Me !!!
I must admit it was not a heroic epic struggle that secured this victory but rather an insipid quick draw. I have had too many last round disasters in the past and the round was changed from the civilised time of 1.pm to before the crack of noon so I took the “professional” {spineless} Â approach. After all, Steven still [...]
George Trundle Masters and the winne...
Me !!!
I must admit it was not a heroic epic struggle that secured this victory but rather an insipid quick draw. I have had too many last round disasters in the past and the round was changed from the civilised time of 1.pm to before the crack of noon so I took the “professional” {spineless} Â approach. After all, Steven still [...]
George Trundle Masters Rd 8
I almost over-pressed today. I got a little edge out of the opening and then showed my lousy technique again, nearly getting my queen trapped on a7. Instead of 20.Qa7 I should play something quiet like Bf3 or b3. In fact every move after that was not best. I wisely offered a draw after 27.Bh3 as I was a bit worse. Funnily enough his intended [...]
George Trundle Masters Rd 7
I must admit I was a bit nervous today. After a great start I stumbled a bit, first drawing a great position against Luke Li and then getting crushed with white in 22 moves by Steven. Suddenly I only had a half point margin and collapses are not that uncommon in my career. Added to that I was black against a very creative player. I saw many [...]
George Trundle Masters Rd 6
Well after three and a half decades Steven and I are still trading blows. He struck two today. First he beat me with black in 22 moves, reducing my lead to half a point and then to add insult to injury he emptied a jar of super hot chillies into our dinner. Here he is preparing our “feast”.
To be fair, I contributed to the mor [...]
George Trundle Masters Rd 5
Exercise is overrated. I got up this morning and went for a long walk. It felt good to get out and about in the fresh air and Beach Haven is a nice place for it. Let me show you.
This is Island bay, on the northern shore of Auckland.
Its amazing to see how the trees hang on desperately to the cliff face as it gets eroded away.
And t [...]
George Trundle Masters Rd 4
Today’s game was a bit shaky and I blame facebook 🙂 I was engaged in a frivolous conversation about  the Borislav Ivanov case until about 3am. Just in case you have not heard about it or are not a serious chessplayer, allow me to summarise.Borislav Ivanov is a Bulgarian amateur who has been performing remarkably well. So well in fact [...]
George Trundle Masters Rd 3
Today our house scored 3/3! Our host Bruce Watson won an incredible game against Athula Russell, who is our fourth foreigner although he lives in New Zealand now. I was certain that he was busted but Bruce’s mate Fritz disagrees with me.Steven {Solomon} got off the mark at last as well with what looked like an easy win against the tal [...]
George Trundle Masters Rd 2
Today I played my host, Bruce Watson. We have played before and that too was a scrappy game. Last time, in the 2000 zonal, while trying to convert, I blundered with 84.Kg6?? allowing mate in one. Instead Bruce played 84…Qc5?? allowing 85.Qd8 mate!
Today neither of us blundered quite so badly. Bruce sacrificed the exchange for a pawn [...]
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