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We have reached the field limit of 62 players (raised from 60 to align with absolute maximum allowable), so we can not currently accept more entries...

Not easy in AZ where the GOP is run by crazies What is Arizona’s GOP doing to recover from defeat? Attacking Cindy McCain ... Instead, they...

Weekly Examiner (Launceston, Tas. : 1872 - 1878) Sat 22 Jun 1872 How to play Chess...

against Anton, Carlsen was close to another victory. Unfortunately he did not spot 57...Ra1.

N NAME Fed Title ACF FIDE 1 Nemeth,John VIC 2253 2198 2 ...

N NAME ACF 1 Raine,Marcus 1966 2 Clark,Peter 1260 3 ...

No Name Rtg 1. Nemeth, John 1986 2. Zafirakos, Jesse 1864 3. Ng, Reiner 1539 4. Hooi, Ethan 1470 5....

Nice easy to follow annotation to Carlsen and Giri games from rd 1....

The female shot in the neck I think was attempting to enter where the politicians were.

No malarkey?

WW2 took about 4 years to kill over 400,000 troops when guns, bombs, planes. tanks, submarines etc were used. There is no welcome home parade for...

32...a4 perhaps a dubious move, but black could hang on if 35... Kh8 instead of the game continuation.

I assume it means the rules given in Staunton's Chess Praxis (1860).

Maybe in Melbourne they do. Not in Queensland.

What a ''fantastic'' idea... and what about those rated 1700 now? You will always get a case of some underrated juniors (some are going up and down...

Do not worry...after they run out of book, they start blundering immediately :). The only 1200 rated players that can play at least a little...are...

The daily US covid toll already passed the 9/11 toll, over a month ago.

It is hard to think of any post that could be made on a "President Biden" thread that would be off-topic on a "US Politics" thread.

Interesting that (according to Google) there are three threads linked to ("No Drama") Obama on Chess Chat, but none of them are specifically about...

What does "Praxis Rules apply." mean? This predates Nimzowitsch.

Black rushed with 32...a4

2021 Chess Artists Caulfield Club Championship 1 = Beckman, John ( 0.0) - Rashid, Russell ( 0.0) = 18 - 1 = 0 - 1...

Question to CF - does inciting a mob to bash a police officer to death with a fire extinguisher require punishment or nah? These Are the 5 People...

Of course it is very unfortunate to have Magnus-Alireza happen to occur in round 1, when this matchup could lead to more intrigue later in the event....

I was wondering if there is any point to having a distinct thread for President Biden, as opposed those posts being in the generic US politics thread.

If I would play an 1100-player 20 years ago, I would wonder in the first 20 moves if they would blunder 1 minor pieces to me, or 2, or more. Now...

The question is, are the ratings causing problems in QLD. Yes, that is why we have the worlds weakest tourneys. Very few active players in the group...

Yes, remarkable partnership which probably ensures the match will be a draw given the weather is not going to be good the next two day

Carlsen-Firouzja1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. e4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Bd3 c5 12. O-O...

The Indian middle order is fighting hard. Aus may not have a big first innings lead, if indeed they have one.