Interclub v Samford Valley Chess Club
Samford Valley Chess Club came to The Gap with six players tonight to challenge our club as part of a continuing friendly rivalry. The Gap had 8 players, so with reluctance and loathing we loaned Shane to Samford for the night, a move we were later to regret. Despite the final scoreline of 5-2 to The Gap all of the games were close apart from Phil Kirkman’s game in which he gained a large advantage early on. Andrew played Bob Beeley who attended The Gap club maybe 20-25 years ago with his sons, but had not played much chess since, until joining Samford six months ago. Andrew played an aggressive game and managed to sacrifice the exchange which forced a winning combination. Ray lost his way a bit going towards the endgame and was fortunate that he was able to queen first to win. Mark was able to eke a win out of a game that had a rook ending with a pawn gridlock across the centre. He and Shane both achieved their first win in a full-length tournament game, after Shane won comfortably against Stuart.
Results (Gap player in bold):
Andrew Robinson 1 Bob Beeley 0
Ray Wilson 0 Phillip Kirkman 1
Ray Adams 1 Gordon Buck 0
Hans Arnold 0 Garvin Gray 1
Mick Waters 0 Digby Shaw 1
Neil Lossberg 0 Mark
Taylor 1
Stuart Wilson 0 Shane Martin 1
Flood Cup
Round 1 result:
Ray Adams 1 James Hiller 0 (played Tuesday 8 March – venue: Ray’s house)
Ray phoned through the result on Tuesday night saying that he played badly, but James played more badly than himself.
After discussions with the DOP, Ray’s Round 2 game with Phil is now scheduled to be played on Friday April 1.
Flood Cup: Current standings
All players to play 7 games
|
No. |
NAME |
POINTS |
PLAYED |
|
1 |
Andrew Robinson |
1 |
1 |
|
2 |
Phillip Kirkman |
1 |
1 |
|
3 |
Tony Howes |
1 |
1 |
|
4 |
Harvey Quaresmini |
1 |
1 |
|
5 |
Ray Adams |
1 |
1 |
|
6 |
Gabriel Boross |
1 |
1 |
|
7 |
Debbie Jenkins |
1 |
1 |
|
8 |
Brian Willcock |
1 |
1 |
|
9 |
Garvin Gray |
0 |
1 |
|
10 |
Peter Hiller |
0 |
1 |
|
11 |
Marty Chadwick |
0 |
1 |
|
12 |
Stuart Wilson |
0 |
1 |
|
13 |
James Hiller |
0 |
1 |
|
14 |
Shane Martin |
0 |
1 |
|
15 |
Mark Taylor |
0 |
1 |
|
16 |
Mick Waters |
0 |
1 |
|
17 |
Cameron De Vere |
0 |
1 |
Flood Cup 2005 results in detail
Quote of the night
Ray tried to re-arrange his Flood Cup fixture with
Phil. “When’s Easter?” – Phil to Ray (who looked suitably disgusted)
Ray discussed his proposal to have a grading comp with relegation which brought up the problem of players too good for Group B, but who will struggle in Group A. “Brian will oscillate at the bottom” – Phil said again and again with subtle variation, showing how much he has matured over the past ten years….