Launceston Weekender 2008

Class One Myer Tan Australian Chess Grand Prix event

Hosted by: Launceston Chess Club for the TCA

Feb 9-10, 2008
Adult Education Centre,
8 High Street,
Launceston.

6 round Swiss,
60 minutes
plus increment of 15 seconds per move per player.

Results

	

Place Name                  Rating    Score     M-Buch. Buch. Progr.

  1   DOWDEN, TONY           2032     6        13.5  21.0   21.0
  2   GIBBS, GLEN            1743     5        14.0  22.5   18.0
  3   LUCHT, MICHAEL         1556     4.5      13.0  19.0   16.0
 4-5  HENDREY, THOMAS        1697     4        14.5  22.5   15.0
      REZAIE, RAMIN          1817     4        14.0  22.0   14.0
 6-9  HORTON, VINCENT        1445     3.5      14.0  21.0   13.5
      FRAME, NIGEL           1779     3.5      13.5  19.0   14.0
      DYER, ALASTAIR         1798     3.5      12.5  19.5   12.0
      HOOD, JUSTIN           1425     3.5      10.0  16.0   11.0
10-15 HENDREY, KEVIN         1387     3        16.0  24.0   14.0
      FRY, DALLAS            1269     3        12.5  19.5   10.0
      HORTON, RUSSELL        1449     3        11.5  16.0   12.0
      CARTER, MASON          unr      3        10.5  16.5   10.0
      CARTER, ELLYN          667      3        10.5  14.0    8.0
      STURGES, TONY          1191     3         9.5  14.5    7.5
16-17 HUGHES, DAVID          1458     2.5      14.5  23.5   11.5
      KRASNICKI, TOM         unr      2.5      10.0  15.5    5.0
18-22 REZAIE, MUSHTAGH       895      2        11.5  16.0    6.0
      VAN OORSCHOTT, SIEBE   792      2        11.0  17.5    8.5
      BRETAG, LAWRENCE       unr      2        11.0  15.5    6.5
      DOWDEN, BEN            494      2        10.0  15.5    8.0
      KRASNICKI, ALINA       457      2         9.0  12.5    5.0
 23   CARTER, ADAM           unr      1        11.5  15.5    5.0
 24   GORDON, JAMES          662      0.5       9.5  13.5    0.5

Cross Table


No  Name                  Rtg   1    2    3    4    5    6  

1.  DOWDEN, TONY           2032 13:W  8:W  6:W  5:W 12:W 10:W
2.  REZAIE, RAMIN          1817 14:W  7:L 13:W  4:W  5:L  9:W
3.  DYER, ALASTAIR         1798 15:D 12:L 18:W 11:W  6:W  5:L
4.  FRAME, NIGEL           1779 16:W  9:W  7:D  2:L 10:L 13:W
5.  GIBBS, GLEN            1743 17:W 10:W 12:W  1:L  2:W  3:W
6.  HENDREY, THOMAS        1697 18:W 11:W  1:L  7:W  3:L 22:W
7.  LUCHT, MICHAEL         1556 19:W  2:W  4:D  6:L  8:W 12:W
8.  HUGHES, DAVID          1458 20:W  1:L 22:W 10:D  7:L 11:L
9.  HORTON, RUSSELL        1449 21:W  4:L 15:W 12:L 20:W  2:L
10. HORTON, VINCENT        1445 22:W  5:L 16:W  8:D  4:W  1:L
11. HOOD, JUSTIN           1425 23:W  6:L 19:D  3:L 18:W  8:W
12. HENDREY, KEVIN         1387 24:W  3:W  5:L  9:W  1:L  7:L
13. FRY, DALLAS            1269  1:L 20:W  2:L 16:W 23:W  4:L
14. STURGES, TONY          1191  2:L 15:D 17:D 20:L 16:W 23:W
15. BRETAG, LAWRENCE       unr   3:D 14:D  9:L 22:L 24:L 16:W
16. CARTER, ADAM           unr   4:L 21:W 10:L 13:L 14:L 15:L
17. KRASNICKI, TOM         unr  5:L 22:L 14:D 18:L 21:W 19:W
18. REZAIE, MUSHTAGH       895   6:L 23:D  3:L 17:W 11:L 21:D
19. VAN OORSCHOTT, SIEBE   792   7:L 24:W 11:D 23:D 22:L 17:L
20. CARTER, ELLYN          667   8:L 13:L 21:W 14:W  9:L 24:W
21. GORDON, JAMES          662   9:L 16:L 20:L 24:L 17:L 18:D
22. CARTER, MASON          unr  10:L 17:W  8:L 15:W 19:W  6:L
23. DOWDEN, BEN            494  11:L 18:D 24:W 19:D 13:L 14:L
24. KRASNICKI, ALINA       457  12:L 19:L 23:L 21:W 15:W 20:L

Round 1

The results followed predictions except on Board 3 where newcomer Lawrence Bretag from St Helens missed at least one clear win before drawing with Alastair Dyer.

Round 2

Again the results mainly went according to seeding. The exceptions were second seed Ramin Rezaie who lost to Launceston clubmate Michael Lucht and third seed Dyer who lost to Kevin Hendrey. Bretag drew with Tony Sturges. Tony Dowden played an interesting simplifying combination against David Hughes of Devonport.

Hughes- Dowden (view game) 1.c4 b6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 Bb7 4.e3 f5 5.Be2 Nf6 6.00 Bb4 7.a3 (7.Qc2) Bxc3 8.dxc3 00 9.b3 Ne4 10.Bb2 Qf6 11.Qd4 Qg6 12.Ne5(?!) Nxc3! 13.Bf3 Ne2+ 14.Kh1 Nxd4 15.Nxg6 Nxf3 16.Nxf8 Nh4 17.f3 Kxf8 18.Rad1 d6 (White is helpless as it is just a matter of time before the knights invade) 19.Bc3 Nd7 20.b4 g5 21.Be1 Ng6 22.Bc3 Ba6 23.b5 Bb7 24.Rdc1 h5 25.Kg1 Ke7 Kf2 g4 27.fxg4 hxg4 g3 Nc5 29.Ke2 Bf3+ 30.Rxf3 gxf3+ 31.Kxf3 Nd3 32.Rh1 c5 33.h4 Nde5+ 34.Ke2 Rh8 35.a4 Rh5 36.a5 Nxc4 37.axb6 axb6 38.Ra1 e5 39.Ra7+ Ke6 40.Bd2 f4 41.exf4 exf4 42.gxf4 Rxh4 0-1

Round 3

Dowden and Glen Gibbs emerged as the early leaders by beating the two Hendrey brothers. Dowden somewhat fortuitously beat Thomas in a double rook and pawn ending while Gibbs accounted for Kevin. Nigel Frame and Lucht saved their energy for the evening round (to no avail as it turned out) by agreeing to an early draw.

Round 4

Gibbs lost to Dowden in a Modern Defence when his aggressive intentions on the kingside were comfortably countered by Dowden’s queenside play. Ramin Rezaie bounced back into contention with a spectacular win against Frame. Dyer and Thomas Hendry both fought their way back into contention with respective wins over Launceston players Justin Hood and Lucht.

Frame-Rezaie (view game) 1.f4 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Nh3 Bg4 4.Nf2 e6 5.Bg2 Nd7 6.c3 c5 7.d3 Bd6 (7…h5!?) 8.Nxg4 Nxg4 9.e4 f5 10.exd5 (10.exf5!) e5 11.00 00 12.Na3 Nf6 13.fxe5? (13.Nc4) Bxe5 14.Rxf5? (Overlooking Black’s plan) Qc7 15.Nc4 Bxg3!! 16.hxg3 Qxg3 17.Qf3 Qh2+ 18.Kf1 Nh5! (White is defenceless now that all Black’s pieces are involved) 19.d6 Rxf5 0-1

Gibbs-Dowden (view game) 1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 a6 5.Be2 Bg4 6.Be3 b5 7.Qd2 Nbd7 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 e5 10.Ne2 exd4 11.Bxd4 Ne5 12.Bxe5 Bxe5 13.c3 Ne7 14.Nf4(=) 00 15.Nd3 Bg7 16.g4?! (16.g3) Rb8 17.Bg2 c5 18.f4 a5 19.a3 Qb6 20.Qf2 b4 21.axb4 axb4 22.cxb4? Bd4! 23.Qd2 c4 24.Nc1 Be3 25.Qc3 Bxf4 26.Ne2Be5 27.Qxc4 Rfc8 28.Qb3 Nc6 29.Rd1 Qa7! 30.b5 Qa5+ 31.Nc3 Rxb5 32.Qa3(?) (32.Qc2 Rxb2! also wins) Qxa3 33.Nxb5 Bg3+ 0-1

Round 5

Horton-Frame (view game) Dowden profited from an early piece blunder by Kevin Hendrey. Dyer won in the ending against Thomas Hendrey’s Sveshnikov Sicilian. Gibbs prevailed against Ramin Rezaie. Lucht and Vincent Horton moved into a share of third with Dyer with respective wins over Hughes and Frame.

Round 6

Despite losing an exchange along the way, Dowden obtained his sixth win by slowly outplaying and eventually mating Vincent Horton from the Black side of the French Defence. Vincent – still only 11 years old – should be proud of his strong play throughout the event. Alastair Dyer continued his stuttering form – surely only temporary – by obtaining a winning position against Gibb before suddenly losing a piece and the game. Glen Gibb therefore came clear second with 5/6 and at over 70 years old remains both a remarkable inspiration and a formidable opponent. Michael Lucht claimed clear third position on 4.5/6 by defeating Kevin Hendrey.