Round 5 games:
George Flitcroft-Smith 1 Mike Talbot 0
James Hiller 0 Gavin Foulger 1
Gabriel Boross 1 Brian Willcock 0
Peter Hiller ½ Debbie Jenkins ½
Harvey Quaresmini 1 Marty Chadwick 0
Round 8 game:
John Curran 0 Andrew Robinson 1
Six games were played tonight with the biggest opportunity of an upset going to Mike Talbot who could have ripped George apart with a piece advantage if he had not greedily snatched another rook with his queen on his fateful 20th move, leaving himself open to mate in the corner (see scoresheet below).
In other games, Gavin easily accounted for James who allowed his queen to be trapped inside the first ten moves. Harvey gained a piece up and was never in danger against Marty. After a tight opening Andrew gained a few kingside pawns against John with a rampant queen that proved the difference.
The game between Debbie and Peter looked headed for a draw. The situation was that Peter had a rook on the a file protecting a pawn on a7, with his king on h3 in front of a white pawn on h2. Debbie’s rook was on a8, and she had a pawn at d4 with a king to protect. Then, Peter decided to keep checking Debbie’s king to give her tempi. Eventually the rook was sacced on d1 with the h pawn no further advanced. However somehow Peter managed to push his pawn along the file until Debbie sacrificed her rook to leave only kings on the board. In her defence Debbie said she was down to the last one to two minutes (Peter had three) and had had a glass or 2 or 3 of something before attendance. Peter made no excuses and was just glad to climb above his brother in the standings.
We’ll let Brian speak for himself upon the fate of his game with Gabby: “By move 18 I believe I was winning with a 2 or three pawn lead. It was at this point that I unleashed a devastating blow. My Knight captured another pawn, scorning its protection. If Gabby dared to capture then the Queen would take the avenging pawn and fork King and a Bishop. With no appreciation of the aesthetics of chess Gabby seized on the one weakness of the combination and refuted it. What I had realised some moves earlier and resolutely forgotten was that the Knight’s sally would allow Gabby to pin it in front of the King and take it. While possibly up in material I was too handicapped positionally – I had not castled and with no sense of fair play Gabby made sure I could not repair the omission and get my Rooks supporting each other. My Queen was also unable to get to the critical area. Gabby was able to get his Queen into a mate in one position. I tried a most implausible swindle and when Gabby refused to be gulled I resigned.”
George Flitcroft-Smith (1500) - Mike Talbot (unrated)
1 Nf3 d5, 2 c4 Nf6, 3 Nc3 Ne4, 4 Nxe4 dxe4, 5 Nxg5 h6, 6 Nxf7 Kxf7, 7 e3 h5, 8 d4 Qd6, 9 Be2 g6, 10 c5 Qc6, 11 Bc4+ Be6, 12 Bxe6+ Qxe6, 13 d5 Qf5, 14 Qb3 b6, 15 Bd2 Nd7, 16 d6+ Kg7, 17 Bc3+ Kh7, 18 g4 Qf3, 19 gxh5 Qxh1+, 20 Kd2 Qxa1? (20.. Qf3 is winning for black), 21 Qf7+ Kh6, 22 Qxg6# 1-0
One Hour tournament: Current standings
All players to play 13 games
|
No. |
NAME |
POINTS |
PLAYED |
|
1 |
George Flitcroft-Smith |
6 |
6 |
|
2 |
Harvey Quaresmini |
5 |
5 |
|
3 |
Gavin Foulger |
4½ |
6 |
|
4 |
Andrew Robinson |
4 |
5 |
|
5 |
Tony Howes |
3½ |
5 |
|
6 |
Gabriel Boross |
3½ |
5 |
|
7 |
Brian Willcock |
2 |
5 |
|
8 |
Debbie Jenkins |
2 |
5 |
|
9 |
Marty Chadwick |
2 |
5 |
|
10 |
Mike Talbot |
1½ |
5 |
|
11 |
John Curran |
1½ |
6 |
|
12 |
Stuart Wilson |
1 |
5 |
|
13 |
Peter Hiller |
½ |
6 |
|
14 |
James Hiller |
0 |
5 |
One Hour tournament 2003 results in detail
Quote of the night:
“I don’t want to be a slash in the pan”
- J Hiller - wanting to keep the momentum going after a rare win against Marty.
“Beware of Greeks… at Wimbledon”
- M Talbot, commenting on the Poo’s demise
“Just call me the DRAW QUEEN”
- D Jenkins