Report - 3 September 2010

 

Stuart Wilson Trophy

 

Round 11 results:

Brian Willcock v Jonathan Wilson - postponed

Jim Petrie 1 Nathan Shaw 0

Gary Sands 0 Ray Adams 1 (played July 2)

James Hiller 0 Andrew Robinson 1 (played August 27)

Greg Colwell 0 Kieran Lyons 1

Russell Lyons 0.5 Tony Howes 0.5

Joe Langford v Mitchell Langford - postponed

 

Round 6 result:

Andrew Robinson 0.5 Ray Adams 0.5

 

Round 13 result:

Gary Sands 0 Brian Willcock 1

 

Five games were played tonight, the most significant of which was the draw that Andrew conceded to Ray. Without a pawn exchange during the 31 moves until the draw was agreed, the centre was too congested to allow a way through. This means that Andrew will need to beat Gary Sands on September 17 to force a play-off with Kieran.

 

Russell cemented his position as front-runner to win the Maiden Trophy after achieving a draw in his game with Tony. With the position (White Ka6, c4, e4, e5, h5; Black Kc7 to Kb8, a7, c5, e6, h6) at first glance it appeared that only white (Russell) had winning opportunities. Russell moved Kb5 to Ka6 to allow a claim for three-fold repetition by Tony. The arbiter attended and it was established conclusively and exhaustively that the claim was valid and the game was declared a draw. Then the possibilities were examined if white played for a win, and it was found that black indeed had a winning game with best play if white knocked off e6 due to black's escaping h pawn.

 

Brian noted on the results sheet after his game finished prematurely 'Gary blundered his Q when had winning game'.

 

Greg had a lost game after he overlooked a knight fork on his king and queen, Jim caused the upset of the round by winning against Nathan who was possibly more focussed on tomorrow afternoon's 4th Grade rugby Grand Final at Ballymore where he is playing for GPS against University.

 

 

Stuart Wilson Trophy 2010: Current standings

All players to play 13 games

No.

NAME

POINTS

PLAYED

1

Kieran Lyons

12

13

2

Andrew Robinson

11

12

3

Ray Adams

8

12

4

Nathan Shaw

7

11

5

Russell Lyons

7

12

6

Tony Howes

6.5

10

7

Gary Sands

6.5

12

8

Brian Willcock

5

10

9

Jim Petrie

4.5

9

10

Greg Colwell

2

8

11

Joe Langford

2

10

12

Mitchell Langford

1

10

13

Jonathan Wilson

1

10

14

James Hiller

0.5

9

Stuart Wilson Trophy 2010 results in detail

 

 

Some photos from tonight's action

Gary and Brian

Jim and Nathan (foreground), Russell and Tony (background)

Greg and Kieran

Russell and Tony as a draw is contemplated

 

 

Quote of the night

'The chess princess' - Greg Colwell, but who is it?

 

'The draws have returned' - Tony

 

 

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