After discussions with Doug and Peter it was decided that their game should be awarded to Doug on forfeit as he had come on 3 nights to play the game and Peter had not shown up. This meant that a 3 way play-of would now take place to decide the Maiden Trophy. The first game was played tonight, with Peter overcoming John to firm as favourite to win the trophy. Over the next 2 Friday night Michael is scheduled to play Peter and John to complete the play-off round.
Result:
Peter Hiller 0 Doug Foster 1 (from Round 5, won on forfeit)
Maiden Trophy play-off:
Peter Hiller 1 John Curran 0
Peter Hiller (1132) - John Curran (unrated)
1 e4 e5, 2 Be2 Nc6, 3 Nf3 d6, 4 0-0 Bg4, 5 Nc3 Bxf3, 6 Bxf3 Nd4, 7 d3 Nxf3, 8 Qxf3 Qf6, 9 Qe3 h6, 10 Nd5 Qd8, 11 f4 Nf6, 12 Nxf6 Qxf6, 13 fxe5 Qxe5, 14 d4 Qe7, 15 c3 c5, 16 d5 Qe5, 17 Bd2 f6, 18 Rf5 Qe7, 19 c4 0-0-0, 20 Bc3 Qf7, 21 a3 Be7, 22 b4 b6, 23 b5 Kc7, 24 a4 Ra8, 25 a5 Rhb8, 26 a6 g6, 27 Rff1 g5, 28 e5 dxe5, 29 Bxe5+ Bd6, 30 Rxf6 Qe7, 31 Bd6+ Qxd6, 32 Rxd6 Kxd6, 33 Qe6+ Kc7, 34 d6+ Kd8, 35 Rf1 Rc8, 36 Rf8# 0-1
One Hour Tournament: Final Standings
All players to play 10 games
|
No. |
NAME |
POINTS |
PLAYED |
|
1 |
Andrew Robinson |
10 |
10 |
|
2 |
Gabriel Boross |
8½ |
10 |
|
3 |
George Flitcroft-Smith |
8 |
10 |
|
4 |
Harvey Quaresmini |
7 |
10 |
|
5 |
Brian Willcock |
5 |
10 |
|
6 |
Doug Foster |
4 |
10 |
|
7 |
John Curran |
3 |
10 |
|
8 |
Peter Hiller |
3 |
10 |
|
9 |
Michael Hussey |
3 |
10 |
|
10 |
Stuart Wilson |
2 |
10 |
|
11 |
James Hiller |
1½ |
10 |
One Hour tournament 2002 results in detail
Maiden Trophy play-off
All players to play 2 games
|
No. |
NAME |
POINTS |
PLAYED |
|
1 |
Peter Hiller |
1 |
1 |
|
2 |
Michael Hussey |
0 |
0 |
|
3 |
John Curran |
0 |
1 |
Andrew went a piece up early on in both games against Paul. In game 2 Paul claimed that his downfall was hastened by Doug's remark "I'm going to do this because I want to" which came out during a friendly with Brian.
John managed a draw in his first game with George. The final position was B+P+P v N+P with John in the ascendancy but without hope of breaking through. George thought there was a chance of a win on time, but John claimed a draw as he was in his last 2 minutes on the clock.
Harvey and Brian both managed to whitewash James. Then Paul whitewashed Brian. Then Harvey whitewashed Paul.
The crucial clash between Andrew and George ended one-all. Andrew with white in the first game managed to post his bishop on a secured d6 early on, in similar fashion to his Flood Cup game with Peter Hiller. The bishop allied with his pawn formation totally restricted George's R+N+B, and the game won itself from there. The second game entered into many complexities before a blunder by Andrew allowed George to pin his queen with a bishop and immediate resignation ensued.
Andrew 2 Paul 0
George 1½ John 0
Harvey 2 James 0
Paul 2 Brian 0
Andrew 1 George 1
Brian 2 James 0
Harvey 2 Paul 0
Allegro Tournament: Standings at 11 October 2002
All players to play 18 games
|
No. |
NAME |
POINTS |
PLAYED |
|
1 |
Gabriel Boross |
7 |
12 |
|
2 |
Andrew Robinson |
6 |
8 |
|
3 |
Paul Evans |
6 |
10 |
|
4 |
Harvey Quaresmini |
5½ |
10 |
|
5 |
George Flitcroft-Smith |
4½ |
6 |
|
6 |
Brian Willcock |
3½ |
8 |
|
7 |
Peter Hiller |
2 |
2 |
|
8 |
John Curran |
1½ |
8 |
|
9 |
Doug Foster |
0 |
0 |
|
10 |
James Hiller |
0 |
8 |
Allegro tournament 2002 results in detail
Transfer
Very mixed results tonight. Usually it was loser-gets-up and with the losing board evicted and replaced. Initials used to protect the innocent (there were none!).
HQ + AR v GF + PE è Andrew d. Paul
HQ + PH v GF + PE è Paul d. Peter
HQ + AR v PE + GF è Andrew d. George
HQ + AR v PE + PH è Peter d. Andrew (who was distracted by Brian conducting a conversation with him)
HQ + GF v PE + PH è George d Peter
Then Brian gave Andrew a few lessons in a series of conventional chess games - although graciously letting Andrew win each game to give him confidence - the transfer continued unrecorded until the last game of the night:
GF + HQ v PH + JH è James d. Harvey - and so for the first time since the Wimbledon Doubles Final all those years ago the sister combination has triumphed, with Harvey's unblemished record on the night sent to the shredders…