Report –
Interclub
Match vs Bullwinkle Chess Club
The following
report from the Bullwinkle Chess Club posted to their FB page the next day
perfectly summed up tonight’s interclub action.
Four of Club Bullwinkle’s most-capped players rolled up to The Gap
Chess Club last night, fully prepared to assert (if not prove) that rust-coated
experience trumps youth and good form.
Andrew Mather, leading The Gap, proposed
a format change from one long game to a Scheveningen
system all-play-all allegro showdown.
Unwilling to admit to the fear engendered by the reduced thinking
time, Bullwinkle acquiesced. De facto captain Nik Stawski then set about bungling the pairings - a clever
ruse that ultimately resulted in the jettisoning of one round.
Capitalising on this, Bullwinkle was able to fend off The Gap and
nose ahead, yet end the contest before allowing a comeback:
R1: 2.0 - 2.0
R2: 2.5 - 1.5
R4: 3.0 - 1.0
[Yes, it was round three that didn’t make the cut. Pure strategy.]
Andrew Mather top scored with 3/3 for The
Gap, a truncated picket fence that in all likelihood would have stretched to
4/4 had the contest continued. Tony, Josh and Adam Morris gave him good
support, taking points off (much) higher-rated opposition.
For the first time in over 20 years since the opening’s
conceptualisation, Jacob Edwards was given the opportunity to play the
Bullwinkle Gambit, the key moves of which (it turned out) he’d long-forgotten.
This aside, no key milestones were reached.
Somewhere amidst it all, the Cowboys took down the Broncos. Which
match will be remembered longest remains to be seen.
Many thanks to The Gap for hosting………. Full match results can be
found at: http://www.clubbullwinkle.com/
(and are also reproduced below)
And a reminder that the
Marcus Porter Memorial is coming up on Friday(s) 21st and 28th October. Marcus was in everyone’s thoughts last night, having often played
for The Gap and having always brought his inimitable style to matches against
Bullwinkle.
Results:
Round 1
|
Board |
The Gap |
Rating |
Colour |
Score |
Bullwinkle |
Rating |
Colour |
Score |
|
1 |
Adam Morris |
666 |
B |
0 |
Nik Stawski |
1914? |
W |
1 |
|
2 |
Joshua Morris |
1435 |
W |
½ |
Jacob Edwards |
2019? |
B |
½ |
|
3 |
Tony Morris |
1477! |
B |
½ |
Michael Van Pelt |
1847 |
W |
½ |
|
4 |
Andrew Mather |
1839! |
W |
1 |
Michael D’Arcy |
1862! |
B |
0 |
|
TOTAL |
2.0 |
TOTAL |
2.0 |
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Round 2
|
Board |
The Gap |
Rating |
Colour |
Score |
Bullwinkle |
Rating |
Colour |
Score |
|
1 |
Joshua Morris |
1435 |
W |
0 |
Nik Stawski |
1914? |
B |
1 |
|
2 |
Adam Morris |
666 |
B |
0 |
Jacob Edwards |
2019? |
W |
1 |
|
3 |
Andrew Mather |
1839! |
W |
1 |
Michael Van Pelt |
1847 |
B |
0 |
|
4 |
Tony Morris |
1477! |
B |
½ |
Michael D’Arcy |
1862! |
W |
½ |
|
TOTAL |
1.5 |
TOTAL |
2.5 |
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Round 3
This round was
skipped due to lack of time.
Round 4
|
Board |
The Gap |
Rating |
Colour |
Score |
Bullwinkle |
Rating |
Colour |
Score |
|
1 |
Andrew Mather |
1839! |
W |
1 |
Nik Stawski |
1914? |
B |
0 |
|
2 |
Tony Morris |
1477! |
B |
0 |
Jacob Edwards |
2019? |
W |
1 |
|
3 |
Joshua Morris |
1435 |
W |
0 |
Michael Van Pelt |
1847 |
B |
1 |
|
4 |
Adam Morris |
666 |
B |
0 |
Michael D’Arcy |
1862! |
B |
1 |
|
TOTAL |
1.0 |
TOTAL |
3.0 |
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Link to The Gap CC’s interclub main page
Allegro
Tournament
A few Allegro
tournament matches were also played by those not taking part in the interclub
match.
Results:
Cameron De Vere 2 Martin Laizans 0
Nick Petrie 0 Andrew Robinson
1 (just one game played)
Allegro Tournament 2016: Current standings
All players to play 26 games
|
No. |
NAME |
POINTS |
Played |
|
1 |
8 |
8 |
|
|
2 |
5 |
6 |
|
|
3 |
5 |
5 |
|
|
4 |
4 |
6 |
|
|
5 |
4 |
6 |
|
|
6 |
2 |
6 |
|
|
7 |
2 |
8 |
|
|
8 |
2 |
8 |
|
|
9 |
1 |
4 |
|
|
10 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
11 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
12 |
0 |
2 |
|
|
13 |
0 |
3 |
|
|
14 |
0 |
4 |
Allegro Tournament 2016 results in
detail