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Post by John Moore » Fri Dec 03, 2021 5:58 pm

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.

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Re: London Chess Classic

Post by John Upham » Fri Dec 03, 2021 11:07 pm

An image from the aforementioned encounter:


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Luke McShane vs Maxime Lagarde, England vs RoW, Round 1, December 3rd 2021
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Re: London Chess Classic

Post by Chris Rice » Fri Dec 03, 2021 11:36 pm

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


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Re: London Chess Classic

Post by Roger de Coverly » Sat Dec 04, 2021 12:57 am

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


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.

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Re: London Chess Classic

Post by Chris Rice » Sat Dec 04, 2021 3:31 pm

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

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Re: London Chess Classic

Post by LawrenceCooper » Sat Dec 04, 2021 9:33 pm

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

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Re: London Chess Classic

Post by LawrenceCooper » Sun Dec 05, 2021 9:18 pm

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

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Re: London Chess Classic

Post by Jonathan Rogers » 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.

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Re: London Chess Classic

Post by LawrenceCooper » Tue Dec 07, 2021 8:28 pm

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 :(

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Re: London Chess Classic

Post by LawrenceCooper » Wed Dec 08, 2021 7:57 pm

England have their first white win courtesy of Gawain.

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Re: London Chess Classic

Post by LawrenceCooper » Thu Dec 09, 2021 8:35 pm

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.

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Re: London Chess Classic

Post by Matt Bridgeman » Sat Dec 11, 2021 12:53 pm

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

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Re: London Chess Classic

Post by LawrenceCooper » Sat Dec 11, 2021 1:02 pm

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

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Re: London Chess Classic

Post by LawrenceCooper » Sat Dec 11, 2021 2:24 pm

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

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Re: London Chess Classic

Post by LawrenceCooper » Sat Dec 11, 2021 3:58 pm

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

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