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David Sedgwick
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by David Sedgwick » Mon Aug 01, 2011 6:00 pm
Matthew Turner wrote:I like Pete Wells' position, but it looks set to all come down a massive time scrabble.
With Wells and Howell as the players? Surely not.
When I did my arbiter training 25 years ago, I trained on Wells games.
Do the would-be arbiters of today train on Howell games?
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Jon D'Souza-Eva
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by Jon D'Souza-Eva » Mon Aug 01, 2011 6:00 pm
James Coleman wrote:Still looks extremely hard for Short to win to me though he might find a way
Perhaps a well-timed Qxc5 when Black's king and knight are far enough away from the b-file?
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James Coleman
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by James Coleman » Mon Aug 01, 2011 6:02 pm
Maybe, but I doubt it
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Matthew Turner
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by Matthew Turner » Mon Aug 01, 2011 6:03 pm
I think Short can win, but I am getting less convinced by Adams, it looks like he is really messing it up to me.
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Paul McKeown
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by Paul McKeown » Mon Aug 01, 2011 6:03 pm
Is it me or is Aaron S trying to best to make a hames of it?
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Christopher Kreuzer
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by Christopher Kreuzer » Mon Aug 01, 2011 6:04 pm
Hunt-Pert looks quite interesting. Any idea what the situation is there?
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Justin Hadi
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by Justin Hadi » Mon Aug 01, 2011 6:07 pm
And the Wells-Howell position has blown up, unsurprisingly.
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James Coleman
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by James Coleman » Mon Aug 01, 2011 6:07 pm
Cursory glance I'd say Pert looks much better, c4 looks very weak
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John Moore
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by John Moore » Mon Aug 01, 2011 6:08 pm
Funny - isn't it. Both Adams and Short would have expected to win fairly easily around move 25 or so but all credit to Jones and Williamsm for making it really difficult.
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E Michael White
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by E Michael White » Mon Aug 01, 2011 6:09 pm
James Coleman wrote:Still looks extremely hard for Short to win to me though he might find a way
I think the point of Shorts play is the threat of Qf6
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Christopher Kreuzer
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by Christopher Kreuzer » Mon Aug 01, 2011 6:11 pm
James Coleman wrote:Cursory glance I'd say Pert looks much better, c4 looks very weak
I thought the same, but maybe Hunt is trying to do something with the two passers against one.
BTW, those looking for more live games, there is a second page. Page numbers 1 and 2 are up in the top left corner. Easy to miss when earlier all the live boards had been on one page. Or maybe not. It seems to be the same games. Maybe it is spreading the server load in some way?
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James Coleman
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by James Coleman » Mon Aug 01, 2011 6:12 pm
E Michael White wrote:James Coleman wrote:Still looks extremely hard for Short to win to me though he might find a way
I think the point of Shorts play is the threat of Qf6
Good point, that is hard to meet, yes.
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James Coleman
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by James Coleman » Mon Aug 01, 2011 6:14 pm
Hunt's King's quite badly placed though and his position looks fragmented. Definitely some work to do but I think White will win that.
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John Moore
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by John Moore » Mon Aug 01, 2011 6:15 pm
Nice to see how Short has got his Queen optimally placed before bringing his King in on the white squares.
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Adam Ashton
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by Adam Ashton » Mon Aug 01, 2011 6:27 pm
Hmm if Short walks his King to d7 the Qxc5 somebody mentioned may actually occur!
