Flood Cup
Round 7 results:
Andrew Robinson 1 Brian Willcock 0
Ernesto Dobson 0 Tony Howes 1 (on forfeit 25 May))
Cameron De Vere 1 Garvin Gray 0 (played 25 May)
Ray Adams 1 Mark Taylor 0
John Curran ½ Ellis Markson ½ (played 25 May)
John Roper 0 Greg Colwell 1 (played 25 May)
Brian played his usual robust opening with a hint of his unpredictable flair: 1 d4 d5, 2 c4 c5. After this the game settled down and with a well-placed central knight on e5 Brian seemed to be ready to take control of the game. However an unexpected 12 Ne6 resulted in the loss of the e5 knight and doubled pawns at e6 and e7 which blocked in the bishop at f8. Again however Brian managed a counter-attack focussed this time on white’s weak f3 pawn. Andrew managed to extricate himself out of this with a series of six forced moves that resulted in Brian losing a bishop. As usual Andrew dithered with the advantage and almost allowed Brian a checkmating attack. To forestall the checkmate a bishop was sacrificed and Brian was just about to gain parity when he committed a colossal blunder that lost a rook, the game, and the Flood Cup…. and the Handicap Trophy, and possibly the BAR Trophy. A harsh price to pay for a blunder….
As a surprising postscript to the game, it appears Brian was unaware of the importance of the game in the context of the tournament, and was thus unaware that he could have allayed his normally risky cutting-edge style and played more sedately towards a draw at certain crucial parts of the game. Brian’s win would have been popular at the club, and it was a pity it did not come to pass…
The other game between Ray and Mark lasted late into the night. The endgame saw Ray with an extra passed pawn and it was really only a matter of waiting until Ray decided on which way he was going to win. This rounded off an unlucky tournament for Mark who had a rough ride in the draw and finished with two wins (the same over the board as Tony who came second!) and five losses.
Flood Cup 2007: Final standings
All players to play 7 games
|
No. |
NAME |
POINTS |
PLAYED |
|
1 |
Andrew Robinson |
5.5 |
7 |
|
2 |
Tony Howes |
5 |
7 |
|
3 |
Cameron De Vere |
5 |
7 |
|
4 |
Brian Willcock |
5 |
7 |
|
5 |
Ray Adams |
4.5 |
7 |
|
6 |
Ernesto Dobson |
3.5 |
7 |
|
7 |
Ellis Markson |
3.5 |
7 |
|
8 |
Greg Colwell |
3.5 |
7 |
|
9 |
Garvin Gray |
3 |
7 |
|
10 |
Mark Taylor |
2 |
7 |
|
11 |
John Roper |
2 |
7 |
|
12 |
John Curran |
1.5 |
7 |
|
13 |
Alex Toolsie (withdrew) |
1.5 |
5 |
Flood Cup 2007 results in detail
Handicap 2007: Final standings
All players to play 7 games
|
No. |
NAME |
POINTS |
Handicap |
Hcp Total |
|
1 |
Cameron De Vere |
5 |
2.27 |
7.27 |
|
2 |
Brian Willcock |
5 |
2.12 |
7.12 |
|
3 |
Greg Colwell |
3.5 |
3.52 |
7.02 |
|
4 |
Ellis Markson |
3.5 |
3.48 |
6.98 |
|
5 |
Andrew Robinson |
5.5 |
0.52 |
6.02 |
|
6 |
Ray Adams |
4.5 |
1.49 |
5.99 |
|
7 |
John Roper |
2 |
3.94 |
5.94 |
|
8 |
Mark Taylor |
2 |
3.24 |
5.24 |
|
9 |
Tony Howes |
5 |
0.00 |
5.00 |
|
10 |
John Curran |
1.5 |
3.46 |
4.96 |
|
11 |
Garvin Gray |
3 |
1.63 |
4.63 |
|
12 |
Ernesto Dobson |
3.5 |
0.89 |
4.39 |
|
13 |
Alex Toolsie (withdrew) |
1.5 |
0.64 |
2.14 |
Standings after Round 7 (from Swissperfect)
Place Name Feder Rtg Loc Score Buch. M-Buch. 1 Robinson, Andrew J QLD 1540 5.5 24.5 18.5 2 Howes, Tony QLD 1634 5 31.0 22.5 3 De Vere, Cameron QLD 1226 5 28.5 20.5 4 Willcock, Brian QLD 1253 5 26.5 19.0 5 Adams, Ray QLD 1366 4.5 24.5 17.5 6 Dobson, Ernesto QLD 1473 3.5 26.0 19.5 7 Markson, Ellis QLD 1008 3.5 23.5 17.5 8 Colwell, Greg QLD 3.5 22.0 16.5 9 Gray, Garvin QLD 1341 3 27.5 20.0 10 Taylor, Mark QLD 1050 2 24.5 18.0 11 Roper, John QLD 725 2 18.5 14.0 12 Curran, John QLD 1011 1.5 23.0 15.5 13 Toolsie, Alex QLD 1518 1.5 14.5 8.5
Odd Knights Tournament
No games played.
Quote of the night
“Must be the onset of early senility” – Brian after his game tonight when he realised that a draw would have won him the Flood Cup – he had somehow misread the table and thought a win was needed to get him into a play-off for first.