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2022, Christmas

Merry Chessmas from the BCN Team!

December 24, 2022 John Upham
A Merry Chessmas to all our readers !
A Merry Chessmas to all our readers !

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17-year-old Michael Adams in July 1989. When he was asked in the 2/2010 issue of @NewInChess what was his best result ever, he replied: "Avoiding a real job."

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Football pitch on one side, Thames on the other, chess in the middle!

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The legendary Hungarian grandmaster, Olympiad gold-medal-winner & 8-time(!) World Championship Candidate Lajos Portisch, pictured at home in Budapest in 2020.
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