Robert Isted Draw?

The numbers were pulled out last week and using the same order I have unofficially paired players.
Fred vs Owen
Vincent vs Peter
Carey vs Nigel
David vs Dylan
Kevin vs Paul
Phil vs Reg
Andrew Russell

RI Surprises

Has Andrew Fifield lost his form from the Tas Open, or had Fred found form?  Andrew's early sac didn't pay off and a draw resulted.1/2/-1/2
Did Reg really beat Kevin?  Kevin struggled to find the a good square for his f8 bishop, Reg had a strong Knight on e4 and a kingside attack looming.  1-0
Paul in his first club tournament game held his own against David for a while, but was an exchange down with a Queen headbutting his ramparts. 0-1
Dylan plays dad and dad (Carey) misses his chance for a perpetual.  Son was left grinning allover. 1-0
I was surprised that Phil played the Benoni against me after our encounter in the club championships.  He found the improvement and b7 looked tempting a few times.  Nevertheless the e4 push resulted in an advantage from the opening. 1-0
[White "Horton, Russell"] [Black "Donnelly, Phil"
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Bf4 Bg7 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qb3 Qc7 10. Nf3
This looks tempting, but loses 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Qxb7 Qb6 $19)
10... O-O 11. Bd3 Re8 12. O-O a6 13. e5 Now or never, b5, c4 are coming dxe5 (13...Nh5 14. exd6 Qc8 15. Be3) 14. Bxe5 $1 Rxe5 (14... Qc8 is also losing) 15. Nxe5 b5 (15... Qxe5 16. Qxb7 Ng4 17. g3 Qh5 18. h4 Ne5 19. Be2 Bg4 20. Qxa8 Bxe2 21. Qxb8+) 16. d6 $1 Qxd6 17. Qxf7+ Kh8 18.Rfe1 Nc6 19. Qxd7 (Attacking the king looks promising but doesn't appear to go anywhere} 19. Nxg6+ hxg6 20. Qxg6 Re8) 19... Qxd7 (19... Nxd7 20. Nf7+ Kg8 21. Nxd6) 20. Nxd7 Nxd7 21. Be4 Nde5 22. Rad1 Rf8 23. Bxc6  Nxc6 24. Rd6 Ne5 25. Rd5 Re8 26. Kf1 b4 27. Na4 c4 28. f4 (28. Nc5 Kg8 29. Nxa6) 28... Rf8 29. Rdxe5 Bxe5 30. Rxe5 Rxf4+ 31. Ke2 Rd4 32. Rc5 Kg7 {White is running low on time} 1-0

Nigel had the upper hand in the opening against Vincent, before V's pieces started to work late in the game.  A lost pawn and then a mistake led to a loss.  0-1
Newcomer Owen plays his first game next week.

Alastair Double Stamp

Alastair Dyer claimed the dual crowns of Tasmanian Open winner and Tas Lightning Champion in the one weekend.  This adds to his Tas Champion title won earlier in the year and sets him above the rest of the field.  He intends to contest the upcoming weekenders but is unlikely to play in the Burnie Club events as he concentrates on his year 12 studies.  Another Burnie junior player to do well was Andrew Fifield who beat both Kevin Bonham and Nigel Frame.  He also managed to go into a drawn endgame against Alastair but lost.  In a very instructive game for myself, Andrew slowly gained the upperhand against a pathetic Q-side push in his KID to overrun me totally.  Vincent Horton also had a return to chess and 3.5 points to share the U1700 rating prize.
Lindsay Atkinson tournament finishes - Phil Donnelly wins despite losing his last three games while half the field finishes in equal second on 5/9.
Robert Isted underway
Entries close tomorrow for the RI tournament which is 60'+10".  Nigel and Phil flipped for colours and Nigel as black showed a return to form.

Tas Open Entries

Alastair Dyer, Nigel Frame, Jamie Bryant (junior), Harrison Bryant (junior), Owen Short, Robert Jiang (junior), Bill Cheng (junior), Shuqi Yu (junior), Graham Richards, Andrew Fifield (junior), Adam Carter, Mason Carter (Jnr), Kevin Bonham, Marcus Bretag, Lawrence Bretag, Russell Horton, Vincent Horton, David Hughes, Nigel Lewis, Phil Donnelly, TonySturges, Dallas Fry, Dylan Kuzmic, Tony Dowden
Late Entries up 'til 10:00am
VENUE: Havenview Primary School


FORMAT: 6 round Swiss 90 mins + 15 secs/move

ROUNDS START: Saturday 12th June 10:30 am, 2:30 pm, 6:45 pm.

Sunday 13th June 9:30 am, 1:45 pm,

Monday 14th June 9:00 am

ENQUIRIES: David Hughes david.gareth.hughes@gmail.com 03 6423 5669 Mob: 0433 062 200

Lightning Championships: Sunday 13th June, 7:00 pm entries close at 6:45 pm. $10 entry.

Beauty and the Geek -

Make contact for your chance to win if you are the goods (or the God!)
Hello Russell,

...I have been asked to pass this on to our recipients.
I have received a request from the tv show Beauty and the Geek 2 to ask if there would be any interested people in 'having a go' at being a contestant on this TV show.
In the first version, Canberran chess player Jeremy Reading won first place and $50,000 approx. I have also attached documents that might be helpful for interested people.
From the producers-
We are looking for very intelligent guys with interesting hobbies, who can teach a thing or two to the beauties on the show! It would be a great chance for them to meet some great people and have an amazing experience. Last years contestants all really loved it and are actively recommending it to anyone thinking about getting involved this year.
Any help you could give me would be incredible. I have attached a flyer – as well as information about the casting in Brisbane on Sunday 6th June from 8am to 12pm.
All the information is also on www.beautyandthegeek.com.au
If anyone wants to contact me directly – they are very welcome to email or phone me as well.
Thank you so so much again. Please do let me know if you have any questions.
Katie