jeffa wrote: but I do wonder how Ovid would have solved it.

Ovid replies:

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use WWW::Mechanize;

my $browser = WWW::Mechanize->new();
$browser->get('http://www.chessgames.com');
$browser->follow_link( url_regex => qr/chessgame\?gid=\d+/ );
$browser->follow_link( text => 'view text' );
print $browser->content;
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I think that's a wee bit easier to follow :)

Cheers,
Ovid

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