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The 2023 Red Hot Pawn Christmas Quiz


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Hi. Yes it is that time of year when I treat you all to one of my special
and eagerly looked forward to ‘Christmas Quizzes’ so let us start with’

What Christmas Carol is this?
Carlsen

Noel...Noel.....Noel...No-el.....

An Englishman, an Irishman and The Benko.


Hi This week we look at the Benko

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And next week we look at the Alekhine.

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Russ I cannot be bothered looking at The Benko. I don’t play it...

The Queen's Gambit and the Isle of Man


I share my medical condition, CBCB (Compulsive Buying of Chess Books)
with many other people but I think I have reached A+1 status and consider
myself a hopeless case beyond care or redemption. See my latest acquisitions.

Books

Two copies of a book I already have, this is copies II and III.
One of the books is in Polish! I cannot understand a word of it....

David, Jovanka (and me) Isle of Man Chess.


We take a brief look at the 2023 Fide Grand Prix currently taking place on the
Isle of Man The top two places will each get a seat in the 2024 candidates.
David Howell and Jovanka Houska are commentating on the event for chess24.

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10 minutes later. ...

My Chess Wrist Watch


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I’ve invented a chess watch. Numbers one to twelve are the first twelve
world champions. Steinitz (1) to Karpov (12) these are the hours markers.
The sixty squares a1 to e8 are the minute markers. So if your watch displays.

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It is 12:15 The 12th world champion and 15th square on the chessboard...

Diddled by Dawson and 2 Million Chess Moves.


Ken Reid (1919–1987) was a brilliant comic artist. In the 1970’s he had the
back page of ‘Shiver & Shake!’ (a good name for chess magazine that) all
to himself and did a full page drawing on various themes. Here he does Chess.

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His most famous creations were Roger the Dodger, Jonah and of course Face Ache.
Face Ache’s skill was scrunging his face and body into any shape he wished to...

Chess in a T.V. Advert


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I had a real corny caption ready but I’ll take pity on you lot and leave it out.
green pawns

Recently I saw this position in a TV advert for a financial firm.
8/8/8/8/1NB5/2r5/2KN4/k7 w - - 0 1
After 1.Kxc3 it is stalemate and if 1.Kd1 Rxc4 and the two Knight cannot force
a mate. So I decided to use the position to try and create a two Knight Helpmate...

Birth of a Chess Pitfall.


A truly pathetic chess joke No 53

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green pawns

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(Picture from Edward Winter’s Chess Notes site.) ...

A Ghost Story and Endgame Ernie


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And this is me on lounging on the beach reading a CHESS magazine.

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Inside the magazine on the puzzle page was this one.

Le Tuan Minh - D. Paravyan, Internet Blitz 2023 (White to play...

Poor Pawns and Rooks on the Rocks.


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I happened to be reading ‘The Delights of Chess’ which is the follow up book
to ‘Adventure in Chess’ both by Assiac the apt pen name of Heinrich Fraenkel
1897-1986 Assiac is ‘Caissa’ in reverse. both books are a mine of rich treasure.

Within the ‘Delights’ book I found this study by Emanuel Lasker...
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