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Thanks for all the info Harvey, and the links so we can follow the games

Good luck with everything!

Cheers - Eric

Pretending you're already playing is how you avoid challenges

Hi Mark, Harvey, and Hans!

It looks to me like 3/4 despite a bad book choice in round 3 is a good start! Amazing to save that game, a pat on the back for the engine!

I know we have other top engines still to play against, but I'm optimistic!!

Cheers - Eric

Hi to Mark, Harvey and all Hiarcs worldwide fans

Glad to add my family's Christmas greetings and also to wish you all a great New Year for 2011

God bless you - from Eric and Chris Hallsworth

Good. You've been very wrongly treated if CdG thinks he's in any sort of right. I'm looking forward to logging on tomorrow!

Cheers - Eric

Hi All I'm not sure about 33.e5?! f5! 33.Qc2 Qa3 34.Rb1 doesn't look so bad... But I'm going to vote for 33.f5 A bit of analysis: 33.f5 Qe5 (33...exf5 34.exf5 d5 35.Qc2) 34.Qg4 exf5 (or Harvey's line 34...Rb4 35.fxe6 Qxe6 36.Qxe6+ dxe6 37.e5 might be the more concerning) 35.Qxf5 Qxf5+ 36.exf5 = Chee...

Hi All

I'd really like to try 32.Bc4, expecting Qc5 and then 33.Bd3 looking to repeat moves. But I think that instead 33...Kf8 (or 33...Rb4 maybe) might be giving them a small edge.

So I agree with others, and vote for 32.Kh3

Cheers - Eric

Hi Team I'm sorry my visits are a bit sporadic - I follow the game each day but can't always make time for it before the next move/s have been played! Anyway 29.Bxd3 looks right doesn't it, and as everyone appears to be saying, if 29...Qxd4+ which looks to be their best, then it has to be 30.Kh2 Now...

Hi Folks

My vote is for 26.Rd1

I expect it to go 26...Bxb4 27.Bxb4 Qxb4 28.f4

Now 28...Qc3 29.Kh2 Nc4 and 0.00
Or 28...Qa3 29.Kg2 Nc4 0.00

Cheers - Eric

Hi again... I'm replying to my own e-mail!!

After 23.Nxe5 Nxe5 24.Nb3 f5 I've just spotted 25.Rd1 which looks better than my previous proposal. There's some interesting exchanges if 25...fxe4 26.Bf4 Qxb4 27.Bxe5 Qxb3

Anyway I still vote for 23.Nxe5

Cheers - Eric

Hi All My vote is for 23.Nxe5 I expect 23...Nex5 24.Nb3 f5 and now from us either 25.Bc3 or Bf4 I know we believe we 'have' a draw, and that they are just being a bit awkward perhaps, but I think we need to remain careful and alert... there are ways to get ourselves into difficulties, so we need to ...

Hi All I've seen there's already plenty of analysis on our 20th move My vote is for 20.Rc1 but I'm not sure that I'd make a draw offer! I'm not keen on lines mentioning Bb1 which seems to me to reduce the scope of our bishop and rook all at the same time, and I'd like to think about exchanging this ...

Hello All Sorry you've been waiting for me! I can't come up with anything better, I still vote for 19.Re1, but realise 19.g3 easily gets the majority vote, and computer analysis and end of line evaluations all certainly favour 19.g3. But I still fear the long diagonal in the long run and think we'll...

Hi again I keep looking at the empty g2 square after 19.g3, and the long diagonal a8-h1, and the bishop on b7, and I'm not so keen on it. I think the main line is 19.g3 Rc8 20.Re1, and now Black has 20...d5, 20...Qa7 or 20...Bd8 which all look quite good for them I wonder if 19.Re1 is best?! Against...

Hi again Not sure about publishing it in Selective Search as it's not really a computer game... or perhaps it is a computer game involving many different engines and just a few humans ;-\ Anyway I'm voting for 19.g3 I think my other line 19.b5 Nf4 (Bc5 may also be possible) 20.Bxf4 Qxf4 21.e5 (the b...