Re: Shropshire Chess Congress 2016 Live Games
Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2016 7:09 pm
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That Bishop and Pawn against Bishop ending was a tablebase draw and so going into it was a last throw, when the fifty move limit was otherwise approaching . It did however switch over a couple of moves from "anything draws" to "only one move draws" to "everything loses".Barry Sandercock wrote:Mark Hebden's patient maneuvering gets him the full point, so five share first.
Pity he isn't paid pieceworkMark Hebden's patient maneuvering gets him the full point, so five share first.
With unreserved apologies to John, here it is:AustinElliott wrote:John Cox v Keith Arkell tomorrow is another of those flashback ones for those of us of, er, appropriate vintage to have played the 70s junior circuit. If Keith's still around, can he remember when he and John first played each other? I never played Keith in the 70s, but I remember playing John C in a tournament in Marlow in 1976.