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Sorry, all of his Black games (either 5 or 6 of the 11).

Yes, my mistake, I meant h2-h4 - I know he played it against Alireza in the game you mention but I think he's also been using it against others.

Here's a crushing Magnus win as Black from Tuesday.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEhTCgBvZPg
Game started 1. g3 h5!?

FT 17,572, 1 down
Move within first row threw the French (6)

King side or Queen? 😉

I see Sarin went with a more orthodox d5 defence in response to h4 and still got trounced.

Hi Paul,

Haven't heard from you for a while and was wondering if you've played any tournaments or games lately?

Thanks, Brendan @147. Yes, I am still playing - in fact this last weekend I actually won both my games in Div 3 Knights of the 4NCL for MK Phoenix. I haven't managed that for a very long time. The PGNs should eventually be here: https://www.4ncl.co.uk/replay/2324/otb/div3_knights.htm

I have started badly in my club's championship all-play-all, losing my first two games to the two strongest players (as expected).

My absence from the thread is because you are usually discussing current top tournaments and internet stuff and I haven't the habit of indulging. I play golf three times a week, club bridge once a week and now I am revising for a two-day Scrabble tournament this weekend. As I live with a non-player it wouldn't be fair on her to spend too much additional time in front of a screen.

However, that's not to say that I never look at the posts by you and geeker. I am also a regular on the ECF forum and occasionally post. I started the thread there about chess-related crossword clues. That was a good one about 'CASTLE', for once correctly defining it as a move not a piece.

Brendan,
Have you ever played through this famous game? I'm so familiar with it that I instantly solved the 2 pop quizzes in the video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8330Smqxds

I posted it on another (Clueless) thread.

That was a terrific, thanks Geeker and also a weird coincidence - earlier in the evening I'd gone on YouTube and in my suggestions was the final game from The Queen's Gambit between Anya Taylor-Joy and Victor Borgov/Spassky. With that having whetted my appetite I rewatched Agadmator's review of the game and then came on here to see your link to this other Spassky game!

Hi Paul, thanks for that link. The games aren't up yet but I'll check back periodically.