Round 8 games:
Tony Howes
½ Debbie
Jenkins ½
Brian
Willcock 1 Marty
Chadwick 0
Stuart
Wilson 0 Harvey
Quaresmini 1
Gavin
Foulger 1 Peter
Hiller 0
Mike
Talbot 0 Gabriel
Boross 1
George
Flitcroft-Smith 1 James
Hiller 0
Debbie the draw queen
managed her fourth draw of the tournament while Tony managed his second in a
row. The game saw both players into the last five minutes when an impasse was
achieved in that Tony that blocked Debbie’s king from coming any further down
in a situation with pawns on the 4th and 5th ranks.
Other games went as expected with the higher rated players achieving victory.
One Hour tournament: Current standings
All players to play 13 games
No. |
NAME |
POINTS |
PLAYED |
1 |
8½ |
9 |
|
2 |
7½ |
8 |
|
3 |
6½ |
9 |
|
4 |
6 |
7 |
|
5 |
5½ |
8 |
|
6 |
5½ |
8 |
|
7 |
4 |
8 |
|
8 |
3 |
7 |
|
9 |
2½ |
8 |
|
10 |
2 |
7 |
|
11 |
1½ |
8 |
|
12 |
1½ |
9 |
|
13 |
1 |
8 |
|
14 |
1 |
8 |
One Hour tournament 2003 results page
Quote of the night:
As often happens, J Hiller
hogs the limelight again this week…
“I resign”
- J Hiller, before his game tonight with GGeorge had commenced
“I’ll be making no
illegal moves during this game”
- G Flitcroft-Smith, presumably referring to some incidents in their
controversy-laden matches of last year
“Do you have to be so
ruthless”
- J Hiller, during his game with George /span>
“Well at least I fought
it out to the end”
- J Hiller, after his game with George
Also the following post-match exchange:
James: “Did I give you
something to think about early on?”
George: “Err ahh,…. I don’t wish to be mean, umm… but, no.”
Transfer
Five games of transfer were played tonight with both new player Simon and Gavin playing very well, showing they will be great transfer players in the future. Andrew & Simon teamed up to win the decider to take the series 3-2 over George and Gavin, much to the surprise and excitement of the large crowd gathered to watch (note: some of this commentary is hyperbole).