Apr-16-07 Nigel Short 
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| itsaworry: I have no idea whether it is still in print but England Their England by A.G.Macdonell contains what many regard as the funniest cricket story/description written. It lasts an entire chapter so not for posting here. Well worth checking out. |
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Apr-16-07 square dance chessforum
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| itsaworry: In the UK both alcohol and tobacco bring in taxes of £8bn each pa (say a total of $32bn US). So if you want to legalise drugs start a campaign to tax the sale proceeds. You may quickly build up an unarguable case in the eyes of the legislature. This, of course, is the only reason |
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Apr-06-07 Veselin Topalov
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| itsaworry: I find it amusing that there is so much passion around the leading players. For thirty or more years there was a clear "best" player, Fischer/Karpov/Kasparov, and everyone hungered for a time when it would be more even. Now we have 3, 4 or 5 players of more or less equal strength ... |
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Apr-06-07 European Championship (2007)
Apr-05-07 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack (A68)
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| itsaworry: Sneaky - I know nothing about GM level but when I used to play OTB I did well with Nbd7. However that was in the 1980s when the move was considered complete rubbish at the top level so none of my fellow woodpushers knew how to play against it. We all followed the GM fashion even ... |
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Apr-04-07 Susan Polgar
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| itsaworry: There are many examples of dissenting press in the UK. They range from the constructively critical (the Guardian, the Independent or The Telegraph) to the nutty right wing tabloid - IMHO - Daily Mail. We then have the overtly political weeklies put out by various extreme political |
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Apr-02-07 Sultan Khan
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| itsaworry: "...Col. Sir Nawab Umar Hayat Khan entertained the American chess team at his home one evening in 1933 the table waiter was Sultan Khan, to the embarrassment of all except the illustrious Colonel" (Harold C Schonberg, Grandmasters of Chess) |
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Mar-30-07 Viswanathan Anand
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| itsaworry: Given modern computer technology and the internet why is it not possible to have ratings updated real time as tournaments are concluded instead of updated quarterly? |
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Mar-30-07 Vasily Smyslov
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| itsaworry: Thank you both |
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Mar-30-07 Raymond Keene
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| itsaworry: Ray, I recall watching the BBC series "The Master Game" In one game against Karpov he opened Nf3, you replied C5 and walked into a Sicilian much to your consternation (became an accelerated Dragon I think). I always wondered if you were sincere with your comments or had to spice ... |
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