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It's raining, the children are zoned into the PlayStation and the DIY can wait, so for once I have time to dip in to the live 4NCL games between Bank Holiday household chores.

Commiserations to Elisabeth Paetz. We have all had days like that, although Nigel Short took advantage of her mistakes smartly.

Surprising to see Jon Speelman taking a draw so early.

Terrific win by Jean-Luc Weller against Jim Plaskett the other day, given the rating disparity. I expect Jean-Luc is an up and coming youngster undergraded at 2074, although it would be nice to think he is a middleaged 180-190 woodpusher like me having a good day!

Martin Benjamin wrote: …

Terrific win by Jean-Luc Weller against Jim Plaskett the other day, given the rating disparity. I expect Jean-Luc is an up and coming youngster undergraded at 2074, although it would be nice to think he is a middleaged 180-190 woodpusher like me having a good day!

Your first thought was correct!

Martin Benjamin wrote:It's raining, the children are zoned into the PlayStation and the DIY can wait, so for once I have time to dip in to the live 4NCL games between Bank Holiday household chores.

Scrub that. Family wins out again. I should have known better.

These damn 'families' seem to be nothing but trouble to hard working chess players.

Teach them to play and hopefully in a few years they can take over while we retire to the bar !