Going into the final game Trevor had already won the tourney
with a game to spare. I was playing for second, competing against Steven.
Trevor has had a good run against me of late and I was hoping that it was over.
How wrong I was! I have seldom seen him play so well.
Trev opened with REtUNED for 64. I held EGIOOW? and missed GOODWIFE
for 96. Instead I played WOODIER (40). From move 4-8 Trevor played NARASES
(87), HETAIRAI (72), VINY (57), TOUCH (30) and CALIX (76). The best I could
manage was ZINEB for 70. As my rack matured into a bonus, Trevor played
diagonally to destroy the whole board and I was left watching my own execution
as if somehow separated from my body. Dylan 324 vs Trev 554. Trevor was the
deserving winner of the Gauteng Masters. Steven was a worthy runner up and I
came in 3rd which was lucky because I forgot my wallet at home and
needed the prize money to pay for parking. Howard made a great return to form
by coming 4th. Clearly I have a lot of work to do before WSC. 3 of
my losses may have ended differently if I had known/seen certain words.
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