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I'm going to cherish these wins I got against this guy when he was an U-10... because I have a feeling he may become a stronger player than me.

[Event "Friendly Game"]
[Site "Barnstaple Chess Club"]
[Date "2010.09.13"]
[Round ""]
[White "Slade, Theo"]
[Black "Rudd, Jack"]
[Result "0-1"]

1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Bc4 cxb2 5.Bxb2 d6 6.Nf3 Be6 7.Bxe6 fxe6 8.Qb3 Qc8 9.Ng5 Nf6 10.Nd2 Nc6 11.Nxe6 Qd7 12.Qxb7 Rb8 13.Nxc7+ Kf7 14.Qa6 Rxb2 15.Nc4 Nb4 16.O-O Nxa6 0-1

[Event "Friendly Game"]
[Site "Barnstaple Chess Club"]
[Date "2010.09.13"]
[Round ""]
[White "Rudd, Jack"]
[Black "Slade, Theo"]
[Result "1-0"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ndf3 Qb6 8.a3 a5 9.b3 f6 10.Ra2 Be7 11.Bd3 O-O 12.Bb1 Qa7 13.Qd3 g6 14.h4 b5 15.h5 f5 16.g4 Nb6 17.hxg6 hxg6 18.gxf5 exf5 19.Rg2 Rf7 20.e6 Bxe6 21.Rxg6+ Rg7 22.Rxe6 Rc8 23.Qxf5 1-0

Will I or should I be cherishing my one win against you Jack ?

I was already rated 2139 at the time, as I recall.

IM Jack Rudd wrote:I'm going to cherish these wins I got against this guy when he was an U-10... because I have a feeling he may become a stronger player than me.

I have a feeling I may at a later date cherish the win I got a few weeks ago against one of England's representatives in Batumi, since although at the time his grade was identical to mine, I suspect it's going to end up rather higher (when I was his age I'd never even played a competitive game!). I think it would be a bit unfair to him to post it - yes, he had one shocking game but it clearly wasn't indicative of how well he can play, as he showed by winning all the rest of his games at that tournament.

Ah Theo Slade. he's a good player. i had a tough congress match against him. I won the match in the end with a nice tactic, but it certainly wasn't the easiest of matches.