Round 8 games:
Tony Howes ½ Debbie Jenkins ½
Brian Willcock 1 Marty Chadwick 0
Stuart Wilson 0 Harvey Quaresmini 1
Gavin Foulger 1 Peter Hiller 0
Mike Talbot 0 Gabriel Boross 1
George Flitcroft-Smith 1 James Hiller 0
Debbie the draw queen managed her fourth draw of the tournament while Tony managed his second in a row. The game saw both players into the last five minutes when an impasse was achieved in that Tony that blocked Debbie’s king from coming any further down in a situation with pawns on the 4th and 5th ranks.
Other games went as expected with the higher rated players achieving victory.
One Hour tournament: Current standings
All players to play 13 games
|
No. |
NAME |
POINTS |
PLAYED |
|
1 |
George Flitcroft-Smith |
8½ |
9 |
|
2 |
Harvey Quaresmini |
7½ |
8 |
|
3 |
Gavin Foulger |
6½ |
9 |
|
4 |
Andrew Robinson |
6 |
7 |
|
5 |
Tony Howes |
5½ |
8 |
|
6 |
Gabriel Boross |
5½ |
8 |
|
7 |
Brian Willcock |
4 |
8 |
|
8 |
Debbie Jenkins |
3 |
7 |
|
9 |
John Curran |
2½ |
8 |
|
10 |
Marty Chadwick |
2 |
7 |
|
11 |
Mike Talbot |
1½ |
8 |
|
12 |
Peter Hiller |
1½ |
9 |
|
13 |
Stuart Wilson |
1 |
8 |
|
14 |
James Hiller |
1 |
8 |
One Hour tournament 2003 results in detail
Quote of the night:
As often happens, J Hiller hogs the limelight again this week…
“I resign”
- J Hiller, before his game tonight with George had commenced
“I’ll be making no illegal moves during this game”
- G Flitcroft-Smith, presumably referring to some incidents in their controversy-laden matches of last year
“Do you have to be so ruthless”
- J Hiller, during his game with George
“Well at least I fought it out to the end”
- J Hiller, after his game with George
Also the following post-match exchange:
James: “Did I give you something to think about early on?”
George: “Err ahh,…. I don’t wish to be mean, umm… but, no.”
Transfer
Five games of transfer were played tonight with both new player Simon and Gavin playing very well, showing they will be great transfer players in the future. Andrew & Simon teamed up to win the decider to take the series 3-2 over George and Gavin, much to the surprise and excitement of the large crowd gathered to watch (note: some of this commentary is hyperbole).