Report – 30 May 2008

 

Go direct to Flood Cup report (final game and table)

 

Interclub v Samford Valley Chess Club

 

The Gap ended the night undefeated with three wins and three draws. All games were played with a one hour guillotine time control.

 

Results (Gap player in bold):

 

Tony Howes ½ Bob Beeley ½

Rob Joyce 0 Ray Adams 1

Brendan Griffen 1 Robert Ryan 0

Hans Arnold ½ Andrew Robinson ½

Greg Colwell 1 Ziggy Freidel 0

Neil Lossberg ½ Peter Ford ½

Neil Lossberg ½ Peter Ford ½

 

Ray (right) v Rob Joyce

Greg (right) v latecomer Zoltan

Nathan v Josh

 (photos courtesy of Peter Ford)

 

Flood Cup

 

Results (Round 7):

Josh Ford 1 Nathan Shaw 0

 

The first game of the night to finish was the Flood Cup game which was all over by 9pm. Josh won his first game of the tournament ensuring that every player that finished the tournament won at least one game.

 

[Event "2008 Flood Cup"]

[Site "The Gap Chess Club"]

[Date "2008.5.30"]

[Round "8"]

[White "Josh Ford"]

[Black "Nathan Shaw"]

[Result "1-0"]

[ECO " "]

 

1. e4 c5, 2. Nf3 d6, 3. d4 cxd4, 4. Nxd4 Nf6, 5. Nc3 g6, 6. Bf4 e5, 7. Bg5 exd4,
8. Qxd4 Nbd7, 9. Bb5 Be7, 10. Nd5 Qa5+, 11. b4 Qxb5, 12. Nc7+ Kd8, 13. Nxb5 Re8,
14. Qc3 Rf8, 15. Bxf6 Bxf6, 16. Qc7+ Ke7, 17. O-O-O Rd8, 18. Qxd6+ Ke8, 19. Nc7# 1-0

 

 

Flood Cup 2008: Final standings

All players to play 7 games

No.

NAME

POINTS

PLAYED

1

Tony Howes

5

7

2

Kieran Lyons

5.5

7

3

Andrew Robinson

4.5

7

4

Brendan Griffen

4.5

7

5

Ray Adams

4.5

7

6

Greg Colwell

4.5

7

7

Garvin Gray

4

7

8

Russell Lyons

4

7

9

Nathan Shaw

3.5

7

10

Brian Willcock

3

7

11

Mark Taylor

3

7

12

Peter Ford

3

7

13

Nick Kospartov

3

7

14

John Roper

2

7

15

Josh Ford

2

7

16

James Hiller

0

4

Flood Cup 2008 results in detail

 

Handicap 2008: Final standings

All players to play 7 games

No.

NAME

POINTS

Handicap

Hcp Total

1

Greg Colwell

4.5

2.29

6.79

2

Peter Ford

3.0

3.54

6.54

3

Kieran Lyons

5.5

0.84

6.34

4

Mark Taylor

3.0

3.18

6.18

5

Josh Ford

2.0

4.17

6.17

6

Garvin Gray

4.0

2.03

6.03

7

John Roper

2.0

4.01

6.01

8

Russell Lyons

4.0

1.79

5.79

9

Ray Adams

4.5

1.18

5.68

10

Nathan Shaw

3.5

2.04

5.54

11

Nick Kospartov

3.0

2.41

5.41

12

Tony Howes

5.0

0.00

5.00

13

Brendan Griffen

4.5

0.42

4.92

14

Brian Willcock

3.0

1.82

4.82

15

Andrew Robinson

4.5

0.17

4.67

16

James Hiller

0.0

4.23

4.23

 

Standings after Round 7 (from Swissperfect)

 
Place Name               Feder Rtg Loc  Score Buch. M-Buch.
 
  1   Lyons, Kieran C    QLD       1433 5.5    27.5    20.0
  2   Howes, Tony        QLD       1567 5      28.5    20.0
  3   Robinson, Andrew J QLD       1526 4.5    30.0    21.5
  4   Griffen, Brendan   QLD            4.5    28.0    19.5
  5   Adams, Ray         QLD       1379 4.5    27.5    20.0
  6   Colwell, Greg      QLD       1200 4.5    25.0    18.0
  7   Lyons, Russell     QLD       1276 4      24.0    16.5
  8   Gray, Garvin       QLD       1242 4      23.5    16.5
  9   Shaw, Nathan       QLD       1241 3.5    25.5    18.0
 10   Willcock, Brian    QLD       1280 3      27.5    20.0
 11   Taylor, Mark       QLD       1058 3      23.5    16.0
 12   Ford, Peter        QLD            3      22.0    16.5
 13   Kospartov, Nick    QLD       1181 3      20.5    14.5
 14   Roper, John        QLD       826  2      22.0    16.0
 15   Ford, Josh         QLD            2      19.5    14.0
 16   Hiller, James      QLD       590  0      11.0     5.0

 

Crosstable after Round 7 (from Swissperfect)

 
No Name               Feder Loc Id  Rtg Total  1    2    3    4    5    6    7  
 
1  Lyons, Kieran C    QLD   4163613     5.5   11:W  4:D  3:-  7:W  5:W  9:W  2:W
2  Howes, Tony        QLD   4134680     5      9:W  7:W  5:D 10:W  4:W  3:D  1:L
3  Robinson, Andrew J QLD   4156911     4.5    6:W 10:D  1:+  5:D  9:D  2:D  4:D
4  Griffen, Brendan   QLD   4198031     4.5    0:W  1:D 10:D  8:W  2:L 12:W  3:D
5  Adams, Ray         QLD   4130045     4.5   14:W  8:W  2:D  3:D  1:L 10:W  6:D
6  Colwell, Greg      QLD   4549806     4.5    3:L 16:W  7:W  9:L 13:W  8:W  5:D
7  Lyons, Russell     QLD   4166321     4     15:W  2:L  6:L  1:L 11:W 14:W 12:W
8  Gray, Garvin       QLD   4167113     4     12:W  5:L 11:W  4:L 10:W  6:L 13:W
9  Shaw, Nathan       QLD   4555966     3.5    2:L 14:W 12:W  6:W  3:D  1:L 15:L
10 Willcock, Brian    QLD   4140615     3     16:W  3:D  4:D  2:L  8:L  5:L  0:W
11 Taylor, Mark       QLD   4537184     3      1:L 15:W  8:L 12:L  7:L  0:W 14:W
12 Ford, Peter        QLD               3      8:L 13:W  9:L 11:W 15:W  4:L  7:L
13 Kospartov, Nick    QLD   4147254     3      0:  12:L 16:+ 14:W  6:L 15:W  8:L
14 Roper, John        QLD   4544921     2      5:L  9:L 15:W 13:L  0:W  7:L 11:L
15 Ford, Josh         QLD               2      7:L 11:L 14:L 16:+ 12:L 13:L  9:W
16 Hiller, James      QLD   4184255     0     10:L  6:L 13:- 15:-  0:   0:   0: 

 

 

Quote of the night

Discussion about strange planets named after self-appointed Chess Gods that seem to circle the Earth in a parallel universe. This followed a singularly unsuccessful attempt to proselytize certain atheistic elements within the club.

 

 

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