{"id":1181,"date":"2018-07-08T15:03:31","date_gmt":"2018-07-08T05:03:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.doubleroo.com.au\/blog\/?p=1181"},"modified":"2018-07-09T17:53:46","modified_gmt":"2018-07-09T07:53:46","slug":"george-trundle-memorial-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.doubleroo.com.au\/blog\/2018\/07\/george-trundle-memorial-1\/","title":{"rendered":"George Trundle Memorial Round 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

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For you non-antipodeans, the “George” is an annual IM round-robin event played at a comfortable pace with one round a day. The venue is the Auckland chess centre in Cromwell st and our accommodation is a pleasant three bedroom apartment at the base of Mt Eden, a major landmark in Auckland. From the top one can see both the Pacific Ocean and the Tasman Sea.<\/p>\n

The tournament is expertly organised by Mike Steadman, a strong player himself, so the playing conditions are as they should be. Since there is only one game a day and just a short walk to the venue, I’ll be blogging again. In my last tournament, the Gold Coast open, the schedule just did not permit any other activity. <\/p>\n

Luckily David Esmonde shouldered the burden, as well as running all the live transmission, and published photo’s, games and short reports here.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/livechess.aunz.net\/index.php\/gold-coast-open-2018\/view-games\/<\/p>\n

The only improvement would be live transmission of the games but I’m sure that will happen in a future George. <\/p>\n

Round 1<\/p>\n

I have played Paul frequently, but not lately. He was one of New Zealand’s top players, and regular Olympiad team member, for decades. I had a decent score, but most of our games were very hard fought. Today Paul made things difficult for himself with 4…d6. Having already played f5 was not beneficial.<\/p>\n