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Now France has got all anti-oz being against Australia receiving contracted vaccines. Now someone remind me how many Australia troops were lost...

India win by an innings and 15 runs as England are bowled out for 135. Dan Lawrence provided the only real resistance with 50 and was the last man...

Begonia Open 2021: Pairing of round 3, at 9:30am of 07/03/2021 ===================================================================================...

Begonia Open 2021: Pairing of round 2, at 7:30pm of 06/03/2021 (accelerated) ...

With my 1500 brain I am wondering whether 36 .... d4 would have been better for black than swapping off the pawns and knights on e4? The idea is...

It was Ballarat that was clashing with the Allegro PS the multiple upsets of over 300 (up to 864) points was a highlight too :-)

No, FIDE have it the other way as well.

Doeberl in April...

If he visits ...it certainly won't do Aus chess any harm...but I doubt his visit will be as pivotal as say a visit by Anand or Polgar. He is a...

Small typo I think. Shouldn't the name in the pairings be: Rares-Daniel, Ocoleanu?

In my earlier lengthy post I showed the consistency of European approach to WW2 and the virus are similar. Their mentality hasn't changed.

Higher seed has only won 9/15=60% of games in both rounds, both rounds had 1 draw as well.

Yes that was top of my list of possible upsets.

https://tornelo.com/chess/orgs/melbourne-chess-club/events/mcc-allegro-over-the-board--12/divisions/default/standings Today's allegro results. Over...

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I do not see how WW1&2 are relevant to the discussion of the vaccine distribution and vice versa.

Tas Champs 2021: Pairing of round 2 =================================================================================== 1 = Patrick,John ...

I wondering why Chessbomb is not used for live transmission of the games. The ChessBomb-powered transmissions are certainly looking much more...

Patrick - Bonham. Another winning position wasted. 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 cxd4 8.cxd4 f6 9.exf6 Nxf6 10.0-0...

Hard to avoid upsets when underrated Juniors are in action: Ryder Testoline's upset win over John Nemeth is not that much of an upset. Some players...

This illustrates the first round game pretty well:doh:

James Peirce vs Rares-Daniel Ocoleanu Round 1 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 d5 7. exd5 cxd5 8. O-O Bd6 9....

In truth, it hardly seems to matter now that they and their families have well and truly integrated into their country of choice. They are no less...

Board 5 round 1 wasn't exactly an upset, our ACF Quick ratings are only 18pts apart (2078-2060) and his FIDE rating is ~3yrs old. :P

Ian Rout - Chris Shepherd (R2) 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bf5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. Nxd5 Nxd5 8. Qxd5 Qb4+ 9. Nd2 e6 10. Qb3 Nc6...

He doesn't seem to accumulate knick-knacks, or even books (compare Nigel Short).

Good to see Paul Summers back playing chess!! Especially interstate!

It is not like he doesn't have a vested interest in the USA not getting stronger. Putting that aside it would change what happens in chess...

He has a nice place

Thank you Peter, I am sure you are very busy. More than a few upsets (losses or draws) just within the SA group let alone the whole field.