English Chess Forum

where are you all watching the pert game?

The tournament site doesn't have it.

on whychess 551 people seem to watching nothing at all

No broadcast seems to be working, (again!)

The sound is terrible again today. They seem to have given up trying to fix it and Andrew is talking only for the benefit of those on site!

phew!

I think Gawain should not have swapped pieces - this may not be winnable now

Tony Stebbings nearly pulled off a great victory against a GM after playing a very good game. If he hadn't been in time pressure I'm sure he would have found the win!

I've just fed the key Gormally -Anderson position into Fritz and Ba2 (rather than Bxf5) looks winning for Anderson. Qa3 is no defence as b4 or Ne2 leave White dead in the water! What a shame for Anderson.

John - I thought that b4 might deal with Qa3 but I too haven't got an engine and I am probably wrong.

why would Anderson play Bxf5 when Ba2 was a logical consequence of his previous moves , and obvious?!

Williams has a really good position against Dozdrovski - could a huge upset be on?!

Hawkins -Wiliams has been a cracking game, alright.

I lobbied playchess hard and they are going to broadcast the games now

I see the bookies favour Adams over Short.

On recent form this doesn't stack up so I'll be looking for ways to take advantage of this (IMHO) error.

Someone has pointed out that Short is 6-4 to be top Brit and this has some appeal.

It is a worry that the Board 1 has chucked away a couple of draws in the last 2 games.
On current form the strongest team may not include him!

I didn't think England came close yesterday - Adams and especially Williams were looking more or less doomed from relatively early in their matches.