Lothians Congress

[Graham Kerr]

no transmission this morning?

[Derek Howie]

It's here

http://www.chessscotland.com/livegames/L...r4/tfd.htm

[Andy Howie]

Thanks Derek,

I was solving a problem on one of the boards. The link for this afternoon is

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[Graham Kerr]

:-)

[Alan Tate]

What's with all the draws??!! Not the most inspiring tournament I ever saw!

[Graham Kerr]

yeah, seems like it was more important not to lose.
nice win for Alan Birnie, probably the most entertaining game shown over the weekend

[Mike Mitchell]

Well done Andy on what looks like a very successful first Congress outing for the sensory boards! What was the feedback at the Congress, anybody have any comments?

[Alan Tate]

To put it in perspective: The winner, Dmitriy Payada, lost a game and still won the open outright!

Maybe some anti-draw rule should be looked at with the live boards. It's a weekend tournament, not the World Championship.

I'd seriously consider using this rule in the Scottish as well.

[Graham Kerr]

But he also won more games (3) than anyone else, with the exception of Jonathan Grant, who also lost a game.
His score includes a full point bye in round 1, due to an odd number of players.

[Andy Howie]

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