2018 Varsity Match
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Re: 2018 Varsity Match
It looks as though the match result may depend on whether the Cambridge board 6 can defend an ugly ending with BN v BB. Even if he can't, a good performance by an outgunned team.
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Not a bad effort but Oxford's winning score looks to be 5-3 at least.
And expecting an even stronger woman player next year! Perhaps they will field two women, which surely hasn't happened too often in Varsity matches?
And expecting an even stronger woman player next year! Perhaps they will field two women, which surely hasn't happened too often in Varsity matches?
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Re: 2018 Varsity Match
Don't think so.Jonathan Rogers wrote: ↑Sat Mar 03, 2018 5:40 pmbut Oxford's winning score looks to be 5-3 at least.
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Re: 2018 Varsity Match
Who are they expecting next year?
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Just Hou Yifan.
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Re: 2018 Varsity Match
Can't see why you doubt it!NickFaulks wrote: ↑Sat Mar 03, 2018 5:43 pmDon't think so.Jonathan Rogers wrote: ↑Sat Mar 03, 2018 5:40 pmbut Oxford's winning score looks to be 5-3 at least.
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Isn't it likely to be 4-3 plus Lisa Schut's ending?Jonathan Rogers wrote: ↑Sat Mar 03, 2018 5:52 pmCan't see why you doubt it!NickFaulks wrote: ↑Sat Mar 03, 2018 5:43 pmDon't think so.Jonathan Rogers wrote: ↑Sat Mar 03, 2018 5:40 pmbut Oxford's winning score looks to be 5-3 at least.
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It is, my bad. When I last posted, the board five game - by far the most topsy turvy of the match - hadn't refreshed (at least, not on my screen) to show Black (Cambridge) was now winning.
Still, Oxford's four wins were quite comprehensive, so it wouldn't be the closest of Varsity matches, despite the score. It is curious though that the match scores seem invariably close, no matter what the disparity between the teams.
Still, Oxford's four wins were quite comprehensive, so it wouldn't be the closest of Varsity matches, despite the score. It is curious though that the match scores seem invariably close, no matter what the disparity between the teams.
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Re: 2018 Varsity Match
It has happened before. Melanie Buckley and Heather Lang played for Oxford in 2001.Jonathan Rogers wrote: ↑Sat Mar 03, 2018 5:40 pmNot a bad effort but Oxford's winning score looks to be 5-3 at least.
And expecting an even stronger woman player next year! Perhaps they will field two women, which surely hasn't happened too often in Varsity matches?
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Re: 2018 Varsity Match
Is Board 5 right?
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Re: 2018 Varsity Match
Knowing the match was already lost makes it slightly more plausible.
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I was thinking the other way, White would accept that his pointless efforts to swindle a draw were merely holding up the proceedings.
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Re: 2018 Varsity Match
Where was this held Cowley?