Results:
James Hiller 0 Stuart Wilson 1
Andrew Robinson 1 Peter Hiller 0
Gabriel Boross 0 George Flitcroft-Smith 1
On a night when tragedy struck - the urn broke down and there was no tea or coffee - 3 Flood Cup games were played. Perhaps the most amazing of these was the battle for the wooden cutlery between James and Stuart. James thought he had missed an opportunity to score a whole rook advantage after a gross blunder by Stuart (16..Rd2), when a backward bishop could have captured. Playing through the game later, it was revealed that he could have captured the rook with his other bishop the following move!
Andrew managed to obtain a huge positional advantage as early as move 11 against Peter Hiller, with a well posted bishop on d6. After that, the game ran itself for white with a flurry of forced exchanges down the queenside obtaining a pawn advantage. At move 27 white skewered black’s rook and knight, and although Peter overlooked a better continuation the result was sealed at this juncture.
George said after his game that, following last week’s effort, he had decided to curb his natural instinct to attack and try to win in 12 moves. This paid dividends with a controlled performance against Gabriel Boross.
James Hiller (unrated) - Stuart Wilson (1130)
1 d4 g6, 2 e3 Bg7, 3 Nc3 Nf6, 4 Nf3 d5, 5 Bd3 Nc6, 6 0-0 0-0, 7 Re1 Nh5, 8 e4 Nxd4, 9 Nxd4 Bxd4, 10 Nxd5 Be5, 11 Bh6 Re8, 12 c3 e6, 13 Nb4 Qh4, 14 g3 Qf6, 15 Bb5 Rd8, 16 Qb3 Rd2, 17 Rf1 Re2, 18 Nd3 Rxe4, 19 Nc5 Rg4, 20 Kg2 g5, 21 Rae1 Nf4+, 22 Kf3 Qf5, 23 Re4 Nd3+, 24 Ke3 Nxc5, 25 Rc4 Nxb3, 26 axb3 Bd6, 27 f3 Rxc4, 28 Bxc4 Qe5+, 29 Kf2 Qf6, 30 h4 Qxh6, 31 hxg5 Qh2+, 32 Ke3 Qxg3, 33 Bd3 Qxg5+, 34 f4 Qg3+, 35 Ke4 Zf5+, 36 Kd4 Qg2, 37 c4 Qxb2+, 38 Ke3 Qxb3, 39 Rg1+ Kh8, 40 Rg5 Bc5+, 41 Kf3 Qxd3+ white resigns 0-1
Andrew Robinson (1568) - Peter Hiller (1049)
1 d4 d5, 2 c4 e6, 3 Nf3 Bd6, 4 Nc3 Bb4, 5 Qc2 Ne7, 6 a3 Bxc3+, 7 Qxc3 0-0, 8 Bf4 c6, 9 c5 f5, 10 e3 Ng6, 11 Bd6 Re8, 12 Be2 b5, 13 0-0 Nd7, 14 a4 bxa4, 15 Rxa4 Nf6, 16 Nd2 Ne4, 17 Nxe4 fxe4, 18 Rfa1 Qd7, 19 Qa3 Qf7, 20 Rxa7 Rxa7, 21 Qxa7 Qb7, 22 Qxb7 Bxb7, 23 Ra7 Ba8, 24 b4 Nh4, 25 b5 cxb5, 26 Bxb5 Rd8, 27 Be7 Rb8, 28 Bxh4 Rxb5? (..Bc6 is a better attempt, leading to 29 Bf1 Rb1, but then 30 Ra5 holds the piece for white), 29 Rax8+ Kf7, 30 h3 h6, 31 c6 Rb1+, 32 Kh2 g5, 33 Bg3 h5, 34 c7 h4, 35 Be5 Rc1, 36 c8=Q Rxc8, 37 Rxc8 black resigns 1-0
Gabriel Boross (1319) - George Flitcroft-Smith (1568)
1 d4 h5, 2 e4 d6, 3 Nf3 Nf6, 4 Bd3 h4, 5 h3 d5, 6 Nc3 dxe4, 7 Nxe4 Nd5, 8 Bc4 Bf5, 9 Qd3 e6, 10 Bd2 Nc6, 11 c3 Nb6, 12 Bb5 a6, 13 Bxc6+ bxc6, 14 Ne5 Qd5, 15 f3 c5, 16 dxc5 Qxd3, 17 Nxd3 Nc4, 18 Bf4 0-0-0, 19 0-0-0 f6, 20 b3 Bxe4, 21 fxe4 Na5, 22 Be3 Be7, 23 Nb4 Kb7, 24 Nd3 g5, 25 Rd2 Rhf8, 26 Rhd1 f5, 27 e5 f4, 28 Bf2 f3, 29 Bg1 fxg2, 30 Rxg2 Rf3, 31 Nf2 Rxc3+, 32 Kb2 Rxd1, 33 Kxc3 Rc1+, 34 Kb2 Rxc5, 35 Ng4 Rb5, 36 Kc2 Nc6, 37 Rd2 Nb4, 38 Kb2 Rd5, 39 Rd4 Nd3+, 40 Kb1 Rxd4, 41 Bxd4 Nf4, 42 Nf2 c5, 43 Bb2 Kc6, 44 Kc2 Kd5, 45 Kd2 c4, 46 bxc4+ Kxc4, 47 Kc2 Bc5, 48 Ne4 Nxh3, 49 Nxc5 Kxc5, 50 Kd2 Kd5, 51 Ke3 g4, 52 Ke2 Ke4, 53 Kf1 white resigns 0-1 (final position: W Kf1 Bb2 a2 e5; B Ke4 Nh3 a6 e6 g4 h4)
Flood Cup: Standings at 5 April 2002
All players to play 9 games
|
No. |
NAME |
POINTS |
PLAYED |
|
1 |
Paul Evans |
5 |
6 |
|
2 |
Andrew Robinson |
4½ |
5 |
|
3 |
Doug Foster |
4 |
5 |
|
4 |
George Flitcroft-Smith |
4 |
6 |
|
5 |
Gabriel Boross |
3½ |
7 |
|
6 |
Peter Hiller |
2 |
4 |
|
7 |
Harvey Quaresmini |
2 |
5 |
|
8 |
Stuart Wilson |
1 |
5 |
|
9 |
Brian Willcock |
0 |
4 |
|
10 |
James Hiller |
0 |
5 |
Flood Cup 2002 results in detail
45 Minute Tournament
Only one game tonight…
John Curran 1 Doug Foster 0
(Congratulations to John, his first big scalp!!)
"45 Minute": Standings at 5 April 2002
Round-Robin format
|
No. |
NAME |
POINTS |
PLAYED |
|
1 |
Ben Lazarus |
4 |
5 |
|
2 |
Nathaneal Lim |
3 |
4 |
|
3 |
George Flitcroft-Smith |
2 |
2 |
|
4 |
John Curran |
2 |
4 |
|
5 |
Harvey Quaresmini |
1 |
2 |
|
6 |
Brian Willcock |
0 |
0 |
|
7 |
Doug Foster |
0 |
1 |
|
8 |
Chris Yu |
0 |
1 |
|
9 |
Stuart Wilson |
0 |
2 |
|
10 |
Scott Kenney |
0 |
3 |
45 Minute tournament 2002 results in detail
Transfer
Transfer occurred from just after midnight to 1am. Andrew & Peter seemed to be in total control winning 5-0 against James and George (who again got the wrong sister). Then, in the fateful last game James managed to mate his brother. This was a rare occurrence, and apparently the first time in captivity (the king was trapped in a net of knights and pawns, with the obligatory queen delivering the coup de grace)….
Meanwhile, in the veterans corner, the Foster - Willcock clash continued at its own sedate pace.