Letsplaychess.com presents Ramage vs Gavriel

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A rather dull french defence game with some missed opportunities to spice things up. At least Barnet crushed Barking overall in the match though - with 4.5 - 1.5 score.

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David said…
Well done for blogging this one Tryfon - I'm sure it's just as interesting for us viewers to see some games where things didn't go as you'd hoped; and maybe it will be useful for you to present the reasons behind the less successful games.

Ready to put up any losses yet...?
12 January 2008 at 11:39
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