Report – 18 November 2011

 

In attendance tonight were Andrew, Marcus, Tony, John, Martin, Brian and a teacher from the school with his son.

The teacher remarked he had only every lost once to a students – Robyn Gillett, a member of our junior club during the mid-1990s.

 

Allegro Tournament

 

Results:

Tony Howes 1 Andrew Robinson 1

 

The crucial match-up occurred tonight with the split result leaving the outcome of the tournament unresolved.

 

Tony with white piled on the pressure in the first game with well positioned pieces forcing Andrew to sacrifice a knight for two pawns. Tony then opened up a path to Andrew’s king which he took time to block. Too much time in fact, as he let his flag fall, although the game would certainly have gone to Tony anyway barring a catastrophic blunder. In the second game Tony was again starting to get the better of the game until he suddenly found a piece trapped. After this a recovery would have been difficult for Tony’s remaining black pieces. However a few wrong options led to an early finish for the game with Tony destined to lose a second piece when he resigned.

 

Allegro Tournament 2011: Current standings

All players to play 14 games

No.

NAME

POINTS

PLAYED

1

Andrew Robinson

12

14

2

Tony Howes

8.5

10

3

Marcus Porter

6.5

12

4

Joseph Curtain

6

9

5

Martin Laizans

6

14

6

Brian Willcock

4

14

7

Russell Lyons

1

6

8

John Ryland

1

11

Allegro Tournament 2011 results in detail

 

 

45 Minute Tournament

 

Results:

Marcus Porter 1 Martin Laizans 0

John Ryland 0 Brian Willcock 1

 

Marcus won a complicated game with a queen and a knight against four minor pieces. For Martin to come out on top he needed to coordinate his forces well, however two consecutive bad moves at the end of the game made his position untenable and he resigned.

 

Brian won the other game convincingly against John with several pieces to spare at the end.

 

45 Minute Tournament 2011: Current standings

All players to play 7 games

No.

NAME

POINTS

PLAYED

1

Marcus Porter

4

4

2

Andrew Robinson

2

3

3

John Ryland

2

5

4

Brian Willcock

1

1

5

Martin Laizans

0

2

6

Wilson Wong

0

3

7

Joseph Curtain

0

0

8

Russell Lyons

0

0

45 Minute Tournament 2011 results in detail

 

 

 

Quote of the night

No quote.

 

 

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