George Flitcroft-Smith 0 Eric Faccer 1
Eric maintained the form that he had shown in the 7 rounds played to date (barring the blip against Tony in round 7!) to win the Flood Cup for 2003. The play-off match saw Eric victorious in a game that hinged on two moves. At move 7 Eric had played Bg4 when a safer move would have held the ship safely together. George capitalised with the reply of Qb3 creating a danger on f7 that Eric tried to negate with Qd7. At this point George had intended to move Bxf7+ at move 9, followed by Qxb7 with the rook and knight in peril. Inexplicably George spent 25 minutes on move 9 pondering whether his combination was sound…he said his mind seized up… and then moved Ng5 ‘just to make sure’. Unfortunately for George he didn’t see the power of Erics’ 9th move reply Bh5 which held the fortress together. A pawn down and nothing to show for it, George’s attack fizzled and with it his chance of achieving victory.
George Flitcroft-Smith (1500) – Eric Faccer (1385)
1 e4 e5, 2 d4 exd4, 3 Bc4 Nc6, 4 Nf3 Nf6, 5 0-0 d6, 6 c3 dxc3, 7 Nxc3 Bg4, 8 Qb3 Qd7, 9 Ng5 Bh5, 10 Bb5 h6, 11 e5 dxe5, 12 Nge4 Nxe4, 13 Nxe4 a6, 14 Bxc6 Qxc6, 15 Ng3 Bg6, 16 Be3 Bc6, 17 Qc3 Qxc3, 18 bxc3 Bd6, 19 Rdc1 Bh7, 20 c4 Ba3, 21 Rc3 Bb4, 22 Rb3 a5, 23 a3 Bd6, 24 c5 Be7, 25 Rxb7 Kd7, 26 Rd1 Kc6, 27 Rb3 Rab8, 28 Rd2 Rhd8, 29 Re2 Rb3, 30 a4 Ra3, 31 Rce1 Rxa4, 32 Bc1 f6, 33 f4 Bxc5+, 34 Kh1 exf4, 35 Nh5 Bd3, 36 Re6+ Rd6, 37 Nxf4 Bf5, 38 R6e8 Bb4, 39 Rg1 g5, 40 Nh5 Bg6, 41 Nxf6 Bxe8, 42 Nxe8 Re6, 43 Ng7 Re1, 44 Bb2 Rxg1+, 45 Kxg1 Bxc5+, 46 Kxf1 Bd4, 47 Bxd4 Rxd4, 48 Ke2 a4, 49 Nf5 Kd8, 50 Ne7+ Kb5 white resigns 0-1
Link to complete Swissperfect standings after 7 rounds
Flood Cup: Final Standings
All players to play 7 games
|
No. |
NAME |
POINTS |
PLAYED |
Handicap score |
|
1 |
Eric Faccer |
6 + 1 |
7 + p/off |
7.56 |
|
2 |
George Flitcroft-Smith |
6 + 0 |
7 + p/off |
6.81 |
|
3 |
Tony Howes |
5 |
7 |
6.46 |
|
4 |
Andrew Robinson |
4½ |
7 |
4.50 |
|
5 |
Gabriel Boross |
4½ |
7 |
6.17 |
|
6 |
Harvey Quaresmini |
4 |
7 |
5.31 |
|
7 |
Brian Willcock |
4 |
7 |
6.78 |
|
8 |
Ray Adams |
3½ |
7 |
3.60 |
|
9 |
John Curran |
3½ |
7 |
7.45 |
|
10 |
Debbie Jenkins |
3½ |
7 |
6.63 |
|
11 |
Peter Hiller |
2½ |
7 |
5.47 |
|
12 |
Mike Talbot |
2 |
7 |
6.13 |
|
13 |
Aaron Michaux |
2 |
5 |
4.14 |
|
14 |
Stuart Wilson |
1 |
7 |
4.87 |
|
15 |
James Hiller |
1 |
7 |
5.11 |
|
16 |
Paul Evans |
1 |
3 |
2.63 |
Flood Cup 2003 results in detail
Interclub – The Gap v Northside
30 May 2003
Northside Chess Club visited The Gap reviving days of old when these contests were a regular occurrence. Richard Hixon led Northside to a 4-2 victory on the night. The Gap fielded a team comprising the ‘most willing’, a policy that left strong players such as Debbie Jenkins, Stuart Wilson and Mike Talbot on the sidelines. Several of the games were close, but all victories were clearcut in the end with no time scrambles affecting the results. One hour time controls were used in all games. Once the games were over several friendly games were played between Gap and Northside players. The Gap has agreed to visit Northside on a Wednesday night at Nundah some time in July.
Results (Gap player in bold):
Steve Quick 1 Tony Howes 0
Gavin Foulger 1 Harvey Quaresmini 0
Jim O’Sullivan 0 Brian Willcock 1
Peter Hiller 0 Bernie Roach 1
Raul Phillips 1 John Curran 0
Marty Chadwick 0 Richard Hixon 1
Steve Quick (unrated) – Tony Howes (1651)
1 e4 c5, 2 Nf3 Nc6, 3 Bb5 Bc5, 4 c3 f5, 5 exf5 c4, 6 Nd4 cxd4, 7 cxd4 Nxd4, 8 Qh5 Kf8, 9 Ba4 b5, 10 Bb3 Qe7, 11 Nc3 Nf6, 12 Qh4 Bb7, 13 0-0 Qc5, 14 have to check this… scoresheet unclear….
Jim o’Sullivan (1372) – Brian Willcock (1189)
1 d4 d5, 2 Nc3 Nc6, 3 d3 Bg4, 4 Ngd7 Nf6, 5 f4 e4, 6 dxe Nxe5, 7 Be7 Bd6, 8 Nxe5 Bxe7, 9 Qxe7 Bxe5, 10 Nf3 Bd3, 11 b3 0-0, 12 Bg2 Bb4, 13 Nd7 Ne4, 14 Rd8 Bxe7, 15 Rxe7 Nxe7, 16 Qxe7 dxc, 17 Qc3 f6, 18 0-0 cxb, 19 axb Rc8, 20 Qc4+ Kh8, 21 Qc2 Qe7, 22 Ra1 a6, 23 e4 Rfe8, 24 Re1 c5, 25 f4 c4, 26 bxc Qc5+, 27 Kh1 Qxc4, 28 Qxc4 Rxc4, 29 e5 Rxf4, 30 Kg8 Kg1, 31 e6 Rb4, 32 Ba3 Rb6, 33 e7 Kf7, 34 Rd1 Re6, 35 Rd7 Rxe7, 36 Bxe7 Rxe7 0-1
Richard Hixon (1407) – Marty Chadwick (unrated)
1 e4 e6, 2 Nf3 Bc5, 3 d4 Bb6, 4 c3 Nf6, 5 Bd3 0-0, 6 Bg5 h6, 7 Bh4 d5, 8 e5 Nbd7, 9 Qc2 Qe8, 10 exf6 Nxf6, 11 Bxf6 gxf6, 12 Qd2 e5, 13 0-0 exd4, 14 cxd4 Bg4, 15 Qxh6 Bxf3, Qh7++ 1-0
Quote of the night:
“I’ve never seen a decent movie without Arapaho Indians in it”
- Mike Talbot