Allegro and Geronimo

Moving quick brings a special set of problems.  You would think that 15 minutes per player would be enough to easily make 10 opening moves, 20 middle game moves to gain an advantage and then clean up or win in the end game.  Not so, BCC players miss one move tactics, become befuddled with complicated combinations and react either efficiently or terribly under pressure.  Tonight we had a few illegal moves - warning only - and many a game won on time or by the surprising stroke of a  one move #.  David threatened to give up and never come back, Dylan played on a Q down wishing for stalemate, Phil moved into check, Nigel called and illegal move on me which wasn't but it took a while to check, post match could have beens were loudly defended.  Geronimo jumps off the chess cliff - why do players resort to such ordinary chess in Allegro?  My one win tonight beating Vincent convincinlgy aftre some ordinary other games.
The leaders are Nigel 4.5/5, Vincent 4/5.

Entries for Weekender in 10 days now being accepted - details below.

I misted the Isted

Last week saw the final games played in the Robert Isted club tournament.  The cards had fallen with me (6) requiring one win to secure equal first with Vincent (7) and Reg (7).   David played Andrew and won without consequence on the final standings.  My final game was against Vincent where he casually asked if I had been doing some preparation against him (ie his usual response to d4).  The game went 1. d4 f5 and very Dutch - by move 5 we were in a weird position with my h4 looking to be a good aggressive move.  Unfortunately this plan petered out and after some wriggling he managed to move into an endgame.  Vincent offered a draw which I politely declined (even though worse now), desperately fighting for a win which didn't even raise it's head for a chance.
Final results
Vincent 1st, Reg 2nd, Russell 3rd.

Next week we start the Allegro - 15 minute games over 4-5 weeks.
Sure to be fun especially for new players and juniors.  No recording.

Be sure to play in the Burnie Shines weekender - what better than a weekend of chess 23 and 24 October.

Robert Isted - 11 Moves

Dylan was satisfied with his f5 on move 5 and hopped up from the table to have a wander. What a surprise when he returned - N x e5!!  A run of checks and pawn captures soon gave Vincent the advantage and mate followed on move 11.White Horton, Vincent.  Black Kuzmic, Dylan. Result 1-0
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 h6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. d3 f5 6. Nxe5 dxe5 7. Qh5+ Kd7 8. Qxf5+ Kc6 9. Qxe5 a6 10. Be3 Qd6 (10... Nf6 $18 11. Qg3 (11. d4 b6) 11... b5 12. e5 Kb7 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Bd5+) 11. Bb5+ (11. Qb5+ axb5 12. Bxb5#) 11... axb5 12. Qxb5# 1-0

Phil continued his mixed results with a win this week against Fred after a loss last week to David due to a shortage of time.  This week he had plenty on the clock and Reg and I (observers) were entertained by the myriad of possibilities for tactics with knight running amuck mid game.
No Name Total #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12 #13 #14


1. Fifield, Andrew 3.5 * D D W - L W - L D

2. Horton, Russell 6 D * L W W L - W L W - W D

3. Harvey, Reg 7 D W * W W - L D W W W

4. Loveric, Paul 0 L * L L -

5. Kuzmic, Dylan 3 L L * W - L W L L W

6. Lewis, Nigel 5 L W L L * - W L W W - W L

7. Lucas, Peter 1 - - - W - - * - - - - - - -

8. Cameron, Owen 0 L L - * L - L

9. Horton, Vincent 7 W W W W - W * W W - L L

10. Kuzmic, Carey 3.5 L W D L L - L * W - L W

11. Hughes, David 3 L W W L - L L * - W L

12. Hendrey, Kevin 1 - - L - W - - - - - - * - -

13. Donnelly, Phil 4 W L L L - W W L - * W

14. Duiker, Fred 5 D D L L W - W W L W - L *

Tasmanian Junior Championships - L'ton Sept

U18 Tasmanian Junior Championships 2010
U18 Champion Alastair Dyer, 2nd Kevin Hendrey, 3rd Lawrence Bretag and Marcus Bretag
U16 Champion Vincent Horton
U14 Champion Mason Carter

1 Dyer, Alastair TAS 4
2 Hendrey, Kevin TAS 3.5
3-4 Bretag, Lawrence TAS  2.5
Bretag, Marcus TAS  2.5
5 Horton, Vincent TAS 1.5
6 Carter, Mason TAS 1

Results U18 Lightning – Double Round Robin
1st Alastair Dyer 7/10
2nd Vincent Horton 6/10
3rd Marcus Bretag 5.5/10
4th Lawrence Bretag 5/10
5th Mason Carter 4.5/10
6th Kevin Hendrey 2/10

U12 Championships 2010
U12 Champion Oscar Brown, 2nd Kyle Clarke
U10 Champion Lenard Lange, 2nd Bradley Vince, 3rd Nathan Williamson
U10 Girls Yuvini Perera, 2nd Teagan Lee

Place Name Feder Rtg Loc Score Berg. Wins

1 Brown, Oscar  7
2 Lange, Lenard  6
3 Vince, Bradley  5
4 Perera, Yuvini   4
5-6 Williamson, Nathan  2.5
Clark, Kyle TAS 500 2.5
7 Lee, Teagan TAS 500 1

U12 Lightning
1st Oscar Brown 6/6
2nd Bradley Vince 3.5/6
3rd Yuvini Perera 1.5/6
4th Lenard Lange1/6

North West Junior Chess Event

Ulverstone Primary: Sunday 29 August 12:30-4:30pm
Primary and Secondary 7-12 Competition
Prizes, lessons, newcomers welcome. $7 entry on the day from 12pm
Contact: Russell Horton nwchess@gmail.com

Go Marcus

Last weekend in Hobart Marcus Bretag played Vladimir Smirnov (overall winner) in the last round and scored a draw against the FM! A small field contested the event with Alastair Dyer (4/6 equal 3rd), Vincent Horton (3/6) and myself (3/6) the only players from the NW.
Last week at the Burnie Club, Phil returned from an overseas holiday in Poland. He played Vincent who had the upper hand but was beaten by a tactic. Paul lost to Peter. Reg df Dylan. Carey upset David. Nigel was looking 2 pawns down and I suffered from a bit of complacency. Nigel quickly found a queen trap and the game was lost.
Next week the tournament continues and players will play either tournament games or rated games outside of the tournament.

Cancellations

A number of players have pulled out of the tournament and several have been away, therefore the draw is looking messy.
Last week Fred 1 vs David 0; Owen 0 vs Russell 1; Andrew 1 vs Carey 0.
Its not too late to enter Hobart Weekender