Jan Sendall and Paul Clark inaugural Memorial Handicap Rapidplay ChessTournament Round 7

Now safely back home and on the laptop I am able to update my Round 6 and 7 games.  In the seventh round I yet again was given 5 minutes to my opponents 25 minutes in this inaugural Handicap Rapidplay tournament.  I was quite happy going into the last Round with 1.5 points as that was 1.5 points more than I expected.  An uneventful opening moved itself into a solid middle game whereupon I was able to swap off the major pieces and slowly move into a won Rook, Knight and Pawn endgame.  I had the added satisfaction of finishing the tournament with my first checkmate of the day.

John Florence 1309 v RBA 0-1

2.5 / 7 and a very happy tournament experience indeed.  The highlight must have been finding my Chess Mentor RG Taylor present and being able to reminisce with him and plan some ideas for the future.  One of these may be about obtaining a FIDE Chess ID Number and taking a holiday to play in one or two Swiss Tournaments on mainland Europe.  So seeing that meeting my old friend was the best part of the day for me, it is only fitting that I leave you with a chess photograph of the said friends:

RG Taylor, 12 May 2013

Newport Chess Club

Former National Master Graded 200 (English System)

Welsh Representative in the Commonwealth Championships held in India (albeit ill health prevented Bob from taking up the place when the Championships were held).  Photograph taken with a Canon 600D and f/1.8 Prime Lens handheld indoors without flash.