Author: steven blincoe
Date: 18:42:08 06/04/04
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here's one tournament I fondly remember ... > >'Woodpushers' Invitational Trophy 1975 > >1. Pat Zehr 6.0 x W D W D W W W >2. Luis Sing 4.5 L x W D W D D W >3. Shah Doob 4.5 D L x D D W W W >4. Iris Zyne 3.5 L D L x D W D W >5. Carpon 3.0 D L D D x L D W >6. Anne Onn 3.0 L D L L W x D W >7. Bob Fisher 3.0 L D L D D D x W >8. Terry Giles 0.0 L L L L L L L x > >After this somewhat disappointing performance I was rather surprised that my >rating actually went up! LOL! > >Game 1. Lost in 2 moves with white (Fool's mate) - I just didn't see the trap! LOL!! >Game 2. Lost in 3 moves with black - King's gambit - I actually gambited my king LOL!!! >Game 3. Lost in 5 moves with white - in an immensely complicated position I >simply lost on time. LOL!!!! >Game 4. Lost in 1 move with white - Leap Frog opening - proved illegal - arbiter >declared the game lost. LOL!!!!! >Game 5. Lost in 171 moves with black - my opponent accidentally touched a piece >and had to move it - the resultant forced move mated me! LOL!!!!!! >Game 6. Lost in thought - arrived at the board late and had to rattle off 40 >moves in 3 seconds - I very nearly made it! LOL!!!!!!! >Game 7. Lost the plot - I don't happen to recollect this game at all - it's a >complete blank LOL!!!!!!!! > >(n.b.) Bob Fisher, after beating me in Game 5, claimed never to have played >chess before. He's constant searching for the dice and shouts of 'snap' during >play adds creedence to this. LOL!!!!!!!!! funniest post EVER on CCC! game 5 reminds me of a game i onced played on ICC(i always play as a guest) my best move EVER in my entire years playing chess(and we are talking over 30 years here)was a dang mouse slip!! Best Regards Steve
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