by greenpawn34 on Aug 23 2023 22:16 | 2120 views | 1 edit | Last edit on Aug 23 2023 22:21
I was very disappointed that CHESS magazine did not do a Chess World
Cup pull out wall chart so we could all follow our favourite players progress.
Undeterred when it got down to the last 16 and much to the annoyance of my neighbours
I painted my own progress chart on a wall that is just across the road from where I live.
Linking Chess with Historical Places (No. 63 in the series.)
Here I am playing chess on a mobile outside the house where
Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone was born.
He is not to be confused with Alexander the Great or any other
famous Alexander like Alexander Archipelago or Alekhine...
by greenpawn34 on Aug 04 2023 20:30 | 2499 views | 3 edits | Last edit on Oct 05 2023 10:29
There it is...
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Stare at that unspoilt wonderland where roam wizards, witches, pixies and goblins,
fabulous unicorns, foul smelling creatures of the night, wise old snakes, oak trees,
golden meadows, sparking rivers, dark dank caves and treasure...lots of treasure.
...
I took my pocket chess set to the seaside to study my pawn endings.
I was hoping some beach babes would happen along and find me cool.
Alas all l attracted was a few curious seagulls and a stray dog that pee’d
on one of the Kings. Then the tide came in and washed the whole lot away.
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