Ufim 8.02+Mephisto London 030 vs. CCC Forum Chess960

[Steve B]

vote tally with 5 hrs to go to TC ..
a6(Gerold,Sven)
Kg7(Graham,Matthias)
Bb4(Tano)

Updating Regards
Steve

Well we have reached the TC with no clear vote winner
in accordance with the stated rules.. i am now permitted to choose any move for the black side
therefore i choose for the team...
18..Nc6
to which the MDC replies ...
19.Bxc6


Seriously ..i guess we will just have to wait until the tie is broken

On Hold Regards
Steve

Switch my vote to...Kg7.

Tie breaker.

Gerold.

Done!

http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=30439
Move in 6-8 hours Regards
Steve

[Steve B]

MDC nimbly slides the R over with

19.Rd1

http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopi ... 608#300608

Eval At Move 20 Regards
Steve

[Matthias Gemuh]

19 ... Rf8

[tano-urayoan]

Sad but true Bf7

White could play Ng5 and later take in d5 so We must prevent this via or f7 or g8 and e6 protecting d5

[gerold]

MDC nimbly slides the R over with

19.Rd1

http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopi ... 608#300608

Eval At Move 20 Regards
Steve

Bg8.
Best.
Gerold.

P.S. Looks like the Eval will be about half a pawn down.for black,.
was hoping to be ahead by now. Maybe by move 30 black will
be ahead.

[Steve B]

With plenty of time to go to TC(18 Hrs as i write)
we have so far...

19..Bg8(Gerold)
19..Bf7(Tano)
19..Rf8(Matthias)

Keeping Tabs Regards
Steve

[Graham Banks]

Sad but true Bf7

White could play Ng5 and later take in d5 so We must prevent this via or f7 or g8 and e6 protecting d5

[d]r2n4/p3p1kp/3bbrp1/1B1p1p2/5P2/1PR1PNN1/P5PP/3R2K1 b

Yes, Ng5 could be more troublesome than Nd4, so I vote for h6.
After .......h6; Nd4 we should probably play Bc8 aiming to put it on b7. The rook on f6 then retains the option of coming into play either via f8 or along the sixth rank later.
The white knight on g3 is currently worthless and allows us more time to organise our pieces.

Happy to change my mind if somebody can come up with a good reason.

[Steve B]

Less then 12 Hrs to go and we have total disharmony for this move..

19..Bg8(Gerold)
19..Bf7(Tano)
19..Rf8(Matthias)
19..h6(Graham)

4 players 4 moves Regards
Steve

[gerold]

Sad but true Bf7

White could play Ng5 and later take in d5 so We must prevent this via or f7 or g8 and e6 protecting d5

[d]r2n4/p3p1kp/3bbrp1/1B1p1p2/5P2/1PR1PNN1/P5PP/3R2K1 b

Yes, Ng5 could be more troublesome than Nd4, so I vote for h6.
After .......h6; Nd4 we should probably play Bc8 aiming to put it on b7. The rook on f6 then retains the option of coming into play either via f8 or along the sixth rank later.
The white knight on g3 is currently worthless and allows us more time to organise our pieces.

Happy to change my mind if somebody can come up with a good reason.

I would rather not open up the King side with h6. The Knight
will not hurt us there yet.
The action is on the Queen side now.
Bg8,Bb4.frees up the rook to move on file 6.
Of course this may change on what moves White makes.

Best.
Gerold.

[Graham Banks]

Sad but true Bf7

White could play Ng5 and later take in d5 so We must prevent this via or f7 or g8 and e6 protecting d5

[d]r2n4/p3p1kp/3bbrp1/1B1p1p2/5P2/1PR1PNN1/P5PP/3R2K1 b

Yes, Ng5 could be more troublesome than Nd4, so I vote for h6.
After .......h6; Nd4 we should probably play Bc8 aiming to put it on b7. The rook on f6 then retains the option of coming into play either via f8 or along the sixth rank later.
The white knight on g3 is currently worthless and allows us more time to organise our pieces.

Happy to change my mind if somebody can come up with a good reason.

I would rather not open up the King side with h6. The Knight
will not hurt us there yet.
The action is on the Queen side now.
Bg8,Bb4.frees up the rook to move on file 6.
Of course this may change on what moves White makes.

Best.
Gerold.

I'm just wondering if we'd not be better off with the light squared bishop helping out on the queenside? At present it is quite useful covering the c8 square in the event of White doubling rooks.

Cheers,
Graham.