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In the old days, we had it tough.

Postcards were small 'postcard-size' pieces of white rectangular card. On one side was usually a picture - but chess players left that blank.

On the right you wrote the name and address by hand.

On the left you wrote a copy of your opponent's move, and the date ...

Some 50 years ago, when postcards were out of fashion and we used window envelopes with scoresheets and address cards to send moves, I was playing two opponents. Let's call them Alan and Andrew.

When their replies came back, I noticed the handwriting was odd on the scoresheets. A quick check ...