Round 4 results:
Brian Willcock 0 George Flitcroft-Smith 1
Stuart Wilson 0 Luthien Russell 1
Stuart Holt 1 Marty Chadwick 0
Harvey Quaresmini 1 Ross Mills 0 (forfeit)
James Hiller 0 Andrew Robinson 1
Tony Howes 1 Debbie Jenkins 0
John Curran 1 Peter Hiller 0
Six games were played tonight. Two were settled by queens being unwittingly sacrificed due to blunders. No surprise to hear that Brian was one of the culpritts! Up to this stage he was still in with a show in the endgame against George and with a considerable time advantage.
Luthien cleaned up Stuart quite comfortably, while Ross gave late notice of his absence but had not contacted Harvey (who had made the journey to the club’s venue).
James spent over a minute on his first move, then touched the ‘e’ pawn before moving d4. Andrew looked the other way. Towards the end when things were totally falling apart, James used the smelly sandshoe attack, but to no avail. James was playing his first game using his newly acquired instructionary text “The Complete Idiot’s Guide To Chess”. Further to this, James told Andrew “You are not allowed to laugh at the title”.
John beat Peter in one of two games to go into the last five minutes. The other was Tony vs Debbie game which saw Debbie lose in a time scramble at the end while Tony kept his cool to employ some good endgame strategy.
One Hour tournament 2004: Current standings
All players to play 13 games
|
No. |
NAME |
POINTS |
PLAYED |
|
1 |
Andrew Robinson |
4 |
4 |
|
2 |
George Flitcroft-Smith |
3½ |
4 |
|
3 |
Luthien Russell |
3½ |
4 |
|
4 |
Debbie Jenkins |
3 |
4 |
|
5 |
Tony Howes |
2 |
3 |
|
6 |
Harvey Quaresmini |
2 |
3 |
|
7 |
Ross Mills |
2 |
4 |
|
8 |
Peter Hiller |
2 |
4 |
|
9 |
John Curran |
2 |
4 |
|
10 |
Stuart Holt |
1 |
4 |
|
11 |
Marty Chadwick |
1 |
4 |
|
12 |
James Hiller |
1 |
4 |
|
13 |
Brian Willcock |
0 |
4 |
|
14 |
Stuart Wilson |
0 |
4 |
One Hour tournament 2004 results in detail
Quote of the night
“It should be a classic David v Goliath battle. I guess you are not interested in conspiring for a draw viz: Denmark v Sweden?” – James’ email to Andrew on Friday before the match.
“Can’t one of you be David Beckham and one of you be Posh Spice?” – George upon hearing of the email.
“Now you know that it is unsporting conduct to shake hands before a match?” – Brian to George before commencement of hostilities.
“Is this psychological warfare?” – James’ question when Andrew responded to d4 with g6.
“England versus Portugal” – Brian offering excuse for his loss to George when none was sought.
“The curse of the bishop” – James either (a) offering an excuse for his loss, or (b) referring to some dim dark incident in his past as an altar boy.
“I need to listen to music because I hear voices” – Marty.
“I’ve got this feeling that I’ll never win another game ever. I’ve lost the plot…” – Debbie, ‘carrying on’ in reaction to her first loss of the tournament.