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Jean-Louis Valois is my personal favourite

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For anyone inclined, you can watch the games back on the same links Vegas shared

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Great to be hosting a tourney with some many big teams in attendance.

Have to say the Barnfield training ground looks mint!

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Thanks! I remember having to give the scorebook to Stan Heaton at tea and again after every game - he didn't like to see any tippex! But I remember towards the end of the year when he told me that I'd gotten a lot neater over the season! I've had many nicknames over the years, but LCC were the only ...

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Great to see the club paying tribute to David Capel! I was the scorer the day he came in as a sub-pro (if I remember correctly, it was in place of Manoj Prabhakar), and still remember that game - he was genuinely rapid! I remember we had a young player called Hesketh, who as a 14 your old I thought ...

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Closest pub is Salty's in Grand Harbour, otherwise it's Fidel Murphy's on Seven Mile Beach. Both will show the mightly clarets if you ask nicely - though they might only put it on one small TV tucked away in a corner!

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User name gives it away. Second time around in Cayman with 6 years in New Zealand in between.

Found a couple of Clarets in Cayman so far, but few and far between.

Shout out to the NZ Clarets!

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One phrase popular in North America which really annoys me...

'I could care less.'

When they actually mean 'I couldn't care less....'

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Jaidon Anthony 34 games 1 goal zero assists for Leeds in the Championship. Doesn’t inspire too much confidence but hopefully the best is yet to come. At least the window is open a while longer yet. Sometimes stats don't tell the whole story and don't necessarily predict future success: Nathan Tella...

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Local rugby club is $6 for a 745ml big bottle - about 3 quid. Cheapest drinking by far!

Otherwise, a decent pint on tap would be $10 to $12 - 5 or 6 quid.

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I've never been to Costa Rica, but it's one of my wife's favourite places to go.

Been to Panama though, we went up to Gamboa and into the rainforest which I'd highly recommend.

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https://fb.watch/m7iyFYejj3/?mibextid=Nif5oz

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Far out. Alan Pace's daughter stole my idea....

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Flying Without Ings wrote: ↑
Wed Jul 19, 2023 10:32 pm
Great, that really should motivate the current team!

More of a campaign song than something for the terraces. Just saw a pic of him not smiling in his Soton shirt and was trying to think if I ever saw him not smiling last season.

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Free Nathan Tella
17 goals for Burn-er-ly
Southampton should set him free
We'll pay them a handsome fee
Are you so blind that you cannot see?
Free Nathan Tella, I'm begging you
Free Nathan Tella

To the tune of Free Nelson Mandela, The Specials.

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Newcastleclaret93 wrote: ↑
Sun Jul 16, 2023 9:44 pm
To be fair Roper if it was that simple why didn’t Southampton do that last season?

Not sure I'd be holding Southampton up as a club making sensible decisions...

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My rating is 1845 (last time I looked). I’ve not been under 1800 for a couple of years but never have quite made it to 1900 (highest was in the 1890s). When you start at first your rating is usually defaulted to around 1200 but goes up quickly if you win a few games. 1700 is considered good club pl...

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Nd7 prevents checkmate in 2 moves though. Its the 2 move bit which is tricky.

Answer is Qg8

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Nonayforever wrote: ↑
Wed Jul 05, 2023 10:18 pm
So what's the answer ?

If white queen moves to g8 then black Knight puts white in check, so more than two moves.

Qg8
Nxg6 +
Bxg6 ++

Still checkmate in two.

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OK - southern hemisphere so not exactly summery, but taken from the car on the way to the kids rugby games in Darfield, Canterbury, NZ

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If another thread starts with the title Chess Puzzle, I'm going to try pretty hard no to open it!

That was pretty frustrating!

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Rook to e5 is only the answer if g3 x f2.

For most scenarios f7 to d5 works and have yet to fond something contrary.

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Sorry typo. Yep f8 to e6

If the rook moves then
F7 to d5 for mate.

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So, It's

Qg8

Black:

If g3 x f2, then the rook g5 x e5 is mate
If f8 to e8 then Qa8 is mate
If e5 x d4 then f7 to d5 is mate

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Yeah, I was agreeing with you, I think you've got it. But I was asking what I was missing since I've missed things a couple of times already and now doubt myself. :D Same here. I do keep checking this thread to see if I've missed anything. I've already given 2 wrong answers on here before I cracked...

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Firthy wrote: ↑
Wed Jul 05, 2023 7:58 pm
No it's not because BK can take WR on E5 because it's not protected.

It's protected by the bishop you just opened up when g3 takes f2.

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Rxe5 is mate if black takes the pawn.

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OK, if you move Q to g8 there are only 3 black pieces that can move. Kn to E6, G6, D7 or H7, P to E6 and Rook can go 4 places up H. None of those stop mate if Q then goes to A8 and if The Knight doesn't move to allow that you can go B to D5. What am I missing? Nothing. I still can't see how that's ...

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Firthy wrote: ↑
Wed Jul 05, 2023 8:23 am
Because it's dependant on the BKn at f8 moving.

If BPn on g3 takes Wpn on f2 then WB moves to d5 to put BK in check BK takes WPn on e3 because it's no longer protected.

Rxe5 is mate if Bpn on g3 takes wpn on f2.

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Been staring at this for a while. Still can't see any way my prior answer of Qg8 isn't mate in 2. No matter what black plays.

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Firthy wrote: ↑
Mon Jul 03, 2023 8:28 pm
Yes it can. Black Knight to E6

Qa8 is still checkmate in that example

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It's Qg8 I still reckon. Can't see how it's not mate in 2.

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Funny. Nobody accused of us buying the league until we started winning games.... Leicester going a different route to us, buying known, experienced players. It's more high risk in that they'll be spending a lot more in wages on players like these. They go up though and people will laud their astute ...

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And I kept trying to move the black pawns the wrong way due to the massively unnatural board position!

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Its Qg8 - cant stop that

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It's the 2 move thing which is annoying me. You're right - BxG3 leads to mate too. But pointless as it is, PxD6 leads to check which will draw it out longer than 2 moves. In fact, that move rules out a bunch of answers on the basis it will add an extra move (or two). Thats why I thought you'd have t...

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Arggh wait, that's not right either!

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houseboy wrote: ↑
Mon Jul 03, 2023 10:15 am
Re5x K e4 (forced)
Bd4 mate

Rxe5 forces kxr on e5
Qxg7

Mate

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But it would be more than 2 moves...

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Actually, trying to work out if there's any out if we go your way around. Not seen any yet....

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Other way around, but pretty much there.

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Like lots of puzzles - I doubt any game is ever going to get into this situation, but that's not the point!

Takes me back to when we were given a big folder of chess puzzles by our headmaster, Mr Bleazard

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Nice puzzle! This one didnt take too long, but I do a lot of puzzles!

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tarkys_ears wrote: ↑
Fri May 12, 2023 2:30 am
Banking dynasty?

Got to Jersey by happy accident and then followed the Offshore money to Cayman. Back in the real world of horrible taxes again now. Best bit of Cayman was opening your payslip and your gross income being the same as your net income....

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Born in Hapton - 1978
Moved to Devon - 1993
Moved to Jersey - 2007
Moved to the Cayman Islands - 2010
Moved to New Zealand - 2018

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I'm confident that he won't be going anywhere. However, to play the game I'll say Ruud Van Nistelrooy please!

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Josh Cullen for me. Doesn't get the glory, but the man is a machine at the heart of our defence and is Mr consistent. Sure there have been a lot of wonderful performances from so many of the team, but not across the whole season. There's a good case for about 6 others to win it too though and I woul...

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Sorry, my response was in reply to the initial convo, not what it's changed into!

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The thing here is, 'don't hate the player, hate the game'. Blaming individuals for legally and legitimated lowering their tax burden is a nonsense when no law has been broken. The systems which allow these loopholes to exist are where your ire should be focused. Law firms and financial service provi...

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I've been studying Vincent's body language very closely from the Bob Lord Stand. It's something I excel at and these are the "tells" he gives for certain emotions: Moving Head ................... Jealousy Moving Tail ..................... Indifference Moving Head and Tail ......... In Love Curling ...

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