BRITISH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS - THE GAMES

[Jonathan Rogers]

Well, that was clever by SA. Why didn't I see that, I wonder?

SG completing the double by cunningly defending e5 as well, I see. I should give this game up.

Still, I'm confident that I'd have been able to locate the 'resign' button by now were I in Jovanka's position. She must be using an interface that doesn't have one.

Hebden having trouble with that button too.

[Christopher Kreuzer]

Hebden having trouble with that button too.

Can't be far off now.

[Nicky Chorley]

Houska-Pert: 0-1. I guess White is either going to lose the knight, or Black plays Rb4+, winning the pawn?

Edit: The score for Short-Adams has been changed to 0.5-0.5. Human error then?

[John Cox]

Blimey; why did Stephen let this happen? Isn't he in trouble now? 69 Bc5 Bc7 70 Bb4 Bb6 71 Bd2 Ba7 72 Ba5 zugzwang, or something like that?

[John Cox]

Suppose it's not zugzwang; he can go ...Ke7 at the end. That was lucky......

[LozCooper]

Houska-Pert: 0-1. I guess White is either going to lose the knight, or Black plays Rb4+, winning the pawn?

Edit: The score for Short-Adams has been changed to 0.5-0.5. Human error then?

I think so. At least one other result was changed as Pert-Rendle was initially a draw but then changed to a win earlier today.

[James Coleman]

With the benefit of having seen the first few moves of that happen, maybe 72...Kc8 would still be holding

[Paul Cooksey]

With the benefit of having seen the first few moves of that happen, maybe 72...Kc8 would still be holding

award yourself as many points as you think Danny King would

[James Coleman]

Haha ok, I award myself one point and a begrudging comment about how some moves don't even warrant it but ah well

[LozCooper]

Houska-Pert: 0-1. I guess White is either going to lose the knight, or Black plays Rb4+, winning the pawn?

Edit: The score for Short-Adams has been changed to 0.5-0.5. Human error then?

I think so. At least one other result was changed as Pert-Rendle was initially a draw but then changed to a win earlier today.

Rudd-Walton has also changed from 1-0 to 0-1.

[LozCooper]

Houska-Pert: 0-1. I guess White is either going to lose the knight, or Black plays Rb4+, winning the pawn?

Edit: The score for Short-Adams has been changed to 0.5-0.5. Human error then?

I think so. At least one other result was changed as Pert-Rendle was initially a draw but then changed to a win earlier today.

Rudd-Walton has also changed from 1-0 to 0-1.

Pert-Rendle is a draw again

[Nicky Chorley]

Oddities :/.

Summerscale-Gordon was drawn, too. It looked (to my untrained eyes!) like they couldn't really do much with their bishops and White couldn't get his extra pawn through.

[Mark Howitt]

When are the pairings for round 9 up?

[Matt Fletcher]

Ah, now I know why Short-Adams was recorded as 0-1.

Heh, I didn't realise that Rendle and Eggleston are ex-Warwick people.

So am I - we should all party

I know . We've got Khandelwal in there too.

And Nick Pert, and Richard Bates http://www.sunion.warwick.ac.uk/chess/P ... -9899.html
(quite a good sub when I was A-team captain a few years back in the late 90s)

[Mark Howitt]

I'm surprised the pairing aren't up yet- all the results are shown.