Today was a nice sunny day for a change. Nelson, I am told is the sunniest town in New Zealand but I guess they are getting all their rainfall this week. I went for a long walk to recover from my morning round but more about that later. This is the Maitai river. I always thought a Maitai was some sort of alcoholic beverage.
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South Island Championship/Nelson Open...
Today was a nice sunny day for a change. Nelson, I am told is the sunniest town in New Zealand but I guess they are getting all their rainfall this week. I went for a long walk to recover from my morning round but more about that later. This is the Maitai river. I always thought a Maitai was some sort of alcoholic beverage.
At the end of [...]
South Island Championship/Nelson Open...
Before we get to the games I would like to announce that Doubleroo is going to be presenting a new award. It will be called the “Wonderful Human Being” award for incredible kindness to me. Instead of useless tin medals, wine or chocolate will be presented.
The first winner is Kaye Duncan, co-owner of the Carmel Court Motel. Bec [...]
South Island Championship / Nelson Op...
There was no rest for the wicked after the George Trundle Masters. After a few hours of sleep I was booked to try to teach New Zealand’s best and brightest something about chess. The main theme was a tabia most famous from Karpov – Browne 1972. Naturally I showed off with my games featuring similar positions, like Rogozenko ̵ [...]
South Island Championship / Nelson Op...
There was no rest for the wicked after the George Trundle Masters. After a few hours of sleep I was booked to try to teach New Zealand’s best and brightest something about chess. The main theme was a tabia most famous from Karpov – Browne 1972. Naturally I showed off with my games featuring similar positions, like Rogozenko R [...]
George Trundle Masters and the winne...
Me !!!
I must admit it was not a heroic epic struggle that secured this victory but rather an insipid quick draw. I have had too many last round disasters in the past and the round was changed from the civilised time of 1.pm to before the crack of noon so I took the “professional” {spineless} approach. After all, Steven still [...]
George Trundle Masters Rd 8
I almost over-pressed today. I got a little edge out of the opening and then showed my lousy technique again, nearly getting my queen trapped on a7. Instead of 20.Qa7 I should play something quiet like Bf3 or b3. In fact every move after that was not best. I wisely offered a draw after 27.Bh3 as I was a bit worse. Funnily enough his intended [...]
George Trundle Masters Rd 7
I must admit I was a bit nervous today. After a great start I stumbled a bit, first drawing a great position against Luke Li and then getting crushed with white in 22 moves by Steven. Suddenly I only had a half point margin and collapses are not that uncommon in my career. Added to that I was black against a very creative player. I saw many [...]
George Trundle Masters Rd 6
Well after three and a half decades Steven and I are still trading blows. He struck two today. First he beat me with black in 22 moves, reducing my lead to half a point and then to add insult to injury he emptied a jar of super hot chillies into our dinner. Here he is preparing our “feast”.
To be fair, I contributed to the mor [...]
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