The Hawk v Rest of the World

There's a fascinating experiment going on over at: http://www.chesslinksproject.btik.com/

Jonathan Hawkins, in the view of many the strongest player in North East England (and undoubtedly the most successul in recent years) has bravely agreed to take on the Rest of the World in an online correspondence game.

Moves to date:

(The Hawk is White.)

1 d4 Nf6

2 c4

For full details of the game and how to join, please visit the aforementioned site.