Report – 28 April 2006

 

Flood Cup

 

Tonight saw quite a decent turn out for an “off-night”. As well as Marty, Debbie, Cameron and Ellis showing up to play their fixtures, there was Mark, Mick, Tim, Shane, John and Peter. Michael from Spain also came to the club for the first time – he is in the Australia for one month.

 

Round 5 results:

Marty Chadwick 1 Cameron De Vere 0

Debbie Jenkins 1 Ellis Markson 0

 

Team Yamanto had a good night with two wins from two games.

 

Marty and Cameron’s clash was a tight game with neither player achieving any real advantage until Marty played a passive move which allowed Cameron to control the d-file with his doubled rooks. After the exchange of rooks it came down to an endgame with each player having N+5P. Cameron got his knight active sooner and won a pawn on the a-file but in doing so allowed Marty's chasing king into a stronger position. After the forced exchange of knights, Marty won back the pawn and his passed pawn provided enough of a distraction for him to win comfortably in the endgame.

 

The other game was also an interesting one. Ellis had many potential threats and possibilities but Debbie had them more than adequately covered. With Debbie having a knight pair to combat Ellis’ bishop pair, Debbie manouevred her pieces more effectively to find a tactical brilliancy which allowed her to gain control of the game and force checkmate half a dozen moves later.

 

With Marty’s win tonight, he jumps Cameron and moves to the top of the Handicap Trophy standings.

 

Flood Cup: Current standings

All players to play 7 games

No.

NAME

POINTS

PLAYED

1

Brian Thomas

4.5

5

2

Tony Howes

4

5

3

Phillip Kirkman

3.5

5

4

Andrew Robinson

3.5

5

5

Marty Chadwick

3.5

5

6

Ray Adams

3

5

7

Kieran Lyons

3

5

8

Garvin Gray

3

5

9

Cameron De Vere

3

5

10

Debbie Jenkins

2.5

5

11

Russell Lyons

2.5

5

12

Mick Waters

2

5

13

Shane Martin

2

5

14

Mark Taylor

2

5

15

Stuart Wilson

2

5

16

John Curran

1

5

17

Ellis Markson

1

5

18

Tim Johnson

0

5

19

James Hiller

0

3

 

Flood Cup 2006 results in detail

 

 

Standings after Round 5 (from Swissperfect)

Place Name               Feder Rtg Loc  Score Buch. M-Buch.
 
  1   Thomas, Brian      QLD       1743 4.5    13.0     8.0
  2   Howes, Tony        QLD       1569 4      16.5    10.0
  3   Chadwick, Marty    QLD       1023 3.5    15.5     9.0
  4   Kirkman, Phillip   QLD       1724 3.5    14.5     8.5
  5   Robinson, Andrew J QLD       1587 3.5     9.5     5.0
  6   Adams, Ray         QLD       1389 3      15.0     8.5
  7   De Vere, Cameron   QLD       1044 3      14.0     8.5
  8   Lyons, Kieran C    QLD       1276 3      13.5     9.5
  9   Gray, Garvin       QLD       1232 3      12.0     7.0
 10   Jenkins, Deborah   QLD       1400 2.5    13.5     8.0
 11   Lyons, Russell     QLD            2.5    10.5     7.5
 12   Waters, Mick       QLD       1283 2      13.5     8.0
 13   Wilson, Stuart     QLD       934  2      11.5     7.0
 14   Martin, Shane      QLD       994  2      10.5     6.5
 15   Taylor, Mark       QLD       984  2       8.5     5.5
 16   Markson, Ellis     NSW       1047 1      12.5     7.0
 17   Curran, John       QLD       1082 1      12.0     7.5
 18   Johnson, Tim       QLD            0      10.5     6.5
 19   Hiller, James      QLD       594  0       6.0     2.0

 

Handicap Trophy: Current standings

Next Friday’s clash between Marty and Cameron will be important in deciding the winner of the Handicap Trophy.

 

Player

Points

Played

Handicap

Hcp Total

Marty Chadwick

3.5

5

3.60

7.10

Cameron De Vere

3

5

3.50

6.50

Stuart Wilson

2

5

4.05

6.05

Mark Taylor

2

5

3.80

5.80

Shane Martin

2

5

3.75

5.75

Garvin Gray

3

5

2.56

5.56

Kieran Lyons

3

5

2.34

5.34

Russell Lyons

2.5

5

2.47

4.97

Tony Howes

4

5

0.87

4.87

Ray Adams

3

5

1.77

4.77

Brian Thomas

4.5

5

0.00

4.50

Ellis Markson

1

5

3.48

4.48

John Curran

1

5

3.31

4.31

Mick Waters

2

5

2.30

4.30

Andrew Robinson

3.5

5

0.78

4.28

James Hiller

0

3

4.25

4.25

Debbie Jenkins

2.5

5

1.72

4.22

Tim Johnson

0

5

3.72

3.72

Phillip Kirkman

3.5

5

0.10

3.60

 

Quote of the night

I was waiting to hear checkmate!" - Michael, after watching Ellis resign in his game against Debbie. Both players were focused on Ellis about to lose his bishop rather than realising the conclusion of the game

 

"Who am I playing tonight?" - Tim, while setting up his board and clock in the tournament room. Tim was astonished to find that tonight was an off-week as he had not checked the website for fixtures.

 

 

[Index of news items]

[The Gap Chess Club homepage]