Ah. The disguised central start?

Great Portland Street

Too obvious?

Turnpike Lane

What do you make of that?

Hmmm.....this could be complicated.

Ah! I have it! Finsbury Park

Caledonian Road and Barnsbury

'nuff said.

Oooh, you are sneaky.

I shall have to consider my options...

Osterley

F F F Farringdon

Howzat?

Well, it leaves me an unmissable opening....

MORNINGTON CRESCENT

Gallions Reach


(Brazilian opening, McDougal variation)

Crumbs! Haven't seen that played for a while.

City Thameslink? Or Oval? No, both too vulnerable.

Southwark

No, no, no, you just don't get it, do you? Your next move should have been Plaistow, followed by All Saints, thus approaching from North North East (sighs)

I'll have to use the alternative middle game now


Arnos Grove

Arnos Grove, eh?

Let's see how you like this one:

High Street Kensington

I would concede in the face of overwhelming odds, but it's considered rather bad form.

Rotherhithe

East London line?

This calls for something drastic:Chancery Lane

You're really getting into the swing of this, now. Time for a change of tactics...

Bromley-by-Bow


(note the transverse opposition)

A transverse opposition!

I shall have to use the Hodgkins defence

Willesden Green

Have you been reading Walliams' manual by any chance? The Hodgkin's is a favourite of his.

Goodge Street

I haven't. But I might look it up before we play again.

In the mean time Warren Street


oops...have I just given that away? Will she spot the weak link?

I'll let that one go, although it was a rather schoolboy error.

Maida Vale

Careful, there are several possible responses to this. Hint: Walliams pp26-31

Maida Vale?

Got to be Fulham Broadway

Mornington Crescent[u][i]

One all, time for bed

Well done.

I think that's my lot for this evening. Good night

I would like to suggest that we start the next game under the Lyttleton-Garden variation rules 1994 (as amended 2001). I'm sure you're all familiar with that.

OK? Right. I'll open with the standard 3rd diagonal gambit;

Pinner

I think that's a little too defensive. It means I'll have to go with Picadilly Circus and limits you to two moves next go, neither of which seem to give you much help in winning.

I'll continue the diagonal theme and head off to Borough.

Car Expert

Tufnell Park

Ah, trying to use the Nogging conjecture are we?

Silvertown & London City Airport

Mebbe, mebbe not, I'm saying nothing...except....


Boston Manor


Make of that what you will

Mile End

Car Expert

The Oval Kennington



**I have no idea what this game is about...**

Isn't that an illegal move? Surely you can't go outside the internal radius? Oh maybe not.

Mile End

Hey! I'm there already

Cannon Street

Car Expert

That was the whole idea! You have no exit now. Ha!

Bond Street

I have MC in 3 moves!

Nicely played

Chancery Lane

Erm...

High Street Kensington

Car Expert

Your pannicking now aren't you!

Sudbury Town

Come off it


Dagenham Heathway

Mornington Crescent!

Well done

Finchley Road & Frognal

Car Expert

Sorry, you can't do that. You can go to Leicester square and have the same basic effect though.

I will go to Sloane Square

The Finnish opening, know it well..

Caledonian Road + Barnsbury

Mile end

SuwHM, with your clearly immense expertise of the game, can you enlighten me, if you begin with a Jubilee station as is generally recognised to be the best practice and someone goes to Picadilly Circus, how can you counter that? It seems that you have no control over any lines and so no moves would have any effect.

I would recommend any Victoria Line station south of the river as a suitable riposte in this situation, taking due note of the Brixton group memorandum.

Bermondsey

I trust my intentions are perfectly clear

That makes sense I suppose.

Tower Gate An excellent station to possess.

It seems like you could be doing two things. Fortunately I've managed to counter them both.

Is the Brixton memorandum compatible with the Trumpington variation? I thought not.

Kensal Rise

SPman, can't help noticing that you have once again played Tower Gate. You could be a little more adventurous I feel.

For instance...Lambeth North

You're just jealous because you didn't think of it

Leicester Square

The Brixton memorandum was drafted with specific reference to the Trumpington variation. Unfortunately very few people have access to the full version of this document and consequently it is a little known pecadillo, of interest to professionals only.

You only said that very last bit because you won with it once didn't you

Moi?

As you know, I rarely comment on my methods. I offer these titbits only for your edification and for the good of THE GAME.

Talking of the game, no-one has countered SPman's Leicester Square.

Unless someone else does, I'm joining this game at Canada Water