Results:
George Flitcroft-Smith ½ Gabriel Boross ½ (Round 6, played Monday 5 Aug)
Andrew Robinson 1 Michael Hussey 0 (Round 7)
Gabriel Boross 1 Brian Willcock 0 (Round 7)
Peter Hiller 0 George Flitcroft-Smith 1 (Round 7, awarded on forfeit)
Harvey Quaresmini 1 James Hiller 0 (Round 7)
John Curran 0 George Flitcroft-Smith 1 (Round 9)
Doug Foster 1 Stuart Wilson 0 (Round 11)
George and Gabriel played at Gabby’s residence on Monday 5 August, and this crucial game resulted in a draw. George had sacced a rook on f7 at move 18 to open up the play, but Gabby played safe against this onslaught and a draw was agreed to 8 moves later in a perpetual check situation.
On Friday a full list of 5 games was played (in addition to a forfeited game) with no great upsets. Michael attempted to maintain parity and aim for a draw in his game by exchanging off pieces at every opportunity. Unfortunately for him, positional play resulted in Andrew gaining a rook on the 7th rank and 2 mobile bishops against a rook and 2 knights all pinned to the back row.
Two games were decided by phenomenal blunders which produced instant resignations. Brian and Stuart were the culprits (again!), although both were in slightly inferior positions at the times of their respective disasters. James tried to outdo them however by invoking a disaster at every move. His opponent described this game as “James’ worst game of the year”, although there were strong argument put forward by others in favour of his Flood Cup encounter with George…
John Curran played well against George. As late as move 44 he had a chance to force a draw – after the game the various sages of the club concluded that Bxc6 with the resultant queen for white a move earlier than black would force a draw.
Selected games from the One Hour tournament will be published each week.
George Flitcroft-Smith (1530) - Gabriel Boross (1344)
1 g3 e5, 2 Bg2 Nf6, 3 Nf3 Nc6, 4 d4 e4, 5 Ne5 d6, 6 Nxc6 bxc6, 7 f3 d5, 8 c4 Rb8, 9 fxe4 Nxe4, 10 Bxe4 dxe4, 11 Nc3 Bb4, 12 0-0 Bxc3, 13 bxc3 0-0, 14 Ba3 Re8, 15 Bc5 Rb7, 16 Qa4 Qg5, 17 d5 Rd8, 18 Rxf7 Kxf7, 19 Rf1+ Kg8, 20 Qxc6 (position: W Kg1 Qc6 Rf1 Bc5 a2 c3 c4 d5 e2 g3 h2; B Kg8 Qg5 Rb7 Rd8 Bc8 a7 c7 e4 g7 h7) h6? (an immediate h5 seems better), 21 e3 h5, 22 Rf4 Rb1+, 23 Kf2 Rb2+, 24 Kg1 Rb1+, 25 Kg2 Rb2+, 26 Kg1 draw agreed ½-½
Andrew Robinson (1546) - Michael Hussey (unrated)
1 d4 d5, 2 c4 dxc4, 3 Nc3 e5, 4 Nf3 exd4, 5 Qxd4 Qxd4, 6 Nxd4 Bb4, 7 Bd2 Bxc3, 8 Bxc3 f6, 9 e4 Bd7, 10 Bxc4 Nc6, 11 Ne6 Bxe6, 12 Bxe6 Rd8, 13 0-0 Nd4, 14 Bc4 c6, 15 Rfd1 b5, 16 Bf1 Ne6, 17 Rxd8 Nxd8, 18 a4 a6, 19 axb5 axb5, 20 Ra8 Kd7, 21 Ra7+ Ke8, 22 Rxg7 Ne6, 23 Ra7 Nd8, 24 Be2 h6? (…h5 better), 25 Bh5+ Kf8, 26 Bb4+ Ne7, 27 Bxe7+ Kg8, 28 Bxd8 Rh7, 29 Rxh7 Kxh7, 30 Bxf6 c5, 31 Kf1 b4, 32 Bf7 black resigns 1-0
Gabriel Boross (1344) - Brian Willcock (1195)
1 Nf3 c6, 2 d4 d5, 3 e3 Bg4, 4 Bd3 Nf6, 5 Nbd2 Nbd7, 6 0-0 e6, 7 c3 Bd6, 8 Qc2 Qc7, 9 e4 dxe4, 10 Bxe4 Nxe4, 11 Qxe4 Nf6, 12 Qe1 Bf4, 13 Ne5 Bf5, 14 Ndf3 Bxc1, 15 Rxc1 Bg4, 16 Nxg4 Nxg4, 17 h3 Nf6, 18 Rc2 h6, 19 Ne5 g5, 20 f3 Nd5, 21 Nd3 Nf4, 22 Nxf4 gxf4, 23 Qh4 Kd7, 24 Qf6 Rag8?, 25 Qxf7+ Kc8, 26 Qxe6+ Kb8, 27 Qe5 Rg3??, 28 Qxh8+ black resigns 1-0
Harvey Quaresmini (1436) - James Hiller (925)
1 e4 e5, 2 Nf3 Bd6, 3 Bc4 f6, 4 0-0 Ne7, 5 d4 b6, 6 Nh4 Ba6, 7 Bxa6 Nxa6, 8 Qg4 Ng6, 9 Nxg6 f5?, 10 exf5 Rg8?, 11 Nxe5 Bxe5, 12 dxe5 Qe7, 13 Bg5 Qxe5, 14 Nc3 Nb4?, 15 Rae1 h5?, 16 Rxe5+ Kf7, 17 Qxb4 g6?, 18 Qe7# 1-0
John Curran (unrated) - George Flitcroft-Smith (1530)
1 e4 Nf6, 2 Nc3 d5, 3 exd5 Bf5, 4 d3 g6, 5 Nf3 Bg7, 6 h3 Nxd5, 7 Nxd5, Qxd5, 8 g4 Qe6+, 9 Qe2 Qxe2+, 10 Bxe2 Bd7, 11 c3 Nc6, 12 Be3 h5, 13 0-0-0 hxg4, 14 hxg4 0-0-0, 15 d4 Rxh1, 16 Rxh1 Bxg4, 17 Kd2 Bxf3, 18 Bxf3 Ne5, 19 Ke2 Nc4, 20 Bc1 e5, 21 b3 Nd6, 22 Be3 e4, 23 Bg2 Rh8, 24 Rxh8 Bxh8, 25 Bf4 Nb5, 26 Kd2 f5, 27 f3 exf3, 28 Bxf3 Bf6, 29 Be5 Bg5+, 30 Kd3 c6, 31 b4 Kd7, 32 c4 Nc7, 33 a4 Bc1, 34 c5 a6, 35 Bxc7 Kxc7, 36 d5 g5, 37 d6+ Kd7, 38 Kd4 g4, 39 Be2 g3, 40 Bf3 Bf4, 41 Kc4 Be3, 42 b5 a5, 43 b6 Ke6, 44 Kd3?? (Bxc6 gives white a likely draw) Bxc5, 45 Kc4 Bxb6, 46 d7 Ke5, 47 Kd3 Kf4, 48 Ke2 c5, 49 Bxb7 c4, 50 Bf3 c3, 51 Bg2 Kg4, 52 Kd3 f4, 53 Kxc3 f3 (final position: W Kc3 Bg2 a4 d7; B Kg4 Bb6 a5 f3 g3) white lost on time 0-1
Doug Foster (1211) – Stuart Wilson (1098)
1 b3 e5, 2 e3 d6, 3 Bb2 g6, 4 d4 Nc6, 5 Bb5 Bd7, 6 Bxc6 Bxc6, 7 Nf3 Bg7, 8 dxe5 Bxf3, 9 Qxf3 dxe5, 10 Qxb7 Rb8, 11 Qc6+ Qd7, 12 Qxd7 Kxd7, 13 0-0 Ne7, 14 Nd2 Rhd8, 15 Rfd1 Ke8, 16 Nc4 Nc6, 17 a3 f6, 18 g3 e4, 19 Nd2 Ne5, 20 Bxe5 fxe5, 21 Nxe4 Rd7, 22 Nc5 Rd6, 23 Rxd6 cxd6, 24 Ne6 Bf6, 25 Nc7+ Kd7, 26 Nd5 Bg7, 27 e4 Bh6, 28 Rd1 Bg5, 29 f4 Bf6?? (Final position: W Kg1 Rd1 Nd5 a3 b3 c2 e4 f4 g3 h2; B Kd7 Rb8 Bf6 a7 d6 e5 g6 h7) black resigns 1-0
One Hour Tournament: Standings at 9 August 2002
All players to play 10 games
|
No. |
NAME |
POINTS |
PLAYED |
|
1 |
Gabriel Boross |
6½ |
7 |
|
2 |
Andrew Robinson |
6 |
6 |
|
3 |
George Flitcroft-Smith |
6 |
8 |
|
4 |
Harvey Quaresmini |
5 |
6 |
|
5 |
Brian Willcock |
4½ |
6 |
|
6 |
John Curran |
2½ |
8 |
|
7 |
Peter Hiller |
2 |
5 |
|
8 |
Michael Hussey |
1 |
6 |
|
9 |
Doug Foster |
1 |
7 |
|
10 |
Stuart Wilson |
1 |
8 |
|
11 |
James Hiller |
½ |
5 |
One Hour tournament 2002 results in detail
Transfer
Late games were confined to George v Ray Adams and Doug v Brian, but no transfer occurred.