Report – 10 October 2008
Allegro tournament
Results:
Joseph Curtain 1.5 Josh Ford 0.5
Mark Taylor 2 Russell Lyons 0
Tony Howes 2 Peter Ford 0
Russell Lyons 2 Josh Ford 0
Kieran Lyons 2 Joseph Curtain 0
Tony Howes 2 Josh Ford 0
Peter Ford 1 Russell Lyons 1
Seven sets of games were played tonight, and every player managed to score at least half a point on the night.
Josh made that little bit of extra experience at tournament chess count when he swindled a draw in the first game against Joseph. Joseph was a queen up with both players having two rooks; however Josh managed to force a repetition on with his rook on the seventh rank.
With the markets falling around the world, Mark managed two solid wins against Russell to lift himself into the mid-table. Why doesn’t Mark play like this every night? Russell recovered to win three games from four against the Fords.
Tony and Kieran both improved their own chances with two-nil victories over their opponents.
With all players now completing half of their games, all games played thus far will count towards the final table.
Allegro Trophy 2008: Current standings
All players to play 20 games
|
No. |
NAME |
POINTS |
PLAYED |
|
1 |
Tony Howes |
11.5 |
12 |
|
2 |
Andrew Robinson |
11.5 |
14 |
|
3 |
Kieran Lyons |
9.5 |
12 |
|
4 |
Nathan Shaw |
8 |
12 |
|
5 |
Russell Lyons |
7 |
12 |
|
6 |
Mark Taylor |
6 |
16 |
|
7 |
Brian Willcock |
5.5 |
12 |
|
8 |
Greg Colwell |
4.5 |
12 |
|
9 |
Josh Ford |
4 |
16 |
|
10 |
Peter Ford |
3 |
14 |
|
11 |
Joseph Curtain |
1.5 |
10 |
Allegro tournament 2008 results in detail
Quote of the night
“I only get to see anything on the side trips” – thus is the life of an Olympic champion…