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Re: British Championship Thread

Post by Ian Lamb » Fri Jul 31, 2009 3:19 pm

ah its working now thanks :) charlie storey asking for trouble with 1 b3 as white v hebden looks real passive.

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Re: British Championship Thread

Post by JustinHorton » Fri Jul 31, 2009 4:00 pm

Hack Of The Day entry by Hawkins
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Re: British Championship Thread

Post by Carl Hibbard » Fri Jul 31, 2009 4:02 pm

JustinHorton wrote:Hack Of The Day entry by Hawkins
I think Cumbers is about to get slaughtered
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Re: British Championship Thread

Post by Alex Holowczak » Fri Jul 31, 2009 4:05 pm

Storey v Hebden is interesting. Is that an opening of some sort? It certainly seems novel.

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Re: British Championship Thread

Post by JustinHorton » Fri Jul 31, 2009 4:08 pm

Carl Hibbard wrote:
JustinHorton wrote:Hack Of The Day entry by Hawkins
I think Cumbers is about to get slaughtered
His plan for defending the kingside dark squares is not presently obvious to me
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Re: British Championship Thread

Post by Carl Hibbard » Fri Jul 31, 2009 4:16 pm

JustinHorton wrote:
Carl Hibbard wrote:
JustinHorton wrote:Hack Of The Day entry by Hawkins
I think Cumbers is about to get slaughtered
His plan for defending the kingside dark squares is not presently obvious to me
Did the sac 17.... Bf5 18. Qxf5 Nce4 work?
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Re: British Championship Thread

Post by Phil Ramsey » Fri Jul 31, 2009 4:20 pm

Summerscale looks lost.

How does he defend against the threat of ... R*h2, B*h2 Qh4?

If 25.h3 then Bxh3, gxh3 Qh4 looks terrible.

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Re: British Championship Thread

Post by JustinHorton » Fri Jul 31, 2009 4:32 pm

Or even conceivably 25...Rxh3+
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Re: British Championship Thread

Post by Phil Ramsey » Fri Jul 31, 2009 4:37 pm

Looks like he found a defence that I missed... 25. Qe1

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Re: British Championship Thread

Post by JustinHorton » Fri Jul 31, 2009 4:46 pm

I assume Black's idea after the rook sacrifice is just to wak the rook round a8-f8-f6-h6 then take on h2 and step aside with the queen...
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Re: British Championship Thread

Post by Ian Lamb » Fri Jul 31, 2009 5:09 pm

summerscale dead 0-1 to jones he was way to passive in the opening and jones will crush you :) if that happens!2nd hack of the day summerscale jones brutal 3rd hack of the day cumbers v gormally and surtess look in big trouble against gary Lane i think he about to be shot dead!kf2 and g4 look way to risky .

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Re: British Championship Thread

Post by JustinHorton » Fri Jul 31, 2009 6:13 pm

Sugden-Greet's a funny one, I thought Greet was all over him but not any more.
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Re: British Championship Thread

Post by JustinHorton » Fri Jul 31, 2009 8:02 pm

More funny-peculiar still is Khandelwal-Cobb. Why the draw?
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Re: British Championship Thread

Post by Alex Holowczak » Fri Jul 31, 2009 8:17 pm

JustinHorton wrote:More funny-peculiar still is Khandelwal-Cobb. Why the draw?
Results say:
17 Khandelwal, Ankush...... 2160 (2) 0 - 1 Cobb, James............. 2432 (2) 47 13

Someone must have put the wrong score on the DGT equipment.

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Re: British Championship Thread

Post by IM Jack Rudd » Fri Jul 31, 2009 8:19 pm

The "Best Trinidadian" competition remains neck and neck, as Sheila Dines and I both won today to move up to 2 out of 5.

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