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Richard James retweeted
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Did you see the potential queen sac in Monday's position and analyse it correctly?
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Jun 10
DNA link this morning with 4th cousin once removed Janeen from New Zealand.
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Jun 10
minorpieces.uk/2025/04/02/mi…
No chess in this article, but an extraordinary family history. Demetrio was the (step-?) father of chess player/problemist Oliver Harcourt Labone (see Minor Piece 15).
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Jun 8
One in line to become queen was accepted, with knight on hand (6,4)
From today's Guardian Cryptic (Vulcan)
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Jun 8
minorpieces.uk/2025/04/01/mi…
GEN Ryan was a distinguished founder member of the first Twickenham Chess Club in 1880, and the head of a chess playing family.
Just one of more than 100 fascinating glimpses into the more obscure corners of chess history on the Minor Pieces website.
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Richard James retweeted
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2 of my oldest friends, Jimmy Adams, a fine historian, writer & editor, and Malcolm Lightfoot, RTCC star of the 1970s, have died in the last few days. Here's a position from one of Malcolm's games for you to analyse.
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Jun 7
twickfolk.co.uk/events/katie…
This evening's second concert, from Twickfolk.
Hope I can make it in time!
#supportlivemusic
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Jun 7
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This evening's first concert, from the Kettner Society.
#supportlivemusic
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Jun 7
I appear to have booked tickets for two (very different) concerts this evening, one from 18:00 to 20:00, and one from 20:00 to 22:30. Fortunately it's a 5 minute walk between the two venues.
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Jun 6
Master on board climbing wooden mast stops playing (8)
From the Guardian Prize Crossword today (Vlad). A tricky one to parse, I think.
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Richard James retweeted
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Did you find the solution to Monday's Mate in 2 problem?
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Jun 4
minorpieces.uk/2026/06/04/mi…
You don't want to miss the story of the chess playing murderers I met in Broadmoor.
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Jun 3
In 2007 Cormac Looney reported a story about an escaped madman for the Dublin Evening Herald.
#nominativedeterminism
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Richard James retweeted
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The inaugural Gavin Wall Trophy match, a challenge match between Richmond & Twickenham Chess Club and Richmond Junior Chess Club, will take place at Orleans Park School, Twickenham on the afternoon of Saturday 20 June.
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Richard James retweeted
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In our last TV league match of the season our A team were outrated and outclassed by second placed Hammersmith A.
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