Round 2 games:
Harvey Quaresmini 1 Gabriel Boross 0
Gavin Foulger 1 Mike Talbot 0
Round 3 game:
James Hiller 0 Brian Willcock 1
Round 5 games:
John Curran 0 Tony Howes 1
Andrew Robinson 1 Stuart Wilson 0
Round 11 game:
Peter Hiller 0 George Flitcroft-Smith 1
Harvey is shaping up as a prime contender after knocking off the Hour champions from 2001 and 2002 in the first 4 week. Gabby reported with disgust after the game: “Harvey didn’t beat me, he thrashed me”.
Gavin reached an interesting position in the mid-game against Mike but was too strong in the end with his material advantage being enough.
Brian won his ‘game of the year’ when James extended generosity that exceeded his own. The queen sac was reportedly unintentional.
John was never in the hunt against Tony who was a piece up early and maintained the pressure throughout.
Stuart touched a rook on move 30, but then proceeded to move his a-pawn, as much to his own astonishment as his opponent (who is used to seeing that sort of thing). Andrew then thoroughly undermined Stuart’s confidence by not enforcing the touch move rule and this psychological ploy saw a quick end to the game.
Peter had a chance when the game panned out towards a fairly even end game, but Peter overlooked a check during the exchanges which saw him several pawns down in a queen endgame.
Next week the four remaining undefeated players will clash:
Tony v Harvey and Gavin v George.
Harvey Quaresmini (1423) - Gabriel Boross (1350)
1 e4 e5, 2 Nf3 Nc6, 3 Bc4 Bc5, 4 0-0 Nf6, 5 d3 0-0, 6 a4 Be7, 7 c3 d5, 8 exd Nxd, 9 Re1 Bd6, 10 BxN Bg4, 11 Be3 Re8, 12 b4 a6, 13 Qb3 Qd7, 14 N1d2 h6, 15 Nc4 Kh8, 16 NxB cxN, 17 Bxf Rf8, 18 Bd5 Ne7, 19 Nd2 Rac8, 20 Ne4 NxB, 21 QxN Rc6, 22 b5 d4, 23 exd Bxd, 24 Rf5 Rf1, 25 Qxd Qf7, 26 bxa bxa, 27 Qxa Rf4, 28 a5 Rb8, 29 Qd6 Rb2, 30 Qxh+ Kg8, 31 Qd6 Rf5, 32 a6 Rd5, 33 Qa5 Bf5, 34 a7 black resigns 1-0
Gavin Foulger (1426) - Mike Talbot (unrated)
1 d4 d5, 2 Nf3 Nc6, 3 e3 Nf6, 4 c4 e6, 5 Nc3 g6, 6 Be2 Bd6, 7 0-0 0-0, 8 a3 b6, 9 b4 a5, 10 c5 axb4, 11 cxd6 bxc3, 12 Qc2 Ne4, 13 Bd3 Qxd6, 14 Bxe4 dxe4, 15 Ng5 e5, 16 Nxe5 Nxd4, 17 exd4 Qxd4, 18 Rd1 Qc4, 19 Bh6 Bf5, 20 Qxc3 Qxc3, 21 Nxc3 Re8, 22 Nd5 f6, 23 Nxf6+ Kf7, 24 Nxe8 Kxe8, 25 Bg2 e4, 26 Re1 Kf7, 27 Be5 c4, 28 h3 Re8, 29 Bb2 b5, 30 Rd1 Ke6, 31 g4 Kf7, 32 exf5 gxf5, 33 Rd7+ Kg6, 34 Rd6+ Kg5, 35 Rxc6 h5, 36 Bc1+ Kh4, 37 Kh2 Rf8, 38 Rg1 f4, 39 Rc5 Rb8, 40 Bxf4 b4 black resigns 1-0
James Hiller (702) - Brian Willcock (1189)
1 e4 e5, 2 Nf3 d6, 3 d3 Nc6, 4 d4 Bg4, 5 Be2 BxN, 6 BxB Nd4, 7 Nc3 c6, 8 Be3 NxB, 9 QxN Qf6, 10 Qe2 0-0-0, 11 0-0 Kb8, 12 b4 a5, 13 a4 d5, 14 Bxd4 RxB, 15 bxc Qxc6, 16 Nd5 Nf6, 17 Qf3 NxN, 18 cxd Qxd5, 19 Qxf7?? QxQ, 20 c3 Rf4, 21 g3 Rf3, 22 Rad1 Bc5, 23 Kg2 h4, 24 Kh3 hxg, 25 Kg2 Rxh2, 26 Kg1 Rfxf2, 27 Rxf2 QxR white resigns 0-1
Andrew Robinson (1619) - Stuart Wilson (1039)
1 d4 g6, 2 c4 d6, 3 Nc3 Bg7, 4 Nf3 Nc6, 5 e3 Nf6, 6 a3 0-0, 7 Bd3 Nh5, 8 0-0 e5, 9 d5 f5, 10 dxc6 e4, 11 Nxe4 fxe4, 12 Bxe4 b6, 13 Bd5+ Kh8, 14 h3 Qe7, 15 Rb1 Nf6, 16 b4 Be6, 17 e4 Nxd5, 18 cxd5 Bc8, 19 Re1 h6, 20 Bb2 Rf4, 21 Bxg7+ Qxg7, 22 Qd4 Qxd4, 23 Nxd4 Ba6, 24 b5 Bc8, 25 g3 Rf7, 26 Kg2 a6, 27 e5 Bf5, 28 Rb3 Re7, 29 Nxf5 gxf5, 30 e6 axb5, 31 Ree3 Ra4, 32 Rxb5 f4, 33 Rf3 Rg7, 34 Rb4 Rxg3, 35 fxg3 black resigns 1-0
One Hour tournament: Current standings
All players to play 13 games
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One Hour tournament 2003 results in detail
Quote of the night:
No quotes this week worthy of the name. Last week there was a surfeit in case you’re in need of one!