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The unplayed matches in the open were adjudged as follows:
Dinos Sfyris forfeit win vs. Dan Seasmith
Lloyd Pettet draw vs. Ian Dent

Also, the result of the unfinished match between Matt Bayfield and Kevin Davis was allowed to stand as a complete match.

Any unfinished matches in the other sections carry over (since they are round-robin/pool play sections).

The games for the week:

The Open

The U1400

The U1200

The U1000

Another reminder: The matches in all sections except the U1400 are best-of-three standard games; the U1400 has single-game matches (but there are two of them in a week).

Getting it in early this week!

Kevin Davis 63 - 91 Liam Tiernan

A close game, until the Obligatory Davis Brainfart™ in Round 12.

Kevin Davis 82 - 101 Liam Tiernan

Liam's second CINEMA trip in as many games sees him through, albeit on a crucial; Obligatory Davis Brainfart™ in Round 9 helps too.

Kevin Davis wrote:Getting it in early this week!

Kevin Davis 63 - 91 Liam Tiernan

A close game, until the Obligatory Davis Brainfart™ in Round 12.

Kevin Davis 82 - 101 Liam Tiernan

Liam's second CINEMA trip in as many games sees him through, albeit on a crucial; Obligatory Davis Brainfart™ in Round 9 helps too.

I'd just like to add that I was really happy with my numbers solution in rd 5,game 1 (and no, it wasn't fudged).

U-1400:

Ian Volante 64 - 94 Michael Wallace

Ed Edd n Eddy thumped me.

Edward McCullagh 2-0 Ryan Taylor

Edward 100-52 Ryan
Edward 102-95 Ryan

Result from Week 2 (Open)

Kirk Bevins 2 - Marcus Hares 0

Kirk 109 - Marcus 78 http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?ke ... 7906485564
Kirk 115 - Marcus 84 http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?ke ... 8350663009

Open result: Henry Meier 2 - 0 Chris Philpot

Henry Meier 82 - 74 Chris Philpot
Henry Meier 87 - 86 Chris Philpot

Both very close games which could have gone either way, Chris was unlucky not to take at least one of them.

More Open:

Miriam Nussbaum 59 - 74 Jim Bentley
Jim Bentley 89 - 65 Miriam Nussbaum

U1200:

Chris Philpot 2- Jordan F 0

http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=264601
http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?key=46 ... 1063940523

U1000

Andrew Herbertson 75-60 Jordan F http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=264629
Andrew Herbertson 87-50 Jordan F http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=264633

Hi Andy Wilson, When can you play our under 1200 games. Tks

Andrew came off pretty unlucky in these, misclicking to miss a nine in the decider:

Ian Volante 96 - 85 Andrew Herbertson
Andrew Herbertson 72 - 70 Ian Volante
Andrew Herbertson 77 - 101 Ian Volante

Dale Levell 99-70 Richard Priest
Dale Levell 117-86 Richard Priest

I'm a bit disappointed with the way I played, especially at the start of game 1, but when a guy misses 2 maxes in 30 rounds, well....

All credit to Dale, and I have to applaud his sportsmanship when a lag early in the second game meant I missed a round completely and he offered to start a new game even though he was in front.All the best.

Rich Priest wrote:Dale Levell 99-70 Richard Priest
Dale Levell 117-86 Richard Priest

I'm a bit disappointed with the way I played, especially at the start of game 1, but when a guy misses 2 maxes in 30 rounds, well....

All credit to Dale, and I have to applaud his sportsmanship when a lag early in the second game meant I missed a round completely and he offered to start a new game even though he was in front.All the best.

You cruelly picked 6 small while Dale was on max game Rich! Evil!

U1400: Liam Tiernan 97-89 Ian Volante

Hi Kevin Davis,

Can you let me know when you want to play our game?
I've PM'd you with my availability, which is basically any time from now onwards.

Thanks.

U1400 Result: Chris Philpot 101 - 85 Adam Gillard

Ryan Taylor wrote:

Rich Priest wrote:Dale Levell 99-70 Richard Priest
Dale Levell 117-86 Richard Priest

I'm a bit disappointed with the way I played, especially at the start of game 1, but when a guy misses 2 maxes in 30 rounds, well....

All credit to Dale, and I have to applaud his sportsmanship when a lag early in the second game meant I missed a round completely and he offered to start a new game even though he was in front.All the best.

You cruelly picked 6 small while Dale was on max game Rich! Evil!

I'm like that... no seriously, I mistakenly thought I was still in touching distance then realised I wasn't but by then it was too late to change the selection Never mind, makes the max more satisfying for Dale I guess.

James Doohan 87-64 Tom Rowell

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?ke ... 5374362171

Open:

Stuart Arnot 2 - 1 Lee Simmonds

Undeserved victory, really.

Stuart Arnot 98 - 66 Lee Simmonds
Lee Simmonds 109 - 92 Stuart Arnot
Lee Simmonds 66 - 89 Stuart Arnot

FAO Miriam - I'd be grateful if you could get in touch as to your availability for our U1200 game. Please check your PM inbox.

Thanks
Jeff

U 1400: Liam Tiernan 89 - 77 Lee Simmonds

Jeff Clayton wrote:FAO Miriam - I'd be grateful if you could get in touch as to your availability for our U1200 game. Please check your PM inbox.

Thanks
Jeff

Try the apterous mail feature, it's much more reliable than waiting for people to read their PMs on here.

Open Tournament:

James Robinson 2 - 0 Matt Bayfield

James Robinson 109 - 63 Matt Bayfield
James Robinson 94 - 72 Matt Bayfield

Two very different games with Matt here. The first one I surprisingly won with ease, which was a surprise as I always seem to find it hard to beat Matt, probably because of his letters expertise. Then the second one I almost threw away, after trying 2 false 9's, but luckily Matt's 6 small punt at the end didn't pay off, and in then end I just won, but Matt didn't turn into MINCEMEAT.

Another result from the U1400: Niall Seymour 78 - 96 Adam Gillard

U 1400: Liam Tiernan 103 - 57 Ian Dent

In the Open, Innis Carson 2 - 0 Hugh Binnie.

Hugh Binnie 97 - 129 Innis Carson
Innis Carson 125 - 115 Hugh Binnie

A couple of very good games — Innis maxed the first, and we matched each other in every round of the second (except the conundrum, obviously).

Before turning on the football:
Dave Mattingly 68 - 95 Matt Morrison

After turning on the football:
Matt Morrison 33 - 73 Dave Mattingly
Dave Mattingly 60 - 55 Matt Morrison

Call me a cunt for making excuses, but seriously. Fucking awful. Quite why I persist after match 2 I don't know. Now I don't even want to play any more.
Should have won anyway but my stupid broken keyboard typo'd RESPECTED for me and then Dave stole the answer. :@

Open

James Doohan 2-1 Dave Mattingly

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?ke ... 3202360097

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?ke ... 2373252031

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?ke ... 7912893544

Some of the toughest games i've played for a while

From the open:

Ben Wilson 104-76 Karen Pearson
Bottles in round 2 and 4 and a great spot from Karen in round 13 produced plenty of nerves, fortunately I was just able to hold it together in the end.
Ben Wilson 123-74 Karen Pearson
Bit more like it, despite yet another bottle in round 3 costing me what would've been only my second 14-maxer. Picked the correct niner in round 11 and a cracker of a spot in round 12 to see me home & dry.

Many thanks to Karen for being a great opponent despite the antics of certain individuals in the main aptochat window.

U1400 - my turn to play gorgeous pouting Karen Pearson!

Karen Pearson 81 - 59 Jim Bentley

Pretty conclusive. Played Karen!

Ben Wilson wrote:From the open:

Ben Wilson 104-76 Karen Pearson
Bottles in round 2 and 4 and a great spot from Karen in round 13 produced plenty of nerves, fortunately I was just able to hold it together in the end.
Ben Wilson 123-74 Karen Pearson
Bit more like it, despite yet another bottle in round 3 costing me what would've been only my second 14-maxer. Picked the correct niner in round 11 and a cracker of a spot in round 12 to see me home & dry.

Many thanks to Karen for being a great opponent despite the antics of certain individuals in the main aptochat window.

That's what the Mute button is there for, Ben.

Ben Wilson wrote:From the open:

Ben Wilson 104-76 Karen Pearson
Bottles in round 2 and 4 and a great spot from Karen in round 13 produced plenty of nerves, fortunately I was just able to hold it together in the end.
Ben Wilson 123-74 Karen Pearson
Bit more like it, despite yet another bottle in round 3 costing me what would've been only my second 14-maxer. Picked the correct niner in round 11 and a cracker of a spot in round 12 to see me home & dry.

Many thanks to Karen for being a great opponent despite the antics of certain individuals in the main aptochat window.

Class won out in the end. Well played Ben. And the laddish comments in Chat didn't put me off - it doesn't really make any difference to me.

JimBentley wrote:U1400 - my turn to play gorgeous pouting Karen Pearson!

Karen Pearson 81 - 59 Jim Bentley

Pretty conclusive. Played Karen!

Pouting? I don't pout.

But it was a good game Jim. Thanks. Shame about the phantom letters.

I tried to find all this horrible chat that was going on yesterday, all I could find was people talking about the Uruguay/Ghana match???!

Dinos Sfyris 2 - 1 Scott Gillies. The first game was a close affair but both players failed to reach their full potential missing some troublesome maxes in the later stages of the game, but I managed to seal the game with the final numbers. Game 2 was level-pegging all the way until Scott gave me a trouncing in the final third. Game 3 saw us both score 13 maxes in a low-scoring game only missing PREWIRE. It took 2 TB conundrums to separate us. Luckily for me Scott was a fraction behind me on the last one. I feel like the better player probably lost on this occasion. Here are the games:

Game 1: Dinos Sfyris 83 - 80 Scott Gillies

Game 2: Dinos Sfyris 84 - 118 Scott Gillies

Game 3: Dinos Sfyris 114 - 104 Scott Gillies

U1400 match

Dan Seasmith 105 - 82 Chris Philpot

I don't know what league:

76 - 54 and 66 - 53 vs. Jordan F

Open: James Hurrell 2 - 0 Nick Wainwright

I think the biggest factor in this game being the hour time difference allowing me to play at 10 am and Nick 9 am on a Sunday. Great tactic I thought and so it turned out.

A decent, close first game until rounds 12 and 13 where ASCARID and PROMISE opened up a lead big enough for the final numbers and conundrum not to matter.

Game 1: James Hurrell 105 - 90 Nick Wainwright

The second game however was poor from both with Nick suggesting he needed more coffee. 4 letters maxes from each of us indicates the low quality. A few disallowed words from Nick allowed me to open up a lead and seal the 2-0 win.

Game 2: James Hurrell 115 - 67 Nick Wainwright

Jon O'Neill 88 - 80 Lloyd Pettet
Lloyd Pettet 79 - 83 Jon O'Neill
2-0 to me.

I haven't managed to link up with Andy Wilson in the U1000 this week. I hope we'll be permitted to play it early in the coming week.

Sorry it's late:

Jim Bentley 77 - 90 Tom Rowell

Sorry It's late but Josh Hurst vs Lee Simmonds, U1400 week 2 result, 101-83 to Hurst.

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=268486

U1400 Round 2 - Josh Hurst 82 - 94 Philip Jarvis

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=270713

Another one C/fwd from last week. I had the edge on letters and Josh on the numbers. I took a 2 point lead into the final round before I got the conundrum (which had 3 U's) late on. A very close game which could have gone either way.

U1400 Round 2:

Niall Seymour 98-20 Jordan F

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?ke ... 6285546122

Jordan was pretty unlucky in round 4 and extremely unlucky in round 6 (it was a typo rather than a spelling mistake), I think that really knocked the stuffing out of him and it would have been far closer otherwise.