e2e4 Hinckley Congress

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Sean Hewitt
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e2e4 Hinckley Congress

Post by Sean Hewitt » Fri Aug 24, 2012 6:28 pm

10 live games will be beamed from Puma Hinckley Island Hotel.

Round 1 starts at 7pm at http://www.e2e4.org.uk/live/

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Re: e2e4 Hinckley Congress

Post by Andrew Bak » Fri Aug 24, 2012 9:47 pm

In Bennett-Hawkins after 26.g3, they've reached a typically harmless middlegame, nearly endgame position that I can more or less guarantee that Hawkins will win, I've seen him do it so many times.

Milson-Nelson 26...Rxh3 - White looks toast to me. But then again, I've been known for getting evaluations embarassingly wrong on this forum before...

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Re: e2e4 Hinckley Congress

Post by Sean Hewitt » Fri Aug 24, 2012 10:28 pm

Andrew Bak wrote:In Bennett-Hawkins after 26.g3, they've reached a typically harmless middlegame, nearly endgame position that I can more or less guarantee that Hawkins will win, I've seen him do it so many times.
That's if the Indian wedding next door doesn't burst his eardrums beforehand.

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Re: e2e4 Hinckley Congress

Post by Andrew Bak » Fri Aug 24, 2012 11:06 pm

Sean Hewitt wrote:
Andrew Bak wrote:In Bennett-Hawkins after 26.g3, they've reached a typically harmless middlegame, nearly endgame position that I can more or less guarantee that Hawkins will win, I've seen him do it so many times.
That's if the Indian wedding next door doesn't burst his eardrums beforehand.
I'm guessing there would've been no need for anyone to bring a McDonalds into the hotel then! :lol:

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Re: e2e4 Hinckley Congress

Post by Sean Hewitt » Fri Aug 24, 2012 11:43 pm

Andrew Bak wrote:
Sean Hewitt wrote:
Andrew Bak wrote:In Bennett-Hawkins after 26.g3, they've reached a typically harmless middlegame, nearly endgame position that I can more or less guarantee that Hawkins will win, I've seen him do it so many times.
That's if the Indian wedding next door doesn't burst his eardrums beforehand.
I'm guessing there would've been no need for anyone to bring a McDonalds into the hotel then! :lol:
The food smells fantastic!

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Re: e2e4 Hinckley Congress

Post by Christopher Kreuzer » Sat Aug 25, 2012 6:57 am

Sean Hewitt wrote:The food smells fantastic!
It did, and there was lots of it! Sadly it was a case of looking and not touching (or eating). I did notice a couple wondering in who looked like they were just looking to see what this chess lark was all about. And I seemed to have somehow ended up on one of the live boards for round 2. Wonder how many people watch these games... :mrgreen: (PS. Geoff, have a look at my Round 1 game, I think it relates to what you said in an earlier post about putting a bishop on c4 and what to do about the ...Nxe4 tactic.)

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Re: e2e4 Hinckley Congress

Post by Sean Hewitt » Sat Aug 25, 2012 7:41 am

Christopher Kreuzer wrote: And I seemed to have somehow ended up on one of the live boards for round 2. Wonder how many people watch these games... :mrgreen:
Yesterday, 215 people did :-)

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Re: e2e4 Hinckley Congress

Post by Sean Hewitt » Sat Aug 25, 2012 10:41 am

Round 2 games are underway at www.e2e4.org.uk/live

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Re: e2e4 Hinckley Congress

Post by Christopher Kreuzer » Sun Aug 26, 2012 1:24 am

Sean Hewitt wrote:
Christopher Kreuzer wrote: And I seemed to have somehow ended up on one of the live boards for round 2. Wonder how many people watch these games... :mrgreen:
Yesterday, 215 people did :-)
Goodness. Not sure if that is a lot or a vanishingly small amount. I bet not many people watching the games get beyond the top few boards with the GMs and IMs... I had harboured hopes that I'd get a chance to play one of the titled players, but (rather annoyingly) they have mostly remained on 100% (Hawkins, Arkell and Ghasi all on 3/3, with Hawkins beating one of the other IMs in round 3). Still, I get a second crack at the live boards, hopefully doing better than my round 2 game. I'm still not convinced all the games get watched though, probably with good reason... :wink:

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Re: e2e4 Hinckley Congress

Post by Sean Hewitt » Sun Aug 26, 2012 9:06 am

Christopher Kreuzer wrote:
Sean Hewitt wrote:
Christopher Kreuzer wrote: And I seemed to have somehow ended up on one of the live boards for round 2. Wonder how many people watch these games... :mrgreen:
Yesterday, 215 people did :-)
Goodness. Not sure if that is a lot or a vanishingly small amount.
There were 449 unique visitors to the live games yesterday!

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Re: e2e4 Hinckley Congress

Post by Alex Holowczak » Sun Aug 26, 2012 10:18 am

Live games for Round 4 can be found here: http://www.e2e4.org.uk/live/index.htm

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Re: e2e4 Hinckley Congress

Post by John Swain » Sun Aug 26, 2012 11:59 am

Sean Hewitt wrote: There were 449 unique visitors to the live games yesterday!
I was one of the 449. Many thanks for the coverage. Unfortunately some malfunction stopped me seeing the conclusion to fellow Notts player Richard Truman's game late yesterday afternoon.

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Re: e2e4 Hinckley Congress

Post by Sean Hewitt » Sun Aug 26, 2012 12:18 pm

John Swain wrote:
Sean Hewitt wrote: There were 449 unique visitors to the live games yesterday!
I was one of the 449. Many thanks for the coverage. Unfortunately some malfunction stopped me seeing the conclusion to fellow Notts player Richard Truman's game late yesterday afternoon.
Sorry about that John. Round 3 games are downloadable though.

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Re: e2e4 Hinckley Congress

Post by John Moore » Sun Aug 26, 2012 12:49 pm

Sean - excellent live coverage once again. One thing that always surprises me is the positions that some people appear to be prepared to play on. Perhaps they've got nothing better to do until the next round.

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Re: e2e4 Hinckley Congress

Post by Sean Hewitt » Sun Aug 26, 2012 12:57 pm

John Moore wrote:Sean - excellent live coverage once again. One thing that always surprises me is the positions that some people appear to be prepared to play on. Perhaps they've got nothing better to do until the next round.
Nobody ever won a game by resigning. Just look at this years play off for the British Championships!