Wednesday, December 07, 2011

Funny Old Game

Chess in comedy, no.1: Hancock, 'The Radio Ham', 9 June 1961:



'King's pawn to queen's bishop three...'






'Just a minute, it's my move...'
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3 comments:

  1. ejhThu Dec 08, 11:45:00 am 2011

    Do you know Flanders and Swann?

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  2. Jon HThu Dec 08, 12:25:00 pm 2011

    Indeed - Michael Flanders tells a little yarn about Alekhine playing Queen's rook to bishop 6 (or something similar) - apparently this caused surprise "since they were playing bridge at the time"...

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  3. ejhSat Dec 10, 06:40:00 am 2011

    Specifically

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