Very cogently argued ianzin, and I must say I envy you the opportunity to watch a grandmaster like Glauber in live action. But since we’ve moved on to Goodge Street (and wasn’t that a clever play by Dead Cat?), I will declare stirrups (again), and volley Wimbeldon. to place us squarely in the mid-early late mid-game moves.
It’s Friday afternoon and since I’ve just finished work I’m feeling fiendish and mischievous. Try responding to this diametric shuttle-switch: Walthamstow Central!
Deftly played, I must say! Inspired, no doubt, by the recent mention of such great players as Glauber and Hassoummi. You left me feeling trapped until it occured to me that Wooster had been dealt a similar blow in the Great Turkish Roundabout of 1984. He responded with a Soho and Islington four-flip. Obviously, I cannot four-flip on Friday, but what I certainly can do is a step-aside. (Please see Rigby’s Blindsided by the Shuttle-Switch — Chapter 12: The Tactical Serendipity of Malthouse.) I hereby invoke the genius of Ralph McTell as I play a Streets of London step-aside, as your own momentum hurls you through to Hoe Street, from where I can play a simple High and Westbury.
Stepney Green (Huffingtons declined)
Prosaic but, I think you’ll find, strategically effective, and a good way to block Dead Cat’s plans.
It’s only one stop to Mile End, which converts to 1.6 kilometres (we’re playing International Rules). Huffingtons indeed!
Mile End!
Can I have an adjudication on Lynne-42’s last move, please? Someone? I don’t mean to be tiresome about it, and it’s alwas a pleasure to play with a wily opponent such as Lynne, but surely this contravenes the Three Inversion rule? It is, after all, the first day of the month. I fear this might get complicated, because Lynne is in Australia and whether this move occurred on the first of the month might involve an adjudication concerning the international date line. Nonetheless, I feel that in the spirit of fair play, the question does need to be raised. There’s no point having rules if we’re not going to abide by them.
Whay would there be a problem with playing Mile End on the first of the month? It’s a fine example of Rushton’s Exception. In fact, now you come to mention it, since it’s a leap year, not only is the move valid, but it places you in Nid for the next round. Sometimes silence is golden. :smack:
Thank you, Tapioca Dextrin. I was reading of Rushton’s Exception only last night in an account of the Irish semi-finals, 2003 (Senior Quiffs Division). I was amazed to get a chance to use it so soon. It is nice to have one’s moves appreciated!
Tapioca my friend, I thank you for your contribution but I fear you are missing my main point.
Wargamer played Walthamstow Central after which there was a mid-week declination, shortly followed (within three moves without stirrups) by Tufnell Park, which (a) contains a double consonant and (b) is itself two words. This fits five out of the six conditions for ‘doubled delimited’ play, as defined by the 2006 International Congress and ratified by the IMCC last year (see Byford’s Ratified Annotations, second edition), and the sixth condition pertains only to DLR play and is therefore irrelevant to the case in point. Now, as we all know from our beginner’s books, Mile End is “the only tube station that offers cross-platform interchange between ‘tube’ and ‘cut and cover’ lines”, which technically constitutes “daylight access within station boundaries” as defined by Sanvert & Psycinski (“IMCC Test Cases And Adjudications For Contemporary Tournament Play”, 2005, original edition). I am therefore being asked to accept a play that does support the Two Word Name rule (for a station on multiple lines not including the DLR) yet contravenes the Daylight Rule as applied within a period of double delimited play, which is self-contradictory. This is what I think gives rise to a problem.
I certainly mean no disrespect to Lynne-42, a fine player and a worthy opponent, but I think at the very least it calls for some thoughtful adjudication.
Not that it matters, but Mountbatten on Salisbury with full arms.
It does matter. That’s brilliant! I would never have seen it. But doesn’t Mountbatten on Salisbury give someone MC in two?
Note to self: if we can pretend Ianzin’s objections don’t exist, we may just get away with this.
With demi arms, yes. But note that I played full arms.
With full arms in play, that leads us to Hounslow East, and Bob’s your uncle.
ianzin, you, sir, are my hero. A masterful summation of a complex situation.
Having said that, I join in ignoring your points to play Perivale. That’s two moves at full arms, which lets us use the full inversion. In addition, Perivale itself alternates vowels and consonants, rendering the blocking Onslow Twist inoperative.
Ah, ianzin, you have forgotten one crucial point: Winkler’s Exception states that the Daylight Rule is not applicable in times where London is served by a warrior prince. Though we could not have known that Winkler’s Exception was in play when we started, it clearly has been, and we must take that into account retroactively.
It’s a simple mistake. lynne clearly has a subtle mastery of the nuances of the 1938 Islamabad Convention. She is a worthy opponent, and I fear my Islamabad Convention repertoire may not be formidable enough to stand up to hers.
That said, with Islamabad rules in full effect, it would appear at first that I am forced into the unenviable position of choosing between another Oxford Semicircle and a Fowler Half-Loop. With Britrail passes wild and Huffingtons null, however, I have the option of taking the (in?)famous Triple Line Drop to Great Portland Street and call MC in 11. I need not remind you all, of course, that with Huffingtons null it is not mathematically possible to reach MC in the next eight moves. That’s how the Netherlands won the 1996 quarterfinal, a game which I’m sure will live in our hearts forever.
I can’t believe it! Ever since I specialized in the 1938 Islamabad Convention, I have longed for this chance! With Britrail passes wild, Turkey Street feeds into the tube at Liverpool Street. Yes!
Liverpool Street. Beat me now! MC in 9.
Gare d’Austerlitz
We are playing Mornington Croissant, right? 
Good point! Of course this could give rise to all kinds of metaphysical discussions… if there is no way to know a rule (or known exception) is applicable, is it, in fact, applicable? And does the IMCC recognise retrospective applicability? And does Harry actually constitute a ‘warrior prince’ within the terms of the orginal definition? However, it’s a fascinating observation, I have no wish to quibble at this stage.
Happy to oblige. May the record show that this play of Liverpool Street occurred after a Schlimmkowitz Gambit (from our friend JoseB) but within the same week as a leap day. I know that many of you (including Lynne, probably) will fondly imagine that the ‘within the same week’ rule only applies to the period leading up to the Leap Day, or only to dates within the same calendar week as the Leap Day. However, not so. If you will refer to your Tamariz Formal Definitions For Advance Tournament Play (the new Cambridge edition, January 2008), you will see that the ‘within the same week’ rule applies to any date that falls within the span demarcated by seven days before February 29th (counting midnight to midnight) or up to six days after (counting noon to noon).
This being so, ‘Liverpool Street’ is plainly invalid unless the player either declares ‘Mattocks’ or has previously offered motion West across water within a Snibbed Dual Play. As Lynne_42 has done neither, ‘Liverpool Street’ cannot constitute a valid move.
Bloody experts! I’m going away to sulk.
I declare Widdingtons and play…
Euston specifying King’s Cross branch on the Northern Line !!