Sometimes we gradually drift away from chess. Work, family, other responsibilities seem to conspire to remove the time or opportunities for the game. Life happens.
However, John Crompton got back to tournament play a few days ago in a one-day event near Charleston, South Carolina. Happily, he also got back to the Blackmar-Diemer, against an opponent who had recently won the state senior's championship.
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| Crompton, John 1667 - Reeve, C. 1952 |
| 1-0 (Aiken 25 Quick Chess) 4/17/2010 |
[12...Be7 ]
13.Raf1 [13.Ne4 wins a piece at once.]
13...Be7 14.Rxf6 Nxf6 15.Rxf6 Bxf6? Abandon all hope... [Rybka, with just enough time for a quick blunder check, suggests 15...c5 here as the lesser of evils, but White stays ahead in any variation I could see.]
16.Bxf6 Qe8 17.Qg5 Kh7?? 18.Qxh5+ Always a satisfying end to a game. [1-0] 
