4NCL RAPIDPLAY
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bit insulting my Sherwin @ the end... i mean i know hes 155 years old but wheres the need
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I would die happy if I beat Wood Green in the Eastman Cup final - Richmond LL captain.
Hating the Yankees since 2002. Hating the Jets since 2001.
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I absolutely disagree. I remember watching the game Hugh Alexander v Cliff Hilton, British championship (classical time limit, not blitz) at York 1959. Alexander, like Sherwin today, had a lost queen ending and, again like Sherwin, put his unprotected queen en prise to a diagonal backward capture by his opponent's queen.Ben Purton wrote:bit insulting my Sherwin @ the end... i mean i know hes 155 years old but wheres the need
Hilton didn't see it for about 5-10 minutes and only sensed something was up when a large crowd gathered round the board. Then he gasped, took the queen, and both enjoyed the moment.
Afterwards Alexander explained in his Sunday Times column that backward diagonal queen captures were the best percentage play in a hopeless position for a visual block by the opponent. Very good advice!
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Then Hilton was a mug , seriously, he just kept chucking them on prix.
It was an open position with like 20 seconds V Tom's 5 minutes.
I mean lets put it this way, the odadas of winning that game were even more than the wannabe GM's actual odds in his bet.
It was an open position with like 20 seconds V Tom's 5 minutes.
I mean lets put it this way, the odadas of winning that game were even more than the wannabe GM's actual odds in his bet.
I love sleep, I need 8 hours a day and about 10 at night - Bill Hicks
I would die happy if I beat Wood Green in the Eastman Cup final - Richmond LL captain.
Hating the Yankees since 2002. Hating the Jets since 2001.
I would die happy if I beat Wood Green in the Eastman Cup final - Richmond LL captain.
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Thomas Rendle won the individual event, which I though was an impressive result.Ben Purton wrote:Toms won the induvidual me thinks!
Yeh we did not enter a team..... had better things to do
Does anyone know what NACCPO stands for?
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It's the National Alliance of Childhood Cancer Parent Organisations. A very good cause, I think.Christopher Kreuzer wrote:Thomas Rendle won the individual event, which I though was an impressive result.Ben Purton wrote:Toms won the induvidual me thinks!
Yeh we did not enter a team..... had better things to do
Does anyone know what NACCPO stands for?
It was a really good weekend - well run and good fun all round.
Edited: Thanks to Mr. D'Souza-Eva for pointing out an unfortunate spelling error.