{"id":842,"date":"2013-10-11T20:06:48","date_gmt":"2013-10-11T10:06:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.doubleroo.com.au\/blog\/?p=842"},"modified":"2018-01-15T20:07:39","modified_gmt":"2018-01-15T10:07:39","slug":"south-island-championship-nelson-open-rounds-56","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.doubleroo.com.au\/blog\/2013\/10\/south-island-championship-nelson-open-rounds-56\/","title":{"rendered":"South Island Championship\/Nelson Open Rounds 5+6"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Before we get to the games I would like to announce that Doubleroo is going to be presenting a new award. It will be called the “Wonderful Human Being” award for incredible kindness to me. Instead of useless tin medals, wine or chocolate will be presented.<\/div>\n
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The first winner is Kaye Duncan, co-owner of the Carmel Court Motel<\/a>. Because of the tight schedule, long games and rainy weather I had trouble finding the time to do my washing. Kaye kindly offered to help. I put it in the machine before leaving and when I got back it was in our flat, all dry. Thanks Kaye, your wine is on its way \ud83d\ude42<\/div>\n
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So, on to the games. The match of the day was Steven Solomons game against Puchen Wang. It was a Gruenfeld where black snaffles the a2 pawn. White seemed to get all his pieces on perfect squares but black somehow managed to defend. Unfortunately the game is not available. I am curious what happened.<\/div>\n
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As for me, I played the other Rains brother, Edward. These boys have a lot of talent and great concentration but it seems they are not getting the training they need in Christchurch. I won a pawn in the opening and despite blundering it back white was always well on top. One funny moment occurred on move 26, where I had intended and nearly played Ra6, only noticing just before moving that Rb1 wins a rook instead of a pawn. That might have saved at least an hour!<\/div>\n
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