Allegro Tournament
Results:
Tony Howes 1 Cameron De Vere 1
Tim Johnson 2 Greg Colwell 0
Mark Taylor 1 John Curran 1
Andrew Robinson 1 Tony Howes 1
Greg Colwell 1 Mark Taylor 1 (two draws)
Tony Howes 2 Tim Johnson 0
Andrew Robinson 1 Cameron De Vere 1
Tony Howes 2 Ray Adams 0
Tonight was the last night of competition in the Allegro and congratulations go to all 12 players who managed to complete all their fixtures.
Tony had the most arduous night completing four sets of two games. In the end he fell a mere half point short of gaining second place. He lost to Cameron in the first game of the night but evened it up in game two. The critical games with Andrew followed the same pattern, although both were decided on flagfall, albeit the losers were behind on the board at the time their time ran out. Tony then rounded off his evening by beating Tim and Ray. In one of the games with Ray, Tony almost lost on time when Ray made a strange move and Tony hesitated trying to work it out (it turned out that Ray had blundered).
Cameron beat Andrew in the first of their games in which there were several stages of the game until Cameron prevailed. Andrew won the second when Cameron let his flag fall while under pressure.
The fight for the wooden spoon was tight and complex. Tim won twice against Greg to ensure that he would not win this unwanted prize. Then Greg was in danger until he managed to share the points with Mark – this was the first time in six years that players had drawn both games in the Allegro, the last time being the Andrew Robinson – Sam Constantin match of 2000.
Allegro Tournament: Current standings
All players to play 22 games
|
No. |
Name |
Points |
Played |
Tie-break |
|
1 |
Brian Thomas |
22 |
22 |
220.00 |
|
2 |
Andrew Robinson |
16.5 |
22 |
146.00 |
|
3 |
Tony Howes |
16 |
22 |
140.25 |
|
4 |
Gordon Powell |
14 |
22 |
105.50 |
|
5 |
Cameron De Vere |
13.5 |
22 |
112.50 |
|
6 |
Ray Adams |
11.5 |
22 |
102.25 |
|
7 |
Mark Taylor |
8 |
22 |
69.00 |
|
8 |
John Curran |
7 |
22 |
49.00 |
|
9 |
Greg Colwell |
6 |
22 |
54.00 |
|
10 |
Ellis Markson |
6 |
22 |
48.50 |
|
11 |
Tim Johnson |
6 |
22 |
43.50 |
|
12 |
Tom Szekely |
5.5 |
22 |
39.50 |
Allegro tournament 2006 in detail
45 Minute Tournament
Results:
Brian Thomas 1 Tom Szekely 0
Shane Martin 0 Ellis Markson 1
Laura Lynch 0 Brian Willcock 1
Laura Lynch 0 Brian Thomas 1
The ingloriously named 45 Minute Tournament kicked off tonight with four Group A games being played among players who tonight have no Allegro Tournament commitments. The most keenly contested game saw Ellis pip Shane. Laura played her first tournament games, enjoyed the experience, and vowed to win at least one game in this tournament. Brian maintained his steamrolling progress winning twice.
Groups were decided by rating. Group A had players 1, 4, 5, 8, 9, 12, 13, 16, while Group B is made up of 2, 3, 6, 7, 10, 11, 14, 15.
|
Seed |
Group A |
Rating |
Group B |
Rating |
|
1 |
Brian Thomas |
1778 |
Andrew Robinson |
1523 |
|
2 |
Ray Adams |
1385 |
Gordon Powell |
1393 |
|
3 |
Brian Willcock |
1231 |
Cameron De Vere |
1056 |
|
4 |
Shane Martin |
1003 |
John Curran |
1031 |
|
5 |
Ellis Markson |
970 |
Mark Taylor |
966 |
|
6 |
Tom Szekely |
unrated |
Natalie Gunn |
819 |
|
7 |
Laura Lynch |
unrated |
Greg Colwell |
unrated |
|
8 |
Tim Johnson |
unrated |
Cecil Staples |
unrated |
45 Minute Tournament 2006 in detail
Quote of the night
“I think chess and tennis go together” - Ray.
“I’m determined to win at least once in this tournament” – Laura.