1-2 Crazed Wildebeests defeat Divebombers (3.5-1.5)
3-4 Williams Brothers defeat Pircateers (3.0-2.0)
5-6 Vandalizers defeat Honeybees (3.0-1.0)
Round 1
The Pircateers The Williams Brothers
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Anthony Ker 2376 0-1 Joachim Berg-Jensen 2200
Ross Jackson 1847 1/2-1/2 Bill Forster 1965
Andrew Brockway 1636 0-1 Alan Aldridge 1817
Pat Cunningham 1523 0-1 Fabrizio Facchini 1500
Paul Frost 1846 1-0 Joshua Wight 1193
Total 1.5-3.5
The Divebombers The Vandalizers
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Russell Dive 2370 0-1 Mark van der Hoorn 2132
Alok Pandey 1900 1-0 Ian Sellen 1975
Robert List 1627 1-0 Lawrence Farrington 1738
John Cook 1591 1-0 Andrew Sknar 1403
Sarah Bennett 900 0-1 Andriy Sknar 976
Total 3-2
Crazed Wildebeests The Honeybees
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Scott Wastney 2306 1-0 Brian Nijman 2074
Andrew Stone 1903 1/2-1/2 Michael Nyberg 2071
Jonathon Whittle 1610 0-1 Rama Rao Miriyala 1731
Imalka Perera 1500 1/2-1/2 Matt Veldhuizen 1512
Karthik Konakanchi 891 1-0 Andreas Theodosiou 1292
Total 3-2
Round 2
The Williams Brothers The Divebombers
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Joachim Berg-Jensen 2200 0-1 Russell Dive 2370
Bill Forster 1965 0-1 Alok Pandey 1900
Alan Aldridge 1817 1-0 Robert List 1627
Fabrizio Facchini 1500 0-1 John Cook 1591
Joshua Wight 1193 1-0 Sarah Bennett 900
Total 2-3
The Vandalizers Crazed Wildebeests
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Mark van der Hoorn 2132 0-1 Scott Wastney 2306
Ian Sellen 1975 0-1 Andrew Stone 1903
Lawrence Farrington 1738 0-1 Jonathon Whittle 1610
Andrew Sknar 1403 0-1 Imalka Perera 1500
Andriy Sknar 976 1/2-1/2 Karthik Konakanchi 891
Total 0.5-4.5
The Honeybees The Pircateers
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Brian Nijman 2074 0-1 Anthony Ker 2376
Michael Nyberg 2071 1-0 Ross Jackson 1847
Rama Rao Miriyala 1731 0-1 Andrew Brockway 1636
Matt Veldhuizen 1512 0-1 Pat Cunningham 1523
Andreas Theodosiou 1292 0-1 Paul Frost 1846
Total 1-4
Round 3
The Pircateers The Vandalizers
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Anthony Ker 2376 1-0 Mark van der Hoorn 2132
Ross Jackson 1847 1-0 Ian Sellen 1975
Andrew Brockway 1636 1-0 Lawrence Farrington 1738
Pat Cunningham 1523 1-0 Jonathon Whittle 1610
Total 4-0
The Divebombers Crazed Wildebeests
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Russell Dive 2370 1-0 Scott Wastney 2306
Alok Pandey 1900 1-0 Imalka Perera 1500
Sarah Bennett 900 0-1 Karthik Konakanchi 891
Total 2-1
The Honeybees The Williams Brothers
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Brian Nijman 2074 0-1 Joachim Berg-Jensen 2200
Michael Nyberg 2071 0-1 Rama Rao Miriyala 1731
Matt Veldhuizen 1512 1-0 Fabrizio Facchini 1500
Total 1-2
Round 4
Crazed Wildebeests The Pircateers
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Scott Wastney 2306 1-0 Anthony Ker 2376
Jonathon Whittle 1610 0-1 Ross Jackson 1847
Imalka Perera 1500 1-0 Andrew Brockway 1636
Karthik Konakanchi 891 1-0 Pat Cunningham 1523
Total 3-1
The Vandalizers The Williams Brothers
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Mark van der Hoorn 2132 0-1 Joachim Berg-Jensen 2200
Ian Sellen 1975 1-0 Rama Rao Miriyala 1731
Lawrence Farrington 1738 1-0 Fabrizio Facchini 1500
Total 2-1
The Divebombers The Honeybees
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Russell Dive 2370 1-0 Brian Nijman 2074
Alok Pandey 1900 0-1 Michael Nyberg 2071
Sarah Bennett 900 0-1 Andreas Theodosiou 1292
Total 1-2
Round 5
The Williams Brothers Crazed Wildebeests
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Joachim Berg-Jensen 2200 0-1 Scott Wastney 2306
Bill Forster 1965 0-1 Andrew Stone 1903
Alan Aldridge 1817 0-1 Jonathon Whittle 1610
Taina Walters 0-1 Imalka Perera 1500
Joshua Wight 1193 0-1 Roshan Wevita
Total 0-5
The Honeybees The Vandalizers
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Brian Nijman 2074 0-1 Mark van der Hoorn 2132
Michael Nyberg 2071 1-0 Ian Sellen 1975
Rama Rao Miriyala 1731 1/2-1/2 Lawrence Farrington 1738
Matt Veldhuizen 1512 1-0 Guirec
Andreas Theodosiou 1292 1-0 Andrew Sknar 976
Total 3.5-1.5
The Pircateers The Divebombers
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Anthony Ker 2376 0-1 Russell Dive 2370
Ross Jackson 1847 1/2-1/2 Alok Pandey 1900
Andrew Brockway 1636 1-0 Robert List 1627
Pat Cunningham 1523 1-0 John Cook 1591
Beate Aumeier 1-0 Sarah Bennett 900
Total 3.5-1.5
Play-offs
Crazed Wildebeests The Divebombers
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Scott Wastney 2306 1-0 Russell Dive 2370
Andrew Stone 1903 0-1 Alok Pandey 1900
Jonathon Whittle 1610 1-0 Robert List 1627
Imalka Perera 1500 1/2-1/2 John Cook 1591
Roshan Wevita 1-0 Sarah Bennett 900
Total 3.5-1.5
The Williams Brothers The Pircateers
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Bill Forster 1965 1/2-1/2 Anthony Ker 2376
Alan Aldridge 1817 1/2-1/2 Ross Jackson 1847
Al Nicholls 0-1 Andrew Brockway 1636
Matt Veldhuizen 1512 1-0 Pat Cunningham 1523
Joshua Wight 1193 1-0 Beate Aumeier
Total 3-2
The Vandalizers The Honeybees
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Mark van der Hoorn 2132 1-0 Brian Nijman 2074
Guirec 1975 0-1 Michael Nyberg 2071
Lawrence Farrington 1738 1-0 Rama Rao Miriyala 1731
Andrew Sknar 976 1-0 Andreas Theodosiou 1292
Total 3-1
Reports
I took a break from writing reports for this short tournament. Here are a couple of interesting games;
Teams Rapid 2013
1.e4
d6
2.d4
Nf6
3.Nc3
g6
4.f4
Bg7
5.Nf3
c5
6.Bb5+
Bd7
7.e5
Ng4
8.e6
Bxb5
9.exf7+
Kf8!
Followers of these pages know that people are lining up to batter Anthony's beloved 5...c5 Pirc, and this idea has been previously suggested as a possible refuge for him. I was now on my own having never looked at the move seriously
10.Nxb5
Qa5+
11.Nc3
cxd4
12.Nxd4
Kxf7
13.O-O
Qc5
14.Qxg4
It turns out all this has all been played before. The super grandmaster clash Karjakin-Mamedyarov Amber Rapid 2008 was eventually drawn after 14...Bxd4+ here
14...Qxd4+
15.Kh1
Na6
Moves are clickable
16.Bd2!?
I was feeling like playing just for fun, and I thought this intuitive sacrifice was appropriate for that. Now White develops scary activity if Black captures and significant activity if Black doesn't. Houdini initially hates the sac, but running all night it slowly warms to it, giving Black only a tiny edge (-0.11) by morning.
16...Qxd2
17.f5
Bf6
Black's problem is that the slightest inaccuracy in a position like this can be disastrous. Already after this natural move Houdini prefers white
18.Ne4
Qh6?
And now White is winning.
19.Nxf6
gxf5
20.Ng8!
Houdini gives me +5 points for this very flashy move, but unfortunately Nd5 is apparently just as good and the obvious Qxf5 even better. The idea of my move is firstly to just move the knight because 1) it was going to be captured on f6, 2) moving it indirectly protects the queen by pinning the f pawn. The square g8 looks ludicrous but 1) it hits the queen, denying black time to defend 2) it can't be captured
20...Qg6
Best (20...Raxg8
21.Qxf5+
Qf6
else mate immediately
22.Qd5+
Ke8
23.Rxf6
exf6
24.Qxd6
is devastating ) (20...Rhxg8
21.Rxf5+
Ke8
22.Qxg8+
wins both rooks ) 21.Rxf5+
Ke8
( The computer recommends 21...Kg7
22.Rg5
Rhxg8
23.Re1
Rae8
24.Rxg6+
hxg6
at which point white is obviously much better, but keeping up Houdini's +5 evaluation will require some further precise attacking play ) 22.Qa4+!
It took me a while to see this very strong move, I now have +11 Houdini points, but only a couple of minutes on the clock!
22...Kd8
23.Rf8+
Kc7
24.Rxa8
Rxg8
25.Rxg8??
The obvious recapture spoils the game (25.Qc4+!!
winning another whole rook would have ended the game appropriately! ) 25...Qxg8
26.Qa5+
Of course objectively white is winning easily, but out of time and with my heart racing, I decided to sue for peace.
26...Kc8
27.Re1
Qf7
28.Qc3+
Nc7
29.Qf3
Qg7
30.Qg3
Qf7
31.Qf3
Qg7
32.Qg3
1/2-1/2
Teams Rapid 2013
Notes mostly by Scott Wastney.
1.e4
d6
2.d4
Nf6
3.Nc3
g6
4.f4
Bg7
5.Nf3
c5
6.dxc5
Qa5
7.Qd4
O-O
8.cxd6
Nxe4
9.Qxe4
Bxc3+
Bill: In the summer cup, round 2, Ross Jackson got this position against Anthony but didn't realise it was okay to let the rook go.
10.bxc3
Qxc3+
11.Kf2
Qxa1
12.dxe7
Re8
13.Bc4
Qf6
14.Ba3
Bf5
15.Qd4
Qxd4+
In a previous game Anthony played 15...Nd7 against me.
16.Nxd4
Nc6
17.Nxf5
gxf5
18.Rd1
Rac8
19.Bb3
b5
20.Rd3
Moves are clickable
With a mate threat by Rg3+ followed by Bb2+
20...Nxe7
21.Rd7
a5
(21...Kf8
22.Rxa7
leaves black completely tied up, so Anthony takes his chances with a piece sacrifice. ) 22.Bxe7
a4
23.Bd5
Rxc2+
24.Ke3
b4
25.Kd3
b3
26.axb3
axb3
27.Bxb3
Rxg2
Bill: Black hopes to draw by liquidating all the pawns, but White shows that even though its an endgame, his material advantage can force a win by direct attack rather than the cliched method of supporting pawn promotion
28.Bd6
Re6
29.Bxe6
fxe6
30.Kd4
Rxh2
31.Ke5
Rh6
32.Be7
Rg6
33.Bf6
h5
34.Kxe6
Rg4
35.Rd8+
Kh7
36.Kxf5
Rg8
37.Rd7+
(37.Rd7+
Kh6
38.Bg5+
Rxg5+
39.fxg5#
) 1-0