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Mornington Crescent is closed

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Mornington Crescent is closed

#131831

Postby PinkDalek » April 13th, 2018, 1:08 am


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Re: Mornington Crescent is closed

#132141

Postby moorfield » April 14th, 2018, 12:17 pm

PinkDalek wrote:http://boards.fool.com/lets-start-with-a-standard-game-old-rules-12668180.aspx

Just sayin'.


A rarely seen opening move PD.

Putney Bridge.

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Re: Mornington Crescent is closed

#132158

Postby AleisterCrowley » April 14th, 2018, 1:44 pm

Standard rules here, or Berne Convention II ?
If the former, Royal Oak.
BC-II would allow a half-return with a Kondratiev shift to West Brompton

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Re: Mornington Crescent is closed

#132171

Postby moorfield » April 14th, 2018, 2:51 pm

AleisterCrowley wrote:Standard rules here, or Berne Convention II ?


I had assumed from PDs post, the former.

Which suggests the safety shot obviously, so let's get that out of the way:

Latimer Road

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Re: Mornington Crescent is closed

#132174

Postby AleisterCrowley » April 14th, 2018, 3:18 pm

This is a variation on the classic Corsican defence

Kensal Green...

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Re: Mornington Crescent is closed

#132211

Postby PinkDalek » April 14th, 2018, 6:25 pm

The simplest rules possible would be good, never having played before. Maybe Lyttelton’s Tudor Court version would be apt, which I imagine permit a change of rules during the journey, and, in any event, would fit the standard game old rules classification in the OP.

With that in mind, “Monument” must be the choice.

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Re: Mornington Crescent is closed

#132235

Postby AleisterCrowley » April 14th, 2018, 9:06 pm

Trying to box us in, eh?
In which case;
Chancery Lane

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Re: Mornington Crescent is closed

#132237

Postby kiloran » April 14th, 2018, 9:27 pm

I can see we have a bunch of amateurs playing this game, so let's up the stakes and invoke the devolution rules....

.... Sauchiehall Street

--kiloran

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Re: Mornington Crescent is closed

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Postby moorfield » April 14th, 2018, 11:40 pm

kiloran wrote:I can see we have a bunch of amateurs playing this game, so let's up the stakes and invoke the devolution rules....

.... Sauchiehall Street

--kiloran


Erk. A Schoolboy Error. And after only 8 posts. There are no amateurs here!

PinkDalek wrote:Maybe Lyttelton’s Tudor Court version would be apt, which I imagine permit a change of rules during the journey, and, in any event, would fit the standard game old rules classification in the OP.


Lemon Fool Conventions apply, I would have thought :geek:

Great Portland Street.

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Re: Mornington Crescent is closed

#132307

Postby stewamax » April 15th, 2018, 10:34 am

Goodge Street - and before anyone whinges that two successive diagonal moves without an intervening Russell Square are illegal, this is a classic example of Lyttelton's fianchetto that is allowed when there is a bishop present

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Re: Mornington Crescent is closed

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Postby AleisterCrowley » April 15th, 2018, 9:42 pm

Since there are no bishops under my sofa, I fear this is the only move;
Parsons Green

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Re: Mornington Crescent is closed

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Postby stewamax » April 17th, 2018, 2:15 pm

Parsons Green

Hmm... invoking the C of E Parsonages Measure 1938 I. Clever.
But under the First Fruits and Tenths Measure 1926, all tithes from Parsons Green have to go to (in order) Hornchurch and thence to CANONS PARK!

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Re: Mornington Crescent is closed

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Postby PinkDalek » April 17th, 2018, 2:32 pm

stewamax wrote:
Parsons Green

Hmm... invoking the C of E Parsonages Measure 1938 I. Clever.
But under the First Fruits and Tenths Measure 1926, all tithes from Parsons Green have to go to (in order) Hornchurch and thence to CANONS PARK!


That's all very well but Canons (formerly Cannons) Park has a car park and is near to St Lawrence, Little Stanmore. Not to be confused with Great Stanmore, which is near Little Stanmore. The church includes an organ once played by Handel.

The nearest tube station to Handel Street appears to be Russell Square.

Am I on the correct line(s)?

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Re: Mornington Crescent is closed

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Postby AleisterCrowley » April 17th, 2018, 3:21 pm

an organ once played by Handel.
Sounds awkward.


Would Handel > Brook St > Bond St Tube work?

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Re: Mornington Crescent is closed

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Postby stewamax » April 17th, 2018, 4:30 pm

organ once played by Handel

You're thinking of Cockfosters...

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Re: Mornington Crescent is closed

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Postby PinkDalek » April 17th, 2018, 6:07 pm

stewamax wrote:
organ once played by Handel

You're thinking of Cockfosters...


Glad to see you both readily noticed the intended double intendre. After all, that's what LoOTP used to be about and your Cockfosters meets that criteria.

Wordsworth was originally from Cockermouth. I've no idea if he visited London in search of yet more daffodils but he may have been pleasantly enchanted with:

Regents Park

PD

PS The First Fruits and Tenths Measure 1926 was repealed in 1993. Are you sure you are playing to the rules?

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Re: Mornington Crescent is closed

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Postby stewamax » April 17th, 2018, 10:04 pm

Are you sure you are playing to the rules?

Definitely: vide Chapter 9 Section 288a (ii) "Tithing variants" where they even mention Whitechapel but this is now regarded as non-PC and discriminatory. Temple is of course illegal.

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Re: Mornington Crescent is closed

#132934

Postby AleisterCrowley » April 17th, 2018, 10:07 pm

The obvious move is to a Royal Peculiar
Westminster.

(Hampton Court would be tactically preferable, but only allowed in extended play, during Lent)

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Re: Mornington Crescent is closed

#132997

Postby stewamax » April 18th, 2018, 10:37 am

The obvious move is to a Royal Peculiar - Westminster

Definitely not. A better Circular move is KING'S CROSS (opened in 1761 by George III; sometimes cross but always a little peculiar, caused by prickly hawthorne in SHEPHERD'S BUSH)

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Re: Mornington Crescent is closed

#133713

Postby MrCPFG » April 21st, 2018, 11:02 am

Hang on! I was there just the other day! I even alighted there, just for the win, even though it was Camden Market I was headed!

https://www.flickr.com/photos/92631779@N03/41340403192/in/dateposted/


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