Report – 27 February 2015
St David’s Day Tournament
Joshua Morris showed what a rapidly improving player he is, particularly at the shorter form of the game, to win 10 of his 11 games and take the prize comfortably after handicaps were applied.
Mariusz Pecak (ACF rating 2141) emulated two previous entrants – Brian Thomas in 2006 and 2007, Thomas Wanderer in 2009 – in winning all of his games, but not claiming the tournament due to the handicap system.
After the tournament Joshua actually beat Mariusz in a friendly game and this was for a short time mis-reported as the tournament result until the matter was cleared up, however it had no bearing on the final result.
Tony Howes had a good tournament at a time control that does not suit his style of play, and won all games except against Joshua and Mariusz, which saw him claim second spot.
Peter Hiller claimed third spot, including a win against Andrew Robinson he savoured – with mate imminent and Andrew focussed on trying to avoid stalemating Peter’s king, Andrew’s flag fell and Peter’s lone pawn won the game.
Both Andrew Robinson and Metin Ozaslan had a tournament to forget, and so it was apt that their last round game ended in a draw when Metin had overpowering attack, and snatch a rook sacrifice to allow a stalemate.
A pleasing aspect of tonight’s tournament was that all players managed to win at least one game.
On the teams front, the Welsh have won for a third consecutive year, a feat that left Brian misty eyed with pride.
Photos of tonight’s winner to come…………..
St David’s Day tournament standings
All players played 5 games
|
No. |
NAME |
|
POINTS |
plus |
TOTAL |
|
1 |
Joshua Morris |
W |
10.0 |
2.78 |
12.78 |
|
2 |
Tony Howes |
W |
9.0 |
2.78 |
11.78 |
|
3 |
Peter Hiller |
B |
5.0 |
6.11 |
11.11 |
|
4 |
Mariusz Pecak |
B |
11.0 |
0.00 |
11.00 |
|
5 |
Brian Willcock |
W |
4.0 |
6.67 |
10.67 |
|
6 |
Tony Morris |
W |
7.0 |
3.61 |
10.61 |
|
7 |
Martin Laizans |
B |
7.0 |
2.50 |
9.50 |
|
8 |
Adam Morris |
W |
1.0 |
8.50 |
9.50 |
|
9 |
Nick Petrie |
B |
1.0 |
8.50 |
9.50 |
|
10 |
Jim Petrie |
B |
1.0 |
8.06 |
9.06 |
|
11 |
Andrew Robinson |
W |
4.5 |
2.78 |
7.28 |
|
12 |
Metin Ozaslan |
B |
5.5 |
1.39 |
6.89 |
St David’s Day tournament 2015 results in detail
(W=Welsh; B=Barbarian)
St David’s Day – Teams standings
All players played 6 games
|
No. |
THE WELSH |
|
POINTS |
Handicap |
TOTAL |
|
1 |
Joshua Morris |
W |
10.0 |
2.78 |
12.78 |
|
2 |
Tony Howes |
W |
9.0 |
2.78 |
11.78 |
|
5 |
Brian Willcock |
W |
4.0 |
6.67 |
10.67 |
|
6 |
Tony Morris |
W |
7.0 |
3.61 |
10.61 |
|
8 |
Adam Morris |
W |
1.0 |
8.50 |
9.50 |
|
11 |
Andrew Robinson |
W |
4.5 |
2.78 |
7.28 |
|
|
WELSH TOTAL: |
|
35.5 |
27.12 |
62.62 |
|
No. |
THE BARBARIANS |
|
POINTS |
Handicap |
TOTAL |
|
3 |
Peter Hiller |
B |
5.0 |
6.11 |
11.11 |
|
4 |
Mariusz Pecak |
B |
11.0 |
0.00 |
11.00 |
|
7 |
Martin Laizans |
B |
7.0 |
2.50 |
9.50 |
|
9 |
Nick Petrie |
B |
1.0 |
8.50 |
9.50 |
|
10 |
Jim Petrie |
B |
1.0 |
8.06 |
9.06 |
|
12 |
Metin Ozaslan |
B |
5.5 |
1.39 |
6.89 |
|
|
BARBARIAN TOTAL: |
|
30.5 |
26.56 |
57.06 |