International Chess Master. I play chess, I read books, I listen to music, I watch cricket and films, I eat curry, I drink wine.
Epsom Surrey
Joined October 2022
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This picture has a chess vibe.
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Sam Shankland after his round 3 win over Jeffery Xiong: "Age, yeah it matters, but good moves matter too."
@STLChessClub #USChessChamps
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Peter Andrews reports on the latest (and thankfully last) league match between Kingston A and Kingston B, won 4.5-1.5 by the As. tinyurl.com/msyxe98x Wins for David Maycock, Peter Lalić (pictured), Peter Large and Alan Scrimgour for the As, and Homayoon Froogh for the Bs
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Peter Andrews sums up the latest battle between Kingston's first and second teams, this time in Div 1 of the Thames Valley League. tinyurl.com/y7cd3b5t Kingston A prevailed with wins by David Maycock, Peter Large (pictured) and David Rowson, but it was far from one-way traffic
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Andrew Scott delivers this speech too slowly; I know some viewers will hate the way he breaks up the verse. AND YET even in spite of that I think this is the best delivery of this soliloquy I’ve ever seen.
He makes it sound like it’s not a portentous speech everyone already knows but a morally serious real-time deliberation, by a highly intelligent person in extreme pain, considering what it would mean to end his own life.
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Captain Stephen Moss reports on Kingston's 6.5-3.5 victory over Guildford in the semi-final of the 10-board Alexander Cup, Surrey's premier knockout competition. tinyurl.com/ymj9juen Wins for Supratit Banerjee, David Maycock, Vladimir Li (pictured) and Harvey Li (no relation)
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12-year-old Supratit Banerjee becomes the UK’s youngest International Master! 🎉♟️
Huge congrats to Supratit, who was awarded the IM title in Samarkand. From earning his 1st norm at 11 to becoming an International Master at 12, what a magnificent achievement! 💥
📸 Yury Krylov
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Tremendous 6.5-3.5 victory for Kingston over Guildford tonight in the semi-final of the 10-board Alexander Cup. Wins for Supratit Banerjee (pictured), David Maycock, Vladimir Li and Harvey Li. We now march on to the final, where we will face Coulsdon, Epsom or Wimbledon
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Kingston play Guildford at home in the semi-final of the Alexander Cup this evening. It is a repeat of last season's closely fought final and promises to be a great match between two strong teams. Updates here from 7.30pm
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Peter Andrews has written a detailed report on Kingston 1's 6-2 win over Kingston 2 in Surrey Div 1. tinyurl.com/fyw3tnz8 On board 1 IM John Hawksworth (right) lost on time to FM David Maycock and as an act of catharsis has produced a superb annotation tinyurl.com/v5avxz8y
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I had an interview for a camouflage expert job last week, but I didn't turn up.
They've just phoned to say I got the job.
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The 2026 Keith Richardson Memorial Tournament was held on Saturday 26th Sep at Camberley Chess Club. Full news report, prize winners, a short video and photos are all here:
camberleychess.co.uk/2026-ca…
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European Senior Team Chess Championship 2026 concluded today in Hersonissos, Crete, Greece! ♟️ #chess #estcc2026
Congratulations to the Winners! 👏
Medalists - Open 50+ section:
🏆England 1 🏴, 17 match points
🥈Italy 🇮🇹, 16 match points
🥉Netherlands 🇳🇱, 13 match points
4️⃣Slovakia 🇸🇰, 13 match points
Medalists - Open 65+ section:
🏆Slovenia 🇸🇮, 16 match points
🥈England 1 🏴, 16 match points
🥉Italy 🇮🇹, 15 match points
🔗Final rankings: s1.chess-results.com/tnr1473…
Final report to follow
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At the European Team Championship, England's 65+ team beat Israel 4-0 to remain in 1st. IM Peter Large beat Abir Even, entering a queen endgame a couple of pawns up, which was an advantage he converted into a win. #chess
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The 2026 European Senior Team Chess Championship 2026 starts tomorrow in Hersonissos, Crete, Greece! The event will be played from 27 August – 4 September at the ****Hotel Royal Belvedere Hersonissos. 🏆♟️
✨The event gathers 32 teams represented by 150 players competing in two age categories: 50+ and 65+. Each tournament will be played in 9 rounds, swiss system, with the classical time control, and each field includes legendary Grandmasters.
📊The top seeded teams in the Open 50+ section are: England 1 🏴, Italy 🇮🇹, and Slovakia 🇸🇰. The Open 65+ section starting list is headlined by Slovenia 🇸🇮, England 1 🏴 and Italy 🇮🇹.
🔗Detailed preview: europechess.org/european-sen…
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There are people who don't understand what a sense of proportion is and there are people who don't understand that you don't shoot your mouth off about suicide and I really don't have the faintest idea what to say to these people or what to say about them
