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EOSC 2011 Commentary: Round 9

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Last round's annotated game will be delayed for a little while yet, due to an annotator error. This round will be a little delayed, as we're still short-handed without Julie Tate (Sco).

In this round's annotated game, first-place Mikki Nicholson (Eng) plays third-place Theresa Brousson (MLT). It's an exciting game with a close finish with pretty bingoes like AAIKMORS# and CEHIINT (the alphabetically earlier of the two), but ugly racks like DDOOXUY (score 50 points using OOY and draw ?UU).

At Board 2, it's second-place Cecil Muscat (MLT) vs. fourth-place Chinedu Okwelogu (NGA); at Board 3, Jojo Delia (MLT) in fifth vs. Helen Gipson (Sco) in sixth.

Down at Board 13, Margaret Armstrong (Sco) played Brid Ni Bhriain (IRL), dropped off a 609-347 slip and walked off before I could ask her about the game. When I caught up with her, she had trouble remembering the game, but eventually was able to reconstruct with a scoresheet that she had played REALIZE (79), ROUGHEST (104, double-double), KITTING (99) and scored well with the X. That's the third 600+ game at this event.

Mikki beat Theresa and is alone at 8-1. Cecil lost 363-439 to Chinedu, stays in second place, right ahead of Chinedu. Jojo moves up one place to fourth after beating Helen 416-356.