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全英赛黄春龙冠军 女子奖乔弘菲夺得 (伦敦棋讯）2013年全英中国象棋锦标赛已于9月21日（星期六）在唐街 Leicester Court 华人社区中心如期举行，棋赛旨在支持中西文化交流，增进棋艺爱好者与社会大众友谊，丰富社区文娱康乐活动。赛事由英 国象棋协会主办，华人社区中心协办，英人赞特莱博士赞助。比赛于上午11时开始，下午六时圆满结束，五轮瑞士制，高分对高分，低分对低分。 经过六七个小时的激烈战斗，欧洲象棋特级大师黄春龙勇夺冠军，世象联象棋大师亚蓝迪克取得亚军，首次参加大赛的俞坚取得季军。女子奖由来自中国的乔弘菲夺得。午间，棋手们还品尝奇华饼家及另一家餐厅热心提供的糕饼点心和寿司。 是日参赛好手还有保罗拜维，赞特莱博士，林伯凯，易因迪士瓦，白雪，安德鲁亚维利，黎池刚。值得一提的是，董先生三次打电话报名联系，可惜最后因感冒而放弃。头发斑白的李先生，第三轮想参加，但由于是单数，一时无对手而不再坚持。

A TIMID OPENING MOVE ... DESERVES A    VIGOROUS   ANSWER   By René Gralla, Hamburg, Germany One aspect of the Screen Horse-Defence against the Central Cannon-Opening is the strategic question who will control Red Line no. 2 - that is Black line no. 8 - by Chariot in order to put pressure on the opponent. There is no doubt what Black has to do after, say,  1.C2=5 H8+7  2.H2+3  R9=8  3.R1=2 H2+3  4.P7+1 P7+1  5.R2+6 ... namely 5. ... C8=9!  6.R2=3 C9-1  7.H8+7 A4+5  8.H7+6 C9=7 and so on. But how should the Screen Horse-side react if the Central Cannon-side does not confidently cross the river with 5.R2+6 ..., but meekly stops at the river bank with 5.R2+4 ... (the latter attitude being inexplicably popular among German players whereas Chinese players prefer the more aggressive 5.R2+6 ...!)? Should the Screen Horse-side just ignore the opponent's Chariot at the river bank...