The First tournament of the year - well the first with rateable games anyway.

The Time Limit G90 Guillotine finish

Earlier rounds 1 2 3 4 5 6

**** Overall Standings **** 
  1   Kronental, Bruno  6       first    
  2   Brown, Phil       4       second
 3-6  Young, Jeffrey    3.5  
      Clark, Peter      3.5     First Performance award
      Losh, Gary        3.5     Second performance award
      Young, Benjamin   3.5  
 7-8  Farrell, Keith R  3    
      Clark, Neil       3    
9-10  McLoon, Michael K 2.5  
      Pascoe, John L    2.5  
11-12 Bassett, Duncan   2    
      Clark, Andrew     2    
13-14 Hoseman, Bill     0.5  
      Skulimowski, Don  0.5  
 15   Russell, Michael  0

Bruno was top performer over rating (but since he had a prize)

Peter Clark's rating was based on his first 3 rounds - as was Neil's and Ben's.

**** performance **** 

No  Name              Loc  Score Exp. Chg*K  Rav Rprfm

1.  Young, Jeffrey    1706 3.5/6 4.56   -11 1501  1558
2.  Kronental, Bruno  1613 6.0/6 4.02    20 1489  2488
3.  McLoon, Michael K 1561 2.5/6 3.54   -10 1498  1441
4.  Brown, Phil       1556 4.0/6 4.26    -3 1402  1527
5.  Clark, Peter      1450 3.5/6 2.40    11 1525  1582
6.  Pascoe, John L    1447 2.5/6 3.18    -7 1425  1368
7.  Farrell, Keith R  1416 3.0/5 2.95     1 1349  1421
8.  Clark, Neil       1266 3.0/6 2.52     5 1326  1326
9.  Clark, Andrew     1215 2.0/6 2.10    -1 1326  1201
10. Skulimowski, Don  1361 0.5/5 2.45   -20 1365   999
11. Bassett, Duncan   1307 2.0/5 2.45    -5 1311  1239
12. Hoseman, Bill     1013 0.5/6 0.72    -2 1354   953
13. Losh, Gary        1462 2.5/4 1.52    10 1546  1641
14. Russell, Michael       0.0/1            1462   463
15. Young, Benjamin   1446 3.5/5 2.70     8 1418  1567
1st column - player number
2nd column - player name
3rd column - rating
4th column - score / games played against rated opponents (note that ratings for the Clarks and Ben are based on 1st three rounds)
5th column - score should have got according to math probability (note the guessed ratings affect these greatly
6th column - whether your own rating wet up or down - ie whether you did better or worse than expected
7th column - the average rating of your opponents
9th column - the rating this player has performed at (so far)


**** Crosstable**** 
No Name              Loc  Total  1    2    3    4    5    6  

1  Kronental, Bruno  1613 6     11:1  4:1  3:1  9:1 10:1  5:1
2  Brown, Phil       1556 4     13:1  3:0  9:0  8:1  7:1  4:1
3  Young, Jeffrey    1706 3.5   14:1  2:1  1:0  4:=  5:0  9:1
4  Clark, Peter      1450 3.5   10:1  1:0  8:1  3:=  9:1  2:0
5  Losh, Gary        1462 3.5    0:  15:1  7:1 10:=  3:1  1:0
6  Young, Benjamin   1446 3.5    0:   9:= 14:1  7:0 11:1 10:1
7  Farrell, Keith R  1416 3      8:1  0:0  5:0  6:1  2:0 13:1
8  Clark, Neil       1266 3      7:0 11:1  4:0  2:0 13:1 12:1
9  McLoon, Michael K 1561 2.5   12:1  6:=  2:1  1:0  4:0  3:0
10 Pascoe, John L    1447 2.5    4:0 14:1 12:1  5:=  1:0  6:0
11 Bassett, Duncan   1307 2      1:0  8:0 13:1 12:1  6:0 14:-
12 Clark, Andrew     1215 2      9:0 13:1 10:0 11:0 14:1  8:0
13 Hoseman, Bill     1013 .5     2:0 12:0 11:0 14:=  8:0  7:0
14 Skulimowski, Don  1361 .5     3:0 10:0  6:0 13:= 12:0 11:-
15 Russell, Michael       0      0:   5:0  0:   0:   0:   0:
How to read it !
11:1 means you played against player 11(Duncan) and won - you will see that Duncan in the same round played 1:0 (Bruno and lost). " = " means a draw (most usually they put " .5 " but I like "=" even though to some that symbol means something else {a bye or forfeit draw or similar}. Round 1 Results
 1 Don Skulimowski [0]      0:1    Jeffrey Young    [0]  
 2 Duncan Bassett  [0]      0:1    Bruno Kronental  [0]  
 3 Phil Brown      [0]      1:0    Bill Hoseman     [0]  
 4 Andrew Clark    [0]      0:1    Michael K McLoon [0]  
 5 John L Pascoe   [0]      0:1    Peter Clark      [0]  
 6 Neil Clark      [0]      0:1    Keith R Farrell  [0]
Round 2 Results
 1 Jeffrey Young    [1]      1:0    Phil Brown    [1]  
 2 Bruno Kronental  [1]      1:0    Peter Clark   [1]  
 3 Michael K McLoon [1]      =:=    Ben           [0]  
 4 Don Skulimowski  [0]      0:1    John L Pascoe [0]  
 5 Duncan Bassett   [0]      0:1    Neil Clark    [0]  
 6 Bill Hoseman     [0]      0:1    Andrew Clark  [0]  
 7 Michael Russell  [0]      0:1    Gary Losh     [0]  
 8 Keith R Farrell  [1]      0:0    BYE
Round 3 Results
 1 Bruno Kronental [2]      1:0    Jeffrey Young    [2] 
 2 Phil Brown      [1]      0:1    Michael K McLoon [1.5]
 3 Peter Clark     [1]      1:0    Neil Clark       [1]  
 4 John L Pascoe   [1]      1:0    Andrew Clark     [1]  
 5 Keith R Farrell [1]      0:1    Gary Losh        [1]  
 6 Ben             [.5]     1:0    Don Skulimowski  [0]  
 7 Bill Hoseman    [0]      0:1    Duncan Bassett   [0]
Round 4 Results
 1 Michael K McLoon 1561 [2.5]    0:1    Bruno Kronental 1613 [2.5]
 2 Jeffrey Young    1706 [2.5]    =:=    Peter Clark     1300 [2]  
 3 Gary Losh        1462 [2]      =:=    John L Pascoe   1447 [2]  
 4 Keith R Farrell  1416 [1]      1:0    Ben                  [1.5]
 5 Neil Clark       1300 [1]      0:1    Phil Brown      1556 [1]  
 6 Andrew Clark     1300 [1]      0:1    Duncan Bassett  1307 [1]  
 7 Don Skulimowski  1361 [0]      =:=    Bill Hoseman    1013 [0]
Round 5 Results
 1 John L Pascoe  1447 [2.5]    0:1    Bruno Kronental  1613 [3.5]
 2 Gary Losh      1462 [2.5]    1:0    Jeffrey Young    1706 [3]  
 3 Peter Clark    1300 [2.5]    1:0    Michael K McLoon 1561 [2.5]
 4 Phil Brown     1556 [2]      1:0    Keith R Farrell  1416 [2]  
 5 Duncan Bassett 1307 [2]      0:1    Benjamin Young        [1.5]
 6 Bill Hoseman   1013 [.5]     0:1    Neil Clark       1300 [1]  
 7 Andrew Clark   1300 [1]      1:0    Don Skulimowski  1361 [.5]
Round 6 Results
 1 Bruno Kronental 1613 [4]      1:0    Gary Losh        1462 [3.5]
 2 Peter Clark     1450 [3.5]    0:1    Phil Brown       1556 [3]  
 3 Jeffrey Young   1706 [2.5]    1:0    Michael K McLoon 1561 [2.5]
 4 Benjamin Young  1446 [2.5]    1:0    John L Pascoe    1447 [2.5]
 5 Neil Clark      1266 [2]      1:0    Andrew Clark     1215 [2]  
 6 Keith R Farrell 1416 [2]      1:0    Bill Hoseman     1013 [.5] 
 7 Duncan Bassett  1307 [2]      -:-    Don Skulimowski  1361 [.5]
round notes









A couple of games due to be annotated and posted : Jeff-Peter and Gary-Jeff.

1st and 2nd and 2 performance awards - unrated players havinmg a rating estimate based on their 1st 3 round - as usual prizes are handed out at the Christmas party.

  1   Kronental, Bruno  5      First    
  2   Brown, Phil       4      Second
 3-6  Young, Jeffrey    3.5  
      Clark, Peter      3.5    First Perform (Bruno performed best (above his rating) but only 1 prize each
      Losh, Gary        3.5    2nd perform (after missing round 1 !)
      Young, Benjamin   3.5  
 7-8  Farrell, Keith R  3    
      Clark, Neil       3    
9-10  McLoon, Michael K 2.5  
      Pascoe, John L    2.5  
11-12 Bassett, Duncan   2    
      Clark, Andrew     2    
13-14 Hoseman, Bill     0.5  
      Skulimowski, Don  0.5  
 15   Russell, Michael  0


from round 6 : Duncan - Don


a special note : in the report for Round 1 I included a game from last year's Winter tournament(it was all I had of those two), here is a more current game, yet if I simply replaced that other game it would be unfair to Jeffrey (our current Club Champion) as I aven't that many gamescores of his wins and loading the site up with his rare losses ...

B. Kronental,1 - J. Young ,1 [D01]
Gosford Summer Swiss 2007, 13.03.2007
[notes by Bruno Kronental analysis by Deep Shredder 10]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 e6 4.Qd2 c5 5.e3 Nc6 6.Bb5 a6 7.Bxc6++/= bxc6 8.Nge2?!= [ 8.0-0-0!?+/= is a better move] 8...Rb8 [ 8...h6! according DeepShredder10 thats a little bit better move ] 9.Rb1= cxd4 10.exd4 Bb4 11.a3 Ne4?!+/= [ 11...Bd6!? D.Shredder10 prefer this move] 12.Bxd8+/= Nxd2 13.Kxd2 Bxc3+ 14.bxc3 Rxb1 15.Rxb1 Kxd8 16.f4?!= [ 16.c4!? D.Shredder10 prefers this move however the position is very drawish after any of these two moves] 16...Kc7 17.Nc1= g5?!+/= Diagram

18.fxg5 Rg8 19.h4+/= h6 20.gxh6 Rxg2+ 21.Ne2+/= Rh2??+- Diagram

21...Rh2 is Black's losing move [ 21...Rg6+/= this Black move is much better, after it White would have only a small advantage] 22.Rf1! Rxh4 23.Rxf7+ Bd7? this move make it even worse for Black [ 23...Kb6 this move would have been a bit better because it gives more flexability to Black's bishop, however also after this move Black is in a losing position] 24.h7+- Rh2 25.Kc1 Kd6 26.Nf4 a5 27.Rg7 Be8 28.Rg8 Rxh7 29.Rxe8 Rh1+ 30.Kb2 Rh6 31.Nd3+- Kc7 32.Nc5 Kd6 33.Rd8+ Kc7 34.Rd7+ Kc8 35.Re7 a4 36.Nxa4 Kd8 37.Rg7 Rh5 38.Nc5 e5 39.dxe5 Rxe5 40.Rh7 Rg5?? Diagram

Black resigned here as he noticed that White's next move, 41 Ne6+, would win Black's rock. 1-0

Paythru the Game


coming up in March is the Toukley Open talk to Gary or myself for a few more details