Ringwood Waifs & Strays V Poole Bishops

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Thanks to Tariq for his help getting this played over 3 boards. Very much appreciated. When i returned from being blitzed about a hour in, board two and three had finished and board one looked exciting but fairly level. At about 9:47 Steve who had looked to be getting on top blundered a knight. I know the time it happened as there was no increment and the match started on time. However our player was assuming he had an increment and starting to talk about a faulty clock when he was down to 10 seconds with perhaps a likely 20 moves to play to hope to win. Steve, very sportingly offered a draw and after a very brief thin , Tim accepted and the clock were stopped with 6 seconds left on his. Moral of the match - never start a game without knowing the time control :-)

Martin Joseph Clancy