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29 Jul '10 14:33

Meadows
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29 Jul '10 14:334 edits
Sorry, but has anyone else noticed that Jack Rudd (2236) is, as black, playing the Hippopotamus against Mickey Adams (2706)? What a day for unusual opening fans!

EVENT The 97th Championships of the British Is
SITE Canterbury/England
DATE 2010.07.29
ROUND 4
WHITE Adams, Michael
BLACK Rudd, Jack
RESULT 1-0
WHITEELO 2704
BLACKELO 2267
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[Event "The 97th Championships of the British Is"]
[Site "Canterbury/England"]
[Date "2010.07.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Rudd, Jack"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2267"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 a6 5. f4 e6 6. Nf3 Ne7 7. Bd3 Nd7 8. e5 d5
9. Ne2 b6 10. c3 c5 11. a4 Bb7 12. O-O Nc6 13. Qe1 Qe7 14. Bf2 cxd4 15. Bh4 Qf8
16. Nexd4 Nxd4 17. cxd4 Nb8 18. Ra3 Kd7 19. Rb3 Kc7 20. Qc3+ Nc6 21. Rc1 h6 22. Bf6 Rg8 23. h4 1-0
SmittyTime
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29 Jul '10 14:43
No need to apologise.
Meadows
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29 Jul '10 14:54
I see Jack has just resigned. 🙁 Bad times.

Still, Jack must be performing at 260 or so.
JonathanB of London
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29 Jul '10 16:25
Oh dear.

Bit of a spank for Jack today ... but he's already played 3 of the top 6 seeds so hopefully he'll pick himself up and get back to having a great tournament.

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