Michael Akonor (Ghana) Adrian Tamas (Romania)
Another good day for me. After two days of struggle, I made it back to table one. Just for one game...I didn't throw any games away today. On top of that, inspiration and luck gave me two nice wins against Michael Gongolo and Kevin McMahon, two of the strongest players in the open division. I also played a nine timer: ATRopINES for 149 points against Victor Chua, to win a very exciting game.
The last game of the day put me in a very interesting position. Michael Akonor, the leader of the Open Division, played a word that I challenged. He took it back right away saying that it wasn't good. He didn't even want to go to the computer for the adjudication. Even though I challenged the word, I was almost sure that it was ok, so I insisted that we should check it. It was valid, so Michael didn't lose his turn. He thanked me many times after the game. I said that I enjoy winning, but that I would rather lose than win games like that. Michael Akonor seems like a nice fellow. I hope he wins the tournament.
You did it again :) Who knows, you might win the pancakes after all... for fair play, of course :)
ReplyDeleteI hear Michael Akonor is very nice. No surprise that you did the honorable thing regarding the challenge. Good luck to you both!
ReplyDeleteJean,
ReplyDeleteHe is very nice indeed. Thank you for the wishes! Unfortunately, I didn't do too well on my last day:( Next time!