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Paul

Yes it was good to meet after 40-odd years. I had not seen Povah, Pritchett and a few others for that long also.

I suppose you could have got some extra half-points here and there. I thought you were going to draw with Pritchett.

Thanks for the notes of our game. I will have a look at it tomorrow. I have not taken the trouble to keep my scoresheets, just a few score-books as a junior.

I agree about the magnificent venue. We hold the annual Merseyside schools tournament there every year (400 children). I usually help on the day. Bob Clark, who played in your section, is one of the organisers.

I enjoyed the 2 days I spent there, and also following the event at home, with the fantastic technology as you say.

Paul, jigjag

Thanks for your posts. I went for a couple of hours one day. I agree, what a venue! I saw Paul in action but I did not see him away from the board unfortunately.

Paul

Thanks, I have looked at it, but I have no recollection of the game or any of the others I played at Hastings from 1970/71 to 1983/84.

I am glad I found 15...Bxd4. I dont suppose I saw it earlier. It looks like it might have been a KID Panno which I mis-played. I dont know why I did not play on for a win. I suppose I knew it was a draw, and did not want another adjournment. Great days. We sometimes played bridge in the evening with grandmasters in their hotel

I was far stronger then than now, as we all were. A few of us from Chester went to Hastings every year. You might remember R.E. Evans and R.A. Walker

Grunger

Glad you enjoyed it - I remember you saying you played as a junior.

Not the best of clues, but as this thread is a collection of all things chess, this is from today’s Speccie (by Doc, aka Maskarade)…

Chess grandmaster reflects his homeland somewhat (3)

Curious how the Latvian Mikhail Tal is so often the inspiration for clues. He was world champion for only one year in 1960-61 because of Botvinnik's regular insistence on a return match clause. I realise the three-letter name may facilitate wordplay, but it's not beyond the wit of setters to use other world champions such as Spassky, Fischer (admittedly both also well known and used), Kasparov, Anand and Carlsen. Ding Liren and Gukesh Dommaraju, the current champion, suffer from the Chinese and Indian naming customs which blur our concept of surnames, though actually the Indian Viswanathan Anand seems to have Anand as a definite surname.

paulh, as an aspiring setter, I'm always looking for useful bits than can be combined into wordplay, so I will certainly add Dommaraju to my list.

I've seen many references to the effect that Anand's names were mistakenly reversed by the chess media (from Anand Viswanathan) early in his career, but being an unassuming gentleman he let it stand.

According to wiki, In this Tamil name, there is no surname or family name. The name Viswanathan is a patronym, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Anand.