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A little Mornington Crescent - anyone care to join in?

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OverAndAbove · 24/10/2013 21:35

I just fancy a change of focus.

I'll jump right in with Great Portland Street - I think I'm entitled to do that, with it being beyond the autumn equinox, but before Halloween?

Any takers?

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Clayhanger · 25/10/2013 21:48

fascinating. Two very different schools of play here. The traditionalists are converging on the Husserl manoeuvre but that overuses Piccadilly. The radicals amongst us have obviously been boning up on their Whipple Index (1989 revision).

Mile End, I think.

MrsWilliamBodie · 25/10/2013 21:56

Some interesting moves.

The Dragonoff variation first used in 1976 (not 1977 as is often thought) makes a move to Parsons Green obvious (I hope).

junowiththegladrags · 25/10/2013 21:58

Ah Clay your forgetting Borgonofffs directive, meaning... Queens park.

Pretty obscure I'll give you, but think you'll find it's valid.

MooncupGoddess · 25/10/2013 22:06

This Russian-influenced style of play is a little opaque for me. I'm going to refer back to the Lazenby Rules and essay a lateral to St John's Wood.

Clayhanger · 25/10/2013 22:13

Mrswilliambodie, I applaud you, but the 1976 Dragonoff variation was first trialled in the notorious Under 21 tournament in Pinner (even as a child I remember the fisticuffs!) and wasn't formally accepted till the following year.
Juno, I can't warm to Borgonoff. So clinical. But I accept its validity. I have no option but Putney.

ComeIntoTheGardenMaud · 25/10/2013 22:41

Hmm. Some very gifted beginners here but older hands will realise that the only option now is

Russell Square

Curioustiger · 25/10/2013 22:55

Then King's cross.

Inertia · 25/10/2013 22:59

Well, this game has moved on in the last couple of hours. We appear to have some Grandmasters in our midst.

To counter , I would like to invoke the Lloyd-George Interpretation , taking us to Stanmore.

ComeIntoTheGardenMaud · 25/10/2013 23:16

The Lloyd George Interpretation? Truly a player after my own heart. These classic manoeuvres have seldom been bettered, although there is of course room for innovation. In that spirit, I will essay

Angel

JessicaBeatriceFletcher · 26/10/2013 00:16

I think there are some newbies here who are just making some things up to try and fit in. But you stand out a mile.

Dollis Hill

ComeIntoTheGardenMaud · 26/10/2013 00:21

You are too kind. And clearly, to judge from that bold transverse vault to Dollis Hill, something of an expert.

Highbury and Islington.

JessicaBeatriceFletcher · 26/10/2013 00:55

I feel a reverse entry into Krapyrubsnif coming on....

ComeIntoTheGardenMaud · 26/10/2013 01:01

Wow.

I am on my way to bed but, before I go, I will try a tentative

Rickmansworth,

trusting that the Bachman Codicil still applies this late at night.

Inertia · 26/10/2013 06:17

It's the last day of BST, so I will make the most of this opportunity to apply the Geller Direct Replacement (Summer Only) gambit - Aldgate East.

sashh · 26/10/2013 08:16

Inertia nice one.

But I just have to... East Finchley

OverAndAbove · 26/10/2013 08:33

West Hampstead? Are you invoking the Hall-Arnfield Obligation? That's brave!

If so, I'll take Baker Street

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OverAndAbove · 26/10/2013 08:34

Ooh I skipped a page! I'll therefore go round on a full loop of the Circle Line and join back in later!

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StayAwayFromTheEdge · 26/10/2013 09:37

Keeping with the Lloyd-George train of thought (even if it is a little amateurish for my taste) - Tooting Bec

sapfu · 26/10/2013 09:40

Right. I know I'll be flamed and you'll all just have to hit the report button. Just remember, replies to this post that reiterate or quote me may also be deleted. I invoke clause iii of amendent B subsection 12 of Martineau's Paradox (1756) and - brace yourselves - I'm making a linear fucking apex bastarding slide to:

Waterbloodyloo

ComeIntoTheGardenMaud · 26/10/2013 10:19

Ah, sapfu, I think people are perhaps holding back on Dollis Hill because they remember the furore after the Gloucester Convention, where Dollis Hill was held to be in slump between March and October. I know the Battersea Amendment later changed that in 1985, but people have long memories. Anyway,

Clapham North

Inertia · 26/10/2013 10:27

Sapfu you're right, I missed the second Dollis Hill manoeuvre.

A gentle glide to Alperton may calm things down.

MooncupGoddess · 26/10/2013 10:44

Gosh sapfu, you're brave. Given that the Overground is still wild, I'm going to open up the play a bit with Homerton.

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Inertia · 26/10/2013 10:45

Can I just check - is DLR in full play at weekends, or are the Peckforton Restrictions in force?

ComeIntoTheGardenMaud · 26/10/2013 10:48

Weren't the Peckforton Restrictions superseded by the Hagrid Rule (2012 revision)?

StayAwayFromTheEdge · 26/10/2013 10:58

I believe The Hagrid Rule was widely discredited during the Peckforton uprising of early 2013.

Mansion House...

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