I have ordered one, watch this space for soon to seen pictures of me wearing it
(with my chess hat!) and parading along a catwalk at a fashion show in Paris.
I was going through an old scrap book of chess cuttings from ‘The Scotsman’
dated from the mid to late 1800’s. I came across this printed a few weeks apart.
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by greenpawn34 on Mar 19 2022 01:23 | 7251 views | 1 edit | Last edit on Mar 19 2022 02:43
When ever I want a new freshly printed chess book I have a number of choices.
A) Buy it from a retailer. (sometimes I have to do this but books are expensive these days.)
B) Approach the publishers for a freebie to review. This occasionally works even if
you have nowhere to publish your review. For it to work just make up a blog page,...
by greenpawn34 on Mar 02 2022 20:05 | 8031 views | 1 edit | Last edit on Mar 04 2022 00:03
A Zwischenzug is when a player seems to have only one move at their disposal,
usually a recapture, but instead of playing it they slip in another move which has
to be dealt with right away (often a check). Then they play the expected move.
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by greenpawn34 on Feb 18 2022 12:16 | 8564 views | 2 edits | Last edit on Feb 19 2022 09:29
This is me showing off my super-duper looking Edinburgh Chess Club
jersey and club cup and coaster. By all means ‘checks al checks’ and
watch out for those loose piece, but always and I mean this, look cool.
I posted this on Face Book to make them jealous but there I called the
‘cup’ a ‘mug’ very soon one wise guy quipped; ‘I can see two mugs!’
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I asked you to guess how many pawns in the goldfish bowl.
The answer was (and Russ will confirm) 71 pawns and the winner
was Contenchess who came closest when he guessed at number 72.
{imgblock=/imgu/blog/1/b4u437199-1490275699.png}green pawns{/imgblock...
greenpawn34
on May 17 2022 13:44 | 15 views | 2 edits | Last edit on May 17 2022 13:49
