English Chess Forum

A player is needed to play in the British Championship this afternoon. Anyone who fancies a game against Roger de Coverly, apply here.

Where is Sean Hewitt when you need him?

Is Andrew Farthing available?

Matthew Turner wrote:Where is Sean Hewitt when you need him?

On the phone to me

Could not be done without the forum could it

Happy to play via Yahoo! chess or equivalent, but I can't get the time off work to be there in person, I'm afraid...

Simul versus the Forum! (No, seriously, hope you find a filler, and good luck for the rest of the tournament, Roger).

Matthew Turner wrote:Where is Sean Hewitt when you need him?

I did have an email this morning asking if I was available to play Roger de Courcey this afternoon. Sadly I wasn't. An afternoon opposite Nookie Bear sounded quite appealing!

Sean Hewitt wrote:

Matthew Turner wrote:Where is Sean Hewitt when you need him?

I did have an email this morning asking if I was available to play Roger de Courcey this afternoon. Sadly I wasn't. An afternoon opposite Nookie Bear sounded quite appealing!

When I saw that yours was the last post on this thread, Sean, I was hoping that you were giving the forum live updates during the game. Perhaps you and Roger doing MasterGame or some such. Shame.

Jonathan Bryant wrote:When I saw that yours was the last post on this thread, Sean, I was hoping that you were giving the forum live updates during the game. Perhaps you and Roger doing MasterGame or some such. Shame.

Posting on the forum during a game is a sure way to incur the wrath of the arbiter

It was actually Paul Robson. I asked Lara where my opponent came from and the answer was Newcastle/Northumberland. When the game started 1 e4 g6 2 d4 c5, my immediate thought was Sniper. But after 3 Nf3, he played cxd4 so it becomes an Accelerated Dragon. With 4 Nxd4 Bg7 5 Nc3 Nc6 6 Be3 Nf6 7 Bc4 d6, we transpose into a regular Dragon, but after 8 f3 Qb6 it's a sharp line last popular in the early sixties. In the pub, someone mentioned Hartston v Littlewood (N) from Ilford in 1964. I spent some time trying to recall or work out the theory and eventually settled for a solid alternative. The rest of the game will be on tomorrow's download.

Glad you got a game in the end...