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Board 6 has four queens on the board after 13 moves, albeit I think it's a theoretical line.

LawrenceCooper wrote: albeit I think it's a theoretical line.

Around a dozen examples it seems, all won by Black. 13. .. Qa5+ (activating a queen with check) had always been preferred to 13. .. c5 (activating a bishop)

Sadly I had no idea this was theory or what the theory was (although I thought my opponent knew it as he was playing quite confidently).

Is there anyway to see the results/ games from previous rounds?

benedgell wrote:Is there anyway to see the results/ games from previous rounds?

I don't think so, although I expect it will appear after the event is over.

The annihilation of David Walker by Matthew Webb was a nice way to win the tournament (jt with Keith Arkell). Walker absolutely must play 17...Bxg5 because 17...h6? 18 Nh7 (with action on f6 to come) is a known winning idea in such positions. Webb still had to retain his composure to find 23 c4!, keeping the Q-side closed, after which he turned out the lights (1-0, 25)

He's been doing that sort of thing to some awfully strong players recently
(I did briefly wonder when Walker played on with Qb5 and Webb seemed to be thinking over Qh6.....).

Keith seems to have got to 4.5 too, and they drew vs each other in round 3 (iirc) so I guess they share it?

David Robertson wrote:The annihilation of David Walker by Matthew Webb was a nice way to win the tournament (jt with Keith Arkell). Walker absolutely must play 17...Bxg5 because 17...h6? 18 Nh7 (with action on f6 to come) is a known winning idea in such positions. Webb still had to retain his composure to find 23 c4!, keeping the Q-side closed, after which he turned out the lights (1-0, 25)

This is the game:-

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Qe2 O-O 7. Ngf3 a5 8. c3 Na6 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nb3 Naxc5 11. Nxc5 Nxc5 12. Bc2 b6 13. Bf4 Ba6 14. Qe3 Qd7 15. O-O-O Rfc8 16. Kb1 b5 17. Ng5 h6 18. Nh7 Qb7 19. Bxh6 Ne4 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Nf6 Bxf6 22. exf6 b4 23. c4 Bxc4 24. Bxg7 Qb5 25. Qh6

David Robertson wrote:The annihilation of David Walker by Matthew Webb was a nice way to win the tournament (jt with Keith Arkell).(1-0, 25)

Nobody would believe it was the real me there, tying 1st with Matty Webb, if they looked at my games: average length 29.6 moves! About 30 less than my normal average, but was too exhausted from Dresden to do it any other way.

Keith Arkell wrote:

David Robertson wrote:The annihilation of David Walker by Matthew Webb was a nice way to win the tournament (jt with Keith Arkell).(1-0, 25)

Nobody would believe it was the real me there, tying 1st with Matty Webb, if they looked at my games: average length 29.6 moves! About 30 less than my normal average, but was too exhausted from Dresden to do it any other way.

That may explain the live board operators giving you the alias "Keith Allen" in several of the games

Ah yes, continuing the policy they began at the Isle of Man.

The Guardian's comments on the Blackpool congress, published today:

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/m ... ster-chess