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Another Result: Div A - Round 9 ancientnoise (white) beas Ken Deans by resignation. All very Even-Stevens this one, till Ken left himself open to a checking fork and lost his queen. Thanks @Ken Deansfor the match.

Result: Div A - Round 8 ancientnoise (black) beas Curmudgeon by resignation. Another tight match (of course), with a lot of the action going along the diagonals. Thanks to @Curmudgeonfor the game.

Result: Div A - Round 5 ancientnoise (white) beats arabjoe by resignation. Fancied my chances in a rook v bishop end game. That was until I belatedly realised that the remaining black bishop was snared - probably at the same time my opponent did - and the resignation followed soon after. Thanks to @arab_joefor the match. See you in the return leg.

P&B Cup - The Final .....and the winner is... Curmudgeon The reigning Cup holder has his name etched onto the trophy once again, and does so with an expert performance. A tight final, as expected. All the way into the middle game that is, when Curmudegon - already a pawn up - took the onus with a nifty central pawn move. All hell broke loose after that. In the end game I was just chasing shadows, trying to avoid the inevitable. My opponent didn't put a foot wrong. Well played @Curmudgeon. A well deserved victory, and thank you again for the game! https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17WN7fAFWHEjwEFmI5JgTBs95NbaGBGkqpnReiRmCfkQ/edit#gid=861550279

Result: Div A - Round 3 ancientnoise (white) beats albinorov by resignation. Thanks to @Albino Roverfor the match (and the free rook!)

Same for me in Round 2. Eight moves in and my opponent @Leicesterlichtiedisappeared.

Result: Div A - Round 4 ancientnoise (black) beats invergowrie by resignation. Noticed that the Game Review tool on chess.com was down and unusable for a while after this one, which is probably a blessing in disguise for both of us. Thanks to @invergowrie arabfor the match.

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Result: Div A - Round 1 ancientnoise (white) happily takes the offer of a draw from RedVtop. Two white bishops, a rook each, equal / unpassed pawns, not much scope for attack by either. Fair result. Thanks to @Caro-Kannfor the match and again welcome to Div A.

P&B Cup - The Final So the final of the Winter 2023-24 edition will be the current holder versus the double-hopeful. @Curmudgeon- I've invited you to a match, and randomised the colours. If you're OK with that, let's play! https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17WN7fAFWHEjwEFmI5JgTBs95NbaGBGkqpnReiRmCfkQ/edit#gid=861550279

Thanks for the update. Spreadsheet updated for the semi-finals: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17WN7fAFWHEjwEFmI5JgTBs95NbaGBGkqpnReiRmCfkQ/edit#gid=861550279

A gentleman's offer for you @pleslie99 Your game versus @Curmudgeonwas intriguing and even-stevens IMO. Reminder that the other semi has yet to get under way, so plenty time. No rush.

You can include @weeyin13in for next season @Aim Here Chess.com handle to follow.

P&B Cup Winter 23-24 So, just waiting for the @Leicesterlichtiev @Aim Heregame to declare and we'll have the semi-final line-up. Can see that game is well under way, no rush guys: https://www.chess.com/game/daily/621398821 Spreadsheet updated here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17WN7fAFWHEjwEFmI5JgTBs95NbaGBGkqpnReiRmCfkQ/edit#gid=861550279 While we wait for that outcome - if anyobody who isn't @Curmudgeon, @pleslie99or either of the players in the live game would like to step forward and volunteer to make the draw for the semi, that would be much appreciated. First to respond gets it.

Thanks for the kind words @Trogdor. I'm sure we'll have some great matches going forward. I'm also sure we can both thank @Aim Herefor his excellent work with organising and maintaining this league. Truly appreciated.

So I was playing through all the lines at that point, but TBF reckoned black was still able to at least get "une poursuite constante", or even force a draw by insufficent material, whichever way white moved the king. Not 100% certain on that, and TBF I was glad to stop having to think about it when the white king moved as it did. I was there for the taking earlier, but that's more a stategic late-game assessment.

Result: Div A Round 21 DearyMe (white) offers a draw, which is gladly accepted by ancientnoise. Thanks to @Trogdorfor an epic match. Current status:

If my best chess pal ( @Curmudgeon 2023) is in, then so am I. Totally agree with the second sentence. Thanks again @Aim Here

Thanks for letting me know the result @pleslie99. Just had a look at the match, and TBF I'm not sure I've seen a pawn so far up by move 13, causing all sorts of trouble !

Result: Div A Round 22 ancientnoise (white) beats KenDeans by resignation. Another great game v an opponent who even when points/pieces down still puts you in trouble by asking all the right questions. Thanks to @Ken Deans for the match. Haven' t looked at the review yet, but several times I thought you had me there. Take care neebor and here's to our next match.

Hey @BaSeDG0DSA1NT, there's a pretty decent guide on notation right here: https://chessily.com/learn-chess/chess-notation/ The almost exclusive way of recording moves these days is the "algebraic" notation. This is how chess.com records the moves. Where: K: King Q: Queen R: Rook B: Bishop N ( or sometimes Kt ) : Knight Pawn: No Notation. x: Captures O-O or O-O-O: castles And so on. You can find out the rest via the link. Clearly there can be two Rs, 2Bs and 2Ns on the board, so refer to the "ambiguous moves" section for how that is handled. Of course just to complicate things, there is/was also another, less-fashionable way to record the moves, referred to as the "Descriptive Notation". This is how things are written in my copy of this book, an original published in the early seventies (a highly recommended read btw): https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fischer-Spassky-World-Chess-Championship/dp/4871875148/ref=sr_1_1?crid=PQCI3TLFQ0M3&keywords=fischer+v+spassky+gligoric&qid=1706901071&sprefix=fischer+v+spassky+gligoric%2Caps%2C101&sr=8-1 Showing my age, but we were still using the Descriptive when I was at school. Takes a bit of mind-adjustment to switch between the two. Stick with the algebraic I'd say. The older style is gradually disappearing and will most likely only appear in old books/games from now on.

P&B Cup Apologies for the delay. Cost me another £2, but I reckoned I best take it before the kid starts demanding more - like £3, or a meta-headset thingy. Bairns, eh? Anyways, here's what she pullled out the bag this time. Put @Leicesterlichtiein the hat, though undertsand that the game v @Ken Deansis very much alive. Winner plays@Aim Here As always, best of luck to all! @Ken Deans@Leicesterlichtie@EvilScotsman@pleslie99@Albino Rover@Curmudgeon http://tinyurl.com/2s3vcauw

NP mate. @aimhere - last two game are still alive.

Looks like my game v AH13STU ended as a win for me as my opponent timed out. Up to my opponent what he thinks of that. I'm sure there were reasons. Should be noted that due to mistakes I was at a disadvantage in the match. Three options: 1) Rules are rules 2) Play to the last position and take it from there 3) Start again So sorry about the delay, but no result to post till @Leicesterlichtiechooses from the above.

P&B Cup Congrats to you and everyone who has made the quarter-final so far. As I see it, we only have the @Leicesterlichtiev @Ken Deansgame to declare, a game which looks to be still very much alive: https://www.chess.com/game/daily/607551995 No rush guys, but if there's only one game left by this weekend we'll go for a Cove / Brora thing and just draw the next round anyways. Spreadsheet updated with results so far. Hopefully I've got them all correct so far! http://tinyurl.com/2s3vcauw Do let me know asap if any of those results are incorrect. Cheers!