tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post1103844767483253016..comments2023-12-28T02:11:22.501+00:00Comments on The Streatham & Brixton Chess Blog: The Great Chessboxing Swindle: Marsh MadnessTom Chivershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09850710685193416732noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-48309223941267829272016-01-11T17:50:53.924+00:002016-01-11T17:50:53.924+00:00Dear Puggy, looks like xkcd got to the chess and c...Dear Puggy, looks like xkcd got to the chess and competitive eating angle first. Kobayashi once went up against a bear (no joke), but they have Carlsen losing to Secretariat in hot dog eating.<br /><br />http://xkcd.com/1628/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-76012254486554773922015-12-04T14:31:02.367+00:002015-12-04T14:31:02.367+00:00Just in from Chess News Russia.
В воскресенье в с...Just in from Chess News Russia.<br /><br />В воскресенье в спорткомплексе парка «Сокольники» пройдет первый чемпионат Москвы по шахбоксу. <br /><br />On this Sunday (Dec 6), the first Moscow championship of chessboxing will occur in Сокольники (Sokolniki) sports complex.<br /><br />Video preview (lame IMO): https://www.facebook.com/russianchessboxing/videos/910391652384334/<br /><br />http://www.rcba.ru<br /><br />It's so popular, I can't even get info on the participants. Hope it's not a random choice from the audience? :-P <br /><br />Back in your UK, there was a "blood and sweat equity" campaign announced last month.<br /><br />http://www.tech.london/news/chessboxing-entrepreneur-launches-blood-and-sweat-equity-seedrs-campaignAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-32663659242989138822015-12-02T17:44:37.937+00:002015-12-02T17:44:37.937+00:00More Ray's field surely?More Ray's field surely?ejhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-9828903869198847522015-12-02T05:54:28.231+00:002015-12-02T05:54:28.231+00:00I happened to click on the Chess News section on F...I happened to click on the Chess News section on FIDE.com recently, and amongst a large list of Seminars for arbiters, the last one was "Chess and Archery Challenge".<br /><br />https://www.fide.com/component/content/article/15-chess-news/9177-chess-archery-challenge.html<br /><br />Supposedly this happened in Hastings on Nov 3, "This unique sporting fixture was to celebrate two sports which are closely associated with Hastings. Archery since 1066 and Chess since 1895."<br /><br />Says Stewart Reuben: "This was one of my zanier ideas to promote chess. But less dangerous than chessboxing. There was never a danger of an arrow striking a human target."<br /><br />As for the publicity: "Everybody was talking about when they would play again, even those archers who didn’t know how the pieces moved, nor even their names. There was much puzzlement as to why the symbol for a knight is N. We were asked, ‘Why the name rook, when it is obviously a castle?’"<br /><br />Perhaps next IA Reuben can combine say, chess and competitive eating.Puggynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-84827750118281734122015-03-18T13:17:32.997+00:002015-03-18T13:17:32.997+00:00Ray's wife Annette is David Goodman's sist...Ray's wife Annette is David Goodman's sister. They met when Ray visited the Goodman residence in Acton to give lessons to David. Ray's sister Jacqueline married David Levy in 1973 and Richard Eales in 1992.<br /><br />My guess is that Terry Marsh won the London Primary Schools Championship but I've never been able to confirm this. He certainly never won anything at the London Junior Championships.Richard Jameshttp://www.richardjames.org.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-9013525066406553562015-03-18T12:17:36.385+00:002015-03-18T12:17:36.385+00:00Hello Anonymous,
You are correct: David Levy was ...Hello Anonymous,<br /><br />You are correct: David Levy was RDK’s brother-in-law.<br /><br />However, I believe RdC is also right and that David Goodman is Ray’s brother-in-law too.Jonathan Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00293162543015231439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-33323058035989138732015-03-18T12:15:40.296+00:002015-03-18T12:15:40.296+00:00Ray Keene's brother-in-law was Dr David Levy, ...Ray Keene's brother-in-law was Dr David Levy, surely, who was 24 in 1969, I think.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-7982725541151961872015-03-18T09:05:46.885+00:002015-03-18T09:05:46.885+00:00Someone aged 57 would have been 12 in around 1970....Someone aged 57 would have been 12 in around 1970. The London Junior Championships of that era were events of sufficient magnitude that the winners were reported in the BCM. So the events in December 1968, 1969 and 1970 are reported on pages 52,66 and 62 in the following year's BCM. Some familiar names among the winners, but no one by the name of Marsh. The 1969 under 12 was won by Ray Keene's future brother in law and IM, David Goodman, which shows the standard needed to win. When the headcount was reported, the under 12 is reported has having just over one hundred entries.<br /><br />The wiki article on Terry Marsh claims that he was a "junior chess champion". Such claims are often true, at school level for example, but of little value unless they say of what.<br /><br /><br /><br />RdCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com