Our tournament kicked off with twenty keen players taking advantage of the rainy day
One particularly nice surprise was the appearance of several players who had not moved a pawn in anger for a long time like former leading junior, Jakob Edwards, Ross Jempson and Don Hamilton.
The highlight of the day was when a man in his late twenties, Matt Watson, told me that I had been his Chess teacher at St Kevin’s College more than a decade ago.
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| Matt Watson |
We also managed to attract the strongest Queensland chess-player, International master Moulthun Ly. He had a relatively short first round against Craig Stewart who bemoaned having lost in a similar method just recently.
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| John Myers |
When I was a teenager, about the same time as the Dinosaurs roamed the earth, Queensland had a very active chess scene. I and my friends used to travel up to play the circuit. John Myers was the one player we all feared. He was a legend thirty years ago and can still spot any combo instantly despite having hung up his pawns years ago. He graced us with his presence as a spectator today and we all appreciated his insights…although he did try to kidnap several players to go to the pub.
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