I once saw a Mornington League match in Wigan. Not for the faint-hearted.
However, I’m afraid Mansion House doesn’t create the Nid - abscence of the deep-level line precludes association through the lateral interflex. It leaves me with few choices, however, but perhaps the most astringent one would be Oval.
Let’s see…page 43…astringent moves…ah!
Barking
Dashed cunning of you!
Morden is about the best I can do from that nasty frame-stake trick.
Carnaby Street
Yeah groovy baby!
Paperback writer’s deployment of Roding Valley is excellent, and obviously derails my promised win/draw in 4. I’m not complaining (those who know me know that I love the long game), but just for the record, the Ki-Zerbo move was played under Biennial International Tournament Rules, as adopted at Berne III, and not MA rules as is the case with the present game.
I accept that Carnaby Street isn’t technically illegal, but may I just gently point out that it does contradict the normal etiquette as regards bilaterals involving Zone 1, Parks exempted. No matter.
South Kenton.
Drat…Appendix III…MA Rules…Directional cadence variations…
Tottenham Hale
Damn. My first move in the game and it’s all but forced. (Knightsbridge is obviously suicidal, since it forces Moorgate followed by Blackfriars and Mornington Crescent, and Mansion House puts me in perpetual nib.)
Therefore, the only reasonable choice:
Sloane Square
<shyly, knees quaking>…“please sir, Finsbury Park?”
Egads! you are too quick for me! :eek:
<retires to admire from sidelines>
I call Early Retirement Instigation Repertoire (version 4.53c)
St Pauls
Yay!Our first Mornington Crescent groupie. The SDMB team needs some cheerleaders…we can provide uniforms and pompoms for you girls…
oh yeah the game…er…i dunno…Hounslow
Hounslow?..Hounslow…Are you just trying to give the game away?
Maida Vale!!
Mill Hill East!!!
I can smell it coming…
I fully accept that proviso, but I also note the move is legal under either set of rules. L’Confus’s in ruling against Mr. Clarence Namentenga’s protest was that phrase which was to later become so famous in a similar context: “On permettrait ce mouvement sous presque n’importe quel ensemble de règles acceptable.”
However useful that particular move was for Mr. Ki-Zerbo, it eventually came for naught, as he soon afterwards committed one ofthe classic blunders and placed himself in knib. Namentenga declared Mornington Crescent 1 move later. It is one of those desparation moves that a top player would not make because they “know” it wouldn’t work, but which an amateur sometimes stumbles upon. Part of what makes the game such a vital and living sport.
I recognize that these historical diversions, while interesting in their own right, do little to move the game forward, and I beg forgiveness for being long-winded.
The deployment of Mill Hill East is indeed difficult. Nearly any move I make would again create an immediate MC. Seems to be my lot in this game, doesn’t it?
Unless, yes, the tri-lateral deep possibilities through the GWR give me: Embankment.
Yes…so can I…someone switch on the air conditioning!
Willesden
Swiss Cottage
That should prevent us from heading into the Thameslink Stalemate
Right…after conferring with some of my UK-bred officemates (my company is a partial offshoot of Reuters), I think I’m getting the hang of this.
I’ve seen no mention that we’re using the VanDerbrook Variations, so I believe this should be a legal move…I’ll go:
Seven Sisters
- sigh * The suggested ‘Seven Sisters’ play would, in this context, obviously constitute a Deferred Fairlop with consecutive consonants. Since no-one has yet declared Points after motion clockwise, and since cross-water non-parallel Parks are legal under MA rules (though I’m not the only one who thinks this makes a mockery of the end game), the SS play is self-evidently illegal unless it follows motion West from a non-contiguous Zone. Try again by all means, but do please try and respect the elementary rules of the game. (Hint: the Central Line offers much promise… )
I believe I know what you are hinting at, but there is another possibility. No-one has yet indicated if the Lord Burley convention is in force, and therefore unopened stations have not yet been disallowed. It is a sneaky move, yes, but Harefield Road and Denham will instate a Ruislip Rotation.