Vincent scored a remarkable and possible record 11 straight wins with a bit of luck and some manners. At least four opponents were better over the board at some stage in their games against him but he was able to move quickly, recover time, pressure and score a few wins on illegal moves. Against Russell he won a quick exchange, then lost to a neat tactic, went into a lost endgame with 20 seconds/13 secs and the pressure saw Russell move into check. Against Phil he lost a piece, won it back, won an exchange before Phil also moved illegally. For those opponents where he thought they had outplayed him he generously apologised, "Sorry about that."
Other games also saw a comedy of unusual errors: Neville's Super Bishop; Gemma claiming a win on time after her clock had flagged; Russell thinking he had checkmate and claiming an incorrect win; Andrew upsetting/outplaying many; Dragan unable to manage the time; Mitchell playing his best tournament; Dragan missing a free queen...
Phil vs Vincent
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cd 4. Nd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be2 o-o 9. o-o b5 10. f4 Be6 11. f5 Ba3 12. ab3 Nc6 13. Qd2 b4 14. Nd5 Nxe4 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Qd5 Nf6?? (Nd4 = 17. Bxd4 Nf6 18. Qf3 exd4 19. Bxa6) 17. Qxc6 Rfc8 18. Qb6? (18. Rxa6!! +-) Nd5 19. Qa5 Nxe3 20. Rfc1 Qa7 21. Bxa6 Nxc2+ (here white didn't notice teh discovered check and moved his queen to d5 automatically losing and black also has forced mate 21... Nd1+ 22. Kh1 Nf2+ 23. Kg1 Nh3+ 24. Kh1 Qg1 25 Rxg1 Nf2#
Scores 11 games Vincent 11, Phil 8.5, Andrew 7.5, Nigel 7, Dylan 7, Russell 6.5, Kevin 6.5, reg 6, Carey 6, Neville 5.5, David 5, Mitchell 5, Dragan 4, Anthony 2, Gemma 1.5, Zen 1, Lenard 1.
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