Blackpool 2017
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Blackpool 2017
Live Games:
http://api.livechesscloud.com/live/a204 ... 987d4b0e6e
Pairings & Results:
Minor: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr268513.aspx?lan=1
Major: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr268505.aspx?lan=1
Open: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr268504.aspx?lan=1
http://api.livechesscloud.com/live/a204 ... 987d4b0e6e
Pairings & Results:
Minor: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr268513.aspx?lan=1
Major: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr268505.aspx?lan=1
Open: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr268504.aspx?lan=1
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Re: Blackpool 2017
Are Surtees and Wells playing in a different dimension? They are like 30 moves behind Mitchell - Hebden
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Re: Blackpool 2017
I think Peter was rather shocked by 1 e4 c5 2 Nh3?! since he took quite a while to respond. I looked on a database which suggested that 2...g6 is a TN on move 2.....! All's well that ends Wells as Black has just mated with the aid of the a1-h8 diagonal.Nick Burrows wrote:Are Surtees and Wells playing in a different dimension? They are like 30 moves behind Mitchell - Hebden
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Re: Blackpool 2017
Playing Surtees is like playing Basman, you never really know what they are thinking about or how they assess positions. In the case it appears the idea was to play a Grand Prix Attack with a Knight on f2. It didn't work terribly well against straightforward play by Wells.Leonard Barden wrote: ll's well that ends Wells as Black has just mated with the aid of the a1-h8 diagonal.
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Re: Blackpool 2017
He shouldn't have been. My database says Surtees has been playing 2.Nh3 for the last year.Leonard Barden wrote:I think Peter was rather shocked by 1 e4 c5 2 Nh3?! since he took quite a while to respond.
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Re: Blackpool 2017
Surtees-Gayson began in original fashion:
1. e4 c5 2. Nh3 d5 3. Bb5 Nc6 4.Ng5 e6 5. Bxc6 bxc6 6.d3 Be7 7.Nf3 Ba6 8.Nc3 Nf6 9.e5 Nd7 10.O-O O-O 11. Re1 Rb8 12.Ne2
1. e4 c5 2. Nh3 d5 3. Bb5 Nc6 4.Ng5 e6 5. Bxc6 bxc6 6.d3 Be7 7.Nf3 Ba6 8.Nc3 Nf6 9.e5 Nd7 10.O-O O-O 11. Re1 Rb8 12.Ne2
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Re: Blackpool 2017
Isn't that just a normal position where White has lost two moves?
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Re: Blackpool 2017
By the end yes, somewhat unusual around move 4 thoughNickFaulks wrote:Isn't that just a normal position where White has lost two moves?
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Re: Blackpool 2017
Nice tactic in Merry v Wells, destined to appear in the Evening Standard column.
Re: Blackpool 2017
Wells - Storey on board 1 drawn after only 3 moves on each side!
Are there no local rules at Blackpool to discourage that sort of thing?
Are there no local rules at Blackpool to discourage that sort of thing?
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Re: Blackpool 2017
Clearly not. £550 each may help explain the early finish.Clive Blackburn wrote:Wells - Storey on board 1 drawn after only 3 moves on each side!
Are there no local rules at Blackpool to discourage that sort of thing?
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Re: Blackpool 2017
Wells had a tough game in the morning and only 45 minutes between rounds.
They played blitz for the plate.
Wells 2.5 Storey 0.5
They played blitz for the plate.
Wells 2.5 Storey 0.5
Re: Blackpool 2017
Impressive knock-out by Alan Merry against my clubmate, Phil Crocker (0-1, 36). He had to see the winning lines quite a long way out
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Re: Blackpool 2017
Bit odd that Storey didn't have to play anyone 200+, if you don't call the last round a game.
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Re: Blackpool 2017
Where are the rounds 1-4 games to be found? Only round 5 now seems to be online.