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by Jonathan Rogers
Thu Mar 21, 2024 7:17 pm
Forum: International News
Topic: Reykjavik 2024
Replies: 53
Views: 4740

Re: Reykjavik 2024

Hmmm. Whose camera, and for what purposes, though? I don't regard the clause above as readily applying to one party to the game seeking financial profit.
by Jonathan Rogers
Thu Mar 21, 2024 7:02 pm
Forum: 4NCL
Topic: 4NCL 2023-24 Division Two
Replies: 15
Views: 1822

Re: 4NCL 2023-24 Division Two

Let's keep online and OTB chess quite separate.
by Jonathan Rogers
Thu Mar 21, 2024 4:04 pm
Forum: 4NCL
Topic: 4NCL 2023-24 Division Two
Replies: 15
Views: 1822

Re: 4NCL 2023-24 Division Two

Formerly West is Best. The name change was explained on another thread as honouring a former player who very audibly checked his opponents. All things being equal I should prefer that teams change their names as seldom as possible but it is not the sort of thing to make rules about (though there is ...
by Jonathan Rogers
Wed Mar 20, 2024 10:15 pm
Forum: 4NCL
Topic: 4NCL 2023-24 Division Two
Replies: 15
Views: 1822

Re: 4NCL 2023-24 Division Two

I was going to write some reflections on the second division so far on the well worn theme of it being so much harder to predict than the first division. That is still true, but only in the sense that very many competitions are. This last weekend was in fact remarkably close to the seedings. As in d...
by Jonathan Rogers
Wed Mar 20, 2024 9:23 pm
Forum: 4NCL
Topic: And so starts the 31st season
Replies: 35
Views: 3931

Re: And so starts the 31st season

I had a go after the first ten seasons - it was published in KINGPIN, and included Jonathan Parker's fabulous win over Jonathan Levitt in Cardiff 1997 and Lawrence Trent's finish v Desmond Tan in May 2003, which made its way into Edward Winter's hall of curiosities.
by Jonathan Rogers
Wed Mar 20, 2024 3:18 pm
Forum: 4NCL
Topic: And so starts the 31st season
Replies: 35
Views: 3931

Re: And so starts the 31st season

Taking this to be the first division thread, here is my analysis of the state of play. And it is fairly positive! The pairing system has worked better than last year, with more matches between equally matched teams spread over the season. Only this last weekend consisted of seeded teams beating weak...
by Jonathan Rogers
Mon Mar 18, 2024 4:48 pm
Forum: 4NCL
Topic: 4NCL Time control
Replies: 14
Views: 1194

Re: 4NCL Time control

Bad. You assume far too much in thinking that the buses will be full of mercenary GMs. Moreover, no one is saying that there is a shortage of opportunities for domestic players to play 4NCL - the reverse is true, it is getting ever harder to get full teams out and so having the option of asking a pl...
by Jonathan Rogers
Mon Mar 18, 2024 4:33 pm
Forum: 4NCL
Topic: 4NCL Time control
Replies: 14
Views: 1194

Re: 4NCL Time control

Is 4NCL the same as the Bundesliga? Would it be possible for an earlier start on either day? Is it possible to survey the players at the final weekend? The current 4NCL time limit is the same as the German league - https://www.schachbundesliga.de/die-liga/format . An earlier start on Saturday proba...
by Jonathan Rogers
Sun Mar 10, 2024 5:03 pm
Forum: Chess History
Topic: Intersection between academia and international chess titles
Replies: 37
Views: 3771

Re: Intersection between academia and international chess titles

about 2150-2200. I played him in the the Universities Championships 1991, Oxford v Nottingham. The time when Nottingham beat Oxford and Cambridge on the same day :D For another thread no doubt, but which is the strongest University now? It was Warwick a few years back but these things can change qui...
by Jonathan Rogers
Sat Mar 09, 2024 3:21 pm
Forum: Chess History
Topic: Intersection between academia and international chess titles
Replies: 37
Views: 3771

Re: Intersection between academia and international chess titles

Surrey were in the Minor Counties Championship then? That is a bit surprising. Is this the era when the Minor Counties was stronger? I will have to try and contact Gavin Wall and see if he has that game! Surrey were simply not so strong in the 1980s and 1990s; they only started to emerge from 2006 ...
by Jonathan Rogers
Sat Mar 09, 2024 3:13 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: accepting gambits
Replies: 35
Views: 2637

Re: accepting gambits

"Whether this is a gambit or an opening line is something of a question. The latter is perhaps more accurate, but credit to anyone who can articulate the distinction .." I didn't express that very well: obviously gambits are subsets of opening lines rather than to be distinguished from them. I'll tr...
by Jonathan Rogers
Sat Mar 09, 2024 1:15 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: accepting gambits
Replies: 35
Views: 2637

Re: accepting gambits

Just remembered a very long line in the Open Lopez, where Black has connected pawns for the piece. I think it featured in a well known Timman v Smyslov game - no idea whether it is still a contested line. Any chance of posting the moves of that line (and the game)? It's Timman v Smyslov, Bad Lauter...
by Jonathan Rogers
Thu Mar 07, 2024 8:59 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: accepting gambits
Replies: 35
Views: 2637

Re: accepting gambits

Just remembered a very long line in the Open Lopez, where Black has connected pawns for the piece. I think it featured in a well known Timman v Smyslov game - no idea whether it is still a contested line.
by Jonathan Rogers
Thu Mar 07, 2024 8:54 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: accepting gambits
Replies: 35
Views: 2637

Re: accepting gambits

On theoretical piece sac lines - these are interesting, and, I would guess, considerably rarer then exchange sacs. Off the top of my head, I wonder whether they fall into two main groups - huge attacks sacrifices (or not so huge) as in so many 1 e4 e5 games, and connected pawns sacrifices. Of the la...
by Jonathan Rogers
Sun Mar 03, 2024 9:09 pm
Forum: Congress Diary
Topic: British Rapidplay 2024
Replies: 28
Views: 4084

Re: British Rapidplay 2024

Round 11 on 2024/03/03 at 15:00 Bo. No. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg No. 1 2 IM Han, Yichen 2563 8 8½ GM Gormally, Daniel W 2578 1 2 16 IM Willow, Jonah B 2300 8 8 IM Royal, Shreyas 2331 14 3 64 WIM Kanyamarala, Trisha 2073 8 8 FM Eckersley-Waites, Tom 2264 21 4 55 Repasi, Zoltan 2097 7½ 7½ G...