Re: Hastings13-14
Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2013 3:54 pm
Well I thought the idea after 18 .. Qd7 was to go 19 Nd6 Bd6 20 Bb6 but it's probably all garbage.
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Engines think 17 Bxb5 is suspect, suggesting instead just conceding the Bishop pair with Bxb6 and retreating the Knight back to b3. Admittedly they think it marginally worse. The Nxd6 idea is the only way to stay in the game, with the line played in the game assessed as lost. Earlier I suppose White has to try to maintain initiative by trying a4 and f4 in some sequence. Actually the engines don't like 16. Na5, suggesting that the immediate 16. Bxb6 retains equality.John Moore wrote:Well I thought the idea after 18 .. Qd7 was to go 19 Nd6 Bd6 20 Bb6 but it's probably all garbage.
Black has now reached the safety of move 40. It appears they are using the spectator and player unfriendly approach of not showing the correct clock times for a few moves after the first time control The addition of time for the next time control won't take place until one player hits zero time. I'd expect the passed a pawn to win without much difficulty.Phil Neatherway wrote:Not sure what's more relevant, Marcus Harvey's 2 rooks on the 7th, or the respective clock times (1hr 13 mins vs 3 mins 10 secs)!!
Jonathan and I had no idea what moves each other would play, Stewart.Stewart Reuben wrote: We were perfectly prepared to play some token moves as you Keith did in round 2... I loathe the idea of concocted games, especially if it isn't at all obvious this is what they are.
Gallagher v Arkell British Championship last round Scarborough 1999. A 3 move draw, if I remember correctly. I never discussed it with you, but I suspect this was NOT pre-arranged.
This is exactly the kind of muddle I had in mind when I posted. In this case the rules didn't differentiate between eg IMs and GMs, but when I requested a bye I was refused on the grounds that if I ended up doing well then players might complain. Anyway I've made my point and now rest my case. Let's get back to the chess...Roger de Coverly wrote:Definition of Untitled? FMs (Andy Smith (and others?) in round 1) and IMs (John Cox) were allowed half point byes.David Sedgwick wrote: However, the entry form for the London Chess Classic Open states quite clearly "Untitled players can take up to three half-point byes between Rounds 1-8 provided they are requested before the end of the previous round" (my emboldening).
Am I missing something?
The games inputters union can attest to this.Keith Arkell wrote:In general, to those who went off topic to take a pop at my occasional quick draws with friends, feel free to email me and I'll direct you to 100s of marathon length games in which I ground away trying to win positions which most players would have given up as draws hours earlier
Especially the one who was paid to input his entire games collection some years agoSean Hewitt wrote:The games inputters union can attest to this.Keith Arkell wrote:In general, to those who went off topic to take a pop at my occasional quick draws with friends, feel free to email me and I'll direct you to 100s of marathon length games in which I ground away trying to win positions which most players would have given up as draws hours earlier
Completely agree with the above. I'm not sure why the original comment about the quick draw was posted, but it was entirely unnecessary and antagonistic.Keith Arkell wrote:
In general, to those who went off topic to take a pop at my occasional quick draws with friends, feel free to email me and I'll direct you to 100s of marathon length games in which I ground away trying to win positions which most players would have given up as draws hours earlier