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Really sorry to hear of Bob's passing; he was a good guy. I played him several times in various Kentish tournaments in the early noughties, with even results overall, but my sense is that he won the matches that mattered. And we were team-mates in the Kent county team for many years. Good to see tha...

Great stuff, and I really liked the time control. 20m + 10s is better than a simple 30m because the clock pressure is always present but there's no crazy stuff happening in the last few minutes as players run out of time.