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Henceforth, I shall call him Paddy Gormally.

GORMALLY, Daniel
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WannaBe: Ever see that movie "The Cooler," where William Macy plays a guy employed at a casino who brings bad luck to any gambler he touches?

1. d4 f5 2. Bg5 h6 3. Bh4 g5 4. e4 Nf6 5. e5 e6 6. Bg3 f4 7. Bd3 d5 8. exf6 Qxf6 9. Qh5+ Kd8 10. Ne2 Bd6 11. Nbc3 c6 12. O-O-O Bd7 13. h4 fxg3 14. hxg5 Bf4+ 15. Nxf4 Qxf4+ 16. Kb1 gxf2 17. Ne2 Qd6 18. gxh6 Kc7 19. Qf7 c5 20. dxc5 Qxc5 21. Qf4+ Kb6 22. b4 Qf8 23. Qd4+ Kc7 24. Qe5+ Kc8 25. Qc3+ Nc6 26. a3 e5 27. b5 d4 28. Qc4 Rb8 29. Nc1 Qxa3 30. Nb3 a5 31. Rh5 a4 32. bxc6 bxc6 33. Qa6+ Rb7 34. Rxe5 Kb8 35. Rb5 cxb5 36. Be4 Bc8 37. Na5 Rxh6 38. Qxh6 Qb4+ 39. Ka2 Qxa5 40. Bxb7 Bxb7 41. Qf8+ Ka7 42. Rxd4 b4 43. Qxf2 Qc5 44. Rd2 Bd5+ 45. Kb1 Kb6 46. g4 b3 47. cxb3 axb3 48. Kb2 Qxf2 49. Rxf2 Kc7 50. g5 Kd6 51. Kc3 Ke7 52. Kd4 Bf7 53. Rf6 Bg8 54. Ke5 Bh7 55. Rb6 Bc2 56. Rb7+ Ke8 57. g6 Kd8 58. g7 Kc8 59. Rb4 Bh7 60. Rxb3 1-0

<offramp> So how did the English arrive in England?

<The English squad is now down to five players after board four GM Danny Gormally flew home a couple of days ago. Before leaving, he displayed the first sign of real aggression seen from the English squad since its arrival in Turin. Sadly it was not at the chessboard, but at the Bermuda party on the night before the second rest day. From what the BCM has been able to gather from various sources present in Turin, the facts appear to be as follows: annoyed that a young lady player (Arianne Casioli of Australia) preferred to dance with Levon Aronian of Armenia, Gormally landed a punch on the world number three. Thankfully the blow did not do any real damage but the Armenian delegation was understandably incensed that their top board should be treated in this way. To keep the peace, the English delegation decided that Gormally would have to be sent back home immediately. Incidentally, Gormally's team-mate Nigel Short voiced criticism of his colleague in his weekly column in the Guardian on 1 June (presumably written before the alleged incident at the Bermuda party). Curiously, the London newspaper does not seem to have published this online yet as they usually do, but here is a quotation: "Danny is clearly wrestling with demons of his own. When the entire hall rose for a minute's silence as a mark of respect for the victims of the Indonesian earthquake, England's fourth board remained slouched in his chair. Suffice it to say that he lost miserably. While everyone can be excused the occasional poor result, bad form combined with bad attitude is less easily forgiven." It seems that all was not sweetness and light in the English camp even before the incident at the party. Regrettably this is not the first time that an English-registered player has behaved in this manner in the course of a tournament. It goes all the way back to the 19th century master JH Blackburne who is alleged to have thrown Steinitz through a window on one occasion. There was a rather more recent incident - only last year - in which a young English player lashed out at an arbiter during a tournament in Ireland. This received very little publicity in the press (with the exception of New in Chess magazine). The tendency to keep unsavoury incidents under wraps seems to be the norm in English chess circles, but perhaps it is time that we learnt to air these matters more publicly. The English Chess Federation tends to keep very quiet about incidents but it is our view that the English chess public should have the right to know how players behave when they have been chosen to represent their country. Well, there we are - the headlines read "English player thumps rival in nightclub incident" - and the World Cup hasn't even started yet... >

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