Phil Dixon
Aug 6 2007, 12:12 PM
I'll start;
Ruislip Gardens
Celeste
Aug 6 2007, 12:22 PM
Notting Hill Gate?
I think I'll leave this one to those you who actually know what you're doing!
Phil Dixon
Aug 6 2007, 12:26 PM
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
Celeste
Aug 6 2007, 12:32 PM
Knightsbridge?
This is a bit tricky...
Phil Dixon
Aug 6 2007, 12:38 PM
Oh dear, that was not a very good move. It can be easily countered with;
Great Portland Street
There! get out that then!
Celeste
Aug 6 2007, 12:41 PM
Ummm...
South Kensignton
Oddball
Aug 6 2007, 12:42 PM
Snaresbrook
Phil Dixon
Aug 6 2007, 12:43 PM
Much better!
Highbury & Islington
If anyone needs the rules, they can be found in "NF Stovold’s Mornington Crescent: Rules and Origins"
Maizie
Aug 6 2007, 12:49 PM
Epping
Bold, but my preferred opening...
Phil Dixon
Aug 6 2007, 12:53 PM
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 Broadwaywhich will effectively stop your counter-attack.
Oddball
Aug 6 2007, 12:55 PM
Liverpool Street
Phil Dixon
Aug 6 2007, 12:58 PM
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
Aug 6 2007, 01:00 PM
Mornington Crescent!
Phil Dixon
Aug 6 2007, 01:01 PM
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
Aug 6 2007, 01:02 PM
LOL, let's do that. OK.
Baker StreetI love this game, although the rules are rather complex
Phil Dixon
Aug 6 2007, 01:03 PM
QUOTE(Oddball @ Aug 6 2007, 02:02 PM)

LOL, let's do that. OK.
Baker StreetI love this game, although the rules are rather complex

I think that anyone who plays chess regularly should be able to pick it up.
Cannon Street
Celeste
Aug 6 2007, 01:04 PM
(Are you really just writing the name of a station - there's no logic in it?)
Oddball
Aug 6 2007, 01:05 PM
Ohh, nice move.
New Cross
Phil Dixon
Aug 6 2007, 01:07 PM
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?)

Of course there's logic in it!
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
Celeste
Aug 6 2007, 01:08 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*
Phil Dixon
Aug 6 2007, 01:08 PM
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
Aug 6 2007, 01:17 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)
Phil Dixon
Aug 6 2007, 01:18 PM
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
Aug 6 2007, 01:24 PM
Oh, that's a tricky one! Oval, honestly.
OK.
Leyton
Phil Dixon
Aug 6 2007, 01:33 PM
Westminster
superpyroman
Aug 6 2007, 01:35 PM
Kings Cross
Phil Dixon
Aug 6 2007, 01:36 PM
White City
Oddball
Aug 6 2007, 01:37 PM
Piccadilly Circus
superpyroman
Aug 6 2007, 01:45 PM
QUOTE(Oddball @ Aug 6 2007, 02:37 PM)

Piccadilly Circus
Ah! You fell into my trap!
Knightsbridge
Oddball
Aug 6 2007, 01:45 PM
And you fell right into mine, double bluff

It'll have to be...
Cockfosters
Phil Dixon
Aug 6 2007, 01:45 PM
Aldgate East
I've got MC in two moves!
Oddball
Aug 6 2007, 01:46 PM
Get off, it's mine!
Edgware Road
superpyroman
Aug 6 2007, 01:46 PM
That's not good enough
Mornington Crescent
You forgot about the churchill rule.
Oddball
Aug 6 2007, 01:48 PM
Ah, you're right. Nice.
superpyroman
Aug 6 2007, 01:49 PM
Can we start with
Knightsbridge
An easily defendable move.
Celeste
Aug 6 2007, 01:50 PM
Easily defended with Manor House I believe.
superpyroman
Aug 6 2007, 01:52 PM
but it leaves me a clear passage to Picadilly circus
Oddball
Aug 6 2007, 01:52 PM
Not as good as
Embankment
superpyroman
Aug 6 2007, 01:54 PM
I've really lost control of the situation here.
I'll have to go with Aldgate East as a last ditch attempt
Phil Dixon
Aug 6 2007, 01:54 PM
North Ealing
Celeste
Aug 6 2007, 01:54 PM
but then you can use...Yep, St. John's Wood
superpyroman
Aug 6 2007, 01:55 PM
that improves the situation slightly
I have a plan now but I'm still not happy.
Leicster square
Oddball
Aug 6 2007, 01:56 PM
Bank
Phil Dixon
Aug 6 2007, 01:56 PM
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
Aug 6 2007, 01:56 PM
I'll have to retreat back to Embankment
Oddball
Aug 6 2007, 01:58 PM
Tottenham Court Road...
Phil Dixon
Aug 6 2007, 02:01 PM
Burnt Oak
Celeste
Aug 6 2007, 02:02 PM
Tower Hill
superpyroman
Aug 6 2007, 02:03 PM
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
Aug 6 2007, 02:03 PM
MORNINGTON CRESCENT!
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