Report – 20 July 2001

 

One Hour Tournament 2001

 

Results:

Gabriel Boross 1 Patrick Tao 0

Brian Willcock 1 Chris Yu 0

Andrew Robinson 0 Harvey Quaresmini 1

Last week: Stuart Wilson 0 Gabriel Boross 1

 

Friday night (20 July 2001) saw three games played which produced one big upset and two long awaited victories for seniors players over juniors.

 

Brian Willcock managed to get the better of Chris Yu in a time scramble at the end. Saying that, it should be pointed out that this was a one-sided time scramble, with Brian still have 30 minutes at the end against Chris’ 30 seconds. After the game Chris said this was a very unusual game for him. "Oh, why?" asked Brian. "Because I lost!" said Chris.

 

Harvey Quaresmini managed to rebound from his shock loss two weeks ago against Peter Hiller to notch a victory against top seed Andrew Robinson. Before this game the two players were at opposite ends of the table. At the end of the game both players admitted it was a ridiculous game (the scoresheet of which which will not be reproduced here!). After a strong opening with white, Andrew managed to throw away a piece, only for Harvey to reciprocate the favour as the endgame approached. Then in a two rook endgame, Andrew managed to lose despite being a pawn up. Not one for the best games annual!

 

In other games, Gabriel Boross has managed two consecutive wins to keep his challenge alive. Patrick said that he had worked out a combination but overlooked a check that Gabby was able to intercede with. Asked to describe how he felt about the game generally, Patrick used the oxymoron "pretty crap".

 

So after 6 weeks of competition, the only player remaining undefeated is Doug Foster, the club’s 82 year old veteran.

 

One Hour Tournament: Current Standings

All players to play 9 games

No.

NAME

POINTS

PLAYED

1

Andrew Robinson

5

2

Doug Foster

3

3

3

Gabriel Boross

3

4

4

Brian Willcock

3

4

5

Patrick Tao

4

6

Peter Hiller

2

4

7

Chris Yu

1

2

8

Harvey Quaresmini

1

5

9

James Hiller

0

3

10

Stuart Wilson

0

4

 

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