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Well Wojtaszek now has a better position than before he blundered, amazing.

NickFaulks wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 31, 2021 4:49 pm

After heroic defence by Wojtaszek, was 53...Qc6 just an awful blunder?

Looks like it.

Just seen something saying the play-off is starting at 18.10 CET which is 17.10 for UK

So could be a van Foreest v Giri play-off, great for the locals.

The Caruana g pawns seem quite useful in fact. Not looking too good for Giri at the moment, as he seems worse against Anton, and van Foreest, Caruana and Firouzja all at least have chances.

Promotion/Relegation obviously very much murkier. I had a thought that you might use the old idea of a Pools Panel. This was where during extremely bad weather such as the 1962-63 winter, that a panel of experts would offer an adjudication of a likely result between two (football) teams. It would b...

First 7 moves 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bc4 Nxe4 6. Qh5 e6 7. Bxe6 which fails to 7. .. Bxe6 8. Bxe6 Qe7 Was move 5 just a mouse slip? No, it seems not,as he played it in round 7 against MVL, but MVL declined the sacrifice. Apparently you should play 7.Bb5+ before taking on e6, t...

- a Winawer (Nepo again) So you put your king on f8, your queen on a5 and then lock the centre with ... c4. I have no idea how this is supposed to work. EDIT: him neither Well, he's also played ...Rg8, then ...Rh8 and ...Ke8. All part of the master plan. Hope he doesn't try to castle now.

Kevin Thurlow wrote: ↑

Sun Feb 16, 2020 5:08 pm

"I believe she played for Sussex, if that helps"

Plausible - she played for Hastings for some years, later living (and dying) in Clapham.

She certainly played for Sussex a number of times, but not sure whether she ever played on top board.

Susan Lalic played board 1 for Surrey at least once, and Harriet Hunt did play board 1 for Oxon.

JustinHorton wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 07, 2020 8:27 am

I rather think that photo wasn't taken in 1978

2018:

https://batumi2018.fide.com/en/news/bat ... ndashvili

Just noticed that Howell v Harikrishna from last year's European Club Cup, also in round 3, went a mere 85 moves, with David eventually winning.

On the face of it, David Howell did an awful lot of messing around in that game, but maybe it was with a view to gaining time on the increment, so as to be able to have a good think at critical points. I guess it's an unintended consequence of increments that it makes sense to do that in some types ...

Roger de Coverly wrote: ↑

Tue Nov 12, 2019 8:35 pm

PeterFarr wrote: ↑

Tue Nov 12, 2019 8:20 pm

and it's 167 moves since the last capture.

Isn't the arbiter supposed to declare the game a draw at 75 moves if the one of the players hasn't already claimed?

There have been pawn moves though. David has now made the only possible try, 200 b4

The game Howell v Harikrishna in round 3 is one for masochists; currently on move 197, and it's 167 moves since the last capture.

JustinHorton wrote: ↑

Tue Jul 30, 2019 5:05 pm

Well Louis Mazzini got right through to the prizegiving, as I recall

... but then made a fatal error.