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Posted: **Wed Jul 29, 2020 7:55 pm**

Wadih Khoury wrote: ↑
Wed Jul 29, 2020 7:33 pm
The tournament is now ended.

An excellent experience, well managed, and hopefully the next few days will confirm it was safe.
Only minor issues I had were prices in Switzerland, and the odd parent edging out of the spectator area towards their child.

Wadih is no doubt too modest to mention it, but his long-haired pre-teen child gained 143.6 elo ...

Posted: **Wed Jul 29, 2020 8:11 pm**

Tim Spanton wrote: ↑
Wed Jul 29, 2020 7:55 pm

Wadih Khoury wrote: ↑
Wed Jul 29, 2020 7:33 pm
The tournament is now ended.

An excellent experience, well managed, and hopefully the next few days will confirm it was safe.
Only minor issues I had were prices in Switzerland, and the odd parent edging out of the spectator area towards their child.
Wadih is no doubt too modest to mention it, but his long-haired pre-teen child gained 143.6 elo ...

And 200 CHF for 3rd best U1700

Now he can lose his points to the other underrated juniors in England.

Posted: **Wed Jul 29, 2020 8:38 pm**

"Wadih is no doubt too modest to mention it, but his long-haired pre-teen child gained 143.6 elo ..."

Wow - that's really greedy! Well done!

Posted: **Wed Jul 29, 2020 9:55 pm**

Well done!

Posted: **Wed Jul 29, 2020 11:01 pm**

Theo & Tim got a very respectable 4.5/9 in the Amateur tournament. Here is one of Theo's best games. Theo's Elo is 1465, the other guy is 1918. Lovely bit of technique towards the end:

[Event "Corona Open"]
[Site "Biel/Bienne"]
[Date "2020.07.23"]
[Round "4.30"]
[White "Prieb, Robert"]
[Black "Khoury, Theo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "1918"]
[BlackElo "1465"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2020.07.20"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.21"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 c5 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 O-O 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. a3 a5 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Qb3 Nbd7 13. Nd4 Nc5 14. Qc2 Rc8
15. Rac1 h6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Rfd1 Qd7 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 Na6 20. Qb3 Rfd8
21. e3 Qd6 22. Na2 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Bxd4 24. exd4 Qb6 25. b5 Nc7 26. Rc5 Ra8 27.
h4 Ra5 28. Nc3 Na6 29. Rxd5 Nb8 30. Na4 Bxd5 31. Bxd5 Qxb5 32. Bxf7+ Kf8 33.
Nc5 Ra1+ 34. Kh2 Qxb3 35. Bxb3 Rb1 36. Bd5 Rb2 37. Bxb7 Rxf2+ 38. Kh3 Ke7 39.
d5 Nd7 40. d6+ Kd8 41. Ne6+ Ke8 42. Bc6 Rf6 43. Nxg7+ Kf7 44. Nh5 Rxd6 45. Bg2
Nf6 46. Nf4 Rb6 47. Bf1 Rb4 48. Be2 Ra4 49. Kg2 Ra3 50. Bd3 Nd7 51. Bc4+ Kf6
52. Kh3 Ne5 53. Bd5 Nd3 54. Ne2 Ke5 55. Bg8 Nf2+ 56. Kg2 Ne4 57. Bc4 Re3 58.
Kh3 Nxg3 59. Nxg3 Kf4 60. h5 Rxg3+ 61. Kh2 Kf3 62. Bd5+ Kf2 63. Bf7 Rf3 64. Bg6
Rf8 65. Kh3 Kf3 66. Kh2 Rc8 67. Kg1 Rc5 68. Kh2 Rg5 69. Kh3 Kf4 70. Kh2 Kg4 71.
Kg2 Re5 72. Kf2 Re7 73. Kg2 Re2+ 74. Kf1 Kf3 75. Kg1 Kg3 76. Kf1 Re3 77. Bc2
Kf3 78. Bg6 Re7 79. Kg1 Kg3 80. Kf1 Re5 0-1

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