British Championship Congress 2019

[J T Melsom]

Martin

as Angus French says Palliser v Arkell is indeed covered up-thread on page 14. But as you may not have time to read everything, the answer to your specific question is yes Keith Arkell was unwell.

[John Upham]

Matthew Carr blazer questionable otherwise little else to report to be honest.

Is this the one ?

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[Joey Stewart]

In Lane - Brewer, why did Gary Lane offer a draw? Looks overwhelmingly good for White to my eyes after the simple to find 35 Ng6+ Kf8 36 Ne5. Mark you, it looked awful for White a few moves earlier, so maybe he was so relieved to have escaped that he offered a draw without taking a fresh look at the position.

Its a pretty messy position, all well and good for those at home looking at it with an engine telling them it is a "win" but over the board you see a lot of phantoms. I would probably nick a cheap draw against an IM too - they are pretty notorious swindlers!

[Tim Harding]

Palliser has a game today! Mickey's bodyguards must have done their job...

[Martin Benjamin]

In Lane - Brewer, why did Gary Lane offer a draw? Looks overwhelmingly good for White to my eyes after the simple to find 35 Ng6+ Kf8 36 Ne5. Mark you, it looked awful for White a few moves earlier, so maybe he was so relieved to have escaped that he offered a draw without taking a fresh look at the position.

Its a pretty messy position, all well and good for those at home looking at it with an engine telling them it is a "win" but over the board you see a lot of phantoms. I would probably nick a cheap draw against an IM too - they are pretty notorious swindlers!

I agree that in a game all sorts of things frighten one, but in this case, the IM (Gary Lane) has taken a draw against a much lower rated non-titled opponent (a very good player, of course), not the other way round. I was not looking at this with an engine, and it's a two move sequence. Mistakes and misjudgements happen, but for the reasons just mentioned, I was surprised that it happened in this particular case.

[JustinHorton]

Houska seems to have run out of preparation a bit earlier than she might have liked

[Geoff Marchant]

Katarzyna Toma vs Keith Arkell could be considered an all-Worcestershire game, since both players have recently represented that county. I can't remember the last time that happened in the British Championships proper. I'm thinking it was probably when Simon Small was an active professional (more than likely against Keith too)?

[John Moore]

Katarzyna Toma vs Keith Arkell could be considered an all-Worcestershire game, since both players have recently represented that county. I can't remember the last time that happened in the British Championships proper. I'm thinking it was probably when Simon Small was an active professional (more than likely against Keith too)?

Well, it looks like Keith is in big trouble.

[Geoff Marchant]

Yes, it does!

In fact, the two played in last year's Championships, although I don't think Katarzyna had represented Worcestershire at the time of that game.

[JustinHorton]

I'm thinking it was probably when Simon Small was an active professional

I confess that's not a name I remember at all.

[JustinHorton]

Mickey lives to tell the tale of how he beat Richard Palliser, whose 25th seems to have been on the suboptimal side.

[John Upham]

I'm thinking it was probably when Simon Small was an active professional

I confess that's not a name I remember at all.

He was in the same team as Syd Little and Eddie Large.

[Jonathan Rogers]

my memory might be deceiving me, but I wonder whether Small and Arkell played in the British in the early to mid 1980s, Small winning with f6-f7 discovered check?

[Jonathan Rogers]

recovery for Williams today and a bad day at the office for Ravi - I guess that might open up the U21 title race.

[JustinHorton]

I'm thinking it was probably when Simon Small was an active professional

I confess that's not a name I remember at all.

He was in the same team as Syd Little and Eddie Large.

I always enjoy your contemporary cultural references, John

recovery for Williams today and a bad day at the office for Ravi - I guess that might open up the U21 title race.

Looks like the sort of game I'd lose to the Colle when I was about fifteen.