by greenpawn34 on Jan 22 2021 13:05 | 244 views | 2 edits | Last edit on Jan 22 2021 19:46
Over the Board (OTB) Chess is making a great comeback with the Tata Steel event.
I was fed up with how easily Over the Board Chess has given way to online Chess.
Yes it is the fault of this poxy virus but having our top grandmasters stuck in their
bedrooms giving us close up zoom shots of their sleepy eyed unshaven faces whilst
they play click mouse chess wearing gaudy t-shirts or in their pyjamas is just not on.
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by greenpawn34 on Jan 11 2021 16:52 | 8270 views | 2 edits | Last edit on Jan 13 2021 15:04
Turkish7 - AVIRAM77 RHP 2019 (Black to play)
5kb1/6p1/1p2p1P1/1P1pP3/8/2q5/r7/6K1 b - - 0 48
Looks like back in 2019 Aviram was preparing for the pandemic rules.
Black actually can mate with Qe1 or Qc1 but chose 48.Qa1 to socially
distance the Black Queen as far away from the White King as possible.
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by greenpawn34 on Dec 30 2020 10:55 | 13200 views | 3 edits | Last edit on Dec 30 2020 22:53
It’s been 10 years so I thought I would knock together 10 years of the odd stuff.
No games, or positions, just a load of memories that some may not have seen or
others may have forgotten about. I will kick off with something new because it’s
quite brilliant. After that it’s a pretty long trip down a 10 year old memory lane.
I hope you enjoy it as much as I have enjoyed putting this thing together.
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by greenpawn34 on Oct 26 2020 18:30 | 22309 views | 1 edit | Last edit on Oct 27 2020 09:47
A Rook on 7th
The first Super GM O.T.B. tournament to be held for a long time recently finished.
It was held in Norway. Carlsen won it and the final score table looks like this.
by greenpawn34 on Sep 23 2020 17:59 | 16310 views | 1 edit | Last edit on Sep 24 2020 11:02
Recently I had the pleasure of reading this:
You will understand that a nutshell review is all I can offer because
it is a murder mystery with a strong chess theme running though it
and going in too deep may spoil potential readers enjoyment of it.