Interclub v Samford Valley Chess Club
Samford Valley Chess Club visited our club tonight to play their first interclub friendly. Most of the games were close and all were played in the spirit of friendly competition. All games were played with a 60 minutes guillotine finish.
Results (Gap player in bold):
Aaron Michaux 1 Gabriel Boross 0
Ray Wilson 0 Andrew Robinson 1
Debbie Jenkins ½ Robert Ryan ½
Hans Arnold 0 Stuart Wilson 1
John Curran ½ Digby Shaw ½
Neil Lossberg 1 Mike Talbot 0
Ray Wilson (unrated) – Andrew Robinson (1619)
1 e4 c5, 2 Nf3 Nc6, 3 Bc4 e6, 4 c3 d5, 5 exd5 exd5, 6 Qe2+ Be7, 7 Bb5 Bd7, 8 0-0 Nf6, 9 h3 0-0, 10 d3 Re8, 11 Na3 Qc7, 12 Bc3 Bd6, 13 Qd2 Ne5, 14 Nxe5 Rxe5, 15 f4 Re7, 16 Rf3 Rae8, 17 Bxd7 Qxd7, 18 Raf1 a6, 19 f5 h6, 20 Nc2 (Bxh6 forces a draw for white) Kh7, 21 Bf4 Re2, 22 Qd1 Bxf4, 23 Rxf4 Nf5, 24 R4f3 Qa4, 25 Nc3 Qxd1, 26 Rxd1? R8xe3, 27 Rxc3 Rxc3, 28 Rf2 Re7, 29 g4 Nf6, 30 Rg1 g6, 31 fxg6 fxg6, 32 g5 hxg5, 33 Rxg5 Kh6, 34 Rg3 c4, 35 h4 Kh5, 36 Rh3 Ng4+, 37 Kg2 Re3, 38 Rxe3 Nxe3+, 39 Kg3 cxd3 white resigns 1-0
The game between Hans and Stuart had reached an interesting position when Hans’ flag fell:
White (Hans): King on e2, Rook on d4, pawns on a3 b3 c6 e3 h4
Black (Stuart): King on e5, Rook on h1, pawns on a5 b6 c7 f5 h5
Results:
George Flitcroft-Smith 1 Tony Howes 0
Harvey Quaresmini 0 Eric Faccer 1
Ray Adams 1 Tony Howes 0
Eric Faccer 1 George Flitcroft-Smith 0
James Hiller 0 Peter Hiller 1
Five games played tonight, including the resumption of the adjourned game that Tony resigned after a couple of moves following a blunder. White’s 25th move was the sealed move at the adjournment one week before.
Harvey generously agreed to play Eric in a game that he had already technically won by a forfeit. Over the board it was a different story and Eric quickly obtained the advantage and won.
With two early finishes players agreed to play another set of Flood Cup games in the same night. The masochistic tendencies of this action were borne out with two late finishes. The Eric v George game was finally resigned by George at 1.20am after a delayed 9.30pm start. After the premature finish to his previous game Tony faced up to Ray Adams in a match-up that also finished after midnight.
George Flitcroft-Smith (1500) – Tony Howes (1651)
1 e4 c5, 2 d4 cxd4, 3 Nf3 Nc6, 4 Bc4 Qc7, 5 Na3 a6, 6 0-0 b5, 7 Bb3 Nf6, 8 e5 Nxe5, 9 Nxe5 Qxe5, 10 Re1 Qc5, 11 Bf4 Bb7, 12 Re5 Qc6, 13 Qf1 d6, 14 Rf5 g6, 15 Rxf6 exf6, 16 Re1+ Be7, 17 c4 dxc3, 18 bxc3 Rd8, 19 c4 g5, 20 Be3 0-0, 21 cxb5 axb5, 22 Rc1 Qe4, 23 Bc2 Qh4, 24 Bf5 d5, 25 g3 (sealed move) Qa4, 26 Qh3 black resigns 1-0
Ray Adams (1604) – Tony Howes (1651)
1 d4 Nf6, 2 c4 e6, 3 Nc3 Bb4, 4 a3 Bxc3+, 5 bxc3 c5, 6 e3 b6, 7 Bd3 Bb7, 8 f3 d5, 9 cxd5 exd5, 10 Ne2 0-0, 11 0-0 Nbd7, 12 Ng3 Re8, 13 Re1 Nf8, 14 Kh1 Ng6, 15 e4 dxe4, 16 fxe4 cxd4, 17 Bb5 Nxe4, 18 Nxe4 Rxe4, 19 Rxe4 Bxe4, 20 Qxd4 Qxd4, 21 cxd4 Nh4, 22 Bf1 Rc8, 23 Bg5 Nf5, 24 Re1 Re8, 25 Rd1 h6, 26 Bb5 Re6, 27 Bf4 g5, 28 Bc1 Nxd4, 29 Rxd4 Bd3, 30 Rd8+ Kg7, 31 Bb2+ f6, 32 Rd7+ Kf8, 33 Rd8+ Kg7, 34 Rd7+ Kf8, 35 Rd8+ Kg7, 36 Re8 Bc4, 37 Rxe6 Bxe6, 38 Kg1 Bc8, 39 Bc3 Kf7, 40 Bb4 Ke6, 41 Be8 Bd7, 42 Bh5 a5, 43 Bf8 b5, 44 Kf2 Bc6, 45 g3 f5, 46 Bxh6 g4, 47 Ke3 b4, 48 axb4 axb4, 49 Bg7 Be4, 50 Kd4 b3, 51 Kc3 Bc2, 52 Be8 Kd5, 53 Bf7+ Ke4, 54 Bh6 Kf3, 55 Bxb3 Be4, 56 Bc2 Kg2, 57 Bxe4+ Kxh2, 58 Bf4 black resigns 1-0
Flood Cup: Standings at 4 April 2003
All players to play 7 games
|
No. |
NAME |
POINTS |
PLAYED |
|
1 |
Eric Faccer |
4 |
4 |
|
2 |
George Flitcroft-Smith |
3 |
4 |
|
3 |
Ray Adams |
3 |
4 |
|
4 |
Harvey Quaresmini |
3 |
4 |
|
5 |
Andrew Robinson |
2 |
3 |
|
6 |
Gabriel Boross |
2 |
3 |
|
7 |
Tony Howes |
2 |
4 |
|
8 |
Aaron Michaux |
2 |
4 |
|
9 |
Peter Hiller |
2 |
4 |
|
10 |
Brian Willcock |
1 |
3 |
|
11 |
Debbie Jenkins |
1 |
3 |
|
12 |
Stuart Wilson |
1 |
3 |
|
13 |
John Curran |
1 |
3 |
|
14 |
Paul Evans |
1 |
3 |
|
15 |
Mike Talbot |
1 |
4 |
|
16 |
James Hiller |
0 |
4 |
Flood Cup 2003 results in detail
Quote of the night:
“I had a headache before chess tonight, but after I came I felt a lot better.”
- James Hiller