How embarrassing!
Thanks to Michael Clapham for providing the following two gems – and for being prepared to provide examples of games he lost so swiftly!
The first is from Hastings 2002, with Michael (144) as Black against Mark Daniells (156):
The next is from a County match in 2006, when Michael (151) had the Black pieces against Norfolk’s Jeff Dawson (152):
Perhaps Michael has now been persuaded to stop playing the Scandinavian…
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