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In deference to the thread-starter, this was my first ever 4NCL game. 36... Nd4 with a draw offer was quite something. [White "de Coverly, Roger"] [Black "Makepeace, Philip J"] [Result "1-0"] [EventDate "2004.06.19"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. c3 Be7 8. Qa4 a6 9. d...

David Robertson wrote: Pool C will be headed by Spirit of Atticus with 5 points at the outset, irrespective of rd 7 outcomes

Barbican 2 will progress with a maximum of 6 points if Sussex beat the Sharks and Cambridge beat Gonzaga by no more than 6-2. I think.

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Day Seven! https://youtu.be/cFGXuv5YxPA

Day Six - https://youtu.be/BvrtN7TtReo

Brian Towers wrote:Chess24 has Wall v Longson on board 30 going
1) f4 d5
2) Nf3 Nf6
3) g3 c5
4) Bg2 Nc6
Result 0 - 1

What was that? A mobile phone?

Yes.

Day Five - https://youtu.be/CboWbU_sIEA

Afternoon, guys. Hope you've been enjoying the coverage. Alongside photos and Twitter updates, I've been compiling daily report videos. Here are the first four: Day One - https://youtu.be/ScCGm_maw5U Day Two - https://youtu.be/_rh8v_Wxm1g Day Three - https://youtu.be/Km8bMzCOhWc Day Four - https://y...

Joshua Gibbs wrote:Please tweet me this has nothing to do with chess

No thanks. I think it's fair to let people know the kind of guy they're engaging with on a public forum. That's all from me.

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So as not to get anybody else's hopes up, I've claimed it.

Last night I was captaining a league match where one of my players' phone sounded. The league in question hasn't revised the FIDE rule and so I would have had no sympathy or argument if the opposing player and/or captain had claimed the point. As it was, they didn't. Agreed, but my point is that th...

About 18 months ago I played in a tournament where the mobile phone of the player sitting next to me rang while the arbiter was out of the room. Someone, not the player's opponent, told the arbiter. The arbiter asked the player if his phone had rung. The player said no. The arbiter took the player ...

I would also love a couple of rooms if they're going for Bucks Juniors. Obviously Mick gets first dibs.