One to watch for the future?

[IM Jack Rudd]

I'm going to cherish these wins I got against this guy when he was an U-10... because I have a feeling he may become a stronger player than me.

[Event "Friendly Game"]
[Site "Barnstaple Chess Club"]
[Date "2010.09.13"]
[Round ""]
[White "Slade, Theo"]
[Black "Rudd, Jack"]
[Result "0-1"]

1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Bc4 cxb2 5.Bxb2 d6 6.Nf3 Be6 7.Bxe6 fxe6 8.Qb3 Qc8 9.Ng5 Nf6 10.Nd2 Nc6 11.Nxe6 Qd7 12.Qxb7 Rb8 13.Nxc7+ Kf7 14.Qa6 Rxb2 15.Nc4 Nb4 16.O-O Nxa6 0-1

[Event "Friendly Game"]
[Site "Barnstaple Chess Club"]
[Date "2010.09.13"]
[Round ""]
[White "Rudd, Jack"]
[Black "Slade, Theo"]
[Result "1-0"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ndf3 Qb6 8.a3 a5 9.b3 f6 10.Ra2 Be7 11.Bd3 O-O 12.Bb1 Qa7 13.Qd3 g6 14.h4 b5 15.h5 f5 16.g4 Nb6 17.hxg6 hxg6 18.gxf5 exf5 19.Rg2 Rf7 20.e6 Bxe6 21.Rxg6+ Rg7 22.Rxe6 Rc8 23.Qxf5 1-0

[Paul Littlewood]

Will I or should I be cherishing my one win against you Jack ?

[IM Jack Rudd]

I was already rated 2139 at the time, as I recall.

[Michael Jones]

I'm going to cherish these wins I got against this guy when he was an U-10... because I have a feeling he may become a stronger player than me.

I have a feeling I may at a later date cherish the win I got a few weeks ago against one of England's representatives in Batumi, since although at the time his grade was identical to mine, I suspect it's going to end up rather higher (when I was his age I'd never even played a competitive game!). I think it would be a bit unfair to him to post it - yes, he had one shocking game but it clearly wasn't indicative of how well he can play, as he showed by winning all the rest of his games at that tournament.

[ThomasThorpe]

Ah Theo Slade. he's a good player. i had a tough congress match against him. I won the match in the end with a nice tactic, but it certainly wasn't the easiest of matches.