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by MJMcCready
Sun Mar 17, 2024 7:02 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: The going rate
Replies: 2
Views: 424

The going rate

Apologies for asking but I have been abroad for 24 years but what is the going rate for tournaments in the UK these days? 1 day quickplay average price? 5-6 Round Weekend event average price? Major event (Hastings, British championships)? Abroad prices seem to have risen to 50-100 pounds for classic...
by MJMcCready
Sat Mar 16, 2024 7:03 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: David Glueck (Oxfordshire team 1991-2)
Replies: 61
Views: 4062

Re: David Glueck (Oxfordshire team 1991-2)

We were certainly punching about our weight back then but we had strength and depth, although you could argue we weren't alone there.
by MJMcCready
Thu Mar 14, 2024 7:01 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: David Glueck (Oxfordshire team 1991-2)
Replies: 61
Views: 4062

Re: David Glueck (Oxfordshire team 1991-2)

So England's his home now then. It's a shame we don't see him in the 4NCL.
by MJMcCready
Thu Mar 14, 2024 5:26 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: David Glueck (Oxfordshire team 1991-2)
Replies: 61
Views: 4062

Re: David Glueck (Oxfordshire team 1991-2)

Does Glueck still play? Where is he now?
by MJMcCready
Wed Mar 13, 2024 9:20 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: David Glueck (Oxfordshire team 1991-2)
Replies: 61
Views: 4062

Re: David Glueck (Oxfordshire team 1991-2)

Half the team played for Milton Keynes too.
by MJMcCready
Wed Mar 13, 2024 6:10 am
Forum: Chess Questions
Topic: Caro Kann Breyer variation
Replies: 12
Views: 682

Re: Caro Kann Breyer variation

Is this about the French or the CK? I think the point is there are lines with ... c6 and ... d5 where black plays ... e6 which could equally arise via ... e6, ... d5 and ... c6. As someone who plays 1.Nf3 I sometimes get Breyer variation (or variationesque) positions via transposition. The honest a...
by MJMcCready
Wed Mar 13, 2024 6:02 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Counties and clubs
Replies: 55
Views: 3560

Re: Counties and clubs

So you've got a league on the move? Where's it going to end up? I didn't know we had leagues based on roads but understandable given the time frames of evening league matches.
by MJMcCready
Tue Mar 12, 2024 9:04 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: David Glueck (Oxfordshire team 1991-2)
Replies: 61
Views: 4062

Re: David Glueck (Oxfordshire team 1991-2)

Nice little exchange sac by Andy at the end there. Does it spoil things slightly to point out that Andy Ledger was completely winning at the point he (unecessarily) sacrificed the exchange? I can't quite decipher the time control, but Glueck was the one in time trouble and maybe Andy tried to take ...
by MJMcCready
Tue Mar 12, 2024 9:01 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: David Glueck (Oxfordshire team 1991-2)
Replies: 61
Views: 4062

Re: David Glueck (Oxfordshire team 1991-2)

Jim Stayt wrote:
Tue Mar 12, 2024 8:25 pm
Certainly too good for me that day!
Yes but if I may say so, you did bring your queen out a tad early in the opening. Bd7 is definitely better, But if it's any consolation, he beat me many times. As I said, he was stronger than his rating suggested.
by MJMcCready
Tue Mar 12, 2024 8:57 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: David Glueck (Oxfordshire team 1991-2)
Replies: 61
Views: 4062

Re: David Glueck (Oxfordshire team 1991-2)

34. Qf4 was a slip by white. Lost his advantage.
by MJMcCready
Tue Mar 12, 2024 8:37 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Counties and clubs
Replies: 55
Views: 3560

Re: Counties and clubs

Thanet isn't part of England is it?
by MJMcCready
Tue Mar 12, 2024 8:24 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Counties and clubs
Replies: 55
Views: 3560

Re: Counties and clubs

IM Jack Rudd wrote:
Tue Mar 12, 2024 6:59 pm
Barnstaple to Plymouth will be hard to beat, but probably not impossible.
They play in the same league?
by MJMcCready
Tue Mar 12, 2024 8:22 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: David Glueck (Oxfordshire team 1991-2)
Replies: 61
Views: 4062

Re: David Glueck (Oxfordshire team 1991-2)

Your opponent Milton was very strong when he was young, more so than his rating suggested. Eventually he was mostly rated around 180-185 when he left his teens.
by MJMcCready
Tue Mar 12, 2024 6:46 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Counties and clubs
Replies: 55
Views: 3560

Re: Counties and clubs

Yes I would say so, my money is on Cornwall.