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Brian Egdell

Was an active tournament player in the UK in the 1980s and also postal chess player, relocated to The Netherlands in 1993. Born in 1964, gay, he/him pronouns, have lived with my male partner for 37 years, we relocated to NL together to escape what was then a very homophobic UK. Bus driver by profession.

Between Haarlem and Amsterdam

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Member since Mar 22, 2023

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Activity 686 games1

Sep 29, 2023

1 loss

Solved 1 tactical puzzle234014

1 loss

Played 1 Blitz game19647

1 win

Played 1 Rapid game20568

Played 1 move in 1 correspondence game

Game vs sgtlaugh (1500?)

Sep 28, 2023

Posted 1 message in 3 Grand Masters gave different stare to an arbiter?!?! Why?!?!

It seems to be an example of arrogant rudeness directed at a long-suffering arbiter who does nothing other than approach…

Sep 27, 2023

1 win1 loss

Played 2 Blitz games19711

1 win

Played 1 Classical game208211

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Played 1 Rapid game204812

Posted 1 message in Answer Anything and I'll Ask

@m011235 said in #20: > Well that was fun, hope I added a smile or two to your day. Thanks to those that participated, t…

Posted 1 message in Spelling and chatting bug

@KDMFan said in #4: > But then I refresh and the message appears. I don't see why you refreshing your screen should have…

Posted 1 message in What is the first game on lichess?

I guess that with all the enormous amount of debugging in the early development, there can't possibly have been a clear …

Played 1 move in 1 correspondence game

Game vs sgtlaugh (1500?)

Sep 26, 2023

1 loss

Solved 1 tactical puzzle235419

Posted 1 message in Cancelling a draw offer

In my opinion it's a very serious issue because withdrawing a draw offer is a bit like taking a move back, and then wors…

Posted 1 message in Spelling and chatting bug

@KDMFan said in #1: > [...] > And some chat messages in private inbox do not show up ("so-and-so is typing..." is all I …

Sep 25, 2023

Posted 1 message in Suggestion: option to resign all ongoing matches

You seem to play lots of correspondence games which are both (1) unrated, and (2) against a non-human opponent. In your …

Sep 24, 2023

Posted 1 message in A bind

White clearly has a massive space advantage, and indeed, the only way to make progress will be to prepare a4 and play it…

Posted 2 messages in Help with the French Exchange Please!

There is a way, I find, to turn this round psychologically and consider the Black side of the exchange variation of the …

@Gerundium Astonishing game there by Korchnoi. White's position collapses so fast. I guess that shows what can happen if…

Played 1 move in 1 correspondence game

Game vs sgtlaugh (1500?)

Sep 23, 2023

2 losses

Solved 2 tactical puzzles237334

Posted 1 message in Time Management and ADHD/Autism

@Leonulf said in #1: > [...] > I greatly enjoy correspondence chess for its practicallity as a busy parent/carer anyway …

Played 1 move in 1 correspondence game

Game vs sgtlaugh (1500?)