Report – 5 August 2005

 

Interclub v Northside Chess Club

Just four games were played with dual club member Mick opting for Northside. Phil won convincingly against Col Tapsall who set out at his usual lightning pace of play. However, Col soon came undone by the multiple attacking forces of the reigning Flood Cup champion, in a game played in a mood of light heartedness and jocularity.

 

Andrew lost a pawn to Raul in a clever sequence of moves which saw a black knight terrorise Andrew’s defences and snatch two more pawns. White got back into the game by reclaiming a piece for a further pawn, however Raul still had a distinct advantage. Then black missed a knight fork on king and rook and it was a simple mopping up operation for white to win (no time pressure on either side).

 

Mark won against Northside veteran Richard, while The Gap’s only setback on the night saw Mick gain revenge for his loss to Marty in the first round of the One Hour.

 

Results (Gap player in bold):

 

Colin Tapsall 0 Phillip Kirkman 1

Andrew Robinson 1 Raul Phillips 0

Richard Hixon 0 Mark Taylor 1
Marty Chadwick 0 Mick Waters 1

 

One Hour tournament

 

Round 5 results:

Debbie Jenkins 0 Tony Howes 1

Garvin Gray ½ Harvey Quaresmini ½

Suneel Prasher 0 Mark Taylor 1 (on forfeit)

 

Suneel announced his withdrawal from the competition to the DOP citing reasons of ill health and resultant backlog of work commitments. We hope he recovers soon and look forward to seeing him participate in future tournaments at The Gap.

 

Tony got himself into his usual serving of time trouble but had an extra pawn which he saw through to promotion and victory.

 

Garvin shortened as favourite to win the Maiden by claiming a draw against Harvey. Harvey showed up late again with less than 20 minutes of his clock at commencement. Garvin gained an exchange advantage, however Harvey fought back claiming a few pawns to have three pawns extra at one stage. Then Garvin got into time trouble and Harvey played as if it was a guillotine finish, playing the clock rather than the position on the board. This worked to Garvin’s advantage and he was able to ground the position down to a draw exchanging all the material except an unpromotable rook file pawn.

 

One Hour tournament: Current standings

All players to play 7 games

 

No.

NAME

POINTS

PLAYED

 

1

Andrew Robinson

5

6

 

2

Phillip Kirkman

5

6

 

3

Tony Howes

6

X

4

Garvin Gray

4

6

 

5

Debbie Jenkins

6

 

6

Ray Adams

3½

6

 

7

Harvey Quaresmini

3

6

X

8

Mick Waters

3

6

X

9

Marty Chadwick

3

6

X

10

Stuart Wilson

3

6

X

11

Peter Hiller

2

6

X

12

Shane Martin

2

6

X

13

Mark Taylor

2

6

X

14

Suneel Prasher

2

6

X

15

James Hiller

6

 

16

Brian Willcock

1

5

X (in far left column) = Eligible to win the Maiden Trophy

 

One Hour tournament 2005 results in detail

 

Standings (from Swissperfect)

Place Name                 Feder Rtg Loc  Score Buch. M-Buch.
 
  1   Robinson, Andrew J   QLD       1596 5      20.5    14.0
      Kirkman, Phillip     QLD       1552 5      20.5    14.0
  3   Howes, Tony          QLD       1527 4.5    24.0    16.0
  4   Gray, Garvin         QLD       1188 4      17.5    12.0
  5   Jenkins, Deborah     QLD       1360 3.5    21.5    15.0
  6   Adams, Ray           QLD       1468 3.5    16.0    10.0
  7   Quaresmini, Harvey A QLD       1525 3      20.5    14.0
  8   Wilson, Stuart       QLD       882  3      17.5    12.0
  9   Chadwick, Marty      QLD       1048 3      16.0    11.0
 10   Waters, Mick         QLD       1290 3      15.5     9.5
 11   Hiller, Peter        QLD       1159 2      21.0    13.0
 12   Martin, Shane        QLD            2      16.5    11.5
 13   Taylor, Mark         QLD            2      16.5    10.5
 14   Prasher, Suneel      QLD            2      15.5     9.5
 15   Hiller, James        QLD       619  1.5    17.0    12.0
 16   Willcock, Brian      QLD       1246 1      13.0     7.5

 

 

Quote of the night

“Me brother……….” - Harvey explaining after the game why he arrived late.

 

 

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