Want to feel old? The Chess Pit Podcast twins are now 18! @philmakepeace.bsky.social @jonmackenzie.bsky.social

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First game of the new OTB season fits in a single post… Also, my opponent resigned with all my pieces on the back rank! 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.h4 h6 5.g4 Be4 6.f3 Bh7 7.e6 Qd6 8.exf7+ Kxf7 9.Bd3 e5 10.Bxh7 Rxh7 11.Qd3 e4? (11…Nf6=) 12.fxe4+- Qb4+ (11…dxe4 12.Qb3 +-) 13.c3 dxe4?? 14.Qf1+ 1-0

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I see that Ben Wilkinson's job description is "Head of money" at the @thetimes.com. I also see that his previous employers were the Mail and the Telegraph. BW is not on @bsky.app so I cannot tag him, which I regret.

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Bizarrely and appropriately, I was at Victoria Station when I heard of the death of Jeffrey Archer. I wasn’t giving anyone £2000 in cash though.

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Really should have an adidas gazelle backdrop.

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