Tuesday, 23 February 2016

Chess Snippet No.3: Mir Sultan Khan (1905-66)

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From the Manchester Guardian , 13 August 1929, page 4 An interesting snippet about Mir Sultan Khan (1905-66), who had just won the 1929 Br...
Sunday, 21 February 2016

Miss Fatima, 1933 British Women's Chess Champion

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Above is a cutting from an article which appeared in the  Western Morning News on Saturday 12 August 1933, page 7. Here is the text I...
Friday, 19 February 2016

Great Scott

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Here's a little poser... White, to play his 41st move, has a huge material advantage - queen for bishop and pawn. But he has two ...
Thursday, 17 December 2015

Thinking Allowed

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Enjoyed my chat about chess with Laurie Taylor and Gary Fine on yesterday's (16 December 2015) BBC Radio 4 programme Thinking Allowed ...
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Tuesday, 15 December 2015

London Chess Classic

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The last fortnight has been very busy but highly enjoyable, writing reports for the London Chess Classic (go to the linked page and click o...
Saturday, 10 October 2015

James Bond, ECF Grade 007: Licensed to Lose At Chess

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Chess players are always so snooty and picky about chess as depicted in the media and on film, so it is only fair that we should show a bit ...
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Tuesday, 8 September 2015

Chess Snippet No.2 Grace Moore Curling (née Ellis) (1875-1958), 1908 British Ladies' Chess Champion

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Grace Curling won the fifth British Ladies' Championship at Tunbridge Wells in 1908. Strictly speaking, she didn't actually win it u...