Report – 13 September 2002

 

One Hour Tournament 2002

 

Results:

James Hiller 1 Peter Hiller 0 (Round 4) – result awarded on forfeit

Michael Hussey 0 Doug Foster 1 (Round 10)

Brian Willcock ½ John Curran 1 (Round 10)

 

DOP’s note (from Hanoi, Vietnam): “The Hiller game was scheduled for tonight but not played. As Peter has 3 remaining games unplayed he must forfeit this game according to the rules of the tournament. The Hussey-Foster game went for 38 moves while the Willcock-Curran encounter lasted 58 moves.”

 

Stuart’s report: “Two one hour games played. Brian v John draw with John battling the clock at the end after 58 moves. Michael v Doug with a win to Doug after 38 moves when Michael resigned.”

 

Brian’s report: “I played the longest game of the night and as a consequence can give only my game result and description…

I secured an early advantage positionally but then got ideas beyond my station : a combination that would that would win the exchange and a pawn while making John's uncastled King even more vulnerable. You will be astounded to learn that my analysis was a tiny bit faulty and the combination led to the sac of my Bishop for a pawn ,with some positional compensation. I failed to punish John for his exposed King, suffered his castling and his being able to hang on to a piece superiority into the endgame. Here weaknesses in his knowledge of the endgame lost him any chance of victory. With only two Rook pawns on the Kingside he exchanged off on the Queenside. With about six minutes left on his clock and confident in being a Bishop up he offered a draw. As his Bishop was of the wrong colour and there was an, unlikely, hope of time and my two Kingside pawns giving victory with his King on the other side of the board I saw no incentive to accept. Finally with my two pawns gone and John reduced to Rook pawn and a wrong coloured Bishop, I accepted the inevitable and said it was a draw. John did not believe me. I assured him it was a book draw. John did not believe me. So we played until he delivered stalemate in about two moves. Chris asserted he'd never played such a game. As I chased him with a meat cleaver he claimed that he had meant that he'd never played a game in which there'd been a wrong coloured Bishop and Rook pawn ending. I am not sure I accept his inclination and will not be nominating him as Pres at the AGM. Finally I wish to assure you that there is no truth in the rumour that the club is going to give me a special encouragement ribbon when I finally win a game.”

 

Michael Hussey (unrated) - Doug Foster (1211)

1 e4 c6, 2 d4 d6, 3 Nc3 Nf6, 4 Nf3 Bg4, 5 Be2 g6, 6 d5 cxd5, 7 e5 dxe5, 8 Nxe5 Bxe2, 9 Qxe2 Bg7, 10 Qb5+ Nfd7, 11 Qxb7 Nb6, 12 Nc6 Bxc3+, 13 bxc3 Nxc6, 14 Qxc6+ Qd7, 15 Qxd7 Nxd7, 16 0-0 0-0, 17 Ba3 Rfe8, 18 f4 e6, 19 Rab1 Nb6, 20 Kf2 Nc4, 21 Bc1 Reb8, 22 Rxb8 Rxb8, 23 a4 a6, 24 Ke2 Nd6, 25 Kd3 Rc8, 26 Bd2 h5, 27 h4 Nf5, 28 Be1 Rc4, 29 a5 Ra4, 30 c4 Rxc4, 31 Bf2 Rxf4, 32 Ke2 Rg4, 33 g3 Nxg3+, 34 Bxg3 Rxg3, 35 Rf4 Ra3, 36 Rb4 Rxa5, 37 Rb8+, Kg7, 38 Kd3 Ra4 (Final Position: W Kd3 Rb8 c2 h4; B Kg7 Ra4 a6 d5 e6 f7 g6 h5) white resigns 0-1

 

Brian Willcock (1195) - John Curran (unrated)

1 e4 e5, 2 Nf3 Nc6, 3 d4 exd4, 4 Nxd4 Nxd4, 5 Qxd4 d6, 6 Nc3 Nf6, 7 Bc4 a6, 8 Nd5 Nxd5, 9 Bxd5 Qd7, 10 Bh6 c5, 11 Qc3 f6, 12 0-0-0 gxh6, 13 Qxf6 Qg7, 14 e5 dxe5, 15 Qb6 Be7, 16 Bxb7 Bxb7, 17 Qxb7 0-0, 18 Rd7 Rfe8, 19 Qd5+ Kf8, 20 Re1 Rad8, 21 Rd1 Rxd7, 22 Qxd7 Bg5+, 23 Kb1 Qxd7, 24 Rxd7 Re7, 25 Rd8+ Re8, 26 Rd5 Rd8, 27 c4 Rxd5, 28 cxd5 Ke7 (Position: W Kb1 a2 b2 d5 f2 g2 h2; B Ke7 Bg5 a6 c5 e5 h6 h7), 29 Kc2 Kd6, 30 f3 Kxd5, 31 Kd3 h5, 32 h3 c4+, 33 Kc3 Be3, 34 b4 Bd4+, 35 Kd2 c3+, 36 Kd3 c2, 37 Kxc2 Kc4, 38 a3 a5, 39 bxa5 Kb5, 40 Kd3 Kxa5, 41 f4 Kb5, 42 fxe5 Bxe5, 43 Ke4 Bd6, 44 Kf5 h4, 45 Kg5 Be7+, 46 Kh6 Ka4, 47 Kxh7 Kxa3, 48 Kg6 Kb4 (Position: W Kg6 g2 h3; B Kb4 Be7 h4), 49 Kf5 Kc4, 50 Ke5 Kc3, 51 Kf3 Kd4, 52 g4 Ke5, 53 Ke3 Bg5+, 54 Kf3 Kd4, 55 Ke2 Ke4, 56 Kf1 Kf3, 57 Kg1 Kg3, 58 Kh1 (Position: W Kh1 g3 h4; B Kg3 Bg5 h4) continued for a few moves until stalemate reached ½-½

 

 

One Hour Tournament: Standings at 13 September 2002

All players to play 10 games

No.

NAME

POINTS

PLAYED

1

Andrew Robinson

10

10

2

Gabriel Boross

10

3

George Flitcroft-Smith

7

9

4

Harvey Quaresmini

6

8

5

Brian Willcock

5

9

6

Peter Hiller

3

8

7

Doug Foster

3

9

8

John Curran

3

10

9

Michael Hussey

2

9

10

Stuart Wilson

2

10

11

James Hiller

10

 

One Hour tournament 2002 results in detail

 

 

45 Minute Tournament

 

No games played tonight.

 

"45 Minute": Standings at 13 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

Quiet night at the club. Nothing to report.

 

 

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