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Play the Knightmare Eagle Quest adventure: To The Ice Palace of Aesandre

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I didn't want to use jQuery as I would only be using a small portion of that code and I wanted to try and keep the site as tightly written as possible, without excessive code. I have seen another website that does use jQuery and interestingly that is based more on Ceefax rather than mine which is Teletext based. You can find the site here: https://worldofpaul.com/teletext/.

SO WHY DIGITISER?

Around 2017, Mr Biffo (Paul Rose) of Digitiser fame, surfaced back into the "limelight" and was attending retro gaming events talking about the old Digitiser days. I thought it'd be pretty cool to make an online teletext simulator using nothing but HTML, CSS and Javascript. This would be a cut down challenge from the Windows based one and so here we are.

You stand before Knightmare Castle. With you is Treguard, Master of the Quest.

"Welcome, Adventurer! Your quest will take you to the Great Northern Ice Field, a frozen realm inhabited by ferocious Polar Bears! You travel to rescue a captive maiden. I will aid you when I can: you will hear my voice at time of need. Hold to the adventurer's code:

Answer truthfully, choose wisely, use force only in direst need. And remember

Cheats never prosper!

Treguard indicates the northern trail. Pulling your cloak tightly about you, you stride into the freezing wind. Ahead you see a tall figure: it is Hordriss the Confuser, magician extraordinary.

"Imprecations! Is this the best Treguard could find? One doubts if you are wise enough for such a Quest: one will test you. Tell me, puny adventurer those who dwell in this land are known to outsiders as Eskimos. How are they more properly called?"

Hordriss shakes his head sadly.

"One's worst fears are confirmed. One must go and find another to undertake this task. Farewell, ignorant adventurer."

He turns and leaves you standing alone in the freezing wind as the snows fall more heavily around you.

You wander through the snow as it falls ever harder and harder. All paths vanish in the white torrent that swirls about you. You tire rapidly as the warmth drains from your body. After long, confused wandering you feel yourself losing consciousness and falling into the deep, soft snow.....

You have been found wanting. This time, your Quest may not succeed. But take courage. You have journeyed far and attempted that of which many only dream

Next time you set foot beyond the walls of Castle Knightmare, who knows whence your path may lead?

"Ah," says Hordriss, " an enlightened Adventurer. Remarkable! Listen then: one's foolish daughter Sidriss has been captured by Aesandre the Ice Sorceress. Her palace lies far to the North. She awaits my rescue mission and has set magic traps for me. She will not expect YOU. There is a slight chance you might get through...

"One gifts you with a spell: HEAT. You may use it only once. Good fortune!"

You set out across the ice sheet along the path Hordriss indicates. Soon he is lost behind and you can see nothing but ice and snow in every direction. The chill enters your bones and you shiver in every limb.

Then ahead you spot a small white dome: An igloo!

Do you:

The valley path is filled with snowdrifts and as you push forward you find the snow reaches your knees. The fur coat is weighed down by heavy ice. You step boldly forward onto a slab of ice. It gives way beneath you and frozen snow closes over your head...

"Oh dear," says Treguard. "Frosted Adventurer! And not a microwave in sight!"

Inside the igloo it is slightly warmer. You find a collection of objects left behind by the owner.

A sack. Opening it you find it to be full of greasy, smelly lumps of something unpleasant.

A pair of snowshoes.

A white fur coat.

Which do you take?

Wrapping the coat around you and feeling warm and snug, you step out into the snow again. Heading ever northwards, you come to a divide in the path. You may travel down the valley or along a high rocky ledge.

Which route do you take now?

You climb up above the snowy valley, across bare rock jutting through the ice. At the top of the rise you pause to look down...

And turn at a snarling sound behind you

A large polar bear is growling and forcing you back towards the edge of the ledge.

"Very tactless to go around wearing one of his relatives," whispers Treguard as you fall from the rock-face. Oh dear

Strapping the huge snowshoes onto your feet, step out into the snow again. Heading ever northwards you come to a divide in the path. You may travel down a valley or along a high rocky ledge.

Which route do you take now?

Slinging the weight of the of the sack over one shoulder, you step out into the snow again. Moving north again you come to a divide in the path. You may travel down a valley or along a high rocky ledge.

Which route do you take now?

You climb up above the snowy valley, across the rocks jutting out of the ice. At the top of the rise you pause to look down...

A hideous snarling sounds behind you.

A large polar bear is growling and forcing you back towards the edge of the ledge.

"Decide quickly," says Tregaurd. "He looks hungry."

The valley path is filled with snowdrifts and as you push forward you find the snow spilling over your snowshoes. Once or twice you feel the ice below shifting as you step onto solid-looking surfaces but moving carefully with your snowshoes you manage to make your way to the easier path beyond the valley.

You climb up above the snowy valley, across bare rock jutting through the ice. At the top of the rise you pause..

A hideous snarling sounds behind you.

A large polar bear is growling, forcing you back towards the edge of the ledge. It leaps towards you...

...and rips the sack from your back. As you hurry away Treguard whispers: "You may not like the smell - but some regard two-week old whale blubber as quite a delicacy!"

The valley path is filled with ever deeper snowdrifts and as you push forward you find the snow reaches to your knees. The heavy sack makes you sink deeper in.

As you step boldly forward onto a frozen slab it gives way beneath you and the freezing snows close over your head.....

"Oh dear," says Treguard. "Now you know how a frozen beefburger feels!"

You trip over the heavy snowshoes you are wearing as the bear pounces on you. You have a last impression of its mighty jaws, gaping wide....

"Oh dear," mutters Treguard. "Still never mind: think of it as doing your bit to preserve an endangered species."

You are temporarily refreshed, but the icy wind blows you harder from the north. Your fingers and toes go numb and your vision blurs. The icy cold extends its reach into your very lungs. It seems that you can go no further.

What do you do?

Summoning your last reserves, you push forward and suddenly the blizzard falters. Ahead of you is, miraculously revealed, the ice palace of the sorceress! Its crystal walls, carved from ice tower hundreds of feet into the air. Within, lie the captive - and the enemy!

A desperate final effort propels you to the entrance.

The spell conjures a glowing ball of red light. You step through it and an invigorating rush of warmth floods your limbs and seems to cause the blizzard to falter for a moment. Ahead of you is suddenly revealed the ice palace of the sorceress! Its walls, carved from ice, tower hundreds of feet into the air. Within, lie the captive - and the enemy

You make for the entrance.

Inside the palace, a great hall of ice stretches out before you. At the far end Aesandre stands on a high platform beneath a glittering ice-chandelier. Beside her, frozen in a block of ice is Sidriss.

"So," cries Aesandre, "That old fool Hordriss thinks he can outwit me by sending a young fool in his place. Absurd!"

She raises her hands above her head: she is casting a spell! Do you:

Tregaurd whispers in your ear: "You used your only spell outside. Do you think you can cheat the Quest?"

A bolt of magic force strikes you as you stand there dithering and blackness falls around you.

"And thus fail all who try to cheat their fate." Tregaurd adds. "Be off with you!"

Inside the palace, a great hall of ice stretches out before you. At the far end Aesandre stands on a high platform beneath a glittering ice-chandelier. Beside her, frozen in a block of ice is Sidriss.

"So," cries Aesandre, "that old fool thinks he can outwit me by sending a young fool in his place. Absurd!"

And she raises her hands above her head to cast a spell at you. What do you do?

But before you can manage a single step a bolt of mystic energy flies from Aesandre's fingertips and strikes you full upon the chest. You feel a strange tingling spread through your body...

In this arctic wasteland you cannot survive long without food. Sheltering in a frozen ice-cave you come across a ragged hermit.

"I have food - but share it only with the wise," he says. "You may eat of my bread but only if you can answer me this: The North people believe in a hammer-god.

Which day is his?"

Invoking the spell conjures a ball of red light to form in your right hand. It pulses with warmth as you look up and try to identify a target upon which to use it.

Do you aim for the:

The red sphere flies straight and true towards the evil figure of your enemy.. She deftly bats it aside, causing it to crash out through the ice wall. With a malicious grin she unleashes her own spell which strikes you full in the chest. You feel a strange tingling spread through your body...

You look down at yourself. You seem to be wearing an ill-fitting dinner jacket and baggy trousers. Then you notice that your nose seems to have got longer your arms shorter and the floor closer.

Yes, you have been turned into a PENGUIN!

"Oh dear," says Treguard. "I hope you like fish dinners...."

Your heat spell flies off above the sorceress' head but misses the chandelier. It strikes the ceiling and for a moment there is silence. Then the great sheets of ice above your head shiver and crack. You hurry for the door but before you can reach safety...

CRRRRRRRASSSSSHHHHHHH!!!!!

"Well," says Treguard, "that certainly brought the house down!"

The Sorceress blinks with surprise as the ball of HEAT flashes past her. She turns with alarm as the block the ice containing Sidriss shatters, exploding under pressure from within. The heat ball turns upon Aesandre and she abandons her attack on you to raise a hasty defence.

For a few moments you watch anxiously as the fight rages at the far end of the hall. But then the floor there melts, and with a hideous curse Aesandre sinks from view.

Sidriss conjures the ice to reform and runs towards you.

"At last one of my spells has worked! Now we must hurry from here. I doubt my magic will hold her long. Spellcasting: H.O.M.E........."

In the merest instant you are returned to Castle Knightmare. Hordriss is reunited with his daughter.

"Foolish one to risk the perils of the Ice Palace," he chides her.

"Well Done, brave traveller," says Treguard. "You have proven worthy and have achieved your Quest. You may now count yourself among the Knights of Knightmare Castle."

Written by Mike Cule. "Knightmare" is a Broadsword Production for Anglia TV

Digitext would like to thank castleteletext.com for permission in allowing this on here

Credits

Story written by Mike Cule

Original Teletext artwork by Mr Biffo

Thanks to Al for archiving the original Teletext pages. ROBOTFUZZ

Thanks to Mark from ‘Fighting Fantasy (and other gamebooks)’ for mapping it out FFAOGB

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DRC civil war: M23 rebels make plans to rule [DUBBED] 301

Keir Starmer’s biggest headache: Donald Trump or Brexit? 302

Church scandal: Man behind cover-up was abuser 303

Global gathering celebrates Bob Marley’s 80th birthday 304

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DRC civil war: M23 rebels make plans to rule [DUBBED]

Reports are emerging of thousands of civilians killed. Mass rapes reported. Mass graves confirmed.

Ten bloody days in which the M23 rebel group swept across the east of Democratic Republic of Congo. The militia, made up of ethnic Tutsis, claims it’s a Congolese nationalist group, holding rallies to promise safety after the bloodshed.

But after they took Goma, the regional capital of two million people the Rwandan-backed fighters are reportedly moving south towards Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu, and have even vowed to reach the capital, Kinshasa, which is 1,600 miles away.

And a warning, this report contains disturbing images.

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Keir Starmer’s biggest headache: Donald Trump or Brexit?

Donald Trump has spent the week turning the world upside down again – launching a trade war with China and claiming America will take over the Gaza Strip – and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is scrambling to work out how best to respond to the American president.

Sir Keir met with EU leaders earlier in the week for post-Brexit reset, but the prospect of closer ties comes just as Donald Trump has the EU in his crosshairs – saying he’ll slap tariffs on the bloc, while suggesting he might spare the UK.

So, the prime minister is walking a tightrope that stretches across both the Channel and the Atlantic, will he keep the balancing act going or topple over? In this week’s episode of the Fourcast, Gary Gibbon is joined by Michael Gove, cabinet minister under four Conservative Prime Ministers and now editor of the Spectator, journalist and biographer of Keir Starmer, Tom Baldwin. And head of the Europe programme at the Chatham House think tank, Armida van Rij .

Produced by Silvia Maresca, Calum Fraser, Ka Yee Mak, Rob Thomson.

You can listen to, download and subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts here.

Also available on Google Podcasts, Spotify, Acast, CastBox and other good podcast apps.

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Church scandal: Man behind cover-up was abuser

Contains distressing content

Reverend David Fletcher was the son of a peer and friend of John Smyth – the most prolific serial abuser associated with the Church of England.

Last year the Makin review declared Fletcher was “instrumental” in the Church coverup – over four decades – of Smyth’s abuse of more than a hundred boys and young men.

And now, we can reveal – David Fletcher was an abuser himself.

Reverend David Fletcher
Reverend David Fletcher

One of his alleged victims told Channel 4 News he needed to be “named and shamed”.

Jeni lives in Australia now, but she grew up in Hertfordshire, and met David Fletcher when she was just 13 years old. She’d been adopted as a child and formed a bond with the Reverend Fletcher and his wife, Sue. But it wasn’t long before his behaviour started to concern her.

He would try to kiss her on her lips when she was 15 or 16, and on about three occasions, she says he tried to put his tongue in her mouth.

David Fletcher’s father was a Labour peer who served in Harold Wilson’s government. His parents’ house was luxurious.

One evening in the autumn of 1980, Jeni was invited over. She says Fletcher pressured her to skinny dip. As she was swimming, she says he “put his arm out and he put his hands between my legs and…digitally penetrated me”. She told us she felt “ashamed” and “defiled”.

Jeni saw little point in reporting the incident to the police as he was a “man of the cloth” and she felt she wouldn’t be believed.

Jeni describes Fletcher as “a bit like a spider in a web”.
Jeni describes Fletcher as “a bit like a spider in a web”.

For nearly half a century, Jeni thought she was the only victim – until, when the Makin review was published late last year, two sisters from the UK – who remembered her from childhood – got in touch.

Ali and Caroline also grew up in Hertfordshire. Like Jeni, they had a difficult childhood. Their mum was unwell for years.

And – growing up in the 1970s – they came to see the Fletcher household as a refuge. But they too soon had concerns.

When Ali was 13, she says Fletcher pulled into “tight hugs” and would sit her on his lap and put his hand inside her shirt.

One time Caroline remembers Fletcher came downstairs without underpants on, she says, and declared that he had a “weeping member”.

She also says Fletcher once came to kiss her goodnight when she was eight or nine and “put his tongue into my lips”.

And Ali alleges the abuse even continued at evangelical Christian camps in Dorset, run by the Iwerne Trust, she attended in the 1970s and 1980s.

The Reverend David Fletcher had an almost mythical status there, a more significant figure than John Smyth himself.

Caroline describes him as “the conductor of the orchestra”, in charge of the whole show.

Jeni also attended the Iwerne camps and describes Fletcher there as “a bit like a spider in a web”.

“I felt ashamed. I felt defiled.”
– Jeni

They remember a culture of misogyny – with women designated “lady helpers” and made to clean the urinals and do all the domestic work.

Jeni describes the vibe as like the Stepford Wives or the Handmaid’s Tale.

The Reverend David Fletcher was one of the first to learn about John Smyth’s barbaric beatings of boys and young men – set out in unsparing detail in a secret report by the Reverend Mark Ruston. Fletcher was at the heart of the church decision to conceal the evidence for 35 years until Channel 4 News revealed the abuse eight years ago.

As the Makin review explained: Fletcher was the “one person most responsible” for not acting to stop Smyth.

Extraordinarily Ali has kept her diaries from 1982, recording her recollection of Fletcher’s role in the plan to get Smyth to leave Britain – allowing him to continue his abuse across Africa.

Jeni thinks Fletcher covered up Smyth’s abuse because otherwise his own alleged abuse would have come to light.

The sisters now want the police to investigate. Ali contacted Hampshire Police about both Fletcher and Smyth in April 2018, but says she heard nothing more. Both John Smyth and David Fletcher were alive at that point, so there was a chance for justice to be done.

Sisters Ali and Caroline say it is time for an investigation.
Sisters Ali and Caroline say it is time for an investigation.

Hampshire Police told us the information Ali provided was considered as part of the overall investigation into Smyth, which was dropped when he died.

Jeni describes Fletcher as “a wicked man”. But Caroline says that if she saw Fletcher now, nearly half a century on, she’d still be too scared to say anything to him. “He really scares me,” she says.

In a statement, David Fletcher’s widow, Sue, told us she is distraught by the allegations against her late husband and had no knowledge of any abuse or inappropriate behaviour,

Tonight the Church of England said that following the Makin review they had received information of sexual abuse and coercive and controlling behaviour towards women and girls concerning the Reverend David Fletcher and had reported it to the police.

When David Fletcher died three years ago, survivors of Church abuse said the truth about Smyth had died with him. By speaking out, the three women hope the same doesn’t apply to his own alleged crimes.

Produced by Claire Sinka

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Global gathering celebrates Bob Marley’s 80th birthday

He was the singer and songwriter who brought reggae to a global audience.

And today, on what would have been his 80th birthday, a worldwide singalong involving 300,000 children took place to celebrate Bob Marley’s legacy.

Brought together by the organisation Young Voices, they sang a specially-arranged selection of his greatest hits.

We joined eight-thousand primary school pupils at the Co-Op Arena at the Manchester section of the vast choir.

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Bamber Boozler poses another 12 questions. Answer using fasttext at the bottom. One wrong and you must try again.

Can you answer all 12 in one attempt?

Press RED to begin

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Sam Rockwell is 52 this month, but in what film did he play a small role as a head thug with the line: "Regular or Menthol?"

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Red:Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles


Green:Clownhouse


Yellow:The Last Exit to Brooklyn


Cyan:Strictly Business


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Super Mario World is 30 this month. Which new character is introduced?

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Red:Toadstool


Green:Bowser


Yellow:Yoshi


Cyan:Wario


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What do the initials HAL for the HAL 9000 computer mean in the film 2001: A Space Odyssey?

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Red:Hateful Artificial Lifeform


Green:Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic computer


Yellow:Hardware AI Language


Cyan:Highly Advanced Language


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Which board game is played with teams of players trying to identify specific words from their teammates’ drawings?

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Red:Scattegories


Green:Charades


Yellow:Pictionary


Cyan:Sketchy


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What is the chemical symbol for silver?

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Red:Ag


Green:Au


Yellow:Al


Cyan:Pb

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In regards to beer, what does IPA stand for?

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Red:Independently Pumped Ale


Green:Independently Produced Ale


Yellow:Indian Pale Ale


Cyan:Indian Produced Ale


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What type of farm did Taylor Swift grow up on?

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Red:Ranch


Green:Flower Farm


Yellow:Micro Farm


Cyan:Christmas Tree Farm


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Who was Henry VIII's last wife?

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Red:Catherine Howard


Green:Catherine Parr


Yellow:Anne of Cleves


Cyan:Jane Seymour


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What is the lifespan of a dragonfly?

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Red:12 hours


Green:8 hours


Yellow:24 hours


Cyan:48 hours


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Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz and which other film make up the Three Flavours Cornetto Trilogy?

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Red:Run Fatboy Run


Green:The World's End


Yellow:Paul


Cyan:Big Nothing


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Which famous boxer could "float like a butterfly" and "sting like a bee"?

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Red:Muhammad Ali


Green:Mike Tyson


Yellow:Frank Bruno


Cyan:Evander Holyfield


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What is the nickname of the character played by Morgan Freeman in Shawshank Redemption?

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Red:Blue


Green:Green


Yellow:Brown


Cyan:Red


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----- BRITISH KNOCKOUT ------------------------------------


White: Howell, David W L
Black: Horton, Andrew P
Date: 12/01/2019


1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 O-O 7. d3 a5 8. b3 e5 9. e3 Re8 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. Bb2 Qe7 12. O-O Nf8 13. Nd2 Ng6 14. Rae1 Bg4 15. f3 Bd7 16. f4 Bg4 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Nf3 b6 19. h3 Bd7 20. Nd2 Bc6 21. Rf2 Bb7 22. Nf1 Rad8 23. Ng3 Bc8 24. d4 exd4 25. exd4 Qe3 26. d5 Qxc3 27. Bxc3 Ne4 28. Nxe4 Rxe4 29. Bf1 Rxe1 30. Bxe1 Re8 31. Re2 Rxe2 32. Bxe2 Ne5 33. Bg3 f6 34. Kf2 Bf5 35. Ke3 Bc2 36. b4 axb4 37. axb4 Kf7 38. Kd4 Ke7 39. Bxe5 fxe5+ 40. Kxe5 h6 41. h4 Bb1 42. g3 Bc2 43. Bf1 Bg6 44. Kd4 Kd6 45. Bd3 Bf7 46. c5+ bxc5+ 47. bxc5+ Ke7 48. Ke5 Kd7 49. g4 Ke7 50. h5 Kd7 51. Bf5+ Ke7 52. Bd3 Kd7 53. Bf5+ Ke7 54. c6 Bg8 55. Bg6 Kd8 56. Bf5 Ke7 57. Bg6 Kd8 58. d6 Bc4 59. Be4 Bb3 60. Bf3 Bc4 61. Be4 Bb3 62. Bd5 Bd1 63. Be6 Bc2 64. Bd7 Bd3 65. Kd5 Bc2 66. dxc7+ Kxc7 67. Ke6 g6 68. Kf6 gxh5 69. gxh5 Kd8 70. Kg7 Ke7 71. Kxh6 Bd1 72. Kg6 Bf3 73. h6 Kf8 74. c7 Bb7 75. h7 1-0


Results from: https://www.londonchessclassic.com/

----- BRITISH KNOCKOUT ------------------------------------


White: Adams, Michael
Black: Harvey, Marcus R
Date: 12/01/2019


1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O f5 9. Nc3 b5 10. Nf3 Qd6 11. Ne5 Nd7 12. f4 Bb7 13. Rg1 Nxe5 14. fxe5 Qb6 15. g4 Rg8 16. Qf2 fxg4 17. Bg2 O-O-O 18. Bxb7+ Kxb7 19. Rxg4 Rxg4 20. Qf3+ Qc6 21. Qxg4 f5 22. exf6 Bxf6 23. Kb1 b4 24. Ne2 e5 25. d5 Rxd5 26. Rxd5 Qxd5 27. Qxb4+ Kc6 28. Qc3+ Kb7 29. Qe1 e4 30. Ng3 Be5 31. Nxe4 1/2-1/2


Results from: https://www.londonchessclassic.com/

----- BRITISH KNOCKOUT ------------------------------------


White: McShane, Luke J
Black: Clarke, Brandon G I
Date: 12/01/2019


1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. Qd3 Rc8 9. O-O h6 10. Nd2 Qc7 11. Rd1 Bg4 12. Re1 Nf6 13. Nf1 Be7 14. Qg3 g6 15. a4 Be6 16. Ne3 Qc6 17. Qf3 Kf8 18. a5 Kg7 19. Bd2 Qd7 20. Red1 h5 21. Qe2 h4 22. f3 g5 23. Na4 Qc6 24. Nb6 Rcg8 25. c4 Nh5 26. Nbd5 Nf4 27. Qf2 Bf8 28. b3 f6 29. Ng4 Bxg4 30. fxg4 h3 31. g3 Nxd5 32. exd5 Qd7 33. Qf3 Be7 34. Be3 Rc8 35. Ra2 Bd8 36. Qe4 Rf8 37. Rf1 b5 38. axb6 Qb7 39. c5 dxc5 40. Bxg5 Qxb6 41. Raf2 Qd6 42. Rf5 Be7 43. Bh6+ 1-0


Results from: https://www.londonchessclassic.com/

----- BRITISH KNOCKOUT ------------------------------------


White: Pert, Nicholas
Black: Jones, Gawain C B
Date: 12/01/2019


1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. d5 h6 7. Bh4 d6 8. e3 Bf5 9. Nd2 g5 10. Bg3 Nbd7 11. Be2 a6 12. O-O Qb6 13. e4 Bg6 14. Rb1 e6 15. a3 Rfe8 16. b4 cxb4 17. axb4 exd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. cxd5 Bxe4 20. Nc4 Qd8 21. Bd3 Bxd3 22. Qxd3 Ne5 23. Bxe5 Bxe5 24. Nxe5 Rxe5 25. Qd4 Qe7 26. Rbc1 Re8 27. h3 Qd7 28. f4 Rf5 29. Rf2 Qe7 30. fxg5 Rxf2 31. Qxf2 hxg5 32. Kh1 Qe4 33. Qd2 Re5 34. Rd1 g4 35. Qc3 Rh5 36. Kg1 gxh3 37. Qg3+ Qg6 38. Qxg6+ fxg6 39. gxh3 Rxh3 40. Rc1 Rb3 41. Rc8+ Kf7 42. Rc7+ Kf6 43. Rxb7 Ke5 44. Ra7 Rxb4 45. Rxa6 Rf4 46. Ra5 Rd4 47. Kf2 Rxd5 48. Ra8 Kf4 49. Ra4+ Kf5 50. Ke3 g5 51. Ra8 Re5+ 52. Kf2 Kf4 53. Ra4+ Re4 54. Ra5 Rd4 55. Ke2 g4 56. Ra8 Kg3 57. Rg8 Rf4 58. Rg5 Rf6 59. Rg8 Kh3 0-1


Results from: https://www.londonchessclassic.com/

----- BRITISH KNOCKOUT ------------------------------------


White: Horton, Andrew P
Black: Howell, David W L
Date: 12/01/2019


1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. g3 Bg4 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Nf6 6. b3 Nbd7 7. Bb2 Bd6 8. d4 Qb8 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Re1 Re8 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Rxe4 Bh5 14. Qd2 a5 15. a3 Qc7 16. Rae1 Rad8 17. Qc3 Nf6 18. R4e2 c5 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 Bf8 22. h3 Bxf3 23. Bxf3 b6 24. Rc1 Rc8 25. Rec2 Red8 26. c5 bxc5 27. bxc5 Nd5 28. Bxd5 Rxd5 29. c6 h5 30. h4 Rc5 31. Qe3 Rd5 32. Rd2 Qd6 33. Rxd5 Qxd5 34. Qc3 f6 35. Ba3 Rc7 36. Bxf8 Kxf8 37. Qb4+ Kf7 38. Qb6 Qd6 39. Qb5 Kg6 40. Qe2 Qd5 41. Qc2+ Kf7 42. Qc3 Kg6 43. Qc2+ Kf7 44. Qc3 Kg6 1/2-1/2


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White: Harvey, Marcus R
Black: Adams, Michael
Date: 12/01/2019


1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. c4 O-O 6. Qc2 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Nd2 c5 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. O-O d4 14. e4 Ng4 15. Nf3 Qc7 16. h3 Nh2 17. Nxh2 Bxh2+ 18. Kh1 Bf4 19. Bc1 Rac8 20. Bxf4 Qxf4 21. Qc1 Qd6 22. f4 f6 23. Qc4+ Kh8 24. Rae1 Rfe8 25. Qf7 Re7 26. Qh5 Qc6 27. Rf2 Ba6 28. Qe2 Bxd3 29. Qxd3 Rce8 30. Rfe2 Qd6 31. Rf2 g6 32. Kh2 a5 33. g3 Qc6 34. Rfe2 Kg7 35. h4 h5 36. Kg1 Re6 37. Kf2 R8e7 38. Qf3 a4 39. e5 Qxf3+ 40. Kxf3 axb3 41. axb3 fxe5 42. fxe5 Rb6 43. Ke4 Rxb3 44. Kd5 Rd7+ 45. Kc6 Rbb7 46. e6 Rbc7+ 47. Kb5 Rd8 48. e7 Rb8+ 49. Kc4 Re8 50. Re4 Kf7 51. Rf1+ Kg7 52. Rfe1 Kf7 1/2-1/2


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White: Clarke, Brandon G I
Black: McShane, Luke J
Date: 12/01/2019


1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. Bg5 Be7 7. O-O d6 8. Nbd2 Ng4 9. Bxe7 Nxe7 10. d4 Ng6 11. Re1 Qe7 12. Nf1 Nh4 13. Ng3 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Qf6 15. Qxf6 Nxf6 16. Bc4 Re8 17. f3 Be6 18. Bxe6 Rxe6 19. d5 Ree8 20. c4 a5 21. Ne2 Kf8 22. Nc3 Ke7 23. b3 c6 24. Red1 Nd7 25. Kf2 g6 26. Ke3 h5 27. Rd2 c5 28. g3 h4 29. g4 g5 30. Kd3 Ra6 31. Nb5 Rc8 32. a3 Kd8 33. Rda2 Rca8 34. Kc3 Kc8 35. Rb1 Kd8 36. a4 1/2-1/2


Results from: https://www.londonchessclassic.com/

This week we have a new Eagle Quest game to play. A new adventure will appear here on Wednesday afternoon 29 December. Bamboozle will return in January. Press red to enter the mysterious world of Castle Knightmare...


This is an adventure game using the fast text colour buttons on certain televisions. Once you begin your adventure, you will undertake a fantastic journey. Mistakes may force you to retrace your steps - only perseverance, wit and courage will take you to the end of the Knightmare trail.

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Violet Berlin ----- 475

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This Month in....1985 (ZX Spectrum)


1 Sabre Wolf

2 Daley Thompson's Decathlon

3 Monty Mole

4 Lords Of Midnight

5 Matchpoint

6 Jet Set Willy

7 Pyjamarama

8 Full Throttle

9 Atic Atac

10 Knightlore


ZX Spectrum Charts taken from Crash

Others will be added when available

This Month in....1990 (ZX Spectrum)


1 Batman: The Movie

2 Paperboy

3 Robocop

4 Hard Drivin'

5 Untouchables

6 Crazy Cars

7 Rampage

8 Operation Thunderbolt

9 Cabal

10 Short Circuit


All Charts taken from C&VG

This Month in....1995 (Amiga)


1 Cannon Fodder 2

2 Theme Park

3 Mortal Kombat 2

4 Football Glory

5 Premier Manager 3


Sega Charts taken from C&VG

Nintendo Charts taken from C&VG

Amiga Charts taken from Amiga Format or C&VG

This Month in....1997 (Saturn)



Sega Saturn Charts from Sega Saturn Magazine, with thanks to @SegaMags

This Month in....2000 (PC)



N64 & PlayStation Charts taken from C&VG

PC Charts taken from PC Zone

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