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Sep-17-17
 | | MissScarlett: Is there a country that doesn't have any nice scenery? <Rigsby gives Philip his description of Africa. (Food Glorious Food).
- Lovely climate, clear skies, blue sea. The only trouble is, the beach goes back 500 miles.> |
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Sep-18-17
 | | keypusher: < MissScarlett: Is there a country that doesn't have any nice scenery?
<Rigsby gives Philip his description of Africa. (Food Glorious Food). - Lovely climate, clear skies, blue sea. The only trouble is, the beach goes back 500 miles.>> Maybe Qatar, if man-made scenery is excluded. An image search seems to return nothing but skyscrapers. |
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Sep-19-17 | | Octavia: the next destination is IOM! Douglas! even Magnus Carlsen is playing there. I'm looking forward to playing there myself :) |
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Oct-23-17 | | Gudrun: <Is there a country that doesn't have any nice scenery?> Scotland! Potentially it has very nice scenery: Lots of hills & valleys and lochs! Lots of beautiful lochs! But what happens on those hills? Sheep & cows make sure that there aren't any trees in sight & nobody can go for walks except in dedicated places. When the majority of people will be vegetarians, then Scotland will also have great places to walk about in. |
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Dec-04-17 | | Octavia: In Douglas Keti got the women's prize together with all her friends! I played in the minor & got 3rd prize
She's now playing in the London Open. I watched her draw a rook & pawn against a rook & 2 pawns. She did all the right moves as my Keres endgame book explains :) well done. |
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Apr-13-18 | | Octavia: She won 2 in the first 1/2 & lost 2 later in the London Open. I've noticed that she often does well in the beginning. If you get tired it's best to take a bye 1/2 way through, isn't it? |
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Apr-19-18 | | Octavia: She got 5.5/11 in the EWCC & they did have a day off 1/2 way through! Her last game was pretty hair raising - she sacced lots only to get them back later with interest & Alexandra Zherebtsova had to resign - good end for Keti. |
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Sep-25-18 | | Octavia: Olympiade 2018 Keti won her first and second games. The 2nd was against Jovanka Houska, a formidable opponent! G l for the other games. |
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Oct-02-18 | | Gudrun: with 3 rds to go Keti won all her games but 1 which she drew. In the next rd the team is likely to play much lower rated players. I hope Keti is getting a rest & the team captain lets the others battle it out by themselves - unless the team is likely to get a grading prize. In which case it'd be better if Keti played again... the German women are doing fine :) |
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Oct-07-18 | | Octavia: 10.5/11 !!! very well done in the OLYMPIAD! Hers was the best performance on bd 1 - 95% !!! However, they decided the gold medal on grading performance & therefore Yen got it with only 7/9 Is grading overrated or not? |
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Oct-07-18
 | | Dionysius1: Hi <Gudrun>. I thought it was the weather, particularly the high winds, that made sure there aren't any trees in sight. This was confirmed for me in a bus trip from Inverness to Oban way back - like a lunar landscape it was, nothing grew above 4 feet. What there was, was bent over at the top And it was still breathtakingly beautiful. I know your main point is about walking (and enclosures) but don't you DARE say Scotland doesn't have nice scenery! Herumph. |
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Oct-07-18
 | | Dionysius1: Darn. Now I have to have two postings in a row. Just in case I don't have an opportunity to say it later, Mrs Arakhamia-Grant is gorgeous. May she live long and prosper. |
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Oct-20-18 | | Gudrun: <Dionysius> She is prospering again: Starting well in the OiM competition with a draw against a much higher rated opponent!!! |
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Oct-24-18
 | | Dionysius1: Thanks <Gudrun>. It's a good game to play over too. Against Parligras, but I can't get the hyperlink to work to link to it from here. |
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Nov-20-18 | | Octavia: Worldseniorchampionship in Bled! most famous chess place ever! out of ~100 players 47 are German & 11 Scots. 4 sections: over 50, over 65 & the same for women. But our 2 Scottish women are playing in the 50+ group. Keti has 2.5/3 |
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Nov-29-18 | | Octavia: Keti did well in the seniors open: 7.5/11! Her performance was +25 compared to her grade. She won 6, = 3 and lost 2. Bagaturov won against her & was the cowinner with 8.5 She drew with her man, Jonathan who had 1/2 pt more then her at one point but ended up with a pt less. |
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Jul-05-19 | | Gudrun: last year, Keti got 10.5/11 in the Olympiad!!! |
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Jul-19-19 | | PhilFeeley: <Dionysius1>
Link here now works:
K Arakhamia-Grant vs M Parligras, 2018 |
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Jul-19-19 | | PhilFeeley: A great game, by the way. I'm wondering how white missed the win. |
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Jul-19-19
 | | eternaloptimist: Happy birthday to Keti!! She is a 2-time Scottish chess champ & she tied Paul Motwani 1 of those times. He’s 1 of my favorite authors & players |
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Sep-25-19 | | Octavia: I believe she was Scottish champ thrice |
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Jul-31-21 | | Octavia: haven't been here for ages. I see that Keti played in the online Olympiad last year & won all her games, except for 2 which she drew! Hope she's playing again this year & that I can watch her games. She's great!
Hope also that she had a nice birthday & that she's healthy & stays fit to fight! |
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Jun-13-23 | | Octavia: Georgia has an alphabet of its own. I want to learn it. |
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Jul-19-23 | | Octavia: Viel Glück und Gesundheit im neuen Jahr! |
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Aug-08-25 | | alshatranji: keypusher: <Maybe Qatar, if man-made scenery is excluded. An image search seems to return nothing but skyscrapers.> They have beautiful nature reserves and shores. The desert may also present striking natural scenery. |
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