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In 'Two Cheers for Democracy' the author EM Forster puts forward the thought that 'what goes in sideways goes in deepest'. Or something like that. Now BBC Radio 4 have gone one step nearer and on Wednesday of this week thinking caps on for 'Sideways' 4.00pm 30 mins. Here Matthew Syed asks when we are expected to reach our peak and offers the example of mathematician and GM John Nunn who apparently learnt chess at 4. Mind you, by that time the Polgars were filling every trophy cabinet with medals and receiving, I'm sure, more than two cheers.

James

I listened to this today. Very good and John was came across very well.

Yesterday I played through his game v Nathan Birnboim in the Feb 2023 CHESS, Danny King used it. An excellent game.

J. Nunn - N. Birnboim, FIDE World Senior Chess Championship 2022.

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. Re1 d5 9. a4 d4 10. cd4 cd4 11. ab5 ab5 12. Ra8 Ba8 13. Bd3 Qb6 14. Na3 Ng6 15. Bb5 Ba3 16. Qa4 O-O 17. ba3 Nge5 18. Ne5 Ne5 19. Bf1 Rb8 20. d3 Bc6 21. Qc2 Qa5 22. Bd2 Qa3 23. Bf4 Rc8 24. Be5 Qa5 25. Bg7 Qe1 26. Bh6 Bd7 27. Qb2 e5 28. Qb6 Be6 29. Qb5

Takes a bit of time to see that Black is totally lost in the final position, very nice.