One Hour / Maiden Trophy
Round 7 results:
Tony Howes 1 Nathan Shaw 0
Andrew Robinson 1 Russell Lyons 0
Mark Taylor – BYE
Greg Colwell 1 Garvin Gray 0
Ray Adams 0 Brian Willcock 1
Kieran Lyons 1 John Curran 0
There were two upsets tonight. One was the greatest win of a player’s so-far short career, while the other affects the positions at the top of the standings.
Greg won his game brilliantly by executing a queen takes knight move with recapture from a knight fork that pushed him into the endgame with a winning advantage of two pawns. Garvin was lost for words after the game, but not so the other players still at the club at that late hour who now fully realise that a win over Greg can never be taken for granted.
Brian managed to reach a rook against bishop endgame with a pawn advantage, and while Ray fought valiantly till the end, it was never a game he was going to get a result from against somebody of Brian’s experience.
Mark advised that he was unable to attend tonight for family reasons and agreed to concede his game to Greg as there would otherwise be re-scheduling issues.
Andrew maintained his momentum with a win over Russell. The turning point in the game occurred when Russell overlooked a knight fork on e6 that won the exchange. Russell still battled on and Andrew had to be very watchful against an opponent who nearly won the exchange back and certainly had some momentum until Andrew managed to exchange down to a simple win in the endgame.
Tony and Kieran both won their game early on in the night to maintain their chances of winning the tournament.
One Hour 2007: Current standings
All players to play 10 games
|
No. |
NAME |
POINTS |
PLAYED |
|
1 |
Andrew Robinson |
7 |
8 |
|
2 |
Ray Adams |
5 |
7 |
|
3 |
Russell Lyons |
5 |
7 |
|
4 |
Tony Howes |
4.5 |
6 |
|
5 |
Kieran Lyons |
4.5 |
6 |
|
6 |
Greg Colwell |
3 |
6 |
|
7 |
Nathan Shaw |
2.5 |
7 |
|
8 |
Brian Willcock |
2 |
6 |
|
9 |
Garvin Gray |
1.5 |
6 |
|
10 |
Mark Taylor |
0 |
5 |
|
11 |
John Curran |
0 |
6 |
One Hour 2007 results in detail
Late News
Garvin Gray
advised of his withdrawal from the One Hour tournament due to unforeseen
circumstances on Sat 4 August.
Garvin has played more than half his games, so he remains in the final table
and his four unplayed games are awarded to his opponents. This means that the
table now looks like this:
|
No. |
NAME |
POINTS |
PLAYED |
|
1 |
Andrew Robinson |
7 |
8 |
|
2 |
Ray Adams |
6 |
8 |
|
3 |
Kieran Lyons |
5.5 |
7 |
|
4 |
Russell Lyons |
5 |
7 |
|
5 |
Tony Howes |
4.5 |
6 |
|
6 |
Greg Colwell |
3 |
6 |
|
7 |
Brian Willcock |
3 |
7 |
|
8 |
Nathan Shaw |
2.5 |
7 |
|
9 |
Garvin Gray |
1.5 |
10 |
|
10 |
John Curran |
1 |
7 |
|
11 |
Mark Taylor |
0 |
5 |
Odd Knights Tournament
No games played tonight.
Quote of the night
“Have I been bunny-hopped by someone else” – Nathan upon hearing of Greg’s win.