#player1 Joe Joe Edley #player2 Brian Brian Cappelletto #title Joe Edley vs. Brian Cappelletto, NSC 2000, Division 1, Round 25, Table 1, #ltarget Macintosh HD:jjc:nsa-web:board display:test game: #ltarget #htarget file:///Macintosh%20HD/jjc/nsa-web/board%20display/test%20game/ #htarget /games/nsc2000/4/ > Joe: AILNRTU 8h UN +4 4 #note Maven (unfamiliar with modern opening theory) would play 8D URINAL (14). > Brian: BRRTTXY h7 RUTTY +8 8 #note Maven suggests G7 TRY (14). > Joe: AFILRTY 10f FITLY +27 31 #note Maven suggests extending UN with 8H UNFAIRLY (45). (There was no place to play his seven-letter bingo.) > Brian: BEGNRSX 9e NEXT +41 49 #note Maven agrees. > Joe: AENORT? e2 NEgATRON +64 95 #note Maven agrees. > Brian: BEGLRSU 2b BLUNGERS +80 129 #note Maven agrees. > Joe: ADFGGJL h1 FRAG +30 125 #note Maven agrees. > Brian: IOPRSVV 5h SPIV +27 156 #note Maven agrees. > Joe: DEGJLNP 8a PENGO +30 155 #note Maven agrees. > Brian: ACELORV c8 NOVERCAL +76 232 #note Maven agrees. > Joe: ADEJKLM 12a JERK +46 201 #note Maven agrees. > Brian: EINRUUW a10 INJURE +39 271 #note Maven agrees. > Joe: ADEELMR k2 MARVELED +64 265 #note Maven agrees. > Brian: ACDEUW? l1 WADE +36 342 #note Maven agrees. > Joe: ADEIIST 7g TRAILSIDE +66 331 #note Maven agrees. This play was the talk of the tournament room. > Brian: ACOOQU? 6b QUOTA +36 342 #note Maven agrees. Second choice would be O5 COEQUA(L) (51). > Joe: AIMOSTT n1 MATTOIDS +76 407 #note Maven agrees. > Brian: ACDEOO? 15c LACEwOOD +83 425 #note Maven agrees. > Joe: BHINOWZ l7 SHOWBIZ +68 475 #note Maven agrees. > Brian: HIIO - 0 425 #note Brian will not win unless SHOWBIZ is a phoney. (His best play, o1 OH (32) leads to a 28-point loss.) He challenges, but the play is ruled acceptable and he loses his turn. > Joe: N 3g NA +6 481 #note Maven agrees. With this win, Joe takes a two-game lead over Adam Logan, and Brian drops to fourth among the players at three games behind.