06-05-2012, 10:56 PM
Thanks for an excellent event David. 
GM Sulskis is an inspirational player and has a very likeable personality. It's also nice to see so many well mannered juniors and some excellent results. Murad getting a win against GM Sulskis in the simul shows true chess talent (not to mention that he scored 2.5 in the Open... remarkable). Some more strong performances from others that I noticed, and there are inevitably more than a few that I missed. My brother struggled to a draw against Monica Espinosa, who seems to be on a very steep improvement curve. I saw the ending of Alexander Bond's game against a 1650 and he converted excellently, showing real patience and compsure. Daniel Deary played excellently in our game and throughout the tournament as a whole, thouroughly deserving to take home a prize.
I'm not sure what kind of coaching some of these players are receiving, but it's sure working!
GM Sulskis is an inspirational player and has a very likeable personality. It's also nice to see so many well mannered juniors and some excellent results. Murad getting a win against GM Sulskis in the simul shows true chess talent (not to mention that he scored 2.5 in the Open... remarkable). Some more strong performances from others that I noticed, and there are inevitably more than a few that I missed. My brother struggled to a draw against Monica Espinosa, who seems to be on a very steep improvement curve. I saw the ending of Alexander Bond's game against a 1650 and he converted excellently, showing real patience and compsure. Daniel Deary played excellently in our game and throughout the tournament as a whole, thouroughly deserving to take home a prize.
I'm not sure what kind of coaching some of these players are receiving, but it's sure working!