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Looking like a convincing win for the England women's team now, earlier it felt quite close but now even 4-0 is possible.

MJMcCready wrote: ↑

Wed Sep 23, 2026 3:10 pm

Poor game by the Russian.

Is there any need from this (from anybody)? Nikita is representing England whether he wins, loses or draws.

It smacks a.bit of the Andy Murray; British if he wins, Scottish if he loses attitude.

Thanks Loz, that makes much more sense.

A pity they couldn't have had the rest day today.

Very odd. First thought I had was wondering if there's a Eurovision connection (Netherlands no longer participate as a protest and Bulgaria are hosting next year).

I'm sure it will turn out to be something else!

Jonathan Rogers wrote: ↑

Sun Sep 20, 2026 2:33 pm

Can anyone explain to this non-engine user why Black resigned in Moussard v Nemec (France v Czech Republic)?

There's a winning threat of Re8+, and if gxh5 there's Qg3+ Kf8, Nf5

I believe in Portelli - Glendura (covered in the report above) Black played 35...0-0-0 rather than resigning, and neither player noticed the illegal move. Fortunately White went on to win anyway.

Odd, he seemed to have almost 20 minutes on the clock - so something strange has happened.

No real predictions for the Olympiad, but who do we think will be the dark horses / surprise package? Turkiye would be mine for the Open.

For the women's I'll go for a small surprise and Kazakhstan to win the event.

I have skimmed the report. It has it at about 100 points over 15 years as an estimate? Slightly more than I thought, but not ridiculous by any means. I suspect it's quite related to opening knowledge still though. Everyone knows their openings better, and all the plans and ideas are more clearly wri...

I haven't read the report - but the answer is yes. At least if you're comparing playing strength as what would happen if a 2600 today was transported back 10 years ago to face a 2600 in 2016 (this seems the fairest way to do it). I would estimate the difference at maybe 60-70 points, so 2600 player ...

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It's an odd one. They were showing the correct game earlier - I saw it at about 22.Qb5 - and then it froze for a while. When it returned it was a completely different game!

Last year I believe there was one over-night adjournment? Does anyone know if there's a cut-off again for the venue?

I think it's more up to the organisers to take a stand, but I suspect they don't feel it's an issue. I've said before that I don't think it's a good look, but maybe all publicity is good.

At least his opponent is playing quickly.

In an otherwise unpredictable first round, one thing never changes it seems: https://lichess.org/broadcast/5th-kings ... X/sGLO2JPt

Is white shuffling around to find the most precise breakthrough, or has the game been another attempt to break records?