Results:
Peter Hiller 0 Andrew Robinson 1
George Flitcroft-Smith 1 John Curran 0
Stuart Wilson 0 Harvey Quaresmini 1
Ray Adams 1 James Hiller 0
Marty Chadwick ½ Garvin Gray ½
Debbie Jenkins 0 Stuart Holt 1
Steve Quick 1 Brian Willcock 0
Most games went to plan as is supposed to be the case in the first round of a Swiss. The most interesting games involved the three new players with Stuart Holt and Steve Quick both scoring victories while Garvin Gray was unable to press his advantage (R+2P v R) in the endgame against Marty. The Chadwick-Gray game was the last game to finish for the evening.
There were mixed reactions to the new time controls and it will be interesting to see how these will affect later rounds. It was noted that several players had more time than they commenced with at the end of the game.
Two players arrived late and were therefore at a time disadvantage at the start. Peter was 40 minutes late while Harvey was 55 minutes late (just 5 minutes short of a forfeit). Players are reminded to be at the club on or before 8.30pm on match nights. This should be normal courtesy to your opponent. Due to the extended time controls for this tournament the DOP will be strictly enforcing the start time for games, and docking time for the latecomers.
Mark Wardle has been replaced in the tournament by new member Stefan Harmat. Tony Howes will now play his first round match against Stefan on 20 February.
Flood Cup: Current standings
All players to play 7 games
|
No. |
NAME |
POINTS |
PLAYED |
|
1 |
Andrew Robinson |
1 |
1 |
|
2 |
George Flitcroft-Smith |
1 |
1 |
|
3 |
Harvey Quaresmini |
1 |
1 |
|
4 |
Ray Adams |
1 |
1 |
|
5 |
Stuart Holt |
1 |
1 |
|
6 |
Steve Quick |
1 |
1 |
|
7 |
Garvin Gray |
½ |
1 |
|
8 |
Marty Chadwick |
½ |
1 |
|
9 |
Tony Howes |
0 |
0 |
|
10 |
Stefan Harmat |
0 |
0 |
|
11 |
Debbie Jenkins |
0 |
1 |
|
12 |
Brian Willcock |
0 |
1 |
|
13 |
Peter Hiller |
0 |
1 |
|
14 |
John Curran |
0 |
1 |
|
15 |
Stuart Wilson |
0 |
1 |
|
16 |
James Hiller |
0 |
1 |
Flood Cup 2004 results in detail
James won his second game of the tournament in his second game against Brian with a Knight-Queen combination on g7. Brian actually saw it coming the split second that he had touched the wrong piece. Will James avoid the wooden spoon for the first time?
Tonight’s results:
Peter 2 James 0
Brian 1 James 1
Lightning tournament: Current standings
All players to play 20 games
|
No. |
NAME |
POINTS |
PLAYED |
|
1 |
Andrew Robinson |
19 |
20 |
|
2 |
George Flitcroft-Smith |
16 |
20 |
|
3 |
Steve Quick |
11 |
18 |
|
4 |
Harvey Quaresmini |
9½ |
18 |
|
5 |
Stuart Holt |
9 |
19 |
|
6 |
Debbie Jenkins |
8½ |
14 |
|
7 |
Peter Hiller |
8 |
20 |
|
8 |
Brian Willcock |
7½ |
20 |
|
9 |
John Curran |
3½ |
15 |
|
10 |
Marty Chadwick |
3 |
18 |
|
11 |
James Hiller |
2 |
12 |
Lightning tournament 2004 results in detail
No play tonight. All games in this tournament to be completed by next Friday.
45 Minute tournament 2003 results in detail
“Let the workers of the world unite!” – James Hiller
“You’re a communistic swine, James!” – Mike Talbot ensuring that James’ chance of winning a senate seat are virtually zilch
“Come on James, fight back…. like John Hewson” – George to James
“Did you watch the ‘Allan Border Medal’ last night?” – James H to Peter H, in a desperate attempt to change the subject away from politics
“I saw this thing on the Internet but I better not say it” – James again…
“I don’t think we should sling sh*t at the @^ab$ because we $*d*m!$e our animals” – Mike Talbot on one of his ‘pet’ subjects…