Round 9 games:
James Hiller 0 Tony Howes 1
Andrew Robinson ½ George Flitcroft-Smith ½
Gabriel Boross 1 John Curran 0
Peter Hiller 1 Mike Talbot 0
Harvey Quaresmini 1 Gavin Foulger 0
Marty Chadwick 0 Stuart Wilson 1
Debbie Jenkins 0 Brian Willcock 1
Several crucial games occurred tonight in a full round of matches. The top of the table clash saw a see-sawing game between Andrew and George, with George missing the only clearcut chance at winning, and Andrew managing to achieve a position where the queens were on the board and a draw by repitition was the eventual outcome.
Harvey won his game against Gavin and is now the overwhelming favourite to win the tournament. If Harvey win his remaining games against Mike Talbot, John Curran and James Hiller (a 95% likelihood), he will only require a draw against George to sew up the title.
The game most likely to be an upset was the hame between Gabby and John. Gabby threw away a piece while trying to play too fast. However in a situation where John had a rook and knight against a rook Gabby was able to apply pressure on the board and clock (and John applied pressure to himself!) to see Gabby queen a pawn and win the game.
By his loss, John threw away a good chance to gain valuable points on Debbie in the race to win the Maiden Trophy. Debbie lost a piece and then lost to Brian, leaving the Maiden still wide open. In other games Tony and Peter won quite comfortably, while Marty threw away a piece advantage, then a whole queen in the endgame to give Stuart his second victory of the tournament. It should be noted that Stuart did the gentlemanly thing and offered him the chance to take his move back, while Marty did the gentlemanly thing and resigned. Our club is certainly a club of honourable ladies and gentlemen (except Mike Talbot).
Harevy Quaresmini (1423) – Gavin Foulger (1426)
1 e4 c5, 2 f4 Nc6, 3 Nf3 g6, 4 c3 Bg7, 5 Bc4 e6, 6 e5 Ne7, 7 0-0 0-0, 8 d4 cxd4, 9 cxd4 Nf5, 10 Nc3 d5, 11 Bb2 Na5, 12 Kh1 b6, 13 Bc2 Nh4, 14 Qe1 Ba6, 15 Rf2 Nc6, 16 Qe3 Nxf3, 17 Rxf3 Rc8, 18 a3 Bb7, 19 Rh3 a6, 20 b4 Re7, 21 Bb2 Qe7, 22 Bd3 Rc8, 23 Na4 b5 (43min-27min), 24 Nc5 Nb8, 25 a4 bxa4, 26 Rxa4 Bc6, 27 Ra1 Bb5, 28 Rf3 Nd7, 29 Rf1 Nb6, 30 Bxb5 axb5, 31 Qd3 Nc4, 32 Bc3 Bh6, 33 h3 Qh4, 34 Qf3 Qd8, 35 g4 Ra8, 36 Rxa8 Qxa8, 37 h4 Rg7, 38 f5 Bd2, 39 fxe6 fxe6, 40 Nxe6 Bh6, 41 g5 Bg7, 42 NxB KxN, 43 Qf6+ Kg8, 44 Qf2 Re7, 45 Rf2 Kg7??, 46 Qf6+ black resigns 1-0
One Hour tournament: Current standings
All players to play 13 games
|
No. |
NAME |
POINTS |
PLAYED |
|
1 |
George Flitcroft-Smith |
9 |
10 |
|
2 |
Harvey Quaresmini |
8½ |
9 |
|
3 |
Andrew Robinson |
6½ |
8 |
|
4 |
Tony Howes |
6½ |
9 |
|
5 |
Gabriel Boross |
6½ |
9 |
|
6 |
Gavin Foulger |
6½ |
10 |
|
7 |
Brian Willcock |
5 |
9 |
|
8 |
Debbie Jenkins |
3 |
8 |
|
9 |
John Curran |
2½ |
9 |
|
10 |
Peter Hiller |
2½ |
10 |
|
11 |
Marty Chadwick |
2 |
8 |
|
12 |
Stuart Wilson |
2 |
9 |
|
13 |
Mike Talbot |
1½ |
9 |
|
14 |
James Hiller |
1 |
9 |
One Hour tournament 2003 results in detail
Quote of the night:
“I did a Brian”
- M Chadwick, referring to his method of disposing of his queen against Stuart
“I wish to register a complaint to the DOP about the noise”
- B Willcock fresh from another re-read of the CAQ code of conduct