45 Minute Tournament
Results:
Thomas Robinson 0 Nathan Shaw 1
Peter Ford 1 Brian Willcock 0
Josh Ford 0 Kieran Lyons 1
Russell Lyons 0 Andrew Robinson 1
Brian Willcock 1 Mathew Colwell 0
Andrew Robinson 1 Brian Willcock 0
Ray Adams 1 Greg Colwell 0
Josh Ford 0 Thomas Robinson 1
Tonight saw an increased attendance with all eleven entrants in the 45 Minute tournament present plus several others including Mark, his son Matthew, four new people to the club (one senior, two juniors + father), and Alex Toolsie and Cameron De Vere.
The shock of the tournament occurred early in the night when Brian overlooked a simple back row mate to give Peter his first tournament win at the club. Thomas acted on his father’s advice (for a change) and played slowly at first to gain a positional advantage in the opening. Then old habits returned and he lost a piece and eventually the game with a hasty careless move. Russell was in a very generous mood and gifted Andrew a queen and a piece in a game that finished earlier than Kieran against Josh.
Andrew won against Brain after the latter swapped off pieces and ended up two pawns down in a rook endgame, with Andrew’s rook on the seventh rank. Greg was a pawn up in a two rook ending against Ray but somehow contrived to lose from this situation. Thomas missed a one move mate but with Q+R+N v Q it only forestalled the inevitable.
Late into the night transfer chess was played with Peter and Josh mainly having the better of Thomas and Cameron. Meanwhile, Ray and Nathan played chess at what Ray termed “a more dignified pace”.
45 Minute Tournament: Current standings
Players to complete 4 games in Group A and 5 games in Group B
GROUP A
|
No. |
Name |
Points |
Played |
|
1 |
Andrew Robinson |
3 |
3 |
|
2 |
Peter Ford |
1 |
2 |
|
3 |
Brian Willcock |
1 |
3 |
|
4 |
Russell Lyons |
0 |
1 |
|
5 |
Mathew Colwell |
0 |
1 |
GROUP B
|
No. |
Name |
Points |
Played |
|
1 |
Ray Adams |
2 |
2 |
|
2 |
Nathan Shaw |
2 |
2 |
|
3 |
Kieran Lyons |
1 |
1 |
|
4 |
Thomas Robinson |
1 |
2 |
|
5 |
Greg Colwell |
0 |
2 |
|
6 |
Josh Ford |
0 |
3 |
45 Minute Tournament 2007 in detail
Odd Knights Tournament
No games played tonight.
Quote of the night
“Be very careful what you say. BE VERY CAREFUL WHAT YOU SAY.” – Mark’s warning to Peter.
“Kieran just got over the line against Josh”, said Andrew to Russell.
“I DID NOT JUST GET OVER THE LINE”, interrupted an indignant Olympian