Results:
Andrew Robinson 1 Harvey Quaresmini 0 (Round 1)
James Hiller 0 George Flitcroft-Smith 1 (Round 11)
Two games played tonight. The decisive game to determine the tournament winner was won by Andrew against Harvey in a close game. Andrew managed to secure the game in the end with 2 well placed bishops. This gave him the first picket fence victory in a Gap tournament since 1997.
The other game provided the unusual fare we have come to expect when James takes on George. After the game George was flabbergasted to discover that James had once again played an illegal move that George had not spotted. This is the second week in a row that James has castled queenside and the king has ended up 1 square from the corner instead of 2 – hmmm, a trend is emerging! George used his trademark h5-h4-h3 opening (counter-Hiller variation) to its usual devastating effect. However, the game finished closer than expected with George only up by a rook and 3 pawns vs a rook and 1 pawn when James made the final fateful blunder. James is improving and played well to get this far into the game…
Andrew Robinson (1546) - Harvey Quaresmini (1436)
1 d4 Nf6, 2 c4 c5, 3 d5 b5, 4 e3 bxc4, 5 Bxc4 d6, 6 Nc3 g6, 7 Nf3 Bg7,
8 0-0 0-0, 9 Qc2 Nbd7, 10 e4 Ng4, 11 h3 Nge5, 12 Nxe5 Nxe5, 13 Be2 Bb7, 14 Be3 Rb8, 15 Rb1 a5, 16 Qd2 f5, 17 f4 Nd7, 18 exf5 Rxf5, 19 Bg4 Rf8, 20 Be6+ Kh8, 21 f5 Ne5, 22 b3 Ba6, 23 Rf4 Rf6, 24 Ne4 Rf8, 25 Rh4 Bf6, 26 Ng5 Bxg5, 27 Bxg5 Bd3, 28 fxg6 Bxg6, 29 Rf1 Rxf1+, 30 Kxf1 Bd3+, 31 Kg1 Qf8, 32 Qf4 Ng6, 33 Qxf8+ Rxf8, 34 Ra4 Rf1+, 35 Kh2 Rf2, 36 Bh6! Bf1, 37 Rxa5 Nf8, 38 Ra8 Rxg2+, 39 Kh1 Rf2, 40 Rxf8+ Rxf8, 41 Bxf8 c4, 42 Bxe7 h5, 43 bxc4 Bxc4, 44 a4 Kg7, 45 Bxd6 Kf6, 46 Kg2 h4, 47 Kf3 Bf1, 48 Kg4 Bd3, 49 a5 Bb5, 50 Bc8 Bc4, 51 Bb7 Bd3, 52 a6 Bf5+, 53 Kxh4 Be4, 54 a7 Bxd5, 55 Bxd5 Kg6, 56 a8=Q Kf6, 57 Qf8+ Kg6, 58 Be4# 1-0
James Hiller (925) - George Flitcroft-Smith (1530)
1 d4 h5, 2 Nf3 h4, 3 Bg5 h3, 4 gxh3 d6, 5 Bg2 Bxh3, 6 Bxh3 Rxh3, 7 Nc3 Nf6, 8 Qd3 Nc6, 9 Bxf6 gxf6, 10 0-0-0 (After the game it was deduced that James castled illegally – placing his king on b1 and rook on c1) Qd7, 11 Nd5 0-0-0, 12 Rhg1 Bh6, 13 Rcd1 Re8, 14 Qh7 Bc1, 15 Qxf7 Bxb2, 16 Kxb2 Nd8, 17 Rd3 Qb5+, 18 Rb3 Qxb3, 19 Kxb3 Rxf3+, 20 exf3 Nxf7, 21 Nxf6 exf6, 22 h4 Rh8, 23 Rg4 Kd7, 24 f4 c5, 25 Kc4 Rh5, 26 dxc5 Rxc5+, 27 Kb3 b5, 28 c3 a5, 29 Rg7 Ke6, 30 Rh7 a4+, 31 Kb4 Rf5, 32 h5 Rxf4+, 33 Kxb5 Rxf2, 34 h6 Nxh6, 35 Rxh6 Rxa2, 36 Kb4 Ke5, 37 Rh5+ f5, 38 c4 Ke4, 39 Rh6 Ke5, 40 Rh8 Ra1, 41 Re8+ Kf6, 42 Rd8 Ke7, 43 Ra8 Rb1+, 44 Kxa4?? Ra1+ (Final Position: W Ka4 Ra8 c4; B Ke7 Ra1 d6 f5) white resigns 0-1
One Hour Tournament: Standings at 6 September 2002
All players to play 10 games
|
No. |
NAME |
POINTS |
PLAYED |
|
1 |
Andrew Robinson |
10 |
10 |
|
2 |
Gabriel Boross |
8½ |
10 |
|
3 |
George Flitcroft-Smith |
7 |
9 |
|
4 |
Harvey Quaresmini |
6 |
8 |
|
5 |
Brian Willcock |
4½ |
8 |
|
6 |
Peter Hiller |
3 |
7 |
|
7 |
John Curran |
2½ |
9 |
|
8 |
Doug Foster |
2 |
8 |
|
9 |
Michael Hussey |
2 |
8 |
|
10 |
Stuart Wilson |
2 |
10 |
|
11 |
James Hiller |
½ |
9 |
One Hour tournament 2002 results in detail
45 Minute Tournament
Results:
Doug Foster 1 Stuart Wilson 0
John Curran 0 George Flitcroft-Smith 1
Two games played. George managed to get past John in this 45 minute game played before his One Hour game. Doug said to Stuart after the game: “That was a good game, I enjoyed it!”. Stuart however did not appear so enthusiastic!!
"45 Minute": Standings at 6 September 2002
Round-Robin format
|
No. |
NAME |
POINTS |
PLAYED |
|
1 |
George Flitcroft-Smith |
3 |
3 |
|
2 |
Harvey Quaresmini |
3 |
4 |
|
3 |
Ben Lazarus |
2 |
3 |
|
4 |
Doug Foster |
1 |
3 |
|
5 |
Stuart Wilson |
1 |
4 |
|
6 |
John Curran |
1 |
5 |
45 Minute tournament 2002 results in detail
Other chess
Not much chess outside tournament play tonight.