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Aronian, Levon vs Howell, David W L 0-1 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Qc7 6. h3 g6 7. Qc2 f6 8. Ne2 e5 9. O-O Nge7 10. dxe5 fxe5 11. c4 e4 12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. Nbc3 Bg7 14. Nd5 Qd6 15. Bf4 Be5 16. Rad1 Bxf4 17. Ndxf4 Qe5 18. b4 Nxb4 19. Qb3 Nbc6 20. c5 Qxc5 21. Nc3 Qb4 22. Qc2 O-O 23....

PeterFarr wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 31, 2019 11:31 am

Round 10, Howell is a piece up for apparently not much on move 12 as Black v Aronian. Very strange.

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Qc7 6. h3 g6 7. Qc2 f6 8. Ne2 e5 9. O-O Nge7 10. dxe5 fxe5 11. c4 e4 12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. Nbc3 Bg7 14. Nd5 Qd6

Chess Mind round 7 report with brief analysis of the leader's win

Wojtaszek would replace Kramnik on the list of players

No, it should not be seen as a sad day! He moves on to new pastures and makes clear he will still be with us. Rather, we should smile, wish him well and look forward to whatever he next turns to. Agree with that; sad to see him stop, but glad he's doing so at a time of his choosing; my favourite pl...

Roger de Coverly wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 29, 2019 12:35 am

Division 3 North shrank a bit with promoted teams leaving

We've got 14 teams but had 20 last season; 2 promoted but 1 relegated; a couple transferred South, some others gone, 1 new team

Big improvement on where we started though

I'm currently reading What We Become by Arturo Perez-Reverte, which features quite a bit of chess in the story (not for the first time cf The Flanders Panel)

35 years ago yesterday me and Morrissey were watching Madonna live at the Hacienda on the Tube C4; where did the years go?

My performance at Bolton in November was 166 which would put me in the top section now and yesterday was I think 167 so my real (as opposed to F) grade will keep me there
It must be 30 years since my only other tournament win so it may be time to stop!

Open was won jointly by Adam Ashton and Joe McPhillips

Full details will no doubt follow

I won the Intermediate

Kramnik wins a game!

Giri catches Carlsen after Shankland resigns in a drawn position; Nepo half a point back, with Ding & Vishy (who play each other tomorrow) a further half point away from the lead

Entry form

Major (u195), Intermediate (u150), Minor (u105)

website with online entry available

I've received an email this morning from the ECF (a pleasing thing in itself) The ECF is relaunching the annual English Seniors Championship with a four day FIDE-rated and ECF graded congress at the St Johns Hotel, Solihull in April 2019. The event will run for four days from 4th to 7th April, with ...

Ok, to copy Roger, some thoughts IA David Sedgwick has been reappointed as the GCT Chief Arbiter for 2019 well done David The expansion does mean a lot more chess in 2019, so the dates in the calendar are getting full; given we also have Norway 4 - 14 June, World Cup 9 Sep to 2 Oct etc, where are FI...

What is Kramnik's worst ever tournament performance previously? Asking for a friend :oops: Well? Not sure, but pretty classy of Vald to be interviewed after another defeat see Pete Doggers report , lost of top players wouldn't have done so ress chief Tom Bottama started his interview with "Vladimir...