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Dundee & Angus Allegro results
#1
Open:
1st - Clement Sreeves
2nd - Stephen Burns-Mannion
3rd - David Findlay

Major:
1st - Robin Moore
2nd = Siegrun Macgilchrist, Ian Morris, David Deary

I'll follow up with a short story about the day and grading performances - but not just yet. I'm off to see Karen Matheson at Dundee Rep followed by a scoop or three.

Keith
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#2
As I have said before, I am rotten at allegro. Today I was the luckiest guy on the East coast.....

Round 1..Won fairly easily

Round 2..Totally lost against Gilbert Alomenu when he misses umpteen chances to finish me off (including a mate in two), I won in a king and pawn endgame.

Round 3..Behind again against David MacDonald, turned down a draw in level position, I sneaked a pawn in at the death to win.

Round 4...Level game against an ungraded English student from St.Andrews University, I desperately stopped a couple of his mates in one when he unexpectedly blundered a rook.

Round 5... In trouble, tried to make a move with my king, but couldn't move it legally anywhere. Offered my resignation. Ian Morris, my opponent refused it and called in the arbiter who said to play on, I fluked a mate about six moves later.

Round 6....Outplayed by Seigrun McGilchrist all game, I managed a perpetual with about a minute left on my clock.

Lucky white heather?

Robin.
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#3
robin moore Wrote:Round 5... In trouble, tried to make a move with my king, but couldn't move it legally anywhere. Offered my resignation. Ian Morris, my opponent refused it and called in the arbiter who said to play on, I fluked a mate about six moves later.

Huh? You can't refuse a resignation and an Arbiter should not be asking you to play on. Did you mean you claimed a draw which makes more sense?
"How sad to see, what used to be, a model of decorum and tranquility become like any other sport, a battleground for rival ideologies to slug it out with glee"
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#4
Ian Morris is a gentleman in the truest sense of the word. He just plays chess to enjoy it like me and didn't want to win in any way he considered unfair,

Robin.
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#5
I get it now, you made an illegal move. Now I understand why the arbiter told you to play on. You have to make 3 of them in Allegro to lose the game!
"How sad to see, what used to be, a model of decorum and tranquility become like any other sport, a battleground for rival ideologies to slug it out with glee"
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#6
lol Robin. Very very jammy... ! Big Grin
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#7
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If you look a wee bit down the page at the above link to the excellent Kilmarnock chess club website, you may notice yours truly in a game we simply had to win. Kitchen sink attack....
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#8
Grading performances:

Open - http://www.dundee-congress.co.uk/The_1st..._Open.html

Major - http://www.dundee-congress.co.uk/The_1st...Major.html
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#9
And now photos are available at:

http://tinyurl.com/c49quen

Keith
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#10
Caption for photo 15 "I wonder if he'd notice if I made an illegal move ? "

Caption for photo 58 " Drat, he spotted it !"

Only kiddin' Robin...
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