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First round of England v The Rest of the World and Luke has lost horribly with White in 21 moves but was actually lost on move 14.

An image from the aforementioned encounter:

Oh dear....

McShane, Luke J (ENG) - Lagarde, Maxime (FRA)

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London Chess Classic: England vs. Rest of the World 2021 round 01

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. Bg2 Bc5 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. O-O Nf6 10. c4 O-O 11. cxd5 Ba6 12. Re1 cxd5 13. Nc3 Qb6 14. Be3 d4 15. Na4 dxe3 16. Nxb6 exf2+ 17. Kh1 fxe1=Q+ 18. Qxe1 Bxb6 19. Bxa8 Rxa8 20. h3 Re8 21. Qd1 Re2 0-1

Chris Rice wrote: ↑

Fri Dec 03, 2021 11:36 pm

McShane, Luke J (ENG) - Lagarde, Maxime (FRA)
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London Chess Classic: England vs. Rest of the World 2021 round 01

SetUp "1"] [FEN "rnbqkbnr/pp3ppp/8/2pp4/3P4/5NP1/PPP2P1P/RNBQKB1R b KQkq d3 0 5"]

Members of Esgland teams, Adams, Short, McShane, Howell have reached the above tabiya several times, One might suspect preparation by MVL to find an active approach for Black. The immediate .. cxd4 being a rarity. The idea of .. Bg4 and .. Nc6 looks plausible but fails because White flicks in Qe1 check at a critical moment.

Very similar names but this game was played by Maxime Lagarde not Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (MVL).

A much better second round for England with 2.5/3 all with black!

Black continues to score well, after three rounds there have been four black wins, five draws and no white wins!

I haven't kept up. so we are level with the advantage of three Blacks to come? It's like an international version of Wood Green v White Rose.

Jonathan Rogers wrote: ↑

Mon Dec 06, 2021 9:18 am

I haven't kept up. so we are level with the advantage of three Blacks to come? It's like an international version of Wood Green v White Rose.

Gelfand-Adams produced the first white win

England have their first white win courtesy of Gawain.

Three decisive games in the last round, a win for Adams but sadly losses for Gawain & Luke so the final score is 9.5-8.5 to Rest of the World.

Out of curiosity how many of the 10 players in the English Rapidplay are wearing masks?

Round 1 on 2021/12/11 at 1200
Bo. No. Rtg Name Result Name Rtg No.
1 1 2443 FM Harvey Marcus R 1 - 0 IM Ghasi Ameet K 2539 10
2 2 2298 IM Horton Andrew P 0 - 1 GM Speelman Jon S 2523 9
3 3 2604 GM Jones Gawain C B 1 - 0 IM Haria Ravi 2337 8
4 4 2440 IM Trent Lawrence ½ - ½ GM Gormally Daniel W 2534 7
5 5 2698 GM Mcshane Luke J 1 - 0 GM Adams Michael 2670 6

Round 2 on 2021/12/11 at 1330
Bo. No. Rtg Name Result Name Rtg No.
1 10 2539 IM Ghasi Ameet K 0 - 1 GM Adams Michael 2670 6
2 7 2534 GM Gormally Daniel W 0 - 1 GM Mcshane Luke J 2698 5
3 8 2337 IM Haria Ravi 0 - 1 IM Trent Lawrence 2440 4
4 9 2523 GM Speelman Jon S 0 - 1 GM Jones Gawain C B 2604 3
5 1 2443 FM Harvey Marcus R 1 - 0 IM Horton Andrew P 2298 2

Round 3:

Adams, Michael Gormally, Daniel W 1-0
Horton, Andrew P Ghasi, Ameet K 0-1
Jones, Gawain C B Harvey, Marcus R 1-0
McShane, Luke J Haria, Ravi 1-0
Trent, Lawrence Speelman, Jon S ½-½