Jun-07-13 Raymond Keene 
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Tired Tim: <Nigel Farage and I both attended Dulwich College> Another Dulwich man (Raymond Chandler)apparently said “Chess is as elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you can find outside an advertising agency.” And which of us can deny it? |
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Jun-07-13 C Kottnauer vs Bogoljubov, 1932 
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Tired Tim: Thanks - it never occurred to me to pronounce it "scenic"! |
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Jun-06-13 H Gifford vs A Clerc, 1878 
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Tired Tim: <10..Qxa6 11. b5 and the Queen will be trapped in a couple of moves.> Really ... can't black play ....Qa5+ and ....Qc7 |
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Jun-04-13 Nick Faulks
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Tired Tim: Is this *the* NW Faulks (OE), raised in Birmingham, England? |
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May-28-13 Taimanov vs E Cobo Arteaga, 1967 
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Tired Tim: Qxh6+ and Eldis has left the building |
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May-15-13 Norway Chess (2013) 
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Tired Tim: I beat a guy who beat a world champion....
... but then Tony Miles was never great at tennis |
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May-03-13 Milov vs J Eriksson, 2000 
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Tired Tim: Pun? Not another USA situation comedy, surely?! |
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May-02-13 G Welling vs B Huemmer, 1982
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Tired Tim: I like the "Far Side" cartoon ... the Lone Ranger is in the lavatory - Tonto is frantically knocking on the door ... "Quick, quick kemosabe, they're playing the opening music". Mind you, it's Fanny Mae's Loan Arrangers who got us into this mess |
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Apr-27-13 Westerinen vs Timman, 1973 
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Tired Tim: Wednesday or Thursday puzzle 30? |
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Apr-20-13 0 
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Tired Tim: Here is an interesting piece on some weaknesses in a seminal paper of which Rogoff was the co-author: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-... |
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