19-11-2012, 03:10 PM
It's a shame that anyone trying to follow the tournament can't watch the board 1 game in the Open when there are a number of live boards available...(which can actually be exciting sometimes, see below)
Especially when the player in question quite possibly gets some conditions such as free entry.
[pgn][Event "Oban"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.11.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sreeves, Clement"]
[Black "Mannion, Steven"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C52"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[SourceDate "2012.02.19"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 exd4 7. O-O Nge7 8.
Ng5 d5 9. Nxf7 Kxf7 10. exd5 Ne5 11. Bb3 Qd6 12. Ba3 Qg6 13. Kh1 Nf5 14. cxd4
Nh4 15. d6+ Ke8 16. Rg1 Bg4 17. Qf1 Nhf3 18. Qb5+ Bd7 19. Qxb7 Bc6 20. Ba4 Bxa4
21. gxf3 Bc6 22. Rxg6 Bxb7 23. Re6+ Kd8 24. Rxe5 Bxf3+ 25. Kg1 Re8 26. Rxe8+
Kxe8 27. Bc5 cxd6 28. Bxd6 Rc8 29. Na3 Rc6 30. Bg3 Bc3 31. Rc1 Bxd4 32. Rxc6
Bxc6 33. Nc2 Bc3 34. Bd6 Be4 35. Ne3 Kd7 36. Bf8 Bf3 37. h3 Ke6 38. Kf1 Kf6 39.
Kg1 Kg5 40. Kh2 Kf4 41. Bd6+ Ke4 42. Kg3 Be2 43. Nc2 Bd1 44. Ne3 Bh5 45. Ng2
Bf7 46. f3+ Kd3 47. a3 a5 48. f4 Be6 49. Nh4 Be1+ 0-1[/pgn]
Especially when the player in question quite possibly gets some conditions such as free entry.
[pgn][Event "Oban"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.11.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sreeves, Clement"]
[Black "Mannion, Steven"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C52"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[SourceDate "2012.02.19"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 exd4 7. O-O Nge7 8.
Ng5 d5 9. Nxf7 Kxf7 10. exd5 Ne5 11. Bb3 Qd6 12. Ba3 Qg6 13. Kh1 Nf5 14. cxd4
Nh4 15. d6+ Ke8 16. Rg1 Bg4 17. Qf1 Nhf3 18. Qb5+ Bd7 19. Qxb7 Bc6 20. Ba4 Bxa4
21. gxf3 Bc6 22. Rxg6 Bxb7 23. Re6+ Kd8 24. Rxe5 Bxf3+ 25. Kg1 Re8 26. Rxe8+
Kxe8 27. Bc5 cxd6 28. Bxd6 Rc8 29. Na3 Rc6 30. Bg3 Bc3 31. Rc1 Bxd4 32. Rxc6
Bxc6 33. Nc2 Bc3 34. Bd6 Be4 35. Ne3 Kd7 36. Bf8 Bf3 37. h3 Ke6 38. Kf1 Kf6 39.
Kg1 Kg5 40. Kh2 Kf4 41. Bd6+ Ke4 42. Kg3 Be2 43. Nc2 Bd1 44. Ne3 Bh5 45. Ng2
Bf7 46. f3+ Kd3 47. a3 a5 48. f4 Be6 49. Nh4 Be1+ 0-1[/pgn]