The Milan Vidmar Trap

by greenpawn34 on Apr 22 2018 16:59 | 510 views

OOPS!

Apparently 100's of these were on sale at a tournament in Florida in 2002.
The position is correct, so are the names and the place.........but the price?

At Hasting in 1926 Milan Vidmar (1885-1962) sprang a trap that with the...

Karpov was Jack the Ripper

by greenpawn34 on Apr 10 2018 00:22 | 2559 views | 3 edits | Last edit on Apr 10 2018 01:27

There is a moment in this film when Emma Prentiss (as played by
Jane Seymour) shows Inspector Frederick Abberline (as played by
Michael Caine) an artists impression of Jack the Ripper ( as played
by.....nobody really knows). She says she is selling the drawing to
The Stand Magazine but (and I’m sure most of you know this) the
grisly murders took place in London in 1888, the Strand Magazine...

Chess Junk and Russian Endings

by greenpawn34 on Mar 13 2018 12:57 | 7803 views

And this is how badly I am afflicted by the chess bug...

...I’m now buying broken china just because it has a chess theme.

My research, and here I remind my readers of my diligence in such matters,
took me to a small village in southern Italy called Polominto and it was here
I met with a one legged man called Luigi ‘He Who Hops’ who told me it wa...

Chess with Tal, Nana and Frodo

by greenpawn34 on Feb 15 2018 00:46 | 8189 views | 3 edits | Last edit on Mar 04 2018 03:09

This is Frodo from one of the many L.O.T.R. Chess sets

Which gives me a great excuse to show the Frodo Game.

If any of you are coaching kids or just wanting a game to show
to your merry men down at the club then this is it. It's a classic. ...

Chess Coincidences and ChessTraps

by greenpawn34 on Jan 22 2018 14:11 | 6425 views | 1 edit | Last edit on Feb 13 2018 09:02

answer at the bottom of this page.

Meanwhile....from the U.K. Metro last week we read:

Police in Oslo said they received several emergency calls
on Monday evening from residents who had hears screaming...

Chess Blitz Tricks and the RHP Hall of Doom

by greenpawn34 on Jan 03 2018 10:57 | 6316 views | 2 edits | Last edit on Jan 08 2018 20:19

Chess wise 2017 ended on a controversial note which had everyone in a lather.

Introducing to these pages the Russian chess player Ernesto Inarkiev

The 32 year old, named Ernesto after the Argentinean revolutionary
(and also a chess player) Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara, was involved in a...

RHP 2017 Chess Christmas Quiz

by greenpawn34 on Dec 11 2017 12:25 | 6556 views | 1 edit | Last edit on Dec 11 2017 12:26

Every year I promise myself I’ll do something different and spend
11½ months trying to figure out what. No joy, so once again........

You will be asked to find the winning and sometimes the losing move
We will start off by pulling a Christmas cracker and reading the joke.

(1) Getyourhandoutofmypocket - willysan RHP 2017 (Black to play...

Australian Beer and Chess

by greenpawn34 on Nov 21 2017 13:49 | 8342 views | 1 edit | Last edit on Nov 21 2017 15:46

I’ve never been to Australia but I just know I’d like it out there.

I’ve never yet met an Australian lad I did not trust, like and get on
with. An Australian Red Hot Pawn member sent me this picture.

I requested more information and was duly sent this
photograph of the above picture in it’s natural setting....

Paul Morphy in a 'B' Horror Movie

by greenpawn34 on Nov 01 2017 17:34 | 11889 views | 1 edit | Last edit on Nov 19 2017 13:04

Hands up all those think this is the greatest film ever.

OK. Hands up all those who think this film is pretty good.

OK Hands up all those who think this film is totally naff.

OK. you did not like it and most of you have probably never seen it....