Report – 20 November 2009
Allegro tournament
Results:
Greg Colwell 1½ Brian Willcock ½
Tony Howes 1½ Ray Adams ½
Nathan Shaw 2 Brian Willcock 0
Tony Howes 0 Greg Colwell 1 (return game from 30 October).
Andrew Robinson 1½ Tony Howes ½
Tony had one night to complete his fixtures before heading off to the UK and showed there is a downside to attempting to play seven Allegro games in one night. He played well at the beginning of the night to score a win and a draw against Ray, but then succumbed to some simple checkmate against his other opponents – a back row mate against Greg, a mate in two when the exchange up against Andrew, and a bishop left unnecessarily hanging against Nathan. Nathan played Tony at the end of the night and capitalised fully, winning the first game also via a back row mate when earlier he had been hoping for a draw. Nathan also had good fortune in his first game with Brian, as Brian held a big advantage but was determined to maintain his winless record in this tournament ( so far, W 0 D 4 L 10).
The outcome of the tournament will now hinge on the remaining games for Andrew (vs James) and Nathan (vs Greg). Should they end up on equal points, a play-off match will ensue.
At the other end of the table, James has a chance of avoiding a last placed finish and thus achieve his best ever tournament result should he take points from his remaining games.
Allegro tournament 2009: Current standings
All players to play 16 games
|
No. |
NAME |
POINTS |
PLAYED |
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1 |
11.5 |
14 |
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|
2 |
11.5 |
14 |
|
|
3 |
10 |
16 |
|
|
4 |
9.5 |
16 |
|
|
5 |
8.5 |
16 |
|
|
6 |
4.5 |
10 |
|
|
7 |
2 |
14 |
|
|
8 |
1.5 |
10 |
|
|
9 |
1 |
10 |
Allegro tournament 2009 results in detail
Quote of the night
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