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Open:
1st - Clement Sreeves
2nd - Stephen Burns-Mannion
3rd - David Findlay
Major:
1st - Robin Moore
2nd = Siegrun Macgilchrist, Ian Morris, David Deary
I'll follow up with a short story about the day and grading performances - but not just yet. I'm off to see Karen Matheson at Dundee Rep followed by a scoop or three.
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As I have said before, I am rotten at allegro. Today I was the luckiest guy on the East coast.....
Round 1..Won fairly easily
Round 2..Totally lost against Gilbert Alomenu when he misses umpteen chances to finish me off (including a mate in two), I won in a king and pawn endgame.
Round 3..Behind again against David MacDonald, turned down a draw in level position, I sneaked a pawn in at the death to win.
Round 4...Level game against an ungraded English student from St.Andrews University, I desperately stopped a couple of his mates in one when he unexpectedly blundered a rook.
Round 5... In trouble, tried to make a move with my king, but couldn't move it legally anywhere. Offered my resignation. Ian Morris, my opponent refused it and called in the arbiter who said to play on, I fluked a mate about six moves later.
Round 6....Outplayed by Seigrun McGilchrist all game, I managed a perpetual with about a minute left on my clock.
Lucky white heather?
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robin moore Wrote:Round 5... In trouble, tried to make a move with my king, but couldn't move it legally anywhere. Offered my resignation. Ian Morris, my opponent refused it and called in the arbiter who said to play on, I fluked a mate about six moves later.
Huh? You can't refuse a resignation and an Arbiter should not be asking you to play on. Did you mean you claimed a draw which makes more sense?
"How sad to see, what used to be, a model of decorum and tranquility become like any other sport, a battleground for rival ideologies to slug it out with glee"
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Ian Morris is a gentleman in the truest sense of the word. He just plays chess to enjoy it like me and didn't want to win in any way he considered unfair,
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I get it now, you made an illegal move. Now I understand why the arbiter told you to play on. You have to make 3 of them in Allegro to lose the game!
"How sad to see, what used to be, a model of decorum and tranquility become like any other sport, a battleground for rival ideologies to slug it out with glee"
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If you look a wee bit down the page at the above link to the excellent Kilmarnock chess club website, you may notice yours truly in a game we simply had to win. Kitchen sink attack....
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Caption for photo 15 "I wonder if he'd notice if I made an illegal move ? "
Caption for photo 58 " Drat, he spotted it !"
Only kiddin' Robin...
