Author: Terry Giles
Date: 04:34:11 06/05/04
Go up one level in this thread
On June 04, 2004 at 21:42:08, steven blincoe wrote: > 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 Many thanks Steve for the appreciation, I love your mouse slip story! Interestingly I too have been playing for about 30 years. Keep playing, Terry
This page took 0 seconds to execute
Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700
Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.