15-07-2013, 08:56 PM
Hi Alan,
The draws were checked using Swiss Master which is FIDE approved. Doing it roughly in my head, for Lawrence to Float down, David would have had to stay black as he was +1 black. This would have given the choice of Gawain switching colours or you facing Gawain with a very unbalanced draw. Neither at that stage is desirable, I really need the pairing cards in front of me to double check everything but glancing at it that would have been why we came up with that draw
The draws were checked using Swiss Master which is FIDE approved. Doing it roughly in my head, for Lawrence to Float down, David would have had to stay black as he was +1 black. This would have given the choice of Gawain switching colours or you facing Gawain with a very unbalanced draw. Neither at that stage is desirable, I really need the pairing cards in front of me to double check everything but glancing at it that would have been why we came up with that draw
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