Report – 4 August 2017

 

Stuart Wilson Trophy

 

Results:

Mark Pendrith 1 Peter Hiller 0 (Round 1)

Joshua Morris 0 Tony Morris 1 (Round 1)

Tony Howes 1 Brian Willcock 0 (Round 4)

Andrew Robinson 1 Martin Laizans 0 (Round 7)

 

First, a short history lesson…..

Tonight marked 47 years to the day since The Gap Chess Club first met on a club night, on Tuesday, 4 August 1970.

Back then the club met in the hall of St. Mark’s Church on Waterworks Road, The Gap. Eight player paid their annual subscription fees (then $2) on the first night.

Prior to 1970, the club had been active for at least a year or two in the Singer Cup, the Brisbane district’s main interclub competition at the time, but did not have regular club nights until August 1970.

The club’s stay at St. Marks was short-lived with its meeting point moved to the library of Payne Road School commencing Tuesday, 9 February 1971.

By 1973 the club was meeting on Friday nights, and in 1980 the club moved to The Gap State High School. These two constants of the club have continued to do to this day.

 

Tonight’s four games were all well fought out, although there were no big surprises in the outcomes.

 

The first game to finish saw Andrew come up against an opponent keen to exchange down the pieces.

Perhaps Martin was a little too keen as he struggled after Move 21 when an exchange of rooks weakened his position: Link to the game

 

Tony Morris played well to dominate most of his game against Joshua, setting up a blistering attack by the time the middle game was reached: Link to the game

 

Brian struggled after going down a piece to Tony who ended up with a comfortable win.

 

Mark won his first game of the tournament, taking advantage of his opponent’s passive play in a game clogged with pawns.

 

Stuart Wilson Trophy 2017: Current standings

All players to play 9 games

No.

NAME

POINTS

Played

1

Cameron De Vere

5.5

6

2

Tony Morris

5.0

6

3

Andrew Robinson

5.0

7

4

Tony Howes

4.5

5

5

Joshua Morris

3.5

6

6

Rex Scarf

2.5

7

7

Martin Laizans

2.5

8

8

Brian Willcock

1.5

6

9

Mark Pendrith

1.0

5

10

Peter Hiller

0.0

6

Stuart Wilson Trophy 2017 results in detail

 

 

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