Results:
Gavin Foulger ½ Tony Howes ½
Mike Talbot 1 Stuart Wilson 0
John Curran 0 Brian Willcock 1
George Flitcroft-Smith 1 Debbie Jenkins 0
James Hiller 0 Marty Chadwick 1
Andrew Robinson 0 Harvey Quaresmini 1
Gabriel Boross 1 Peter Hiller 0
Round one of the One Hour saw a few minor upsets, but with most of the games going to script. Harvey was able to gain a huge time advantage over Andrew, which saw the defending champion unable to convert a one pawn advantage into victory. Mike Talbot won a game against Stuart in which both players resigned!! Everyone thought Stuart had won when Mike resigned. However, Stuart had earlier made a gross blunder that left his queen en pris. Stuart resigned immediately, but Mike insisted on continuing the game ‘that’s a stupid way to stuff up a perfectly good game’. At the end of the day, the game was awarded to Mike. Marty made sure that James’ wait for his first win continues. With this win Marty achieved victory in his first game in club tournaments at The Gap.
Gavin and Tony were both left with about 2 minutes left (R+N+3P v R+5P) when they decided against the lottery of a time scramble and agreed to a gentlemanly draw. Gabby, George and Brian comfortably won their respective games. Brian did report a comical draw offer from John as being the highlight of his game.
Andrew Robinson (1619) – Harvey Quaresmini (1423)
1 d4 Nf6, 2 c4 c5, 3 d5 b5, 4 e3 bxc4, 5 Bxc4 e6, 6 Nf3 g6, 7 0-0 Bg7, 8 Nc3 0-0, 9 Qc2 Nbd7, 10 e4 Nb6, 11 Be2 Bb7, 12 Bg5 Ng4, 13 Qd2 Ne5, 14 Nxe5 xe5, 15 Bh6 Re8, 16 f4 Bd4+, 17 Kh1 e6, 18 dxe6 Rxe6, 19 f5 Re8, 20 fxg6 hxg6, 21 Qf4 Qc7, 22 Bd3 Be5, 23 Qf3 Qe7, 24 Bb5 Rec8, 25 Rae1 Rc7, 26 Bf4 Kg7, 27 Qg3 Nd7, 28 Nd5 Bxd5, 29 exd5 Rb8, 30 Bxd7 Rxd8, 31 Bxe5+ dxe5, 32 Rxe5 Qd6, 33 Qc3 Kg8, 34 Rfe1 Rf8, 35 Qc4 Rb7, 36 b3 Rb4, 37 Qe2 Rd4, 38 Re8 Rxe5, 39 Rxe8+ Qxf8, 40 h3 Qh6, 41 Qe8+ Kg7 (white under 5 minutes) …. another 15 moves 0-1
John Curran (1026) – Brian Willcock (1189)
1 d4 d5, 2 e3 Nf6, 3 c4 c5, 4 Nc3 cxd4, 5 exd4 e6, 6 a3 Bd7, 7 Be3 Bc6, 8 cxd5, Nxd5, 9 Nxd5 Bxd5, 10 Nf3 Nc6, 11 Be2 Be7, 12 0-0 0-0, 13 b4 f6, 14 Rc1 Qb6, 15 Bc4 Kh8, 16 Bxd5 Rxd5, 17 Qe2 a6, 18 Rc2 Qb5, 19 Qxb5 Qxb5, 20 Rc3 Ra4, 21 Re1 Ra4, 22 Bc1 Re8, 23 Kf1 Kg8, 24 g3 Kf7, 25 Rce3 Raa8, 26 Bb2 Bf8, 27 Rxe8 Rxe8, 28 Rxe8 Kxe8, 29 Be3 Kd7, 30 Ke2 Ke5, 31 Ke3 g6, 32 h4 Bh6+, 33 Kd3 Bc1, 34 g4 Bxa3, 35 g5 f5, 36 Kc2 Bxb4, 37 Bxb4 Nxb4, 38 Kc3 Nc6, 39 Kb3 f4, 40 Kc3 Kf5, 41 Kd3 b4, 42 Nd2 Kg4, 43 Nb3 b6, 44 Ke2, Kxh4, 45 Kf3 Kxg5, 46 Kg2 Kf5, 47 f3 g5, 48 Kf2 h5, 49 Kg2 g4, 50 Kf2 gxf3, 51 Kxf3 h4, 52 Kg2 Ke4, 53 Kh3 Nxd4, 54 Nd2 Ke3, 55 Nf1 Ke2, 56 Nh2 f3, 57 Ng4 f2, 58 Nxf2 Kxf2 white resigns (or did he lose on time after running down his clock?) 0-1
Mike Talbot (unrated) – Stuart Wilson (1039)
1 e4 g6, 2 d4 Bg7, 3 Nf3 Nf6, 4 Nc3 e6, 5 d5 Nbd7, 6 Bb5 0-0, 7 Qd4 Nc5, 8 e5 Ng4, 9 b4 Nxe5, 10 Nxe5 Bxe5, 11 Qc4 Nd7, 12 0-0 Nf6, 13 Bf4 Nxc3, 14 Qxc3 Ne4, 15 Qe3 f5, 16 Bd3 Nf6, 17 c4 Ng4, 18 Qg3 e5, 19 Bh6 Nxh6, 20 Rae1 Qf6, 21 f4 e4, 22 Be2 Qd4+, 23 Kh1 Ng4, 24 Rd1 Qb2, 25 Ra1 Qxe2, 26 Rf2 Nxf2+, 27 Kg1 e3, 28 h3 Nd1, 29 Kh2 Qd2, 30 Qf3 e2, 31 a4 e1=Q, 32 Qa3 Qxf4, 33 g3 however, somewhere during the game black had already resigned after leaving his queen en pris (the game continued after the resignation irregardless!) causing much consternation to spectators at the end of hostilities.. 1-0
One Hour tournament: Current standings
All players to play 13 games
|
No. |
NAME |
POINTS |
PLAYED |
|
1 |
George Flitcroft-Smith |
1 |
1 |
|
2 |
Harvey Quaresmini |
1 |
1 |
|
3 |
Gabriel Boross |
1 |
1 |
|
4 |
Brian Willcock |
1 |
1 |
|
5 |
Mike Talbot |
1 |
1 |
|
6 |
Marty Chadwick |
1 |
1 |
|
7 |
Tony Howes |
½ |
1 |
|
8 |
Gavin Foulger |
½ |
1 |
|
9 |
Andrew Robinson |
0 |
1 |
|
10 |
Debbie Jenkins |
0 |
1 |
|
11 |
Peter Hiller |
0 |
1 |
|
12 |
John Curran |
0 |
1 |
|
13 |
Stuart Wilson |
0 |
1 |
|
14 |
James Hiller |
0 |
1 |
One Hour tournament 2003 results in detail
Quote of the night:
“I don’t come here for the chess, I come for the sick conversation”
- George Flitcroft-Smith
Honorary mentions:
“Here’s my scoresheet full of Egyptian holographics (sic)”
- Peter Hiller
“I’m going to appeal to the president of FIDO (sic)”
- James Hiller, after newcomer Catherine was given some friendly advice that led to James losing a queen…