Allegro Tournament
Results:
Tony Howes 1 Greg Colwell 1
Ellis Markson 1 John Curran 1
Andrew Robinson 2 Mark Taylor 0
Tony Howes 2 Gordon Powell 0
Greg Colwell 1 Tom Szekely 1
Tony Howes 2 John Curran 0
Greg Colwell 1 Ellis Markson 1
On the night that Vladimir Kramnik of Russia became the new unified World Champion (defeating Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria 2.5-1.5 in a rapidplay play-off in Elista, Kalmykia) The Gap also had some hot action. Four of the seven pairings split the points with all the ties resulting in close tussles and exciting chess. The time controls lend themselves to unpredictable situations and many games swayed from one player having initiative to the other. This was particularly true of Mark’s games with Andrew. In the first game Andrew had overwhelming pressure but overlooked a standard recapture and gave away a rook. Andrew then checked Mark’s king around the board until he could safely win a rook back and thereby win the game. Greg played exceptionally to win the second game against Tony – Tony offered a draw as his flag fell, but by this time it was too late. Greg also went one-one with tricky opponent Tom, who can be a difficult opponent for those with less than focused concentration!
The club welcomed new member Cecil Staples, a Gap local who had some enjoyable games with Tom, among others.
Allegro Tournament: Current standings
All players to play 26 games
|
No. |
Name |
Points |
Played |
|
1 |
Brian Thomas |
20 |
20 |
|
2 |
Andrew Robinson |
14.5 |
18 |
|
3 |
Gordon Powell |
13 |
20 |
|
4 |
Ray Adams |
12 |
22 |
|
5 |
Tony Howes |
10 |
12 |
|
6 |
John Curran |
8 |
22 |
|
7 |
Cameron De Vere |
6.5 |
14 |
|
8 |
Ellis Markson |
6 |
20 |
|
9 |
Tom Szekely |
5.5 |
20 |
|
10 |
Mark Taylor |
5 |
12 |
|
11 |
Greg Colwell |
5 |
14 |
|
12 |
Kieran Lyons |
4 |
8 |
|
13 |
Tim Johnson |
4 |
18 |
|
14 |
Russell Lyons |
2.5 |
12 |
Note: Garvin Gray withdrew after playing 3 games
Allegro tournament 2006 in detail
Quote of the night
“On my first night at the club in March 1978 I played Cec Stowasser. He played the Fried Liver Attack against me and won with an eventual skewer on my queen. I played white in the second game and evened the score 1-1” – Ray Adams (who else?)