Thursday, 28 November 2024

To Resign or Not to Resign...

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 I was intrigued by this brevity I found in the Wolverhampton Express and Star for 11 October 1950... The print is a bit fuzzy so here's...
Tuesday, 26 November 2024

MORE ADVANCED CHESS DATABASE SORTING

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We've already had a look at ways of sorting a chess database using ChessBase . Let's quickly recap: in ChessBase you can sort a data...
Saturday, 23 November 2024

Using ChessBase: To Sort or Not to Sort, That is the Question

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This is the second in what could become a series of occasional technical posts about using ChessBase software. The first such post was a gui...
Tuesday, 27 August 2024

2024 Kingston Invitational Tournament - Postscript

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 Just to say that my coverage of the 2024 Kingston Invitational tournament has now been moved to its rightful home, the Kingston Chess Club ...
Saturday, 17 August 2024

2024 Kingston Invitational, Day 5, Rounds 8 & 9, 16 August

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The finish to the 3rd Kingston Invitational resembled the never-ending traffic jam which crawls past the venue: a four-player pile-up. Scori...
Thursday, 15 August 2024

2024 Kingston Invitational, Day 4, Rounds 6 & 7, 15 August

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The two overnight leaders Conor Murphy and Stanley Badacsonyi drew their seventh round game and have been caught in the lead on 5½/7 by slow...

2024 Kingston Invitational, Day 3, Rounds 4 & 5, 14 August

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 Just beyond the halfway point of the tournament we now have two joint leaders on 4½/5: IM Conor Murphy and CM Stanley Badacsonyi. They have...