British Rapid Play

[John Upham]

A nice win by David Hart, one of my AMCA 4NCL team mates.

[John Upham]

Summerscale hangs on grimly to rook versus rook and bishop : the chess equivalent of Chinese water torture

Must re-read "Secrets of Pawnless Endings" on how to attempt to draw this ending!

[LozCooper]

Summerscale hangs on grimly to rook versus rook and bishop : the chess equivalent of Chinese water torture

102 Rg2/h2 Kc8 103 Rb2 would have put him out of his misery

Round 8 results:

Howell 6.5 v Palliser 5.5 1-0
Jones 5.5 v Haslinger 5.5 1-0
Kostic 5 v Hebden 5 0-1
Turner 5 v Summerscale 5 0.5-0.5
L Rabbitte 5 v Sherwin 5 0.5-0.5
P Shaw 4.5 v D Hart 5 0-1

Howell 7.5
Jones 6.5
Hart & Hebden 6
Palliser, Haslinger, Summerscale, Turner, Rabbitte, Sherwin etc 5.5

[LozCooper]

Round 9 pairings:

Hart 6 v Howell 7.5
Summerscale 5.5 v Jones 6.5
Hebden 6 v Turner 5.5
Palliser 5.5 v Sherwin 5.5
Haslinger 5.5 v Rabbitte 5.5
Woolley 5.5 v Surtees 5

http://www.british-rapidplay.org.uk/live9.html

[David Sedgwick]

Summerscale hangs on grimly to rook versus rook and bishop : the chess equivalent of Chinese water torture

102 Rg2/h2 Kc8 103 Rb2 would have put him out of his misery

According to the live games display, Turner has 4 seconds left when the draw was agreed.

If that's correct, I would imagine that 102 Rg2/h2 Kc8 103 Rb2 Rxe5+ still draws.

[Alex Holowczak]

I don't get what was wrong with 73. g6 in Hebden-Turner. Seemed to win far more quickly than this line... (which probably still wins anyway)

[LozCooper]

Round 9 results:

Hart 6 v Howell 7.5 0-1
Summerscale 5.5 v Jones 6.5 1-0
Hebden 6 v Turner 5.5 1-0
Palliser 5.5 v Sherwin 5.5 0.5-0.5
Haslinger 5.5 v Rabbitte 5.5 1-0
Woolley 5.5 v Surtees 5 1-0

Howell 8.5
Hebden 7
Haslinger, Jones, Summerscale & Woolley 6.5

[LozCooper]

Round 10 pairings:

Howell 8.5 v Woolley 6.5
Haslinger 6.5 v Hebden 7
Jones 6.5 v Burns-Mannion 6
Sherwin 6 v Summerscale 6.5
Hart 6 v Palliser 6
Shaw 5.5 v Kostic 6

[Christopher Kreuzer]

Howell 8.5
Hebden 7
Haslinger, Jones, Summerscale & Woolley 6.5

It's eleven rounds, right? So Howell is 1.5 points ahead with 2 rounds to go. A win or draw will see him win. He is the defending champion, isn't he?

[Richard Bates]

Amusing finish to Haslinger-Hebden, if one looks at Hebden-Turner from the previous round first

[LozCooper]

Amusing finish to Haslinger-Hebden, if one looks at Hebden-Turner from the previous round first

I noticed that . I also thought Gawain might be defending the ending he had against Matt from round 6 at one stage!

Round 10 results:

Howell 8.5 v Woolley 6.5 1-0
Haslinger 6.5 v Hebden 7 0-1
Jones 6.5 v Burns-Mannion 6 0.5-0.5
Sherwin 6 v Summerscale 6.5 0-1
Hart 6 v Palliser 6 0-1
Shaw 5.5 v Kostic 6 1-0

Howell 9.5
Hebden 8
Summerscale 7.5
Jones & Palliser 7

[LozCooper]

Final round results:

Burns-Mannion 6.5 v Howell 9.5 0-1
Hebden 8 v Palliser 7 0-1
Summerscale 7.5 v Haslinger 6.5 0.5-0.5
Woolley 6.5 v Jones 7 1-0
P Shaw 6.5 v Turner 6.5 0-1

Final scores:

Howell 10.5
Hebden, Palliser & Summerscale 8
Turner & Woolley 7.5

http://www.british-rapidplay.org.uk/live11.html

[Justin Hadi]

If the transmission is right, and given the opening it should be, Palliser beat Hebden. That's a bit of a surprise result, isn't it?

[Jonathan Rogers]

Only "a bit" - at most. It hardly compares with the hilarious Woolley v Jones.

I don't think Howell played this event last year, but he seems on course for two results to the amount of 10.5/11, in 2010 and 2008: extraordinary!

[Justin Hadi]

"Only "a bit" - at most. It hardly compares with the hilarious Woolley v Jones."

Oh dear.

Howell got 9/11 last year which I guess must have been slightly disappointing relatively speaking. 10.5/11 two years out of three is still phenomenal.