{"id":844,"date":"2013-10-12T20:08:47","date_gmt":"2013-10-12T10:08:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.doubleroo.com.au\/blog\/?p=844"},"modified":"2018-01-15T20:09:35","modified_gmt":"2018-01-15T10:09:35","slug":"south-island-championship-nelson-open-rounds-78","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.doubleroo.com.au\/blog\/2013\/10\/south-island-championship-nelson-open-rounds-78\/","title":{"rendered":"South Island Championship\/Nelson Open Rounds 7+8"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Today was a nice sunny day for a change. Nelson, I am told is the sunniest town in New Zealand but I guess they are getting all their rainfall this week. I went for a long walk to recover from my morning round but more about that later. This is the Maitai river. I always thought a Maitai was some sort of alcoholic beverage.<\/div>\n
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At the end of the river and the town lies a nice cove. It probably has a name too \ud83d\ude42<\/div>\n
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A nice statue, titled something like “dreaming about endless time”<\/div>\n
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A view back to town from the mouth of the Maitai.<\/div>\n
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Anzac park. We are back in town.<\/div>\n
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Ok, now to the horror story. My opponents 5th move, d5 is already a serious error that I have put away before. There are many ways to get a nice advantage. Probably just castles and Na6-c5 is the easiest. I knew that, had played it before but….<\/div>\n
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Trying to understand my pre-noon thought process is an exercise in futility. Instead I spent 3 moves chasing a weak pawn. If one of my students played like that I would give them a stern taking to. The game is worth playing through for the final combination. Quentin did polish me off nicely.<\/div>\n
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