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This is a list of events from the ECC (green) and DCCA (brick) and DJCA (lime) Google Calendars
Recent additions
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From left to right, as White faces them:
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My young friend and former student Theo Slade quoted this to me a while ago.
"To take is a mistake"
In some circumstances, it's easy to see why:
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(A) Exeter 2½-5½ Newton Abbot (H)
Graham Bolt 196 (B) ½-½ Paul Brooks 170 (W)
Dave Regis 166 (W) ½-½ Alan Brusey 158 (B)
Sean Pope 140 ½-½ Vignesh Ramesh
Tony Hart 135 0-1 Andrew Kinder
John Guard 130 ½-½ John Allen
Will Marjoram 128 ½-½ Jacquie Barber-Lafon
John Maloney 108 0-1 Mike Hussey
Brian Aldwin 88 0-1 Z GrophulousExeter 2½-5½ Newton Abbot
Games to follow
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[SIMPLE AND SOUND: Basic openings for Black: Sicilian Dragon and King's Indian]
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To toggle the user medal marker in ChessBase on a Win10 laptop, and you don't have a numeric keypad with a plus key, you can use PowerToys' Keyboard Manager to assign something like 'backtick' to 'plus key'
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Young local chessplayer Dan Frayn organised a charity event at the Cricket Club last Sunday, raising money for Ukraine. As you can see from the photo below, the event was well-attended -- ten games going on simultaneously there! -- and raised £163. Throughout the day, over 30 people came to play chess, with ages perhaps between 6 and 75.
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There are many candidates for the title of 'the best chessplayer never to win the world championship'. I think I first heard Keres given that title, and he was the second-highest-rated player at some point (according to Jeff Sonas' ChessMetrics website http://www.chessmetrics.com
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Tues 28th Sept 2021
Minutes of last meeting, agenda, and minutes of this meeting are attached.
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"Ah, to be young and not care about Bishops!"
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"A blockaded bishop is of little value" - Lisa Simpson
