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Re: Commonwealth Championships - Alan Bell - 04-07-2014
andyburnett Wrote:George Neave Wrote:I know Andy Burnett was always going to struggle with his concentration today against Tanya Sachdev (all the pics of her on the blog is bit of a giveway :x ). Even so that collapse at end today really was a bit of a shocker
Hey! The 'collapse' was one bad move George (...f5, a miscalculation) after I decided to play for the win (I could probably have 'repeated' with ...Kh7!?).
Never mind the excuses, Andy, just get the pics up on the Blog
Re: Commonwealth Championships - Andy Howie - 04-07-2014
andyburnett Wrote:27 players on 3/5 and I have to play my brother? Are you serious??
I'm really not impressed with this at all.
Another reason why I hate computer generated draws!
Re: Commonwealth Championships - Jonathan Livingstone - 04-07-2014
Sounds like a simple fix via feedback of the software - the computer generated draw software could include a field for things like relative in a future update?
Re: Commonwealth Championships - andyburnett - 05-07-2014
Round 5 blog now available (also linked from the homepage)
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Re: Commonwealth Championships - andyburnett - 05-07-2014
Andy Howie Wrote:andyburnett Wrote:27 players on 3/5 and I have to play my brother? Are you serious??
I'm really not impressed with this at all.
Another reason why I hate computer generated draws!
I understand it's computer-generated, but there has to be a manual over-ride available. Playing the occasional game against a team-mate/friend is unavoidable, but siblings should not be paired unless totally necessary.
Walter is just as pissed off about this as I am....I'll travel from Glenrothes, he'll come from Edinburgh and we'll pretty much ruin each other's day.
Re: Commonwealth Championships - Graham Kerr - 05-07-2014
Doesn't sound right at all...
A very enjoyable Chinese Dragon from Clement today :-)
Re: Commonwealth Championships - Andy Howie - 05-07-2014
I remember 3 years ago we had Grant V Grant on the top board!
Re: Commonwealth Championships - Andy Howie - 05-07-2014
Jonathan Livingstone Wrote:Sounds like a simple fix via feedback of the software - the computer generated draw software could include a field for things like relative in a future update?
Been saying this for years, getting programmers and FIDE to listen is a different matter...
Re: Commonwealth Championships - George Neave - 05-07-2014
andyburnett Wrote:George Neave Wrote:I know Andy Burnett was always going to struggle with his concentration today against Tanya Sachdev (all the pics of her on the blog is bit of a giveway :x ). Even so that collapse at end today really was a bit of a shocker
Hey! The 'collapse' was one bad move George (...f5, a miscalculation) after I decided to play for the win (I could probably have 'repeated' with ...Kh7!?).
So true Andy. Your blog write-up explains all. Bad luck for you but great entertainment for us.
...and ... btw ...Alan B is right about the pics
Re: Commonwealth Championships - Alan Jelfs - 05-07-2014
Andy Howie Wrote:andyburnett Wrote:27 players on 3/5 and I have to play my brother? Are you serious??
I'm really not impressed with this at all.
Another reason why I hate computer generated draws!
Wasn't there a case a few years ago of an American brother and sister being drawn together in a tournament in Scandinavia? And the result was a 14-move capture-less stalemate?