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29 Jul '13 14:01

Fat Lady
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29 Jul '13 14:011 edit
Former RHP player, ReelEmInReid (User 12323) is playing on board 1 of the British Championship!

Watch how he does here:
http://englishchess.org.uk/BCC/live-games/
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29 Jul '13 14:01
thankyou miss lady
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29 Jul '13 14:04
any commentary working ??
Fat Lady
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29 Jul '13 14:16
I'm at work and so can't really check. I assume the official commentary isn't working then?
http://englishchess.org.uk/BCC/live-commentary/
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29 Jul '13 14:51
no i can only assume it must be later in day the pgn games are live though
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29 Jul '13 16:04
Here is a game from round 1 in which IM Jack Rudd runs rings around a strong club player:

EVENT British Championships
SITE Torquay
DATE 2013.07.29
ROUND 1.10
WHITE Rudd, Jack
BLACK Coates, David H
RESULT 1-0
WHITEELO 2280
BLACKELO 2046
ECO B90
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[Event "British Championships"]
[Site "Torquay"]
[Date "2013.07.29"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Rudd, Jack"]
[Black "Coates, David H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[BlackElo "2046"]
[ECO "B90"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Nbd7 9. Qd2 b5 10. a4 b4 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nb6
13. Bxb6 Qxb6 14. a5 Qb7 15. Bc4 Be7 16. Ra4 Rb8 17. Qd3 Ra8
18. Nc1 Nd7 19. Qd2 Rb8 20. Nd3 Bd8 21. Qxb4 Qxb4+ 22. Nxb4 Nc5
23. Nxa6 Nxa4 24. Nxb8 Bxa5+ 25. Ke2 Nxb2 26. Bb5+ Kf8
27. Ra1 Bc3 28. Ra3 Bd4 29. Ra8 g6 30. Nc6+ Kg7 31. Rxh8 Kxh8
32. Nxd4 exd4 33. Kd2 Kg7 34. Kc1 1-0
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30 Jul '13 01:02
Here is the game between Reid and Jones. I wonder about 27. ... e5 as moving the pawn makes it harder to prevent the nasty Q pin on the h8-a3 diagonal.

The comments are all clock times, so don't bother trying to read them unless you care about how long they were thinking for:

EVENT Boards 1-5"] [Site "?"] [Date "2013.07.29"] [Round "1.1"] [White "GM Jones, Gawain C B (2,643)"] [Black "Reid, John (2151)"] [Result "1-0"] [LiveChessVersion "1.4.1"] [BlackElo "2151"] [ECO "B22
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[Event "Boards 1-5"] [Site "?"] [Date "2013.07.29"] [Round "1.1"] [White "GM Jones, Gawain C B (2,643)"] [Black "Reid, John (2151)"] [Result "1-0"] [LiveChessVersion "1.4.1"] [BlackElo "2151"] [ECO "B22"] 1. e4 {[%clk 1:40:19]} c5 {[%clk 1:40:53]} 2. c3 {[%clk 1:40:40]} d6 {[%clk 1:40:35]} 3. d4 {[%clk 1:41:02]} Nf6 {[%clk 1:40:37]} 4. Bd3 {[%clk 1:41:25]} g6 {[%clk 1:40:26]} 5. dxc5 {[%clk 1:41:40]} dxc5 {[%clk 1:40:16]} 6. e5 {[%clk 1:41:59]} Nh5 {[%clk 1:37:11]} 7. h3 {[%clk 1:38:52]} Nc6 {[%clk 1:33:50]} 8. Nf3 {[%clk 1:39:11]} Qc7 {[%clk 1:27:00]} 9. O-O {[%clk 1:38:31]} Bd7 {[%clk 1:22:22]} 10. Qe2 {[%clk 1:33:14]} h6 {[%clk 1:14:47]} 11. e6 {[%clk 1:28:12]} Bxe6 {[%clk 1:09:20]} 12. Bxg6 {[%clk 1:28:23]} Ng7 {[%clk 1:09:08]} 13. Be4 {[%clk 1:27:33]} O-O-O {[%clk 1:01:24]} 14. Na3 {[%clk 1:20:49]} Bd5 {[%clk 0:57:09]} 15. Nb5 {[%clk 1:18:24]} Qb6 {[%clk 0:54:55]} 16. Bxd5 {[%clk 1:14:43]} Rxd5 {[%clk 0:55:15]} 17. c4 {[%clk 1:13:49]} Rd8 {[%clk 0:48:32]} 18. b4 {[%clk 1:07:47]} Ne6 {[%clk 0:38:01]} 19. bxc5 {[%clk 1:06:49]} Qa5 {[%clk 0:25:40]} 20. Rb1 {[%clk 1:00:14]} Bg7 {[%clk 0:25:05]} 21. Qc2 {[%clk 0:51:19]} Rd7 {[%clk 0:22:04]} 22. Bd2 {[%clk 0:49:32]} Qa6 {[%clk 0:22:14]} 23. Rb3 {[%clk 0:47:55]} Ncd4 {[%clk 0:20:38]} 24. Nfxd4 {[%clk 0:47:57]} Nxd4 {[%clk 0:20:59]} 25. Nxd4 {[%clk 0:48:16]} Bxd4 {[%clk 0:20:50]} 26. Rfb1 {[%clk 0:42:15]} Qc6 {[%clk 0:19:27]} 27. Bf4 {[%clk 0:35:36]} e5 {[%clk 0:16:38]} 28. Bg3 {[%clk 0:33:36]} e4 {[%clk 0:15:56]} 29. Qc1 {[%clk 0:30:55]} e3 {[%clk 0:06:50]} 30. Rxe3 {[%clk 0:30:49]} Bxc5 {[%clk 0:06:39]} 31. Rf3 {[%clk 0:28:20]} Qg6 {[%clk 0:04:11]} 32. Rb5 {[%clk 0:26:02]} b6 {[%clk 0:03:08]} 33. Rxc5+ {[%clk 0:25:08]} bxc5 {[%clk 0:03:26]} 34. Qb2 {[%clk 0:25:27]} 1-0
Fat Lady
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30 Jul '13 09:182 edits
27. ... e5 looked OK to me, but I was less happy about e4 and e3. Anyway, I thought John gave a good account of himself against a very strong player. Gawain Jones plays very imaginative chess which is very effective against non-super GM opposition and he's my favourite to win the title.

There's a great little program called PGN Extract which can strip out those annoying clock time comments:
http://www.cs.kent.ac.uk/people/staff/djb/pgn-extract/
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30 Jul '13 10:10
Originally posted by Fat Lady
Former RHP player, ReelEmInReid (User 12323) is playing on board 1 of the British Championship!

Watch how he does here:
http://englishchess.org.uk/BCC/live-games/
What kind of 'championship" are you talking about , is this the clubteams championship?

I often wonder how many RHP players do play in their country at the higher levels.
Fat Lady
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30 Jul '13 12:02
Well I don't think you'll be seeing User 547283 (currently #2 on RHP) in the British Championship any time soon. His ECF rating has just dropped to 121.
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30 Jul '13 12:36
Originally posted by Fat Lady
27. ... e5 looked OK to me, but I was less happy about e4 and e3. Anyway, I thought John gave a good account of himself against a very strong player. Gawain Jones plays very imaginative chess which is very effective against non-super GM opposition and he's my favourite to win the title.

There's a great little program called PGN Extract which can strip out those annoying clock time comments:
http://www.cs.kent.ac.uk/people/staff/djb/pgn-extract/
It's the featured game of the day on the championship website, Andrew Martin gives his opinions, and suggests an opening improvement. He points to the e5-e4-e3 sequence, and describes e3 as "a move too far". The video takes 16 minutes and is worth a watch.

http://englishchess.org.uk/BCC/game-of-the-day/
if they take the video off the englishchess site then it's also here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ypk0svWPGrk

My rating dropped as well, it's now 119 (D); which is a lot better than I thought it would be: last season was miserable I won 2, drew 5 and lost 12 🙁 - happily Atheneum 3 went down a division and league 4 is a lot easier than league 3.
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30 Jul '13 12:502 edits
My ECF grade went down to 185 even though I didn't lose a game all season. The reason for this is that your grade is based on your last thirty games and two good wins have just dropped out of this thirty game window for me. I had a pretty good season - six wins against players under 170 and six draws against players between 170 and 205. Unfortunately my team managed to get promoted to division 1 (we seemed to win almost every match 3.5-2.5) and we'll get thrashed every match this season. I'll be about average for a board 1, but every other board is likely to be outgraded in every match.

I can't see anyone else I recognise from RHP at the British Championships, which is a pity as it's fun to follow their progress (I especially enjoyed watching "seadevil" lose game after game a few years ago).
Fat Lady
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30 Jul '13 13:401 edit
Jack Rudd is playing the little known Franco Benoni in round 2 (that's the name of the opening, not his opponent). I played this for a season or two in my youth and have been considering taking it up again as I have a better understanding of how to play with a backwards d-pawn now.
http://englishchess.org.uk/BCC/live-games-2/
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30 Jul '13 15:06
Originally posted by Fat Lady
Former RHP player, ReelEmInReid (User 12323) is playing on board 1 of the British Championship!

Watch how he does here:
http://englishchess.org.uk/BCC/live-games/
Thanks for posting this. I like to read about other players here when they play in the "real world", especially when it's in an event we can all follow.

It is also...enlightening, at times, and that's all I'll say about that!
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30 Jul '13 15:22
Originally posted by rookorbycrook
any commentary working ??
Commentary allegedly working today:
http://englishchess.org.uk/BCC/live-commentary/

EVENT	British Championships
SITE	Torquay
DATE	2013.07.29
ROUND	1.10
WHITE	Rudd, Jack
BLACK	Coates, David H
RESULT	1-0
WHITEELO	2280
BLACKELO	2046
ECO	B90

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