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Friday, 22 July 2016

CHESS IS THERAPEUTIC FOR YOU

FROM INTERNATIONAL MASTER ANDREW MUIR

http://www.chessscotland.com/archiveresults/scocham.htm

Alan Norris was 2000 joint Scottish Chess Champion.
In 1997 he drew with T Leonard. Is this our moderator ?

[Event "EK op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Norris, A."]
[Black "Leonard, T."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 Be7 3. f4 b6 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. c3 d5 8. e5 Nh6
9. d4 Nf5 10. Be3 c4 11. O-O Qc7 12. Nbd2 b5 13. Bf2 h5 14. Ng5 a5 15. a3 a4
16. Rfe1 Nd8 17. Bf3 g6 18. Nf1 Bxg5 19. fxg5 Qe7 20. h4 Kd7 21. Kg2 Kc7 22.
Ne3 Nxe3+ 23. Qxe3 Nc6 24. Qf4 Qd7 25. g4 hxg4 26. Bxg4 Raf8 27. Rh1 Ne7 28.
Bg3 Kb6 29. Qf6 Ka7 30. Rae1 Rh7 31. h5 Ng8 32. Qf4 gxh5 33. g6 Rg7 34. Bxh5 f6
35. Ref1 f5 36. Kf2 Ne7 37. Qh6 Rfg8 38. Bh4 Nxg6 39. Bf6 Rh7 40. Qg5 Ne7 41.
Qf4 Nc6 42. Bf3 Nd8 43. Rh4 Nc6 44. Rfh1 Rxh4 45. Rxh4 Qf7 46. Qh2 f4 47. Rh6
Rg3 48. Qh4 Qg8 49. Qxf4 Rg1 50. Rh1 Rxh1 51. Bxh1 Qh7 52. Qf3 Qc2+ 53. Qe2 Qb1
54. Bf3 Ba6 55. Qd2 Na5 56. Be7 Nb3 57. Bc5+ Kb8 58. Bd6+ Ka7 59. Qg5 Qxb2+ 60.
Kg3 Qxc3 61. Qd8 Bb7 62. Bb8+ Ka8 63. Bd6+ Ka7 64. Bb8+ 1/2-1/2

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Thomas Leonard probably. It looks like the French Defence, Now I only play on Chess.Com and my rating hovers around 1880. I also drew with Grandmasters McNab and Hebden in the late 1990s, and my FIDE rating reached 2150, Playing endless games of blitz is HIGHLY THERAPEUTIC for people with ADD