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...“Arch” comes next, named for Bishop Desmond Tutu, up-tempo, rhythmic and a feature for the vibrant tones of Oh’s double bass....
...Puzzle 2556 Kristina Brankov v Maria Manakova, Serbian League 2023. Black to move and win. Click here for solution...
...Royal v Koepke: 1 Qxh7+! Kxh7 2 Rh4+ Kg8 3 Rh8 mate. Chess 24941...Rg4+! 2 Kxg4 Qg2+ 3 Kh5 Qf3 mate. Chess 24931 Re8+! Rxe8 2 Qxg7+!...
...The Carlsen v Kasparov debate will continue. For Kasparov, it is argued that he was world champion for 15 years, and stayed No1 for a further five....
...Around us, business meetings were in full swing with groups of (mainly) men in crisp white shirts and V-necks talking quietly over pots of coffee....
...Being a bass player in a punk band is my one unfulfilled wish....
...This self-titled album starts with the declamatory brass of “Martini Sweet” supported by a bustle of back beats and testy double bass, and continues with the spiritual “Koko-v-Dank” unfolding over a two-chord...
...“Something Changed” signalled a shift in trajectory, dedicated to the memory of Steve Mackey, the former Pulp bass guitarist who died this year....
...Paehtz had overlooked that the black queen at a4 guarded e8, so that White just lost her bishop....
...Puzzle 2518 Ding Liren v Wang Hao, Ningbo 2011. White to move and win. Click here for solution...
...Nunn lost in round eight to Jens Kristiansen, but the Dane blundered to defeat in the final round in a drawn bishop ending....
...No pope since Celestine V in 1294 had stepped down for personal reasons, although Gregory XII left office in 1415 under a deal among rival factions to end a 40-year schism in the Roman Catholic Church....
...Puzzle 2495 Lucas van Foreest v Evgeny Bareev, Wijk aan Zee 2019. White to move and win. White is material up, while Black seems to have counterplay with queen and rook....
...adds Lucy Bishop, specialist and auctioneer at Kerry Taylor Auctions....
...In London, too, February is going to be a gala month, with the cream of the crop being the V&A’s hosting of the magnificent display of the works of Donatello — possibly the first ever in the British capital...
...As well as VIP dignitaries, attendees will include recipients of British awards for valour such as the Victoria Cross and George Cross, alongside senior MPs and peers, bishops and representatives of charities...
...Here, flurries of bass gain sparse support and dramatic thumps add drama to long-held bowed bass tones....
...Puzzle 2452 Jonathan Rowson v Simon Knott, British championship 2007. White to move and win....
...But for the most part, the suite’s strong emotions are launched by sonic fragments from Cohen’s simpatico band: a hiss of cymbals and a roll of mallets on “Part IV”, on “Part V” a sequence of passing chords...
...Harington’s Henry asks, rather testily, of the bishop who has just subjected him — and all of us — to a tortuous PowerPoint on French lines of succession....
...Roasted sea bass with tahini herb crust and vermicelli rice pilau Serves 4 Tahini sauce: For herb crust: For the herb vermicelli rice: Make the tahini sauce simply by mixing together all the ingredients...
...“Nature V Nurture” found Lockheart ruminating on harmony’s edge, first on soprano and then on tenor sax....
...Comfort and freedom of movement was a major motivation for Guy Berryman, best known as the bass player with the band Coldplay, when he launched his workwear-inspired menswear label Applied Art Forms last...
...Puzzle 2443 Roland Scott v Joseph Blake, Edinburgh 1920. White (to play) is queen for bishop up, but can you find his only winning move?...
...In her own field, she names bass-baritone Davóne Tines, soprano Julia Bullock (her co-star in Theodora) and flautist Claire Chase....
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