Game Details
Player 1
#player1 Jonathan_Lindh Jonathan Lindh
#player2 Jeff_Fiszbein Jeff Fiszbein
>Jonathan_Lindh: ADLOORV 8D VALOR +24 24
#note 2023 Word Cup Main Event Round 31. VALOR seems fine to me.
>Jeff_Fiszbein: ADEZ 7E ZEDA +36 36
>Jonathan_Lindh: ADEHORX 9G HEX +39 63
#note Seems best. Jeff either has to have an S or open kind of awkwardly to score here.
>Jeff_Fiszbein: ?ILSSTW 10B WITLeSS +79 115
#note Best. This is the point when you realize you are probably not winning this game.
>Jonathan_Lindh: ADIMORT 6H DIATOM +17 80
#note E4 MATZA for 32 is the play here. DIATOM is too desperate too soon.
>Jeff_Fiszbein: EJN L4 JE.N +22 137
>Jonathan_Lindh: ILNQRRS -ILNQR +0 80
#note Horrible draw. Maybe I need to play I5 QIS for 29?
>Jeff_Fiszbein: ABG 9A BAG +18 155
>Jonathan_Lindh: CDNRRSU A6 CUR. +24 104
>Jeff_Fiszbein: EF 5J FE. +21 176
>Jonathan_Lindh: BDDINRS N2 BINDS +32 136
#note Best. Thank goodness I didn't try BRINDS*. It's just BRINDED.
>Jeff_Fiszbein: AIMN O1 MINA +30 206
>Jonathan_Lindh: DKRRUYY M6 .URKY +23 159
#note Best.
>Jeff_Fiszbein: LOT M1 LOT +17 223
>Jonathan_Lindh: ADEINRY 1H DENIA. +24 183
#note Imissed 1H ADENYL for 42, but we would arrive at the same conclusion even if I played that. DENIAL is the right idea but about a 8-9 point mistake and 5% win chances in back of ADENYL.
>Jeff_Fiszbein: ?CENNOV 2B CONVENe +78 301
#note Best. ADENYL also gives back CONVENE.
>Jonathan_Lindh: EEIOORY L9 OORIE +21 204
#note Best. If I played ADENYL, this rack would be even worse.
>Jeff_Fiszbein: APT K10 TAP +24 325
>Jonathan_Lindh: EEEIOWY 13J EE.W +20 224
#note Did not see E4 YOWZA for 40, but that doesn't really win anywyas. EEEW at least opens up a hard to block line.
>Jeff_Fiszbein: AF 3C FA +22 347
>Jonathan_Lindh: EIILOOY 4D YO +22 246
#note No clue.
>Jeff_Fiszbein: GPU 5E PUG +20 367
>Jonathan_Lindh: EHIILOQ 14I OH +26 272
#note Best. Now begins the fun of trying to get my Q a home.
>Jeff_Fiszbein: EEGR 15F GREE +17 384
>Jonathan_Lindh: EIIILQR J5 ..IL +7 279
#note G12 LIER for 5 is best because it blocks SUTTA, which none of us saw. I did FAIL to block Jeff's most obvious spot for his S, IS/ZEDAS.
>Jeff_Fiszbein: ASTTU 12K ..A +10 394
#note No SUTTA.
>Jonathan_Lindh: EIIQR 8M .EI +9 288
#note This is best.
>Jeff_Fiszbein: STTU O7 T. +2 396
#note IT or TI are best.
>Jonathan_Lindh: IQR F13 RI. +6 294
#note I1 ER for 14 is theoretically best but I wanted to give my Q one more shot at finding a home. My play is 2nd best.
>Jeff_Fiszbein: STU K10 ....S +13 409
#note Jeff mistakenly lost track of my Q. 14E TI for 2 is best.
>Jonathan_Lindh: Q 14E Q. +11 305
#note My plan worked!
>Jonathan_Lindh: (TU) +4 309
#note Final score recorded as 410-309 Jeff. Some rough draws toward the end of this tournament, but I still gained 131 ratings points over the weekend. On to Nationals! I'll probably annotate the Early Bird games after Nationals in August or late July.
Player 2
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