St Louis Winter Classic

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Re: St Louis Winter Classic

Post by JustinHorton » Sun Mar 19, 2017 10:05 pm

What a game.
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Peter Shaw
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Re: St Louis Winter Classic

Post by Peter Shaw » Sun Mar 19, 2017 10:05 pm

Fantastic performance, playing on increment since move 45!
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Re: St Louis Winter Classic

Post by Chris Rice » Sun Mar 19, 2017 10:05 pm

Amazing effort and he had to win it as surely he would have had no energy left for a playoff.
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Re: St Louis Winter Classic

Post by Christopher Kreuzer » Sun Mar 19, 2017 10:10 pm

Peter Shaw wrote:Ra8 wins because the bishop has no good square, Bc5 then Kc6 traps the knight, otherwise the b-pawn drops.
I see it now. I missed that after 119...Ra8 120.Bc5 Kc6 121.Nd6 Rd8 pins the knight to the king! (And 121.Na5 fails to 121...Rxa5 of course). Seems White has to play 120.Bh6 and as you say the b-pawn drops after 120...Kc4.
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Re: St Louis Winter Classic

Post by Colin Patterson » Sun Mar 19, 2017 10:14 pm

Congrats to David - I need to go and calm down now. I can only imagine how he feels.
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Re: St Louis Winter Classic

Post by Mick Norris » Wed Mar 22, 2017 7:56 am

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Chris Rice
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Re: St Louis Winter Classic

Post by Chris Rice » Wed Mar 22, 2017 9:02 am

David also mentioned on social media yesterday that it was the first time he had been the oldest person in a tournament and the last round was the first time he had ever used three scoresheets for a game.
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Re: St Louis Winter Classic

Post by Brian Towers » Wed Mar 22, 2017 8:10 pm

Chris Rice wrote:David also mentioned on social media yesterday that it was the first time he had been the oldest person in a tournament and the last round was the first time he had ever used three scoresheets for a game.
Only explanation - Arkell must have been coaching him.
Ah, but I was so much older then. I'm younger than that now.
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Re: St Louis Winter Classic

Post by LawrenceCooper » Wed Mar 22, 2017 11:31 pm

Brian Towers wrote:
Chris Rice wrote:David also mentioned on social media yesterday that it was the first time he had been the oldest person in a tournament and the last round was the first time he had ever used three scoresheets for a game.
Only explanation - Arkell must have been coaching him.
He's been playing long games for years. I remember two successive 130+ move games in the World Junior in 2008. What's most impressive is the amount of moves in those games that he plays off just the increment.
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Re: St Louis Winter Classic

Post by Mick Norris » Thu Mar 23, 2017 9:24 am

Brian Towers wrote:
Chris Rice wrote:David also mentioned on social media yesterday that it was the first time he had been the oldest person in a tournament and the last round was the first time he had ever used three scoresheets for a game.
Only explanation - Arkell must have been coaching him.
Keith would have won a bit quicker than move 130 :wink:

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