European Chess Championship

[Eoin Devane]

Anyway if we can beat Bulgaria then I don't see why we can't take out any team that comes in our way. A lot of the posts here seem quite negative, lets have a bit more positive spirit!!!

Hear hear! After coming so close against the 2nd seeds yesterday and then beating the 4th seeds today, you've got to say that the team's in with a decent chance of achieving a very impressive result. Good luck Simon!

[Paul Runnacles]

It is a worry that the Board 1 has chucked away a couple of draws in the last 2 games.
On current form the strongest team may not include him!

I didn't think England came close yesterday - Adams and especially Williams were looking more or less doomed from relatively early in their matches.

[John Saunders]

Yes, a great win, despite the 'technical assist'. Mickey's position is starting to look very dodgy, though. Topalov keeps playing the moves suggested by my analysis engine (no, don't worry, I'm not starting another conspiracy theory).

I'm aching to know happened in Stuart's game... if it's the 'Kirsan rule', we can probably expect a major whinge from the Bulgarians. This time they may find they have a lot of support.

[Richard Bates]

Yes, a great win, despite the 'technical assist'. Mickey's position is starting to look very dodgy, though. Topalov keeps playing the moves suggested by my analysis engine (no, don't worry, I'm not starting another conspiracy theory).

I'm aching to know happened in Stuart's game... if it's the 'Kirsan rule', we can probably expect a major whinge from the Bulgarians. This time they may find they have a lot of support.

Curiouser.

http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/twic.html

See the photo.

[Eoin Devane]

It is a worry that the Board 1 has chucked away a couple of draws in the last 2 games.
On current form the strongest team may not include him!

I didn't think England came close yesterday - Adams and especially Williams were looking more or less doomed from relatively early in their matches.

They got 1.5 points against a team with an average rating well over 2700 with Adams losing. Adams is the only one of the four with a recent record of successes against such strong players, so I'd say it was close in that it would not have been unreasonable to expect Adams to have managed a draw with white against Radjabov.

[Eoin Devane]

Curiouser.

Hmmm. Seems Delchev was there then. Mobile phone? What other possible explanations are there?

[Richard Bates]

Curiouser.

Hmmm. Seems Delchev was there then. Mobile phone? What other possible explanations are there?

The timing is an unusual coincidence. Maybe something beeped for an hour alarm?

[Ian Lamb]

toplov won against adams and Stephen gordon drew and conquest won so england win 2.5 to 1.5 against Bulgaria mcshane crushed chepa in 20 moves !

[Richard Bates]

toplov won against adams and Stephen gordon drew and conquest won so england win 2.5 to 1.5 against Bulgaria mcshane crushed chepa in 20 moves !

Thanks for the update.

[John Saunders]

Bulgaria - England in Round 3. Conquest won by default after Delchev's mobile phone went off. Now if I were team captain I'd search my players and confiscate their phones.

Now we know.

[Simon Williams]

Apparently his phone went off and he tried to deny it, only to have 1 of the arbiters check it to see there was an incoming call at 3pm on the dot!! My ploy worked perfectly!! Nice rating points for Stewart there!

[John Saunders]

Apparently his phone went off and he tried to deny it, only to have 1 of the arbiters check it to see there was an incoming call at 3pm on the dot!! My ploy worked perfectly!! Nice rating points for Stewart there!

So your job as non-playing squad member is to ring all the opposition's mobile phones just as play starts, is it? Not exactly the Corinthian spirit, old man...

[Ian Lamb]

if you get defaulted buy mobile phone going off do you get the rating points as well?where can i find all the england games as there played is there a website of live games?

[Leonard Barden]

Go to chessgames.com, there's a full game file there.

[Eoin Devane]

The official site http://www.eurons2009.com/eng.htm has a relay of the live games.

France tomorrow for England - will be a tough game but is certainly one in which the guys have a chance, especially if they perform like they (particularly McShane and Gordon) did today.