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I finally made it into one of your round-ups! Looking forward to my next mention in 2028 or something.

I've had one which has been annoying me for 21 years.

I played a horrific game but got away with it, and my opponent offered a draw in the final position as his extra piece is falling. On the database it's recorded as 1-0 but it was at least graded correctly.

Average Rating of Opposition

The three-way tiebreak procedure doesn't feel particularly fair, but I suppose people have to get home at some point on Sunday. Coming back on the Saturday morning when it was 11 rounds made that a little easier.

Facebook tells me that exactly fourteen years ago Adams - Rudd also happened on 29 July 2010 in Canterbury, albeit in Round 4 instead of Round 3.

Should have kept my mouth shut. A great effort, though.

Are England 2 about to do England 1 a massive favour?

MJMcCready wrote: ↑

Sat Oct 21, 2023 8:51 pm

This one is not good also.Casdafadsfpture.PNG

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25… Re8 from Jones and the end surely must be nigh.

Might we see another draw offer from Mickey soon? Fernandez is getting thumped. Could be an incredible norm (and outright 2nd!) for Jones after all.

Two in today's puzzle:

6d - From opening that's inconclusive, white finally in superior position (5)

22d - Section of launch, essentially, in which master gets mates on board (5)

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