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Board one (Gavin Wall v David Howell) has frozen. Is someone able to fix it? If so, thanks in advance

Martin Benjamin wrote:Board one (Gavin Wall v David Howell) has frozen. Is someone able to fix it? If so, thanks in advance

Now working although no idea if my e-mail helped or if repairs were already underway.

Thanks. I think I jinxed Gavin!

1st= Richard Bates, Stephen Gordon, Luke McShane 5.5/6.

Congratulations to the winners.

I was hoping that the final-round game Rendle,T-Bates,R would go 1.f4... W may have later regretted not doing so, but it was an exciting Sicilian instead -

[Event "Kings Place RP"] [Site ""] [Date "2017.07.08"] [Round "6"] [White "Rendle,T"] [Black "Bates,R"] [Result "0-1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Bd7 5. Qc2 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 Rc8 8. Nc3 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. O-O Be7 11. Rd1 O-O 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Nh5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Bxh5 Qg5 17. Be2 Bh3 18 Bf1 Nf3 19. Kh1 Qh5 20. Be2 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Qxh2 22. Kxf3 Qh3 23. Kf4 g5 24. Ke5 f6 25. Kd4 Rfd8 26. Nd5 Rxc2 27. Bc4 b5 28. Bb3 Rxf2 29. Kc5 Kg7 30. Ne7 Qe3 31. Kxb5 Rb8 32. Kc6 Qxe4 33. Nd5 Qe6 34. Kc5 Rc8 35. Kb4 Qd6 36. Ka4 a5 37. Rac1 Rf4 38. Kxa5 Rc5 39. Rxc5 Qxc5 40. Ka6 Rd4 41. Nc3 Rd6 42. Rxd6 Qxd6 43. Kb5 Qe5 44. Kc6 g4 45. a4 g3 46. Bd5 Qe8 47. Kc5 Qe7 48. Kc4 Qc7 49.Kd3 h5 50. Ne2 h4 51. Nd4 Qe5 52. Bg2 f5 53. b4 f4 54. a5 Qe3 55. Kc4 Qf2 56. Nf5 Kf6 57. Nxh4 Qc2 58. Kb5 Qe2 59. Kb6 Qe3 60. Ka6 f3 61. Bxf3 Qf4 62. b5 Qxh4 63. b6 Qc4 64. Ka7 Qc3 65. a6 Qxf3 66. b7 Qe3 67. Ka8 Qe4 68. Ka7 Qd4 69. Ka8 Qd5 70. Ka7 Qc5 71. Ka8 Qc6 72. Ka7 g2 73. b8=N g1=Q 0-1

“It was my first time taking part in the DeMontford Bell Kings Place Festival last Saturday. I, like many many others had a beautiful chess day. Thank you very much to you and to your team who worked tirelessly all day to make this happen for us all to enjoy.” - Farhad

“Thank you for a very nice day on Saturday! I got quite a few friendly cheers carrying the trophy home on the tube ” - Luke

“Thank you for organizing such a fun tournament - Kings Place is definitely the coolest venue I've played in! It was very tiring, but I'm looking forward to being able to play there next year.” - Jack

ON THAT NOTE - NEXT YEAR’S DATE - is Saturday 7th July 2018 - stick that in your diary!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1x90 ... sp=sharing

Adam Raoof wrote:ON THAT NOTE - NEXT YEAR’S DATE - is Saturday 7th July 2018 - stick that in your diary!

Which is likely to be County Championships Finals day, as it is the first Saturday in July, unless varied by the Director of Home Chess.

Adam Raoof wrote:ON THAT NOTE - NEXT YEAR’S DATE - is Saturday 7th July 2018 - stick that in your diary!

Neill Cooper wrote:Which is likely to be County Championships Finals day, as it is the first Saturday in July, unless varied by the Director of Home Chess.

I had contacted said Director about that before I read this thread.

I anticipate that the Counties Championships Finals will be on Saturday 30th June.

David Sedgwick wrote:

Adam Raoof wrote:ON THAT NOTE - NEXT YEAR’S DATE - is Saturday 7th July 2018 - stick that in your diary!

Neill Cooper wrote:Which is likely to be County Championships Finals day, as it is the first Saturday in July, unless varied by the Director of Home Chess.

I had contacted said Director about that before I read this thread.

I anticipate that the Counties Championships Finals will be on Saturday 30th June.

This is a very good point - I would not want to clash with the finals. Therefore if they were to be held on 7 July I would consider 14 July as an alternative date.

Luke won the trophy ahead of Stephen Gordon, who had to beat Howell?

Jonathan Rogers wrote:Luke won the trophy ahead of Stephen Gordon, who had to beat Howell?

and Ameet. Chess-results (not 100% accurate I know) lists the performances as 2679 for Luke, 2807 for Stephen and 2612 for Richard.

Pics: https://brendanogorman.smugmug.com/Ches ... Place-2017

Adam, thanks for arranging the live boards. I had the pleasure of watching the last 2 rounds. Was pleased to see John Merriman going well who I chatted to at Hampstead the week before.

Personally I think there are very good reasons for playing at Kings Place on 7/7/18. The 13th anniversary of the 7/7/05 terrorist atrocities. My director and the planning members were responsible for all the development in the area. For those working in Camden at that time I know that was my worst day at work ever.

ECF ought to get the final of the 17/18 County Championship into the correct grading season so ought to plump for 30th June.

Personally am looking forward to playing chess on 7/7/18 and meeting old friends at memorial services.