Report – 16 February 2002

 

Flood Cup 2002 – Round 1

 

Results:

Peter Hiller 1 Stuart Wilson 0

Paul Evans 1 George Flitcroft-Smith 0

James Hiller 0 Doug Foster 1

Brian Willcock 0 Harvey Quaresmini 1

 

The club’s most prestigious tournament, the Flood Cup, has commenced and the upsets began in round one. Paul Evans has entered the tournament often, but never managed to reach his full potential. This time though, he has started well by defeating 2nd seed George Flitcroft-Smith in Round 1 with his English Opening. In other games, veteran Brian Willcock’s maverick style was not enough to overcome Harvey Quaresmini (moves 23 & 24 were his undoing), and Peter Hiller managed to survive an early onslaught from Stuart Wilson’s over advanced queen. James Hiller’s drought continued against Doug Foster.

 

Peter Hiller (1049) - Stuart Wilson (1130)

1 e4 g6, 2 d4 Bg7, 3 c3 e5, 4 d5 d6. 5 Be2 Nf6, 6 Bg5 0-0, 7 Nf3 Qe8, 8 Bxf6 Bxf6, 9 0-0 Nd7, 10 Nbd2 Nc5, 11 b4 Nc4, 12 c4 Nc3, 13 Qe1 Qa4, 14 a3 Qc2, 15 Bd1 Qd3, 16 Rc1 Nc2, 17 Be2 Qxa3, 18 Ra1 Qb2, 19 Rb1 Qd4??, 20 Nxd4 exd4, 21 f4 Nc3, 22 Ra1 Re8, 23 f5 g5, 24 Bd3 Bd7, 25 b5 c6, 26 bxc6 bxc6, 27 Ra6 Bd8, 28 dxc6 Bc8, 29 Ra1 Re5, 30 Nf3 Rc5, 31 e5 Rxc6, 32 Nxd4 Bb6, 33 Qxc3 Rc5, 34 exd6 Rc6, 35 Be4 Rxd6, 36 c5 Bd8, 37 cxd6 Bf6, 38 Bxd8 Bd7, 39 Rxa7 Be8, 40 d7 Bxd7, 41 Rxd7 Kg7, 42 Bd5 h5, 43 Rxf7+ Kh6, 44 Rxf6+ Kg7, 45 Ne6+ Kg8, 46 Nxg5+ Kg7, 47 Rg6+ black resigns 1-0

 

Paul Evans (1335) - George Flitcroft-Smith (1568)

1 c4 f5, 2 Nc3 Nf6, 3 e3 d6, 4 Nf3 e5, 5 Be2 Be7, 6 0-0 e4, 7 Nd4 c5, 8 Nb5 a6, 9 Na3 Nc6, 10 Nc2 Ne5, 11 b3 0-0, 12 d4 exd3, 13 Bxd3 Qa5, 14 Ne2 Rd8, 15 Bb2 Nxd3, 16 Qxd3 d5, 17 Nf4 d4, 18 exd4 Bd6, 19 Nd5 Ng4, 20 Bc3 Bxh2+, 21 Kh1 Rxd5, 22 Bxa5 Rd6, 23 Bc7 Rh6, 24 Bxh2 Nxh2, 25 Kg1 f4, 26 Rfe1 Bg4, 27 f3 Rf8, 28 dxc5 Kh8, 29 Re7 Bh5, 30 Qd4 Nxf3+, 31 gxf3 Rg6+, 32 Kf2 Rg3, 33 Rag1 Rxf3+, 34 Ke1 Rg8, 35 Rgxg7 Re3+, 36 Nxe3 black resigns 1-0

 

James Hiller (unrated) - Doug Foster (1209)

1 d4 d5, 2 Nf3 Nf6, 3 e3 e6, 4 Bb5 c6, 5 Bd3 Be7, 6 0-0 0-0, 7 Re1 b6, 8 c4 Nbd7, 9 Qc2 c5, 10 Ng5 g6, 11 cxd5 Nxd5, 12 Bd2?? Bxg5, 13 e4 Bxd2, 14 Qxd2 Nb4, 15 Bb5 a6, 16 dxc5 bxc5, 17 Ba4 Nb6, 18 Nc3?? Qxd2, 19 Rad1 Qxb2, 20 Rdc1 Nxa4, 21 Nxa4 Qxa2, 22 Nb6 Nd3, 23 Nxa8 Qxf2+, white resigns 0-1

 

Brian Willcock (1320) – Harvey Quaresmini (1417)

1 e4 e5, 2 Nf3 Nc6, 3 d4 exd4, 4 Nxd4 d6, 5 Nxc3 bxc3, 6 Bc4 Bb7, 7 Nc3 g6, 8 Qf3 Qe7, 9 Bg5 f6, 10 Bh4 Bg7, 11 0-0 0-0-0, 12 Qe2 Nh6, 13 Ba6 Ke5, 14 Bxb7+ Kxb7, 15 f4 Qe6, 16 a4 Rde8, 17 a5 a6, 18 Qf3 f5, 19 Rfe1 Bd4+, 20 Bf2 Bxf2+, 21 Qxf2 Ng5, 22 Qg3 Qc4, 23 Qd3? Qc5+, 24 Re3?? Nxe3, 25 Kh1 Ng5, 26 Qe2 Re7, 27 h3 Nf6, 28 Na4 Qd4, 29 c3 Qxe4, 30 Qd2 Rhe1, 31 Qf2 Nd4, 32 b3 Nxf4, 33 c4 Nxh3, 34 Qg3 Nf4, 35 b4 Qxc4, 36 Nc3 Rc3, 37 b5 Rxg3, 38 bxa6+ Kxa5, 39 Kh2 Rxg2+, 40 Rh1 Re3, white resigns 0-1

 

Flood Cup: Standings after 16 February 2002

All players to play 9 games

No.

NAME

POINTS

PLAYED

1

Harvey Quaresmini

1

1

2

Paul Evans

1

1

3

Doug Foster

1

1

4

Peter Hiller

1

1

5

Andrew Robinson

0

0

6

Gabriel Boross

0

0

7

George Flitcroft-Smith

0

1

8

Brian Willcock

0

1

9

Stuart Wilson

0

1

10

James Hiller

0

1

 

Flood Cup 2002 results in detail

 

 

Lightning Tournament

 

Set of games played tonight (4 games per fixture):

Andrew Robinson 4 Doug Foster 0

 

Lightning Tournament: Standings after 16 February 2002

All players to play 32 games

No.

NAME

POINTS

PLAYED

1

Andrew Robinson

27

32

2

George Flitcroft-Smith

23½

28

3

Gabriel Boross

21½

32

4

Paul Evans

17½

32

5

Brian Willcock

12

24

6

Peter Hiller

11

32

7

Harvey Quaresmini

6

20

8

Doug Foster

20

9

James Hiller

2

28

 

Lightning tournament 2002 results in detail

 

 

 

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