. It is about the 22 year old French Chess Champion, Michaelangelo Passanti, who is playing in a tournament in Budapest. He is challenged by an 8 year old wunderkind. Directed by Delodie Namer. They play without increments and it is difficult to follow the games.
I hadn't heard of it before yesterday. Nick Faulks didn't think highly of it. For a compulsive like me, it is required viewing.
It received a rave review on IMDB.
Brief
clip from this movie
"Do you play chess?"
"Yes, but I prefer a game with a better chance of cheating."
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Kevin Thurlow
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by Kevin Thurlow » Sat Apr 09, 2022 5:26 pm
Today's "i" has a report (page 3) on Magnus Carlsen playing poker in the Norwegian Championship in Dublin (because of Norwegian gambling laws). It seems he was in 3rd place out of 167 players still in action at the end of day 2. They give a reasonable report on the chess part of his life.
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Leonard Barden
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by Leonard Barden » Sat Apr 09, 2022 6:00 pm
Kevin Thurlow wrote: ↑Sat Apr 09, 2022 5:26 pm
It seems he was in 3rd place out of 167 players still in action at the end of day 2.
Carlsen ends his great run in the Norwegian Poker Championship as number 25 (out of 1050 total), earns him a cash prize of around 5000 Euro-Twitter report.
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Andrew Martin
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by Andrew Martin » Sun Apr 10, 2022 10:34 am
What is the 25th prize in the British Chess Championship?
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NickFaulks
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by NickFaulks » Sun Apr 10, 2022 10:39 am
Andrew Martin wrote: ↑Sun Apr 10, 2022 10:34 am
What is the 25th prize in the British Chess Championship?
What is the entry fee?
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Stewart Reuben
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by Stewart Reuben » Sun Apr 10, 2022 10:57 am
I note there is a series called YELLOWSTONE. It has been running for some years. I have no idea what channel this is on.
In their ad, there was a brief clip saying, 'This is chess and we are about to play with masters.
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