7|15 - Rapid - 1h 10m

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degringolademorning!
degringoladeFreya asked to give her apologies: she's playing in a junior chess tournament today
potnoodlechefExciting! Is it in Uxbridge? I have a couple students playing there too!
NatashaReganGood luck to Freya with the chess! Is it related to Gigafinals etc?
degringoladeNo - it is a separate event: the Sussex Grand Prix.
NatashaReganHa ha! We all know the chess tournaments!
degringolade6 tournaments over the academic year
potnoodlechefhaha and we're both wrong :)
Schadenfreude_Tell her I only came to play her...
degringoladeIt's in Crowborough
potnoodlechefbut grand prix are the best! good luck to her!
degringoladegg
NatashaReganthat's weird.. it didn't give you overtime?
NatashaRegangg
degringoladeI think I was on it
NatashaReganoh ok
degringoladebut it did come a bit quickly -
NatashaReganyeah
degringoladethough I've complained about that before
NatashaReganI wonder if three are some glitches
degringoladedid you report that one where it timed you out as you mated me?
NatashaRegani don't think i ever did :s though i do remember it!!!
degringoladethat definitely happened before you got your byoyomi
NatashaReganyeah
Schadenfreude_gg
Felixgg
degringoladeno WSL games vs Hong Kong scheduled yet?
potnoodlechefgg!
potnoodlechefinsane game
lambkinwell done, no idea what I was doing at the end there :-)
potnoodlechefI think you had a chance for RxS
potnoodlechefin the middle of the board
potnoodlechefbut still very unclear
potnoodlechefwelcome Felix!
potnoodlechefAlso I've scheduled for next Thursday for WSL @degringolade
NatashaRegangg
Felixgg
Schadenfreude_gg
degringoladegg
degringoladeare pairings jiggered?
NatashaReganjiggered?
degringoladenot working
degringoladeIt's showing one game in play and no spectators other than myself
degringoladeand the games in play seem to be behind what's going on
Schadenfreude_I was paused recovering from being battered
Schadenfreude_But back for more now
degringoladeit's not showing me the game between Natasha and Steve on the tournament page.
degringoladeif I hover over those players I can see it
NatashaRegangg
lambkinthanks gg
lambkinjust a fraction too slow
potnoodlechefgg!
Felixgg
potnoodlechefSo SxN was probably forced
potnoodlechefinstead of SxB
potnoodlechefbut I'd just be worse
Felixyeah, i was expecting you to take the knight
potnoodlechefI looked at PxN, and saw that opens your bishop
Felixbut think the king is still in trouble
potnoodlechefbut SxN I didn't see until after :)
potnoodlechefyup
potnoodlechefjust started playing central rook, so I'll get you next time xD
Felixi thought you can play P74 to prevent my silver coming to 75
potnoodlechefyes
Felixthen my silver is awkward
Felixbecause N73 and P65 is an idea for you
potnoodlechefI considered it, didn't think it was critical to be played immediately
potnoodlechefbut then I realised it was haha
potnoodlechefright right
potnoodlechefI think I didn't want to play P74 due to opening the diagonal
potnoodlechefand you had a bishop in hand
potnoodlechefbut concretely, if there's nothing, i should play it
Felixyeah i think it would force me to find a solution to my weird silver
Felixand the main one i was looking at required me to spend the bishop in hand
Felixand place it in my camp
potnoodlechefjust checked with lishogi engine, and after N73 P65 idea, you can play P75! going for my knights head and leave your silver
potnoodlechefhaving swung your rook over already
potnoodlechefengine rates the attack > material
Felixhmm, interesting, i guess you need to defend the 74 squaresomehow
Felixbut your gold is chilling on 32 so it's off duty ;)
potnoodlechefYup haha
potnoodlechefhonestly i was confused from the opening
potnoodlechefdo i have to bishop exchange there?
potnoodlechefI never open the bishop's diagonal, so even 15 kyu principles I'm not sure on haha
Felixi think you can play P55
Felixand there's a really theoretical line if i break the 2 file
Schadenfreude_gg
lambkinThanks gg
potnoodlechefahh yes P55!
Felixwhich i am not brave enough to play
potnoodlechefhaha i'll have to look into this
Felixi'll send you a link on discord
potnoodlechefamazing, ty!
degringoladesorry !
NatashaRegangg
degringoladegg -
degringoladesilver up to 72?
NatashaReganyeah i need to do something!
degringoladethat's a nasty trap for pawngrabbers
degringoladeI should probably play gold 52 not K42
degringoladegg
Schadenfreude_gg
potnoodlechefgg!
lambkinthanks gg shame about the blunder there
potnoodlechefmissed my gold was hanging ahhh
potnoodlechefyup, but i definitely felt worse anyway
potnoodlechefedge attack was very strong!
lambkinthanks those climbing silver attacks on the edge can be a real pain
NatashaRegangg
Felixgg
LimHW:o
NatashaReganCongrats Felix and Degringolade!
Felixthx, ggs all
Schadenfreude_gg
NatashaReganThanks all!
potnoodlechefggs everyone!
NatashaReganggs
lambkinthanks all fun as always
potnoodlechefgg!
degringoladegg
degringoladethanks, everyone!
potnoodlechefI wonder if my castle was legit...
potnoodlechefseemed to do the job just about :)
degringoladeI guess if I hadn't missed the silver drop fork - we'd have found out!
schnuksHi, are you still there? This is Uwe from Germany.

Tournament complete

Average rating	1621
Games played	12
Moves played	809
Sente wins	58%
Gote wins	42%
Draws	0%
Berserk rate	4%

English Shogi Players Arena

degringolade

Performance	1600
Games played	4
Win rate	75%
Berserk rate	0%

Felix

Performance	1998
Games played	4
Win rate	100%
Berserk rate	25%

NatashaRegan

Performance	1627
Games played	5
Win rate	40%
Berserk rate	0%

1	Felix 2020	3244	13
2	degringolade 1504	0224	8
3	NatashaRegan 1635	20200	4
4	lambkin 1636	0022	4
5	potnoodlechef 1641	200	2
6	YT202102 1859		0
7	Schadenfreude__gut 1054	0000	0

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