tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post337266221355513249..comments2023-12-28T02:11:22.501+00:00Comments on The Streatham & Brixton Chess Blog: Chiv ChatTom Chivershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09850710685193416732noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-13409146072631673022010-06-22T12:15:48.273+01:002010-06-22T12:15:48.273+01:00I find it impossible to play a game of bullet ches...I find it impossible to play a game of bullet chess without having to stop and think at some point and so lose on time, or play ridiculously bad moves.Chris Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06137795192239495971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-80353564449652235212010-06-21T17:07:19.582+01:002010-06-21T17:07:19.582+01:002.Qh7+ Kf8 3.Qh8 isn't pretty as such, but it&...2.Qh7+ Kf8 3.Qh8 isn't pretty as such, but it's mate.ejhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-37225604667886182592010-06-21T13:49:31.987+01:002010-06-21T13:49:31.987+01:00I played Gallagher as a child in the 80s. Light it...I played Gallagher as a child in the 80s. Light it up. Straight in your face. Cough cough. I can't breathe, never mind see the board. What a lovely bloke.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-7563427481980046792010-06-21T13:49:31.986+01:002010-06-21T13:49:31.986+01:00Perhaps I'm suffering from some sort of blindn...Perhaps I'm suffering from some sort of blindness, but I don't see anything pretty after 1.Qg6 Re8Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-49844230386961970992010-06-21T11:12:06.890+01:002010-06-21T11:12:06.890+01:001. Qg6 in the diagram, I should think.
I recall, ...1. Qg6 in the diagram, I should think.<br /><br />I recall, now, that I actually played the Gallagher line in the first round of an open tournament, thus obtaining a winning position against my opponent, none other than ECF International Director Lawrence Cooper. Regrettably I lost my way (or forgot the analysis) and lost. Not all that regrettably, though, since as a consequence I was drawn in the second round against another first-round loser - Tony Miles.ejhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-19405383203879302752010-06-21T10:15:56.495+01:002010-06-21T10:15:56.495+01:00That King's Gambit is an old Joe Gallagher lin...That King's Gambit is an old Joe Gallagher line with which he won a number of nice games twenty or so years ago, including one against Bronstein.ejhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.com