Tim Harding

Author & Chess Historian (PhD), FIDE Arbiter and Candidate Master (FIDE); Senior IM (ICCF); Irish 65+ Chess Champion 2018. Father, Grandfather and Avid Reader

[Tim Harding @TimDHarding]

Sadly, Ian Nepomniachtchi will now probably go down in chess history as the only player apart from Frank Marshall to challenge for the world championship and lose several games without winning any - along with Caruana who drew all 12 classical games before losing a rapid playoff.

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@bennedik Ah that's right of course. I should rephrase my comment:. Caruana did not lose a classical game, Marshall and Nepo' lost several.

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Delighted to say that my new
@chess
biography #SteinitzInLondon is now available from the publisher https://t.co/S7kRsJNI4V or from retail outlets. Read more about it on my website https://t.co/seGdMOEA7Q

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My new @chess biography #SteinitzInLondon is now being printed and can be ordered from the publisher https://t.co/S7kRsJNI4V or from Amazon. Read more about it on my website https://t.co/tQvYRRDayh where the correspondence database #UltraCorr is on a final two-week sale.

[Tim Harding @TimDHarding]

My website https://t.co/OABKUrjZm1 is up and running again after it went down when the hosting company switched servers. Apologies to readers for the accidental outage.

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Proof-reading of my major new @chess biography @Steinitz in London is under way: https://t.co/Y4r7O8vzFp and the book can be pre-ordered from the publisher McFarland at https://t.co/S7kRsJNI4V

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Last chance to buy my giant correspondence chess game database UltraCorr2019 which will be withdrawn from sale at the end of August. Bargain offer still open at https://t.co/Z9QfRAW87r

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Just found and republished: a long-forgotten Evans Gambit brilliancy by De la Bourdonnais played at Knight odds in London, June 1834: download and HTML play-through at https://t.co/TmY4EuY0Ig

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Round 2 of the World #Senior #Chess Championships 2018 begin in a few minutes from now at Bled, Slovenia. Won my first game yesterday; tougher battles ahead. https://t.co/qRz5QUgUVW

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The World #Senior #Chess Championships 2018 (for individuals) start in Bled, Slovenia, on Sunday. This will be my fifth time to play the 65+ championship. Looking forward to another interesting event.

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After 10 rounds in the Batumi Chess Olympiad (Open) there is still one undefeated team. Guess who? Germany!

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Crunch time is imminent at the #World #Senior #Team #Chess #Championships in Germany. Tomorrow England's first teams in both the 50+ and 65+ will be live in the top matches against USA and Russia respectively,

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Two rounds down, seven to go at the #World #Senior #Team #Chess Championships at Radebeul near Dresden. Hyper-long opening ceremony (who wants these things?) had one good point: memorial speech by GM Sveshnikov in memory of GM Vasiukov who died in May, We stood in silence.

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@nigelshortchess Go Nigel! Senior players too are tired of exorbitant fees and hotel rates at (some) FIDE 50+/65+ events, Chess should be for the players not the profit of organisers.

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#World #Senior #Team #Chess Championships start in half an hour at Radebeul near Dresden. https://t.co/QzROF95RU2 Wish me luck!

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Three days to go before the #World #Senior #Team #Chess Championships start in Radebeul, Dresden. https://t.co/7jsY3tPw9c First round is at 4pm (European time) so a lot of players will be hoping to finish their games before England v Sweden starts!

[Tim Harding @TimDHarding]

One week to go before the World #Senior #Team #Chess Championships in Germany. Great festival in prospect with record number of senior players https://t.co/QzROF95RU2

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Pleased to announce my new #chess #history book "British Chess Literature to 1914" is just published by #McFarland ISBN 978-1-4766-6839-0 Now available to order. Read about it at https://t.co/0AH716od1H

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@WKeller2003 Sorry, just seen your enquiry re chess history courses at uni. Not aware of any; if there were maybe I would have been invited to lecture. Maybe in US but I think they only teach practical stuff.

[Tim Harding @TimDHarding]

My report with photos and games from the 2017 #FIDE World #Senior #Chess Championships now posted at https://t.co/pVnkW6yqBH with much new info for 50+ and 65+ players