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Danvile vs. Southerby, each club had gone undefeated and drew a face off in a round robin best of 3. We were playing the rub and the opposing team had brought in a wrastler to intimidate my guys. In those days we played four man teams with an alt and the posability of a substitute if documentation could verify absence or tardyness. Buss transfers and taxi reciepts have a history of edjudication as representaing officious documentation. I knew the other team had brought the wrastler in an attempt to play a stymi gambit, there was no way that guy was going to sit down accross the table with one of my guys and know what pieces he was going to play with. I told my club "just keep your head lowered" (an agressive posture) and avoid any direct eye contact, use you alternate backup hand to shield your eye if you have to - not risking injury to the playing hand - speed drills and blind folded play are used to creat muscle memory as fortification against mental fatigue. I remember in '02 spartsky played the last two games of a championship on fell having been exhausted by a flambouyant hack in the prelims. At this level of play every nerve in the brain is honed to a hair triger. Most ternaments revolve around phycology, thats why when there first player took his seat I knew they were going to try and play big. We call it fount loading, trying to get an emotional advantage cause I knew we had the match up. Now, every one allways stats with the corner move, thats standard, moving left to right. I knew this going into the match, thats why I had been training our alternat with a center move to the left. This was going to be brains against brawn, in what may be one of the most daring phycological moves seen in years or centuries. I don't know if its been matched in centuries. The '82 club was known for their darring but the '37 crew was one of the first. So the southerby player is seated first and I set the alternat and told him not to pull any putches, let them know your not there to play schuffle board. When she did this the gallery gasped and the rest of the games were won easy. It was like watching lettuce wilt in time laps. Having made quick work of the opposing team, since we were in town we bought tickets and watched a ball game to cellebrate.

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