Last week Neville entertained us with his short coaching and history session before play commenced. It wasn't as exciting this week as we adopted an interim code of conduct to set the foundation for a fair and enjoyable playing environment.
Games
Reg summed up his win over Carey, "You won it and then you lost it." Despite and early two pawn advantage Carey got low on time and let Reg in the door.
Charlie played solidly against Phil to enter an even (!?) endgame with a rook each and 4/5 pawns. Charlie couldn't find a way to hold it and resigned at the stare of defeat.
Vincent faced an agressive f5 from Dylan and some early tactics lost their sting for both players when Queens left for lunch - even draw. Kevin was struggling to against Russell, when the latter suffered a case of planning a line and forgetting - quite serious as the queen was quickly shut in by Kevin. Despite a rook down play continued and Russell's horses ran well - Kevin was unlucky. Nigel a piece and a 7th rank pawn down found a way of drawing which only had one way out. Look for all checks and captures!
Round 8 - 2 September 2009
1 Vincent Horton : Kevin Hendrey 2 Philip W Donnelly : Andrew Fifield
3 Reg Harvey : Dylan Kuzmic 4 R Neville Ledger : Carey Kuzmic
5 Charlie Smith : Nigel Lewis 6 David Hughes : Russell Horton
Reserves - game against all comers
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Robert Isted Week 5 and 6
A little behind but we have two weeks of news.
This week Nigel finally got back on the winners trail defeating much improved and in form Kevin. Vincent quickly showed his knowledge of English attack and wasn't troubled by Andrew's queen side pawns. David confirmed his spot a sleadre with a win over Charlie. Phil defeated Dylan during the middle game. Neville had Reg "wrapped up like a box of chocolates" with a crushing attack it seemed - but stoic defence by Reg and a late blunder by Neville saw Reg emerge from the endgame victorious. Mitchell showed the ebnefit of slower play and accounted for Gemma.
Round 5 saw Carey 0 : 1 Phil; Dylan = : = David (a boring game accoridng to Dylan) ; Charlie Smith 1 : 0 Vincent Horton (dropped rook); Andrew Fifield 0 : 1 Russell Horton; Reg Harvey 1 : 0 Nigel Lewis;
Kevin Hendrey : R Neville Ledger (need to check my files).
This week Nigel finally got back on the winners trail defeating much improved and in form Kevin. Vincent quickly showed his knowledge of English attack and wasn't troubled by Andrew's queen side pawns. David confirmed his spot a sleadre with a win over Charlie. Phil defeated Dylan during the middle game. Neville had Reg "wrapped up like a box of chocolates" with a crushing attack it seemed - but stoic defence by Reg and a late blunder by Neville saw Reg emerge from the endgame victorious. Mitchell showed the ebnefit of slower play and accounted for Gemma.
Round 5 saw Carey 0 : 1 Phil; Dylan = : = David (a boring game accoridng to Dylan) ; Charlie Smith 1 : 0 Vincent Horton (dropped rook); Andrew Fifield 0 : 1 Russell Horton; Reg Harvey 1 : 0 Nigel Lewis;
Kevin Hendrey : R Neville Ledger (need to check my files).
Saturday, August 8, 2009
Robert Isted Week 4
Flu wiped out 4 players from Wednesday and soem last minute arrangemnts were made. "Never say draw" (Reg) was left with little choice in his game against Phil. Phil held a supported passed pawn but could do little with his king held at bay by Reg's rook and passed pawn. Draw.
Charlie (King's Indian Defence) sacked a bishop for a promising attack against Russell who was expecting the raking bishop on g7 would pick up the loose c3 knight. This lapse made defecne easy and a win to Russell.
Andrew kept his good form with a win over Nigel.
In the Reserves there was only one game with Mitchell dominating before panicking aginst Cohen's two passed pawns. Mitchell chose to swap and simplify and lost his advantage and the game.
Charlie (King's Indian Defence) sacked a bishop for a promising attack against Russell who was expecting the raking bishop on g7 would pick up the loose c3 knight. This lapse made defecne easy and a win to Russell.
Andrew kept his good form with a win over Nigel.
In the Reserves there was only one game with Mitchell dominating before panicking aginst Cohen's two passed pawns. Mitchell chose to swap and simplify and lost his advantage and the game.
Robert Isted Draw
Burnie Chess Club 2009 Robert Isted Tournament 60’ +10”
The draw will be updated and juggled as we proceed. Draft draws for the entire tournament can be obtained by emailing me.
Round 5 - 12 August 2009
1 Carey Kuzmic : Philip W Donnelly
2 Dylan Kuzmic : David Hughes
3 Charlie Smith : Vincent Horton
4 Andrew Fifield : Russell Horton
5 Reg Harvey : Nigel Lewis
6 Kevin Hendrey : R Neville Ledger
Round 6 - 19 August 2009
1 Nigel Lewis : Kevin Hendrey
2 Russell Horton : BYE
3 Vincent Horton : Andrew Fifield
4 David Hughes : Charlie Smith
5 Philip W Donnelly : Dylan Kuzmic
6 BYE : Carey Kuzmic
7 R Neville Ledger : Reg Harvey
Round 7 - 26 August 2009
1 Carey Kuzmic : Reg Harvey
2 Charlie Smith : Philip W Donnelly
3 Andrew Fifield : David Hughes
4 Vincent Horton : Dylan Kuzmic
5 Kevin Hendrey : Russell Horton
6 Nigel Lewis : R Neville Ledger
Round 8 - 2 September 2009
1 Vincent Horton : Kevin Hendrey
2 Philip W Donnelly : Andrew Fifield
3 Reg Harvey : Dylan Kuzmic
4 R Neville Ledger : Carey Kuzmic
5 Charlie Smith : Nigel Lewis
6 David Hughes : Russell Horton
Round 9 - 9 September 2009
1 Dylan Kuzmic : R Neville Ledger
2 Charlie Smith : Reg Harvey
3 Philip W Donnelly : Vincent Horton
4 Kevin Hendrey 0:1 David Hughes
5 Nigel Lewis : Russell Horton
6 Carey Kuzmic : Andrew Fifield
The draw will be updated and juggled as we proceed. Draft draws for the entire tournament can be obtained by emailing me.
Round 5 - 12 August 2009
1 Carey Kuzmic : Philip W Donnelly
2 Dylan Kuzmic : David Hughes
3 Charlie Smith : Vincent Horton
4 Andrew Fifield : Russell Horton
5 Reg Harvey : Nigel Lewis
6 Kevin Hendrey : R Neville Ledger
Round 6 - 19 August 2009
1 Nigel Lewis : Kevin Hendrey
2 Russell Horton : BYE
3 Vincent Horton : Andrew Fifield
4 David Hughes : Charlie Smith
5 Philip W Donnelly : Dylan Kuzmic
6 BYE : Carey Kuzmic
7 R Neville Ledger : Reg Harvey
Round 7 - 26 August 2009
1 Carey Kuzmic : Reg Harvey
2 Charlie Smith : Philip W Donnelly
3 Andrew Fifield : David Hughes
4 Vincent Horton : Dylan Kuzmic
5 Kevin Hendrey : Russell Horton
6 Nigel Lewis : R Neville Ledger
Round 8 - 2 September 2009
1 Vincent Horton : Kevin Hendrey
2 Philip W Donnelly : Andrew Fifield
3 Reg Harvey : Dylan Kuzmic
4 R Neville Ledger : Carey Kuzmic
5 Charlie Smith : Nigel Lewis
6 David Hughes : Russell Horton
Round 9 - 9 September 2009
1 Dylan Kuzmic : R Neville Ledger
2 Charlie Smith : Reg Harvey
3 Philip W Donnelly : Vincent Horton
4 Kevin Hendrey 0:1 David Hughes
5 Nigel Lewis : Russell Horton
6 Carey Kuzmic : Andrew Fifield
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
NW Junior Chess Championships
Junior Chess Club on Monday nights from 4pm – 5:30 pm at UPS for the last 3 weeks of August 17, 24,31.
NW Individual Chess Championships
October 4, $10/player, Ulverstone Primary 12 -5pm.
Medals U8, U10, U12, U14, U16 and U18 - Boys and Girls
Entries: nwchess@gmail.com or at 11:30 on the day.
Other events:
· Tasmanian Junior Championships October 10 and 11 in Hobart
Hobart, Jan 14-25, 2010.
Website: http://www.chesstasmania.org.au/AJCC/index.html
NW Individual Chess Championships
October 4, $10/player, Ulverstone Primary 12 -5pm.
Medals U8, U10, U12, U14, U16 and U18 - Boys and Girls
Entries: nwchess@gmail.com or at 11:30 on the day.
Other events:
· Tasmanian Junior Championships October 10 and 11 in Hobart
Hobart, Jan 14-25, 2010.
Website: http://www.chesstasmania.org.au/AJCC/index.html
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Robert Isted Week 3
Robert Isted
David is playing well it seems (dft Neville!) but I have no idea how the game went as Dylan had me thinking overtime. The first 12 moves for both of us took 40 minutes in a most unusual opening with a lot of tension continuing throughout the game. After fighting off an attack and being optimistic, a series of unexpected and unplanned forks by Dylan gave him the game. Vincent and Carey played another unusual game with Vincent scoring the exchange but giving Cary equality with a strong battery on the long diagonal. Vincent pieces were gradually forced to the backline before he broke free and did the same to Carey. Normality returned and the resulting end game was much easier for Vincent. Reg defeated Andrew, Phil defeated Kevin and Ashton defeated Cohen.
This week
Nigel vs Andrew; Russell vs Charlie; Vincent vs Dylan; David vs Carey; Phil vs Neville; Kevin and Reg have byes although at this stage Carey is looking doubtful due to illness. I will ring and update players with byes if necessary. All reserves division players please attend.
David is playing well it seems (dft Neville!) but I have no idea how the game went as Dylan had me thinking overtime. The first 12 moves for both of us took 40 minutes in a most unusual opening with a lot of tension continuing throughout the game. After fighting off an attack and being optimistic, a series of unexpected and unplanned forks by Dylan gave him the game. Vincent and Carey played another unusual game with Vincent scoring the exchange but giving Cary equality with a strong battery on the long diagonal. Vincent pieces were gradually forced to the backline before he broke free and did the same to Carey. Normality returned and the resulting end game was much easier for Vincent. Reg defeated Andrew, Phil defeated Kevin and Ashton defeated Cohen.
This week
Nigel vs Andrew; Russell vs Charlie; Vincent vs Dylan; David vs Carey; Phil vs Neville; Kevin and Reg have byes although at this stage Carey is looking doubtful due to illness. I will ring and update players with byes if necessary. All reserves division players please attend.
Tas Rapid Series 2 at Ulverstone
Tasmanian Rapid Series 2.
An interesting cross section of players was attracted to the Ulverstone event. Juniors playing sport missed the event but players from Hobart, St Mary’s, Launceston and the NW made a field of 22. Alastair Dyer was stop seed and went through untroubled and undefeated to finish on five from five. Two other juniors secured equal second, Kevin Hendrey and Lawrence Bretag, with their improved play rewarded. Overall the play was dominated by juniors with Carey Kuzmic, equal 4th, the only adult in the first six. New players, Kimberley and Peter Tongue (juniors), Lenard Lange (J), Jesse Howard and Zen Zero enjoyed the day of their first open tournament. The final event of the Rapid Series will be in Launceston on November 21.
An interesting cross section of players was attracted to the Ulverstone event. Juniors playing sport missed the event but players from Hobart, St Mary’s, Launceston and the NW made a field of 22. Alastair Dyer was stop seed and went through untroubled and undefeated to finish on five from five. Two other juniors secured equal second, Kevin Hendrey and Lawrence Bretag, with their improved play rewarded. Overall the play was dominated by juniors with Carey Kuzmic, equal 4th, the only adult in the first six. New players, Kimberley and Peter Tongue (juniors), Lenard Lange (J), Jesse Howard and Zen Zero enjoyed the day of their first open tournament. The final event of the Rapid Series will be in Launceston on November 21.
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