Report –
Allegro
Tournament
Results:
Martin Laizans 2 Daniel Clancy
0
Joshua Morris
1½ Andrew
Robinson ½
Just two sets of games were played tonight to complete
the season’s fixtures at the club. The final night for the season will be next
Friday’s
The match-up between Joshua and Andrew was much
anticipated as it would decide the fate of the tournament.
The first game was hard fought with Joshua playing
white on the ascendancy throughout. He forced his opponent to concede the
exchange to avoid mate.
Then Andrew attempted to gain a second pawn advantage
but only succeeded in exchanging rooks, after which Joshua’s lone rook and two
pawns counted for more than Andrew’s bishop and three pawns.
Game two saw Andrew with a huge positional
disadvantage after trying a few unorthodox moves in the opening.
Joshua could have perhaps have exploited these
further, but Andrew was fortunate to be allowed the opportunity to exchange
pieces.
Needing a draw to pip Tony Morris in this tournament
for third place and thereby win the Best All-Rounder Trophy, Andrew offered a
draw a couple of time, rejected by his opponent.
The remaining pieces were exchanged leaving Joshua’s
king slightly better placed, but not enough to stop both sides gaining a queen
a move apart with a draw the result.
The win and draw for Joshua tonight saw the following tournaments
decided:
§
Allegro
Tournament: First Joshua Morris;
Second Cameron De Vere; Third
Andrew Robinson
§
Best All-Rounder
Trophy: First Andrew Robinson; Second Tony Morris; Third Joshua Morris
§
Joe Tarnawski Trophy
(for combined Lightning and Allegro):
First Joshua Morris; Second Tony
Morris; Third Andrew Robinson
To wrap up the tournament, sets of games not played involving John and
Nick (three sets each) were awarded to their opponents 1-0 and 2-0
respectively.
Thomas Rynne’s games did not count to the
final table as he completed less than half of his fixtures.
Allegro Tournament 2016: Final standings
All players to play 22 games
|
No. |
NAME |
POINTS |
Tie-break |
|
1 |
16.0 |
137.00 |
|
|
2 |
15.5 |
134.00 |
|
|
3 |
14.0 |
105.50 |
|
|
4 |
13.5 |
113.00 |
|
|
5 |
11.0 |
76.00 |
|
|
6 |
10.0 |
62.50 |
|
|
7 |
8.0 |
56.50 |
|
|
8 |
7.5 |
44.00 |
|
|
9 |
7.0 |
39.00 |
|
|
10 |
4.0 |
29.00 |
|
|
11 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
|
|
12 |
2.0 |
|
Allegro Tournament 2016 results in
detail