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Re: Chess... More or less

Exeter Chess Yahoo Group - Tue, 15/05/2012 - 08:51

... You should copy all that to Tim Harford! D

Re: Chess... More or less

Exeter Chess Yahoo Group - Tue, 15/05/2012 - 00:54

As far as CEO's being worth what their paid. I read somewhere that the average salary of a CEO in the US went up from being 52 times the average salary of a

Re: Chess... More or less

Exeter Chess Yahoo Group - Tue, 15/05/2012 - 00:33

... I think they completely flubbed the IQ versus chess ability question in passing. e.g. "Low correlation between chess and IQ" The research I've seen

Chess... More or less

Exeter Chess Yahoo Group - Mon, 14/05/2012 - 20:01

18 minutes in: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b01h7cf2 D

Re: Exeter retain Peter Rooke Cup

Exeter Chess Yahoo Group - Mon, 14/05/2012 - 11:56

Well done all! sorry I couldn't contribute. Charlie To: exeterchessclub@yahoogroups.com From: chessnut@... Date: Sun, 13 May 2012 12:05:20 +0100

Exeter retain Peter Rooke Cup

Exeter Chess Yahoo Group - Sun, 13/05/2012 - 12:05

A squad that fought its way out of Exeter's heavy traffic to Newton Abbot emerged victorious to retain the Peter Rooke Cup. Despite some late substitutions,

Exeter retain Peter Rooke Cup

Exeter Chess Club: Dr.Dave's Blog - Sat, 12/05/2012 - 23:30

A squad that fought its way out of Exeter's heavy traffic to Newton Abbot emerged victorious to retain the Peter Rooke Cup.

Despite some late substitutions, the teams were roughly balanced with Teignmouth looking stronger on the higher boards, so Exeter were looking for points in the bottom half.

Making it up as you go along?

Exeter Chess Club: Dr.Dave's Blog - Thu, 10/05/2012 - 21:57

"I thought I would try something different."

This doesn't usually go well! Here are two examples:

[pgn]
[Event "Exeter Juniors vs Sidmouth"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.04.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Warburton, Ralph"]
[Black "Royle, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A60"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 Nf6 4. Nc3 d6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 b6 7. e4 Bb7 8. Be2 Nbd7
9. Nf3 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. O-O Nxg3 12. fxg3 Nf6 13. e5 dxe5 14. Nxe5 exd5 15.
Qa4+ Ke7 16. Rae1 Qd6 17. Bf3 Ne4 18. Nxf7 Kxf7 19. Bxe4+ Ke7 20. Bxd5+ Kd8 21.

Exeter Juniors ½-3½ Tiverton Testosterones

Exeter Junior Chess Club Blog - Thu, 10/05/2012 - 21:42

{A terrific scrap where both sides took and missed their chances. In the end
the struggle with the 32 pieces on the board was decided as much by the clock
as by the moves.}

[pgn]
[Event "Exeter Juniors vs Tiverton"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.05.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Knowles, John"]
[Black "Keat, Sam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 {
No threat to Black's survival, of course, but solid enough.} 4... Nc6 5. Nc3
Nf6 6. Bd3 {An invitation to play an IQP game.} 6... Bd6 (6... cxd4 7. exd4
dxc4 8. Bxc4 8... Be7 {

Exeter Juniors 1½-2½ Sidmouth

Exeter Junior Chess Club Blog - Thu, 10/05/2012 - 21:39

{White avoided an early Queen swap, which might have been a nuisance, but it
was a move leading out of the frying pan into the fire.}

[pgn]
[Event "Exeter Juniors vs Sidmouth"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.04.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Keat, Sam"]
[Black "Martin, Steve"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. e4 1... c5 2. Nf3
Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. d3 $6 (4. exd5 $1 4... Qxd5 5. d4 cxd4 (5... e5 $5) 6. cxd4
6... Bg4 {with pressure on the d-pawn, but it's actually safe because of} 7.
Be2 Bxf3 8. Bxf3 8... Qxd4 $4 9. Bxc6+) 4... dxe4 5. Nfd2 $4 (5. dxe4 Qxd1+ 6.

Summer Coaching - some thoughts

Exeter Chess Yahoo Group - Wed, 09/05/2012 - 19:14

With the club championship about to finish I am thinking about what to do this summer. 1. Charlie has put in a suggestion for some endgame training. 2. I

Exeter Club Championship & Rapidplay Tournament 2011-2012

New posts - Wed, 02/05/2012 - 23:13

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Re: Bremridge - draw against Teignmouth today

Exeter Chess Yahoo Group - Sun, 29/04/2012 - 19:10

... Well done guys, cracking win Jon, sorry I couldn't be there (just drove to London, moved a flatfull of stuff from 2nd floor to van and up to second floor,

Bremridge - draw against Teignmouth today

Exeter Chess Yahoo Group - Sun, 29/04/2012 - 00:00

A closely fought draw (3-3) with Teignmouth today. Outgraded a little as a team, 5 of the games were won by the lower rated player. Notable performance by John

What went wrong there?

Exeter Junior Chess Club Blog - Sat, 14/04/2012 - 00:40

After this quick loss, Black was not sure what he did that was so bad. Come and look for clues with me...

[pgn autoplaymode=none]
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rutland, William"]
[Black "Stuart, Ben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[PlyCount "29"]

{After this quick loss, Black was not sure what he did that was so bad. Come
and look for clues with me...} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 3... Nf6 {
Nothing wrong with any of that - this is the fine Two Knights' Defence.} 4. Nc3