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.