2013 British Chess Championships (Torquay)

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Simon Ansell
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Re: 2013 British Chess Championships (Torquay)

Post by Simon Ansell » Fri Aug 02, 2013 8:07 pm

David Grobler wrote:whats the view on Peter Shaws game?
59...Qb1+ is an immediate draw.
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Re: 2013 British Chess Championships (Torquay)

Post by David Grobler » Fri Aug 02, 2013 8:09 pm

yeah..i think it is now
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Re: 2013 British Chess Championships (Torquay)

Post by Andrew Bak » Fri Aug 02, 2013 8:53 pm

Daniel Fernandez has joined the group on 4/5 by beating Danny Gormally.

I have a feeling we may be some time before Round 6 can be drawn as Oskar Hackner is trying to win a queen and knight ending with his opponent's king stranded in the middle of the board.
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Re: 2013 British Chess Championships (Torquay)

Post by Andrew Bak » Fri Aug 02, 2013 9:07 pm

Round 5 Report
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Re: 2013 British Chess Championships (Torquay)

Post by Peter Shaw » Fri Aug 02, 2013 9:41 pm

David Grobler wrote:whats the view on Peter Shaws game?
Aaaaaaaaaaaaargh. That was embarrassing. :oops: Even after the zillion wins I missed on moves 41-50, I still had a simple win with 55. Qf7+ and not even I could screw it up from there.

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Re: 2013 British Chess Championships (Torquay)

Post by MartinCarpenter » Fri Aug 02, 2013 10:33 pm

You can always blame the effects of the heroic effort from the previous day :)
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Re: 2013 British Chess Championships (Torquay)

Post by Christopher Kreuzer » Fri Aug 02, 2013 11:20 pm

Some interesting games in prospect on the top boards for round 6:

http://www.englishchess.org.uk/BCC/2013 ... rings.html

Nearly all IMs and GMs all the way down to board 10, with the exceptions being Mackle, Weaving and Osbourne:

1 Howell, David (4.5) - Wells, Peter (4.5)
2 Hebden, Mark (4.5) - Gordon, Stephen (4.5)
3 Williams, Simon K (4) - Hawkins, Jonathan (4)
4 Mackle, Dominic (4) - Lalic, Bogdan (4)
5 Arkell, Keith C (3.5) - Fernandez, Daniel Howard (4)

Not sure if board 4 is a opportunity for Mackle or Lalic? Wonder if the top two boards will be decisive or not?
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David Grobler
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Re: 2013 British Chess Championships (Torquay)

Post by David Grobler » Fri Aug 02, 2013 11:56 pm

Peter Shaw wrote:
David Grobler wrote:whats the view on Peter Shaws game?
Aaaaaaaaaaaaargh. That was embarrassing. :oops: Even after the zillion wins I missed on moves 41-50, I still had a simple win with 55. Qf7+ and not even I could screw it up from there.

:(
55.Qf7+ !! isnt that easy to see....(well...I completely missed it).would have been a nice way to end though....
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Re: 2013 British Chess Championships (Torquay)

Post by Rob Thompson » Sat Aug 03, 2013 12:14 am

Does anyone know why there are two absentees from the round 6 draw?
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Re: 2013 British Chess Championships (Torquay)

Post by Roger de Coverly » Sat Aug 03, 2013 12:16 am

Rob Thompson wrote:Does anyone know why there are two absentees from the round 6 draw?
One of them was my opponent today. As he had a travelling bag with him, he was presumably leaving Torquay for the weekend.
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Re: 2013 British Chess Championships (Torquay)

Post by Christopher Kreuzer » Sat Aug 03, 2013 12:23 am

The two absentees played in round 2 when Reid (John) beat Howell (Chris).
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Re: 2013 British Chess Championships (Torquay)

Post by Alex McFarlane » Sat Aug 03, 2013 12:36 am

One of them has a family commitment which was considered important enough to allow a bye. The other saved us from having to find a filler, so it was mutually advantageous.
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Re: 2013 British Chess Championships (Torquay)

Post by PaulTalbot » Sat Aug 03, 2013 2:01 pm

Is anyone else having a problem getting todays live games? Also, webcam does not appear to be up and running :(
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Re: 2013 British Chess Championships (Torquay)

Post by Matthew Carr » Sat Aug 03, 2013 2:54 pm

PaulTalbot wrote:Is anyone else having a problem getting todays live games? Also, webcam does not appear to be up and running :(
Live games and webcam are up and running in the usual places.
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Re: 2013 British Chess Championships (Torquay)

Post by PaulTalbot » Sat Aug 03, 2013 2:56 pm

Yes, thanks. I can see it all now. I was probably a bit too eager to get on and view my son's game.
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