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Wednesday, 24-June-2009
This is all proving a lot more difficult than I thought – and I don't just mean the bridge. I rather forgot the intensity of playing in events like this. It's almost non-stop; once the game is over – and there's only an hour break between sessions – it's off to supper with other players and companions and there's no real time to do any updates.
I think I rather remembered occasions where I'd only kibitzed and the ten year gap since I last played (Lille 1998: those wounds took time to heal) led me to overestimate how much time I'd have. Still, with tactically not qualifying for the 'A' semi-final, we've reduced our chances further of playing in a meaningful pairs final. That should free up some time.
