Central Coast Summer 2003 - 6 rounds
Time Limit : 60 minutes with a 30 second increment; Fischer mode
A forfeit in Round 3 from John Nutter opened up the competition which saw three co-leaders going into the final round - chased by a further four players only a half or full point away.
In round 5 John Pascoe then made his bid for the lead after a slight stumble the round before against a resurgant Sandy Crosby.
It was good to see Col back on board with a sometimes solid/sometime notso performance - but making the better moves when it mattered.
It was good also to see Sidonia (whose normal chess-stomping ground is now Mingara club).
And crossing pawns again with the evergreen Mike Mcloon, my first plus against him - but let's put it down to my sparkling and scintillating play in an opening that was new to our encounters but that I have had quite reasonable results with - in the long-distant past; though it was more to do with a gambled (on a possible poisoned pawn snapped up by Mike) than my superiority - but no -- let us say it was my sparkling and ... [am I repeating myself ?].
On similar lines was a foray into the Diemer Duhm gambit, being myself [Keith] against Laclhan in a repeat of our quite recent online/email game, I may have been a little slipshod given that I ended up with a very strong attack back then ... either way I certainly met with tactics that overwhelmed me this time.
Standings
Place Name Loc Score
1 Pascoe, John L 1546 5 First
2 Rowlison, Colin N 1743 4.5 Second
3-6 Crosby, Sandy 1373 4 2nd Performance
Nutter, John 1989 4
Robinson, Allen 1577 4
Yee, Lachlan 1297 4 1st Performance
7-9 Kadhum, Monkeith 1639 3
Skulimowski, Don 1368 3
McLoon, Michael K 1529 3
10-12 Farrell, Keith R 1446 2.5
Bassett, Duncan 1249 2.5
Morgan, Ken 1189 2.5
13-14 Shearwood, Barry 1327 2
Hoseman, Bill 948 2
15 Klemens, Sidonia 1098 1
16 Wills, Kevin 1100 0
Cross Table
No Name Loc Total 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 Pascoe, John L 1546 5 12:1 2:1 10:1 3:0 4:1 8:1
2 Rowlison, Colin N 1743 4.5 13:1 1:0 7:1 11:1 3:1 5:½
3 Crosby, Sandy 1373 4 16:1 13:1 4:+ 1:1 2:0 4:0
4 Nutter, John 1989 4 8:1 5:1 3:- 6:1 1:0 3:1
5 Robinson, Allen 1577 4 11:1 4:0 9:½ 7:1 10:1 2:½
6 Yee, Lachlan 1297 4 7:0 16:1 14:1 4:0 11:1 10:1
7 Kadhum, Monkeith 1639 3 6:1 10:½ 2:0 5:0 12:1 9:½
8 Skulimowski, Don 1368 3 4:0 14:1 11:0 15:1 13:1 1:0
9 McLoon, Michael K 1529 3 0: 15:1 5:½ 10:0 16:1 7:½
10 Farrell, Keith R 1446 2.5 14:1 7:½ 1:0 9:1 5:0 6:0
11 Bassett, Duncan 1249 2.5 5:0 12:1 8:1 2:0 6:0 13:½
12 Morgan, Ken 1189 2.5 1:0 11:0 13:½ 14:1 7:0 15:1
13 Shearwood, Barry 1327 2 2:0 3:0 12:½ 16:1 8:0 11:½
14 Hoseman, Bill 948 2 10:0 8:0 6:0 12:0 15:1 16:+
15 Klemens, Sidonia 1098 1 0: 9:0 16:1 8:0 14:0 12:0
16 Wills, Kevin 1100 0 3:0 6:0 15:0 13:0 9:0 14:-