Paul Littlewood
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Paul Littlewood
@plittl
Retired. Former British Chess Champion. Bridge Grandmaster. Former World Senior Chess Teams Champion.
St Albans, England Katılım Ocak 2010
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@ImShahinyan Quite quickly because i assumed the composition was justified and there has to be. reason for the NC1 for example (it is to block the bishop). Has to be 1 Ba5! providing for 1..h3 with 2 Qb4
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White mates in 2
If you solve this in 5 minutes, that would be a great result 🤩
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A fairly obvious Black to play & win, but it was fun to play it:
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@chess24com I have managed 10 simultaneous blindfold but 49 is incredible! A fantastic achievement.
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It took GM Axel Smith more than 29 hours to complete a 49-board blindfold simul this weekend. The Swedish grandmaster scored a dominant 41-8—but said afterward that raising awareness for a climate cause mattered more than the result or any record.
chess.com/news/view/axel…
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@GSharks4NCL @LozHCooper @ECF_Chess @4NCL I have mixed feelings because Wood Green is my long standing team but I always want the Sharks to do well!
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Big march today V Wood Green. Most importantly me and @LozHCooper have a great relationship for setting aside team performance and focussing on young players getting norms. @ECF_Chess @4NCL
Good luck to all 3 norm seekers.
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It's the final weekend of #4ncl. Today we play Barnet and White Rose 2... We expect both have strengthened
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For the second time in a decade, a FIDE President is threatened with sanctions. In February, the European Union declared its intention to sanction Arkady Dvorkovich. We have been here before. In 2015, sanctions were imposed on Kirsan Ilyumzhinov by the US Treasury. As a result, FIDE lost access to bank accounts, lost its credibility and our standing with the IOC was damaged.
Fortunately, the proposed European Union sanctions, which would include an EU visa-ban and asset-freeze, have not yet been imposed on our President. If sanctions are imposed, the President should not stand for a third term at the General Assembly, to be held during the 47th Chess Olympiad in September.
In this circumstance, should the President stand for re-election, I will stand against him and a broad-based electoral coalition should be formed with the intention of taking FIDE in a different direction. This coalition can be established in the coming months, before the electoral deadline towards the end of July.
My team and I are assembling a ticket, including candidates for the FIDE Council. We are preparing a campaign program which will emphasise our objective of transforming FIDE into a modern, self-sufficient and independent non-governmental organisation.
A necessary condition for the success of our campaign is of course the support of the international chess community. Throughout my 50 years in chess, I have been involved in: competition as a professional player, tournament organisation at all levels, journalism, commercial sponsorship, chess in schools, social projects, as well as chess administration in the European Chess Union and English Chess Federation. I am uniquely qualified.
Ahead of the deadline to submit tickets, I would welcome expressions of interest in joining our campaign to transform the organisation that governs the game we all love.
Feel free to get in touch:
Email: PeinCampaign@gmail.com
Let's do it. Gens Una Sumus!
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I did it! 🏆☺️😎 Won the 1000-player “Tusenmanna” tournament in Stockholm. A long grind, over 10-hours of chess (17 rapid, 2 blitz games). Wasn’t easy shaking off the rust, but it was a fun challenge. Many thanks to @Chessparty_ for such a memorable weekend!
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Thanks to Dominic Lawson for covering chess and prisons in the Sunday Times today. I am humbled to get a mention.
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@IMPeterLarge Yes, he did very well after having such a poor third round.
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