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There are quite a few chess opening names that would appear "odd" to non players, when you think about it.......NickFaulks wrote: ↑Wed Aug 14, 2019 1:06 amShould we ban the Kalashnikov Variation of the Sicilian Defence?
That's what wiki reckons, rather than it being something to do with the town in South Africa of that name.Kevin Thurlow wrote: ↑Wed Aug 14, 2019 8:13 pmI recall a book on the Benoni, which said in the foreword that it meant "Son of Sorrow", unlike "Benjamin" which means "Son of Joy"(?)
https://www.biblestudytools.com/dictionary/south/... (2) yamin, "right hand," "right." The derived meaning, "south," seems to imply an eastern posture in prayer in which the right hand is toward the South; compare Arabic yamin, "right," and yemen, "Yemen," a region in Southwestern Arabia...
https://www.behindthename.com/name/benjaminBenjamin -
From the Hebrew name ןיִמָיְנִּב (Binyamin) meaning "son of the south" or "son of the right hand", from the roots ןֵּב (ben) meaning "son" and ןיִמָי (yamin) meaning "right hand, south".
Wikipaedia wrote:Unusually for one of the 12 tribes of Israel, the Bible does not explain the etymology of Benjamin's name. Medieval commentator Rashi gives two different explanations, based on Midrashic sources. "Son of the south", with south derived from the word for the right hand side, referring to the birth of Benjamin in Canaan, as compared with the birth of all the other sons of Jacob in Aram.[4][5] Modern scholars have proposed that "son of the south" / "right" is a reference to the tribe being subordinate to the more dominant tribe of Ephraim.[5] Alternatively, Rashi suggests it means "son of days", meaning a son born in Jacob's old age.
Let's hope it wasn't a short, sharp needle match.Chris Rice wrote: ↑Mon Sep 09, 2019 9:01 amA third round pairing in the UK Blitz tournament in Newcastle over the weekend that I didn't expect to see so soon!
No clues here: https://www.britishchesschampionships.c ... list-2019/ so maybe try contacting the manager of the British.John Upham wrote: ↑Wed Dec 18, 2019 2:50 pmDoes anyone know which game was awarded the CHO'D Alexander Best Game Prize for 2019 ?
Thanks !
I assume you didn't bother checking the link given by Lawrence Cooper again before posting.John Upham wrote: ↑Tue Apr 21, 2020 11:29 amJust for completeness : No reply was received to my query so we have to assume that the Best Game Prize was not awarded for 2019.
You are quite right I stupidly didn't ! OK, its a fair cop : I was mistaken and it was awarded.Ian Thompson wrote: ↑Tue Apr 21, 2020 12:04 pmI assume you didn't bother checking the link given by Lawrence Cooper again before posting.John Upham wrote: ↑Tue Apr 21, 2020 11:29 amJust for completeness : No reply was received to my query so we have to assume that the Best Game Prize was not awarded for 2019.