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So I've gone from top improver to biggest loser in the space of a week.

My classic rating will be interesting, could be anywhere from 1300-1900:P (Since my 1737 is ~4yrs old) EDIT: I'm guessing my wins over Denis,John...

Because of the high number of ACF Classic unrated players in the tournament I had a bit of fun with the TPRs by entering them all in pappubahry's...

Thanks for posting those Peter. Michael I, the prizes were: 1st $2,500 2nd $1,250 3rd $1,000 4th $750 Ratings Groups 1st $800

Below position is from Amos-Peirce, White has just played 35.Qf6-Qb6+ (winning is the very difficult to see Nf4!!), which throws away the win and...

At this point I’m just posting stuff to get into the coffee lounge :-)

Kevin this is the story I was trying to tell you in the car on the way home last night after we had mentioned the recent Thylacine photo thingy... ...

Don’t let anybody tell you chess isn’t a sport

Reminder that the blitz is on at 6.30 tonight!

For completeness my last round game… Raphael - Chris R7 1. e4 c6 2. Bc4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Nc3 d4 6. Bxd7+ Qxd7 7. Ne4 Nc6 8. d3...

I think Addison has taught me a valuable lesson here. The short version of which is ‘Don’t Panic’. The longer version, having survived a crazy...

Fair enough but how would one know the prizes are applicable to the top 2 scores of the open section and 3 rating groups? The standing posts don't...

The virus/vaccine is a classic example of the quick and the DEAD! Italy and France "died" during WW2 as well. I was expecting better from Macron...

Plenty of pictures. Go to social media accounts of Chesslife.

Brilliant, I certainly hope chess and Trump get a few mentions.

The players in bold in standing post michael I

yep. first capture the knight of course!

Win News https://m.facebook.com/watch/?v=467707821265883&_rdr Southern Cross (from about the 5.16 mark) ...

What about prizes?

Begonia Open 2021 Ballarat - 06/03/2021, 08/03/2021 Rated Player Group at round 7 Group limits: 2000 <= rating <= 2600 Pos score N NAME ...

Doesn’t 35..Bf8 just lose to Nxe6+ forking K, B and R. Maybe you mean’t 36... Bf8

Begonia Open 2021 Cross Table at round 7 sorted by score Pos NAME Rtg T Fed Pts | 1 2 3 4 5 ...

Begonia Open 2021: Pairing of round 7, at 2:30pm of 08/03/2021 ===================================================================================...

very unclear though...35...Bf8 makes queening impossible so Rxf8 Ra7 also, black may play f3+ first followed up by Bf8. Last but not least...may...

Anton could do this with one minute when he was 6 years old. At my prime I could do this in 30 seconds. I bet Anton can do this in less than 20...

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 d6 7. Bc4 Bd7 8. a4 h6 9. O-O Ng4 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qe2 Qc8 12. f4 Nxe3 13. Qxe3 Be6 14....

Great start though - 2/2 vs. much higher rated opposition!

OK, I get the message! I'll be back (read thick Austrian accent)! Congrats to Ian and Kevin :clap: :clap: I was especially impressed with the...