Breaking news, Rory Quinn of Ennis has been having a great run in the Klatovy 2010 Open A tournament. At the moment he is in second place!
The tournament is a nine round swiss open tournament, with a time control of 2 h + 30 s of compensation per move until the end of the game. Rory is seeded 43 of the 83 competitors. This did not appear to bother Rory as in the first round he was paired, on board two, against the second seed IM Hausner (2451). Rory proceeded to win this game to the great surprise of the locals. In the second round Rory faced Turner (2191) on board 13 and drew this game. The following round saw Rory again on Board 13 with white against Cernik (2205). Rory also won this game bringing him into fifth place overall in the tournament. In todays round Rory had white again against Vorisek (2250). Rory again won bringing his score to 3.5/4. Fantastic performance, and this after Rory stating on his excellent blog: "I most likely won't be taking the chess aspect too seriously in any case!"
Well I think that idea is under some pressure at the moment. However Rory is at the disadvantage of not having his laptop with him, thus preventing him from proper preparation for his future opponents.
I present below two of Rory's games for your enjoyment, beginning with his first round win:
Now the latest game, which was nerve racking to watch, no mind play, as black was in severe time trouble even from the point I joined the game at move fifteen. The 30 second time compensation making it worse.
I will keeping you informed of Rory's results. Here's hoping he can maintain this excellent performance.
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