The British itself!

[Lewis Martin]

Surely Emms-R.Pert is a draw?

[Lewis Martin]

Emms - Pert game looking drawish now ?

Agreed. There were a few times where Pert had to be careful. Namely the king had to be on either g7 or f6. Had he gone to e6, I think it would have lost, since the king could not re-route to h6.

Another example is when he called Rd2+ when the king was on d4. That was also very important. He seems to make the right defensive moves. I cannot see what other tries Emms can make.

[Simon Brown]

I would like to thank all posters who are clearly saying a**e to the other place

No point in talking if no-one's listening.....

[Jonathan Bryant]

Surely Emms-R.Pert is a draw?

Presumably Emms’ plan is to shuffle about and run Pert’s clock down. Try to make something of it on increments.


Or maybe he just likes rook ending. He did write a book on them, after all.

[PeterFarr]

Am I right in thinking that either Amy Hoare or Akshaya Kalaiyalahan will be British women's champion? And if so, isn't it about time a better way was found, as it is self-evidently a very unsatisfactory way of determining the title, however well either of them may perform. If a proper tournament representation can't be conjured up, how about awarding the women's title to the best performance by a British woman in the 4NCL - which has a hugely more representative selection of female players. Almost anything would be better than the current situation.

[Jonathan Bryant]

Without wanting cut off Peter’s question, is anybody else still watching Emms - Pert?

[Carl Hibbard]

Without wanting cut off Peter’s question, is anybody else still watching Emms - Pert?

Site was hitting a resource limit again so gave up.

Draw it seems.

[PeterFarr]

Without wanting cut off Peter’s question, is anybody else still watching Emms - Pert?

Nah, boring rook ending, where's the fun in that?

[Jonathan Bryant]

Without wanting cut off Peter’s question, is anybody else still watching Emms - Pert?

Site was hitting a resource limit again so gave up.

Draw it seems.

They just agreed one.

[Rob Thompson]

Am I right in thinking that either Amy Hoare or Akshaya Kalaiyalahan will be British women's champion? And if so, isn't it about time a better way was found, as it is self-evidently a very unsatisfactory way of determining the title, however well either of them may perform. If a proper tournament representation can't be conjured up, how about awarding the women's title to the best performance by a British woman in the 4NCL - which has a hugely more representative selection of female players. Almost anything would be better than the current situation.

Akshaya was playing board 6 in divison 3 sometimes this season. Given that, it would have been entirely plausible for her to rack up a 9/9 or something similar had she stayed there all season, for a performance considerably higher than any other woman would manage. For better or worse, it needs to be decided in a tournament with direct competition between those aiming for the prize, and the British Championships is the best such tournament right now.

[Roger de Coverly]

I'm not sure what pairing scheme is in use, or even whether they are doing it by hand rather than by computer. The question then is why the pairing scheme threw up Hawkins v Yang-Fan rather than the potentially Hawkins assist of Hawkins v Howell?

[IM Jack Rudd]

CAA pairings, done by hand. For which the rule for selecting the upfloater (in a tournament of this length) is that you start at the median and work upwards.

[PeterFarr]

Am I right in thinking that either Amy Hoare or Akshaya Kalaiyalahan will be British women's champion? And if so, isn't it about time a better way was found, as it is self-evidently a very unsatisfactory way of determining the title, however well either of them may perform. If a proper tournament representation can't be conjured up, how about awarding the women's title to the best performance by a British woman in the 4NCL - which has a hugely more representative selection of female players. Almost anything would be better than the current situation.

Akshaya was playing board 6 in divison 3 sometimes this season. Given that, it would have been entirely plausible for her to rack up a 9/9 or something similar had she stayed there all season, for a performance considerably higher than any other woman would manage. For better or worse, it needs to be decided in a tournament with direct competition between those aiming for the prize, and the British Championships is the best such tournament right now.

But you would measure it by rating performance, not points scored. How is it a better way of doing it for the title to be decided in a tournament with only two women included who might not even play each other?

[benedgell]

See if I can beat 13 right from yesterday:

Board 1: Draw
Board 2: Howell win.
Board 3: Pert win.
Board 4: Fernandez win.
Board 5: Draw
Board 6: Pert win.
Board 7: Tan win.
Board 8: Draw.
Board 9: Draw.
Board 10: Rudd win.
Board 11: Wadsworth win.
Board 12: Jackson win.
Board 13: Draw.
Board 14: Draw.
Board 15: Shaw win.
Board 16: Batchelor win.
Board 17: Mason win.
Board 18: Draw.
Board 19: Tambini win.
Board 20: Draw.
Board 21: Hackner win.
Board 22: Zhang win.
Board 23: Draw.
Board 24: Draw.
Board 25: Bullen win.
Board 26: Kalaiyalahan win.
Board 27: Fraser win.
Board 28: Simons win.

[LawrenceCooper]

But you would measure it by rating performance, not points scored. How is it a better way of doing it for the title to be decided in a tournament with only two women included who might not even play each other?

A player could be given all whites in the 4NCL and it might well happen if you started handing out British titles for the highest score/performance. In the absence of sponsorship to offer the top women an attractive all-play-all tournament it's in the hands of the organisers to make the current event appealing and financially viable.

That said I have no problem at all with England's two best girls fighting it out for both the women's and girl's titles.