Tonight saw ten players in attendance – the eight players involved in tournament games, and John Roper & Phil Kirkman. Phil advised that he will be with us until February; then he’s off to Limey for a couple of years.
Lightning Tournament
Results:
Brian Willcock 1 Peter Hiller 1
Just one pairing was played late into the night. Brian won the first easily on time, but then could not push through in game two and lost on an illegal move when he was just about to lose on time.
Lightning 2007: Current standings
All players to play 16 games
|
No. |
NAME |
POINTS |
PLAYED |
|
1 |
Andrew Robinson |
14 |
16 |
|
2 |
Brian Willcock |
7 |
12 |
|
3 |
Brian Thomas |
6 |
6 |
|
4 |
Garvin Gray |
6 |
10 |
|
5 |
Peter Hiller |
6 |
10 |
|
6 |
Mark Taylor |
5 |
12 |
|
7 |
John Curran |
2 |
16 |
|
8 |
Tom Szekely |
1 |
4 |
|
9 |
James Hiller |
1 |
10 |
Lightning Tournament 2007 results in detail
Odd Knights Tournament
Results:
Andrew Robinson 1 Ellis Markson 0
Ray Adams ½ Cameron De Vere ½
Mark Taylor 1 John Curran 0
Three games were played tonight. Ray accepted a draw offer from Cameron in very short time. Mark and John’s game was “end-to-end stuff” in football parlance, until Mark prevailed. Ellis was significantly in front until a knight sac that proved unsound.
Odd knights Tournament 2007: Current standings
All players to play 2 games against each opponent
|
No. |
NAME |
POINTS |
PLAYED |
|
1 |
Cameron De Vere |
1349 |
2 |
|
2 |
Andrew Robinson |
1008 |
3 |
|
3 |
Ellis Markson |
611 |
2 |
|
4 |
John Roper |
570 |
1 |
|
5 |
Ray Adams |
513 |
2 |
|
6 |
Mark Taylor |
511 |
1 |
|
7 |
Peter Hiller |
389 |
1 |
|
8 |
John Curran |
200 |
2 |
|
9 |
Mark Borrill |
100 |
1 |
|
10 |
Tom Szekely |
100 |
1 |
|
11 |
Other entrants |
0 |
0 |
The Odd Knights zip file contains more detailed results.
Quote of the night
“Take that lice-ridden beard elsewhere” – Phil sledging the venerable Mr Willcock. This led to suggestions that the lice actually signal the moves to Brian (although they have a blind spot for queens). There was even talk of a movie about Mr Willcock’s chess career called “Lice of Brian”, but this seemed to be going too far….