Report – 16 March 2018

 

Flood Cup

 

Round 2 results:

Brian Willcock 1 Martin Laizans 0

Mark Pendrith ½ Chesley Cutler ½

Tony Howes vs. Andrew Robinson – postponed

Tony Morris 0 Rex Scarf 1

 

After two nights of play, the table appears almost inverted to ACF Rating, with Rex and Brian the two players with 100% records so far.

 

Rex continued his blistering form defeating the tournament’s top rated player Tony Morris.

The game itself could have gone either way, with fortunes changing in a game littered with many inaccuracies and a few blunders.

In fact, Tony had a forced checkmate after Rex blundered at Move 35, but made a critical blunder at Move 36 which allowed Rex his own winning chance and Mate was achieved at Move 38.

 

Brian also pulled off an unexpected win in a typically asymmetric game.

After an exchange, Martin had a knight and a bishop for a rook and some attacking chances for Brian.

But a critical error blundered a knight, and it the inevitable resignation came a few moves later.

 

Mark came out of the opening a piece up and with a considerable positional advantage.

However Chesley managed to force a repetition and claim a draw.

 

Flood Cup 2018: Current standings

All players to play 7 games

No.

NAME

POINTS

PLAYED

1

Rex Scarf

2.0

2

2

Brian Willcock

1.0

1

3

Martin Laizans

1.0

2

4

Mark Pendrith

0.5

1

5

Chesley Cutler

0.5

2

6

Tony Morris

0.0

1

7

Andrew Robinson

0.0

0

8

Tony Howes

0.0

1

Flood Cup 2018 results in detail

 

 

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