I think I'll save the money in case I need new knees instead of blowing it on a new face. (View Post)

Maybe not as many as they used to, at least in person. In those days (1990s) there wasn't a vast amount of money in chess. I don't think even Nigel made an awful lot despite the match with Kasparov. … (View Post)

That was a bit of a cheat. It was a simultaneous display at a club, so not an official game. Though I did win :smile: (View Post)

My Morphy number is also 5 (at worst). Flatlander v Short, N. Wasn't there a Holywood game for 'degrees of separation' involving Kevin Bacon? (View Post)

I'd have put the Humber Bridge in the white elephant category. It was meant to link to an East Coast Motorway but that was canned centuries ago and elegant though it is I don't think it justifies the… (View Post)