Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Stop Press!

The Evening Standard isn't a newspaper I would generally recommend for very much in particular - but, today's issue is an exception.

Because the chess column, I'm told, features a win by a certain chess club's President... So I'm off to pick up my copy now.

EDIT.

Here's a scan for those who missed it:

And the solution also:

(Click the images for larger versions.)
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7 comments:

  1. ejhWed Nov 14, 02:24:00 pm 2007

    Well done Angus. Is that the game that was in Chess Today?

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  2. ejhWed Nov 14, 02:27:00 pm 2007

    Incidentally, talking of chess in the papers, here is today's report from Diario del Alto-Aragón. Unfortunately you only get a shortened version online, so you can't read the bit about Roberto Cifuentes' tournament victory ahead of somebody called Harold Plaskett.

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  3. AnonymousWed Nov 14, 07:01:00 pm 2007

    Oh, thanks.

    Yes, it's the position which Chess Today - and this blog (it would be great to think Leonard Barden was a reader) - published a while ago...

    Robin tells me he had a position - from his 'Haldane Hack' variation and taken from the club's Knightmare magazine - in the ES in 1977 ('the year of punk'). I wonder if it could be reproduced here?

    Justin, I can just about make you out in the thumbnail picture; unfortunately your local paper requires an online subscription to show an enlarged version.

    Angus

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  4. Tom ChiversThu Nov 15, 11:32:00 am 2007

    I have a scanner in my office & would certainly feature Robin's position!

    I wonder how LB knew you were from Streatham Angus if not via the blog?

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  5. ejhThu Nov 15, 12:26:00 pm 2007

    Or via Google, or by asking somebody (a much under-rated search strategy).

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  6. ejhFri Nov 16, 09:02:00 am 2007

    Oh - is there not a misprint in the solution?

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  7. Tom ChiversFri Nov 16, 09:41:00 am 2007

    Oh yes, well spotted.

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