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A wee blog celebrating texasnurse reaching her millionth move.

And the birth of a new chess magazine

Blog Post 439

Mister Why

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I think that's a pin rather than a skewer. Don't skewers have the more valuable piece in front of the one you want to capture?

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Of course! It's a pin...I was looking at that for ages thinking something is wrong.
Corrected. 😲 (I'm going for one million mistakes in my blog!)

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@greenpawn34 said
Of course! It's a pin...I was looking at that for ages thinking something is wrong.
Corrected. 😲 (I'm going for one million mistakes in my blog!)
here's another mistake
texasnurse is the eight player to reach a million not the second

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Hi lemondrop,

The second millionaire I've covered in detail but mistake No. 899,212 has been logged.

The full list is here.

https://www.redhotpawn.com/chess/chess-player-table.php?col=7&state=asc

Zorro is indeed on course for two million.

Cryptic

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@greenpawn34 said

A wee blog celebrating texasnurse reaching her millionth move.

And the birth of a new chess magazine

Blog Post 439
Is "Chess Eye" the British Chess version of the National Enquirer? Who knows what literary gems are possible?

Large pink rooks invade Leeds - Officials fear the worst!

Nigel Short's liver confirmed as the 10th planet in our solar system!

Buckingham palace rocked to the core, as recently discovered documents confirm Princess Diana divorced Charles for refusing to give up his wind up analog clock!

Henry VIII refused to play chess without at least 3 queens on his side!



The possibilities are endless!

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That is correct mchill.

Next week: Gary Kasparov ate my Hamster and there are GM's. on the Moon!.

Chess Librarian

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@greenpawn34 said
That is correct mchill.

Next week: Gary Kasparov ate my Hamster and there are GM's. on the Moon!.
When I saw "GM's on the Moon", I thought "There's a GM Rausis joke here somewhere".