Author: andrew

This week marked the triumphant return of Bernard, who directed a club tournament a week early in anticipation of lower turnout on December 29.

Congrats to Joel, who hit the 2700 rating mark for the first time in a while, and is nipping on the heels of Dave!

Anagram to solve was ARMI* SUIT

Something is clearly wrong with the month-to-date and year-to-date stats – for example, Sary gained 69 rating points despite apparently losing all 21 of her games. In fact the only person reported to have won any games all month is newcomer Kathryn. Nonetheless, I believe the ratings themselves are correct so I will leave them posted and fix the errors when I have time.
Anagram to solve was SLAP UNIT. In true “Bernard fashion”, Sary refused to accept UNPLAITS – she was looking for the other one.
I don’t have the tournament sheet, but you could figure out who won by looking at the scan or the results.

Our annual Montreal vs. Toronto match is best documented (by John Chew) here
One thing I can add: details of Joel’s high game to date – 715 points against Jim Nanavati! Here’s a blurry picture of the board, and here’s a blurrier one of the scoresheet showing Jim’s respectable 362.

Anagram to solve was NEWTONS BUNK

Ben emailed me this link – I had already seen it, but for anyone who hasn’t it’s certainly worth your time (all eight minutes and six seconds of it).

Theme was ‘best Remembrance Day word’. Abie won with FLAG.
Anagrams to solve were ‘PHONE ACT’ and ‘BLOC RELIE*’

This week’s club was directed by ‘Sary the K’, since Bernard is still in the hospital. No anagrams to solve this week. (Last week’s were dreamt up by Richard – thanks!)