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Simaginfan @simaginfan.bsky.social · 6h

Thanks for mentioning this! Seems so long ago now.☹️👍

Simaginfan @simaginfan.bsky.social · 6h

Glad you enjoyed it👍

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Historic Cricket Pictures @picturesporting.bsky.social · 2d

In the days before portable electronic devices and the internet, touring was often a fairly boring affair. Here Evan Gray, Jeremy Coney and Ewen Chatfield show off the mass of videos the New Zealand squad too with them to Pakistan in 1984 to fill the long evenings

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Simaginfan @simaginfan.bsky.social · 6h

Thank you. He was rather unique!

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Simaginfan @simaginfan.bsky.social · 6h

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Simaginfan @simaginfan.bsky.social · 8h

GOTD. The wonderful Michael Basman - what a player he was, and quite a character. A double exchange sacrifice against a rising start of world chess at the time. I hope you spot the lovely little point if the second exchange is taken.

Simaginfan @simaginfan.bsky.social · 8h

Afternoon Richard! You must share you memories of Basman at some point!

Simaginfan @simaginfan.bsky.social · 9h

www.chess.com/blog/simagin...

I.M. Michael Basman. Some Chess Fun and Photographs.

Morning everyone. Having had my spare chess time for the last few hours taken up with the mundane job of translating and transcribing chess annotations, I have decided to do something less boring! A c...

www.chess.com

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Simaginfan @simaginfan.bsky.social · 1d

I no longer gave the game - my scorebooks were destroyed when we had storm damage at the house, but I will dig out the link to the blog tomorrow.👍

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Simaginfan @simaginfan.bsky.social · 1d

I played him!. Also did a blog on him while he was still alive which apparently he enjoyed!. No kidding

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Simaginfan @simaginfan.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks!. It's rather nice😁

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Simaginfan @simaginfan.bsky.social · 1d

GOTD. 'Just a draw', but what a game!

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Simaginfan @simaginfan.bsky.social · 2d

Nice!

Simaginfan @simaginfan.bsky.social · 2d

''You're not facing a computer, you're facing real people.''. Sounds like an interesting concept!. If only someone had thought of it before!🤣

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Richard James @richardjameschess.bsky.social · 2d

www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/n...

Cocktails and checkmates: the young Britons giving chess a new lease of life

Laid-back clubs proving a hit in London, Birmingham and elsewhere as people look for new ways to socialise

www.theguardian.com

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Simaginfan @simaginfan.bsky.social · 2d

The Barmen 1905 Tournament book has the music for a chess match and a chess waltz. They did a fair bit of marching back in the day mate!

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DMU Archives and Rare Books @dmuspecialcolls.bsky.social · 2d

#Chess and music have long shared a connection, the game often called silent music or a mental dance. For those curious to try all at the same time this #ChessTuesday, here’s the Caïssa Waltz, by Walter Pulitzer, 1897. From the @englishchess.bsky.social #chesshistory #chessliterature

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Simaginfan @simaginfan.bsky.social · 2d

Too old - too slow!

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Simaginfan @simaginfan.bsky.social · 2d

Left over chicken skin day here George mate!. Dreamies for pub if I behave - as if I wouldn't😹. Cheers from Norm the Garden Guard Cat.

Simaginfan @simaginfan.bsky.social · 2d

GOTD. This Gipslis game came to mind just this week, when I watched a top level game 'live' with the Hungarian Defence. As I commented on a game 2 decades ago - 'yesterday's load of old rubbish is today's deep subtlety! Go figure. And some nice Queen 'creeping moves'.

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Scott Rose @rprose.bsky.social · 3d

A strong stance from @garrykasparov.bsky.social, on Kramnik and his campaign against Naroditsky. "I don’t know how he can appear at any chess tournament now. He’s become untouchable."

Original: www.youtube.com/live/1NVDy-D...

In English, via the great Leonard Barden:
www.ft.com/content/cf99...

Partial screen grab of text from https://www.ft.com/content/cf999aae-e044-4eca-930c-0ee50b3ac98f

Garry Kasparov has joined the condemnation of the former world champion Vladimir Kramnik following the death of Daniel Naroditsky.

In an interview in Russian, Kasparov, who lost his world crown to Kramnik in London 2000, said: “It’s absolutely clear that the campaign which Kramnik conducted has influenced Danya. Vladimir behaved strangely in this situation and not only in this one, This stain is indelible now. If we meet, I most likely won’t shake his hand.

“Over the past few years he’s been almost exclusively occupied with trying to catch someone, to pin someone down. It’s clear that the campaign Kramnik has been running affected Naroditsky, Moreover, Kramnik kept fuelling it. He made a statement that if Fide takes any action, he’ll sue them. I don’t know how he can appear at any chess tournament now. He’s become untouchable.”

Asked by his interviewer whether Daniel was unfairly targeted, Kasparov said: “Unfairly? It was absurd. Danya was one of the most transparent players around — he streamed, he explained every move, he played Blitz at 3000-plus for years. To accuse him based on some statistical model which even its creator says is preliminary? That’s not serious chess analysis, that’s character assassination. Kramnik didn’t just question moves, he questioned integrity without evidence. And when Danya responded calmly with data, Kramnik doubled down. That’s not how a world champion behaves. That’s how a bitter man behaves.”

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Simaginfan @simaginfan.bsky.social · 3d

Glad you like it.👍

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Simaginfan @simaginfan.bsky.social · 3d

GOTD. Working on another pupil of Koblencs - Gipslis. This is a masterpiece! What a beautiful game.

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George The Station Cat @george-station-cat.bsky.social · 5d

Heartfelt thoughts tonight for everyone affected by the awful incident on board the LNER service near Huntingdon.
Thank you to the first responders and railway colleagues who showed such courage and care.
Holding all those involved in our hearts

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Simaginfan @simaginfan.bsky.social · 6d

Happy fish day George mate!. Cod today - no bones😹. Working for it guard duty while they fix the perimeter fence after the windy stuff.

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