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[matt j]

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Well... you probably still will. Not feeling content with a decent position against smallcaps... I managed to throw away a pawn and a knight, and now we have a standoff, with him at a big advantage.

[irony towers]

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That was an entertaining game, Etienne, thank you. You posed me plenty of problems in the opening.

Pity about Bored seemingly missing in (in)action.

[Evariste Euler Gauss]

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Yes, that's a lot of time defaults by Bored, before making his first moves. 9 matches so far, a 10th (v Sam) to follow overnight unless he suddenly turns up.

I struggled on to the bitter end vs IT because I wanted to see how high I could push the move count. 80 moves each, quite proud of that! If I'd played with a Bored/Rogin response speed I could have strung it out until May 2017 even with the new 3 day time limit!

[irony towers]

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Plenty of interest in those 80 moves; thanks for the game, EEG.

Is the triple promotion of Knight, Queen and Rook the equivalent of the perfect hat-trick?

[Evariste Euler Gauss]

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ha, good point! You should get a bonus point for those 3 promotions, like they get in the rugby world cup for scoring a certain number of tries.

[Evariste Euler Gauss]

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Hope Bored's OK. No posting from him on this board since Wednesday evening, to add to his failure to turn up for the chess.

[ad hoc]

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He appears to have shared stuff on facebook both yesterday and today

[Evariste Euler Gauss]

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harrumph.

First rule of Chess Club is you don't skive off Chess Club.

[Bored Of Education]

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Sorry, guys. Had the week from hell - way too involved to go into on here - and also haven't been able to log into here nor Chess.com from my phone as my son logged out of my Facebook on there and I can't remember the password.

Life doesn't look like it is going to get easier over the next week or so, to be fair to you lot, I suggest that I let all my games time out and come back for OTF 7

[Evariste Euler Gauss]

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Sounds like a sensible plan to me. Hope things get easier for you soon.

[irony towers]

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That was the mother of all white-knuckle games with border; though I say it myself, well worth a look. My 19th move ...Bf5 was - and needed to be - the best I've ever made.

[Evariste Euler Gauss]

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Yes, that's a very entertaining match.

[Etienne]

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There was still hope there wasn't there Kev?

[Kevin S]

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Possibly, but I'm not playing very well!

[Evariste Euler Gauss]

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I'm not playing very well

Errm, my reaction to that comment is similar to the umbrage taken by some during the first OTF tournament at Matt's original choice of chess.com handle.

[Etienne]

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I can only assume that this "not playing very well" started since he demolished me in our first game too.

[Kevin S]

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Well it did, tbh, as I've lost pieces in my games with you, Sam, Levin and matt.

[Vicarious Thrillseeker]

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Apologies for slow play in OTF 6. I was going to give the excuse that i was in Mogadishu under heavy security (which was sort of true), but I had good quality WiFi and the truth is that I'm playing abysmally and had to slow down to think. It's already too late in most games.

[Evariste Euler Gauss]

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Well that wins the thread for the most street-cred excuse for slow play. Hope you're safe enough that you'll forgive a lame joke about your wanting to avoid a "Black Rook Down" scenario.

[Evariste Euler Gauss]

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OK, Kev, I agree that you are at least making the occasional mistake! [insert smiley]

[Sam]

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That loud bang you all just heard was the shockwave from me beating Alex for the first time ever.

[Evariste Euler Gauss]

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Congratulations Sam, great win! I think that must have shocked Alex quite badly, as very shortly after that he offered me a draw in surprising circumstances. I practically bit his hand off.

[Etienne]

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Well done, Sam. I don't think I'd have had the persistence to keep playing someone who had beaten me so often, so glad you got your reward.

[Sam]

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Thanks folks. It was Alex (and the coincidental timing of this thread beginning at around the same time) who got me into chess, and he's one of my best mates so it seems only polite...

Meanwhile I see EEG is about the fall right into my carefully laid trap... *buries face in hands*

[Sam]

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Astonishingly, EEG managed to beat me from the above position. Well done, EEG (and Kev).