Saturday, 8 September 2018

Poor Start ... Poor Finish

LOST to a 158, after rejecting a draw offer, and drew with a 145 in the last two rounds of the 'Paignton' seven-round U180.
That brings to an end one of my worst-ever tournaments, having scored +0=3-3 (and a one-point bye) for a grading performance of 129.
It could have been worse:
Position after 51...Kg8-f8 in the round-seven game Martin Page (145) - Spanton (167)
White wins trivially after 52.d7.
Instead MP played 52.Re2?? after which 52...Ke8 assured the draw. A lucky escape.

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