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(1) Can Black play 22...Rxf4, or should he look for an alternative move? If he does play 22...Rxf4, what is the main line from White that Black should analyse and what should Black be planning to play in that main line? Try and answer this question before looking at the next diagram!! Black should ...

In the second game, although you like 23.Qg1; I think you might be able to get away with Qxe5!? Some lines 23.Qxe5 (Rae8? 24.Ne6!) Nxc5 24.d6! (b4 or h4 are also tries) Nd7 (Nd3 Qd5+!; Rac8 Nd5!) 25.Qe6+ Rf7 26.Nd5 Nf8 27.Qe5!? you have 2 pawns for the piece, and a nice attack, and a strong d6 pawn....

I want an automated entry system for the British, but I want one I know is reliable and will reduce the workload. It should accept multiple entries but only for events which are not taking place at the same time. It should offer the appropriate discounts eg if you are playing in the afternoon 5 day...

As far as I know nobody has investigated a pairing system where players can play more than once.

Yes they have. See: -

http://www.jbfsoftware.com/joomla15/ind ... &Itemid=55

Ok, so I missed 25. RxRf7+ NxRf7 26.Rf1 Qxe3+ 27.Rf2 Bf5! 25.RxRf7+ NxRf7 26.Bf8+?! doesn't quite work, though ...Kxf8 27.Rf1! Qxe3+ 28.Rf2 Be6 29.dxe6 is good... 26...Kg8! and ...Bf5 holds (ish) I do like White seemingly after 25.RxRf7+ NxRf7 26.Bc1!? though, it's not obvious how you stop the d-paw...

In this position, http://www.apronus.com/chess/diagram.php?d=____R_RK_____B_P_B___P___P________P_Pp_q____n__p_ppQ__rkpr_b_____ Did Prichett really play 25.Qxd6??? Qxe3+ in R.6 against Arakhemia-Grant? 25.RxRf7+ seems to just win from my analysis, eg. 25...NxRf7 (forced) 26.Rf1! Qxe3+ 27.Rf2 (...Qxa3...

You'd have to do decades of research to prove me wrong, and you'd be dead by then!

Not sure about that George, someone told me that guns automatically turned into jelly in the States, so it must be true, and I believe it, so it can't be possible for you to shoot back at me!

I fell asleep during a game a few times (I was tired, OK,) kept waking up, moving without apparent thought, and won.
This must have been very annoying!

They brought some rock back... It had M..O..O..N right through the middle of it!

Sounds pretty compelling to me...

That just makes me want to shoot you anyway...

But I'll be there too! yay!

George, can I shoot you and have your friends heal you, to test their efficacy?

So you don't believe in it that much then...

GOD is real unless declared integer. FACT

The point I was making, was that if people are put off by the Major Open being too strong, so they enter the opens, aren't they going to be put off by Yang-Fan or Cherniaev playing in them? In terms of prize fund / entry fee these tournaments also have a low return if you actually win it. Personally...