Dave Hewitt writes: Congratulations to Steve for winning the club allegro last Monday - his sixth win or joint-win in the 17 events held thus far (since 2005), which takes him two clear of the next most frequent winner (Graham). By the end of r3 this edition was a shakeup between Steve, Graham and me in terms of who was going to win it. I was clear leader after r3 but was then well beaten by Steve, who held his nerve to win a tricky ending against Robert L in r5 was I was squeezing past Graham to finish second.
As ever there was an entertaining mix of tight margins and sudden turnarounds. Robert L - who surely did better than anyone in relative grading terms - scored 2½/5 but also came very close to getting draws in his games against Graham and Steve (and possibly a win against Graham - a pawn on h7 just needed to be pushed one more square and the result would have been different). The final-round game against Steve was possibly the tightest of the lot - it was heading for a technical drawn ending as the clocks ticked down, but when Steve had just 25 secs left Robert moved into a check and the resulting two-minute bonus gave Steve enough time to work out how to win.
Steve also had a close shave in r3 against Gordon - with very little time left he was just one move away from mate but forgot to press his clock. Gordon very sportingly pointed this out to him. My own r3 game was also exciting and included probably the biggest swindle of the night - I was losing in about 20 different ways to Neil and close to resigning before he played something odd and allowed a two-move mate that I certainly didn't deserve.
Overall there were 12 players, and everyone won at least one game - always good to see. The next club allegro will probably be on Mon 28 April, although as ever with late-season stuff there might be a bit of date-juggling to accommodate postponed matches etc.
Time control: 15 minutes each for all moves
| Name | Grade | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Place | |
|
1
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 |
Bill Cook
Graham Anderson Neil Irving Tony Pitson Steve Smith Dave Hewitt Gordon Allcock Robert Togneri David Brodie Robert Leckie Mick Bloor Craig Manson |
1684
1593 1588 1581 1575 1502 1406 1278 1276 1224 1130 1071 |
1 W 7
1 B 8 1 W 9 ½ B 10 1 W 11 1 B 12 0 B 1 0 W 2 0 B 3 ½ W 4 0 B 5 0 W 6 |
1 B 6
1½ W 5 2 B 4 ½ W 3 1½ B 2 2 W 1 1 W 12 0 B 11 0 W 10 1½ B 9 1 W 8 0 B 7 |
2 W 11
2½ B 10 2 W 6 1 B 8 2½ W 7 3 B 3 1 B 5 ½ W 4 0 B 12 1½ W 2 1 B 1 1 W 9 |
2 B 2
3½ W 1 2 B 10 2 W 12 3½ B 6 3 W 5 1 W 11 ½ B 9 1 W 8 2½ W 3 2 B 7 1 B 4 |
3 W 4
3½ B 6 3 B 11 2 B 1 4½ W 10 4 W 2 1 B 9 1½ W 12 2 W 7 2½ B 5 2 W 3 1 B 8 |
=4
3 =4 =7 1 2 11 10 =7 6 =7 12 |
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