Any chess players on here?

[El Gordo]

I think the simple eMail option is best. Just keep all the moves in each mail. Send the first move in your first mail. Maybe if they get an internet connection on their farm she could consider the site option.

I'll send you the address.

Did you ever play Carrom? We had a championship board shipped over from Bombay. You can get hand-made ones in the UK. There used to be a stall in Covent Garden. Not sure if it's still there.

Anyway, I'm a big Carrom fan. Not into chess much. At all, in fact. Cribbage and Backgammon are more my style.

Good luck.

Yes, I think we talked about this before. I didn't know what it was until you described it, then I remembered it. Sort of Indian table football in the way it attracts a lively crowd. I saw it all over the place but played it only once, when someone invited me as I wandered through a market. Can't quite recall where that was though. I have a vague suspicion it may have been in Bangla Desh but really can't be sure. Either there or somewhere in the north-east of India -- perhaps Calcutta.

PS Did you see the messages re The History Boys and My Summer Of Love?