Top 10 Reasons Why Chris Williams Lost

10) Chris was tired after a long night of teaching Kramnik the finer points of rook endgames

9) Chris didn’t think it would be fair to use his awesomeness against a girl

8 ) He lost on purpose so everyone would underestimate him in the playoffs

7) NY smuggled a bag of kryptonite into the Boston Blitz playing room

6) Chris spent too much time using his X-Ray Vision during the game

5) Chris’s mother grounded his awesomeness because it was just too awesome

4) Krasik suggested moves to Chris during the game

3) He received a faulty batch of Adderall

2) He was too busy reading the Polgar/Truong thread on the Daily Dirt

1) Chris forgot his awesomeness at home

Comments

Chris was never that awesome to begin with, he drew a fish like me in Miami. Although these are some good reasons, I think the real reason for his lack of awesomeness is that he was just outplayed.
Posted by: Josh Friedel at October 14th, 2007 at 1:36 am

Chris was clearly crippled by bad team management this week.

-Matt Phelps
Boston Blitz Team Manager
Posted by: Matt Phelps at October 14th, 2007 at 2:15 pm