rtchessclub.com/2025/11/17/c... A quick 2-mover this week as I'm busy packing ready for next week's move.

www.twickfolk.co.uk/events/iona-... This evening's entertainment. #supportlivemusic

www.tidelineart.com/tideline-art... Several years ago I replied to this post about a mudlarking find connected indirectly to my family. I've just solved the mystery of what happened to the wonderfully named Bertie Augustus Carter via a DNA link with his Welsh grandson Rhodri.

www.ticketsource.co.uk/richmondoper... This evening's entertainment. #supportlivemusic

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wa-mozart-... This evening's entertainment. #supportlivemusic

rtchessclub.com/2025/11/14/c... Did you analyse Monday's fascinating position correctly? You'll want to click here to find out!

rtchessclub.com/2025/11/14/2... Three wins from four matches this week! Full results and a game here.

♟️ This #ChessTuesday we have a #throwback to the 83rd @englishchess.bsky.social Championships held at the University of #Nottingham & a great shot of the Notts #Chess Association. See anyone you know? FRom the ECF Library. @librarydmu.bsky.social #chesshistory #chessliterature

rtchessclub.com/2025/11/10/c... Here's an interesting position for you to analyse.

Cheltenham Chronicle 11 October 1924

minorpieces.uk/2025/11/09/m... A 1913 photograph shows two players whose combined lives spanned 171 years. Discover their stories here.

www.thetelling.co.uk/breaking-the... This evening's entertainment.

rtchessclub.com/2025/11/07/c... Did you find the solution to Monday's puzzle?

www.chess.com/blog/simagin... A wonderful article about Mike Basman from simaginfan (Neil Blackburn)

Incredible as it may seem, today is the birthday of TWO men who each invented a musical instrument that was named after them by adding "phone" to the end of their name. John Philip Sousa (1854-1932): the Sousaphone Adolphe Sax (1814-1894): the Saxophone #musicsky #conicindence #synchronicity

rtchessclub.com/2025/11/06/2... Three narrow defeats to report this week, but all creditable results against higher rated opposition.

#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

This is my 2nd cousin 3 times removed Charles (originally Caleb) Dearing. Coming from a family of agricultural labourers, he served in the army in India, later becoming a gymnastics instructor at Bradford Grammar School.

The little boy holding the blackboard is my 2nd cousin twice removed William (Billy) Tew, who later emigrated from Oxfordshire to Canada.

rtchessclub.com/2025/11/03/g... A game and two more photos from last week's Gavin Wall Memorial Blitz

DNA link yesterday with 4th cousin Brenda, the Bard of Banbury, who wrote this poem.

rtchessclub.com/2025/11/03/c... Can you answer the quick question in this week's puzzle?

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Contracts have just been exchanged on the sale of my house and the purchase of my new flat, with completion scheduled for 26 November.

richardjames.smugmug.com/Richmond-Par... Today's walk was in Richmond Park's Isabella Plantation.

Wordle 1,594 2/6 🟩🟩🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

The Mystery of the Missing Piece for a #Halloween themed #ChessTuesday. Prime suspect: the shadowy relam aka down the side of the sofa? From The Chess Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes, 1992 in the @englishchess.bsky.social Library. #chesshistory #chessliterature @librarydmu.bsky.social

rtchessclub.com/2025/10/27/c... This week's puzzle pays tribute to GM Daniel Naroditsky, whose sudden death last week shocked and saddened the chess world.

DNA links this morning with 5th cousin once removed Jo-Anne from Port Macquarie, New South Wales, and with 4th cousin once removed Martin, born in Coalville, married in Stoke on Trent.

rtchessclub.com/2025/10/24/c... I'm sure you managed to find the forced mate missed by Caruana in Monday's puzzle.

rtchessclub.com/2025/10/23/2... Three wins from three matches this week. The results plus a brilliant game for your enjoyment.

richardjames.smugmug.com/Kew-Gardens-... Today's walk was in Kew Gardens

Great post by @richardjameschess.bsky.social highlighting some of the real problems with how we are raising our children. We’ve struggled to get our daughter the social life she needs because her peers have little time left over after their crammed schedule. open.substack.com/pub/richard9...

'You can't dance at two weddings at the same time' From trophies to cha cha #chess wisdom this #ChessTuesday with The Wisest Things Ever Said About Chess, 2008. From the @englishchess.bsky.social Library @richardjameschess.bsky.social @librarydmu.bsky.social #chesshistory #chessliterature

rtchessclub.com/2025/10/20/c... Are you fabber than Fabi? I'm sure you are: find out by solving this week's puzzle.