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Phil Dixon
I'll start;

Ruislip Gardens
Miss Ross
Notting Hill Gate?

I think I'll leave this one to those you who actually know what you're doing! ph34r.gif
Phil Dixon
Notting Hill Gate is a fine move! I bit assertive for such an early move, but very good nontheless. I think I'll play a safety move here;

Willesden Green
Miss Ross
Knightsbridge?

This is a bit tricky...
Phil Dixon
Oh dear, that was not a very good move. It can be easily countered with;

Great Portland Street

There! get out that then!
Miss Ross
Ummm...

South Kensignton
Oddball
Snaresbrook
Phil Dixon
Much better!

Highbury & Islington

If anyone needs the rules, they can be found in "NF Stovold’s Mornington Crescent: Rules and Origins"
Maizie
Epping

Bold, but my preferred opening...
Phil Dixon
QUOTE(Maizie @ Aug 6 2007, 01:49 PM) *

Epping

Bold, but my preferred opening...

Indeed! Often used in the 'Trumpington Variations' rules. But you obviously didn't see...

Fulham Broadway

which will effectively stop your counter-attack.
Oddball
Liverpool Street
Phil Dixon
QUOTE(Oddball @ Aug 6 2007, 01:55 PM) *

Liverpool Street

You've obviously played before. Mmmm, I'm stuck now. Ah got it!

Acton Central

Oddball
Mornington Crescent!
Phil Dixon
QUOTE(Oddball @ Aug 6 2007, 02:00 PM) *

Mornington Crescent!


Ah well done! You win!

That was an excellent move. Didn't see it coming.

Would you like to start a new game?
Oddball
LOL, let's do that. OK.

Baker Street

I love this game, although the rules are rather complex wink.gif
Phil Dixon
QUOTE(Oddball @ Aug 6 2007, 02:02 PM) *

LOL, let's do that. OK.

Baker Street

I love this game, although the rules are rather complex wink.gif

I think that anyone who plays chess regularly should be able to pick it up.

Cannon Street
Miss Ross
(Are you really just writing the name of a station - there's no logic in it?) ph34r.gif

Oddball
Ohh, nice move.

New Cross
Phil Dixon
QUOTE(Miss Ross @ Aug 6 2007, 02:04 PM) *

(Are you really just writing the name of a station - there's no logic in it?) ph34r.gif

Of course there's logic in it! mad.gif
This has been played by such grand masters as Lyttleton, Brooke-Taylor, Garden et al. How dare you?


QUOTE(Oddball @ Aug 6 2007, 02:05 PM) *

Ohh, nice move.

New Cross


Easy!

Putney Bridge
Miss Ross
Sorry, what I meant was do they have to have connecting lines and things, or could they be on opposite sides of London. *Retreats*
Phil Dixon
QUOTE(Miss Ross @ Aug 6 2007, 02:08 PM) *

Sorry, what I meant was do they have to have connecting lines and things, or could they be on opposite sides of London. *Retreats*


Read the rules. They're far too complex to explain here.
Maizie
QUOTE(Phil Dixon @ Aug 6 2007, 02:07 PM) *
Putney Bridge

Ooooooh, sneaky...
Elephant & Castle (it's a shame Aldwych is now closed, it would have been the perfect riposte)
Phil Dixon
QUOTE(Maizie @ Aug 6 2007, 02:17 PM) *

QUOTE(Phil Dixon @ Aug 6 2007, 02:07 PM) *
Putney Bridge

Ooooooh, sneaky...
Elephant & Castle (it's a shame Aldwych is now closed, it would have been the perfect riposte)

It would indeed! But, rules are rules!

Oval
Oddball
Oh, that's a tricky one! Oval, honestly.

OK.

Leyton
Phil Dixon
Westminster
superpyroman
Kings Cross
Phil Dixon
White City
Oddball
Piccadilly Circus
superpyroman
QUOTE(Oddball @ Aug 6 2007, 02:37 PM) *

Piccadilly Circus


Ah! You fell into my trap!

Knightsbridge
Oddball
And you fell right into mine, double bluff wink.gif It'll have to be...

Cockfosters
Phil Dixon
Aldgate East

I've got MC in two moves!
Oddball
Get off, it's mine!

Edgware Road
superpyroman
That's not good enough

Mornington Crescent

You forgot about the churchill rule.
Oddball
Ah, you're right. Nice.
superpyroman
Can we start with

Knightsbridge

An easily defendable move.
Miss Ross
Easily defended with Manor House I believe.
superpyroman
but it leaves me a clear passage to Picadilly circus
Oddball
Not as good as

Embankment
superpyroman
I've really lost control of the situation here.

I'll have to go with Aldgate East as a last ditch attempt
Phil Dixon
North Ealing
Miss Ross
but then you can use...Yep, St. John's Wood
superpyroman
that improves the situation slightly

I have a plan now but I'm still not happy.

Leicster square
Oddball
Bank
Phil Dixon
QUOTE(Miss Ross @ Aug 6 2007, 02:54 PM) *

but then you can use...Yep, St. John's Wood


Same move that Spasky used against Fischer in the 1997 world chamopionship!

Pimlico
superpyroman
I'll have to retreat back to Embankment
Oddball
Tottenham Court Road...
Phil Dixon
Burnt Oak
Miss Ross
Tower Hill
superpyroman
You did that just to spite me didn't you.

I don't think I can win this now. I'll go with Trafalgar square anyway though.
Oddball
MORNINGTON CRESCENT!
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