From Willesden Junction...

This is just the last 40 moves. You can see more moves, or the whole game.

The current state of play is:

• Kev: Noted. Seven Sisters, then. (move #23)
• Doug: Hammersmith. Thank god I made it to the end of a line - I guess I have Kev to thank for that (grin). (move #24)
• Jonathan: Chigwell, pushing Doug back into trouble. (move #25)
• Chris R: Alperton (don't mind if I join in do you? (move #26)
• Kev: New Cross Gate. As for Chris's joining - provided that this is an Open Game (I'm not entirely sure), all should be well. (move #27)
• Jonathan: Well, strictly speaking, Chigwell after an end-of-line move will always leave the game open, so I have no problem. (move #28)
• Rob: Upminster. Shaliwell sidle. (move #29)
• Alan: Royal Oak (Stefan's Oblique) (move #30)
• Eristophanes: Holloway Road, where the sun shines, all day long. (move #31)
• Kev: The sun never sets on North Acton. (move #32)
• Chris R: Aldgate East (where the sun rises!) (move #33)
• Steve: Her's an interesting move: Euston Square (move #34)
• Jonathan: Time to dart west to West Ham, for another Cottee Manouvre (move #35)
• Duncan R.: Chalfont & Latimer (why not?) (move #36)
• Kev: Debden (move #37)
• Eristophanes: Sudbury Town for old time's sake (1976 World Qualifier, preliminary round) (move #38)
• Jonathan: West Ham again, sorry (Hutchison 1-0 ha ha ha Arsenal manouvre, I believe) (move #39)
• Chris R: Chancery Lane (raising the tone a bit!) (move #40)
• Steve: Bank (Lowering it again) (move #41)
• Kev: Canning Town (move #42)
• Jonathan: Are we seriously going to let Kev get away with that? (move #43)
• Duncan R.: Yes we are. Dollis Hill (move #44)
• Jonathan: Well then. Avoiding the obvious temptation, I will go for Dollis Hill. (move #45)
• Steve: Watch out now, we don't want too many of those or you know what will happen. Island Gardens, Docklands gambit. (move #46)
• Kev: Maximising the Doppler effect around Morden... Seven Sisters. (move #47)
• Ian: A bit late to join in I suppose, but I have always wanted to try the 10-H move - Hounslow East (move #48)
• Eric: Charing Cross (variation on the Yamamoto Inversion) (move #49)
• Alasdair: Continuing the Inversion to its obvious conclusion, Regent's Park. (move #50)
• Steve: re-inverting or possibly even un-inverting Morden (move #51)
• Ian: Am I missing something? Pimlico (move #52)
• Rob: Yep, there it goes. But luckily, before it went, it really suggested Woodside Park in a strong way. (move #53)
• Duncan R.: Charing Cross (re-circuiting) (move #54)
• Steve: Closing in for the kill. Camden Town (move #55)
• Kev: Woodford, our only hope for salvation. (move #56)
• Alistair: It's got to be... Hatton Cross. (move #57)
• Simon: Sorry to join at this late juncture - Hatton Cross will only lead to inevitable circular motion (the Heathrow loop, of course, unless I am bold and say Watford (the Airbus gambit) (move #58)
• Duncan R.: I hate to do this guys, but the Airbus gambit does open up the vast majority of London: Mornington Crescent!

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  (move #59)
• Duncan R.: (Winner's Comments) : Everything looked very tight, but unfortunately for Simon the Watford Airbus does create a multitude of moves, including the winner. A better move might have been the Piccadilly switchback to perhaps Uxbridge (peak hours only) thus keeping MC out of play for the next 3 moves. (move #60)
• Jonathan: That was unusually reckless for Simon actually. (move #61)
• Andre: Well, one has to admit that the Piccadilly switchback is a hard move to spot in this situation. But still, there were some more obvious moves aroun. But I don't understand why Simon was so afraid of the Heathrow loop - There's plenty of ways to stop that one, as long as there is a little bit of cooperation among the players. And if not, it's just what they deserve... (move #62)

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Last updated 05-October-2005 by Dunx (dunx@dunx.org)