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Neville Gill 2001
Last revised:
23 February, 2003.
Isle of Man Chess Association
Douglas Chess Club
Southern Chess Club
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| Neville Gill British Senior Championships 2002 Neville Gill 5 day tournament 2002 |
| Neville Gill British Senior Championships 2001 Neville Gill 5 day tournament 2001 |
British Senior Champion - August 2001
Congratulations to Neville Gill, the new British Senior (Veterans) Champion !!!
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The current
Manx Chess Champion Neville
Gill has won the British Senior Championship with 6 points from 7 games
Neville is pictured here on the right receiving the Manx Championship "Patrick Taylor Cup" from the Managing Director of Monarch Assurance, Patrick Taylor, earlier this year! |
| British Senior title for Gill - The Isle of Man Courier press report - 23rd August 2001 |
| Neville Gill has added the British Senior's chess championship to his Manx title in the Smith & Williamson sponsored chess festival at Scarborough. |
| The Senior's competition is restricted to players over 60 and this was the first year that Neville was eligible. It is a remarkable achievement on his part, with his performance rating for the tournament running no less than 34 points above his BCF rating. |
| In a seven round Swiss competition he finished with a total of six points, one full point ahead of last year's champion, John Toothill and George Ellison, who is well known on the Isle of man as a regular participant in the Monarch Assurance Open. Neville was unbeaten with five wins, including one over Toothill, and two draws, one with Ellison in the last round. |
| Immediately prior to the Senior's Neville had finished joint fourth in another tournament which he regarded as a pipe opener for the championship. The wisdom of this was shown when he found himself playing better and better the more games he completed. He was a bit taken aback initially when he discovered that nobody attempted to play positional chess. It was all cut and thrust tactical manoeuvering from the first move on, while his style tends to lean towards the Nimzovitchian approach. |
| It is undoubtedly true that were Neville to play regularly against stronger opposition he would have a much higher profile in these islands than he enjoys at present. However, after such a good beginning maybe it is time for him to think of playing across or further afield more often and financing his costly trips out of prize money. Or is there a firm on the Island which would sponsor him for a year and then review the situation in the light of results and publicity? |
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TROMPOWSKI |
Schedule: 4 August - 10 August (am) - 7 rounds
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See Neville's comments and game analysis following rounds 1-7 below. chessmaster |
BCF j/ R O U N D S
Pos Player Grade /e 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 A B C D
1 GILL,Neville........ 168 e b29+ b6= w22+ w3+ b4+ w9+ b2= 6 7 1412 202
2 ELLISON,D George.... 179 b28+ w25+ b3= w8= b17+ w7= w1= 5 7 1311 187
3 TOOTHILL,John....... 181 w16+ b13+ w2= b1- w22+ b4+ w6= 5 7 1291 184
4 BOYCE,James R....... 168 w12+ b32+ w9= b14+ w1- w3- b17+ 4½ 7 1225 175
5 COOK,Michael P...... 201 w15= b18= w20= b10+ w13= b11+ w9= 4½ 7 1236 177
6 FARRAND,Julian T.... 187 b26+ w1= b11= w25+ b9- w19+ b3= 4½ 7 1215 174
7 HEMPSON,Peter....... 184 w18= b15+ w17= b11= w16+ b2= w14= 4½ 7 1216 174
8 REUBEN,Stewart...... 176 w10= b30= w12+ b2= w14= b13= w16+ 4½ 7 1156 165
9 SMITH,Ivor BN....... 170 b20+ w19= b4= w26+ w6+ b1- b5= 4½ 7 1239 177
10 BYRE,Peter I.R...... 126 b8= w22- b31+ w5- b27= w32+ b26+ 4 7 944 135
11 DOWNHAM,Alan........ 155 b23+ b14= w6= w7= b26= w5- b28+ 4 7 1184 169
12 FLOCKHART,Hugh S.... 123 b4- w24+ b8- w29= b15+ w26= b22+ 4 7 1070 153
13 FOX,Michael B....... 149 b31+ w3- b28= w20+ b5= w8= b19= 4 7 1107 158
14 WESTRA,Roelof D..... 184 b21+ w11= b19+ w4- b8= w17= b7= 4 7 1189 170
15 BALDWIN,Donald...... 139 b5= w7- w23+ b17- w12- b33+ w30+ 3½ 7 964 138
16 CRANMER,Stanley EE.. 134 b3- w31= b27+ w24+ b7- w25+ b8- 3½ 7 1013 145
17 DOYE,Peter C........ 166 w30= b27+ b7= w15+ w2- b14= w4- 3½ 7 1106 158
18 NICOLSON,James R.... 137 b7= w5= b21= w19= b25= w28= b20= 3½ 7 1039 148
19 PINKERTON,Arthur.... 146 bye+ b9= w14- b18= w21+ b6- w13= 3½ 6 912 152
20 WOODCOCK,Roy........ 126 w9- bye+ b5= b13- w23+ b22= w18= 3½ 6 820 137
21 YATES,John O........ 136 w14- b23= w18= b32+ b19- w27+ bye= 3½ 6 760 127
22 DONAGHAY,Richard H.. 149 w27= b10+ b1- w28+ b3- w20= w12- 3 7 913 130
23 DRAISEY,Henry J..... 103 w11- w21= b15- w31= b20- bye+ b32+ 3 6 612 102
24 HILL,Maurice........ 148 w32- b12- w33+ b16- w30= b29+ b25= 3 7 804 115
25 PEART,Malcolm....... 147 b33+ b2- w30+ b6- w18= b16- w24= 3 7 957 137
26 SMITH,David......... 139 w6- b29+ w32+ b9- w11= b12= w10- 3 7 921 132
27 THOMAS,Norman G..... 102 b22= w17- w16- b30+ w10= b21- b31+ 3 7 827 118
28 TIDMARSH,David A.... 130 w2- b33+ w13= b22- w29+ b18= w11- 3 7 919 131
29 ANDREWS,J. Garth.... 119 w1- w26- bye+ b12= b28- w24- w33+ 2½ 6 628 105
30 MACRAE,James S...... 115 b17= w8= b25- w27- b24= w31+ b15- 2½ 7 828 118
31 BUCKLAND,David AS... 82 w13- b16= w10- b23= w33+ b30- w27- 2 7 596 85
32 MORGAN,Wilfred...... 86 b24+ w4- b26- w21- bye+ b10- w23- 2 6 533 89
33 BOAGEY,Frank A...... 60 w25- w28- b24- bye+ b31- w15- b29- 1 6 282 47
Index A = Player Score B = No. Graded Games Played
C = Total Grading Points D = Grading Performance
Round 7 Bd WHITE Result BLACK 1 ELLISON,D George 179 (4½) ½ - ½ GILL,Neville 168 (5½) 2 TOOTHILL,John 181 (4½) ½ - ½ FARRAND,Julian T 187 (4) 3 COOK,Michael P 201 (4) ½ - ½ SMITH,Ivor BN 170 (4) 4 HEMPSON,Peter 184 (4) ½ - ½ WESTRA,Roelof D 184 (3½) 5 REUBEN,Stewart 176 (3½) 1 - 0 CRANMER,Stanley E 134 (3½) 6 DOYE,Peter C. 166 (3½) 0 - 1 BOYCE,James R 168 (3½) 7 PINKERTON,Arthur 146 (3) ½ - ½ FOX,Michael B 149 (3½) 8 TIDMARSH,David A 130 (3) 0 - 1 DOWNHAM,Alan 155 (3) 9 DONAGHAY,Richard 149 (3) 0 - 1 FLOCKHART,Hugh S 123 (3) 10 SMITH,David 139 (3) 0 - 1 BYRE,Peter I.R. 126 (3) 11 WOODCOCK,Roy 126 (3) ½ - ½ NICOLSON,James R 137 (3) 12 PEART,Malcolm 147 (2½) ½ - ½ HILL,Maurice 148 (2½) 13 BALDWIN,Donald 139 (2½) 1 - 0 MACRAE,James S 115 (2½) 14 MORGAN,Wilfred 86 (2) 0 - 1 DRAISEY,Henry J 103 (2) 15 BUCKLAND,David AS 82 (2) 0 - 1 THOMAS,Norman G 102 (2) 16 ANDREWS,J. Garth 119 (1½) 1 - 0 BOAGEY,Frank A 60 (1) 17 YATES,John O 136 (3) ½ - ½ Bye
| White G Ellison (BCF 179) v Black N Gill (BCF 168) |
| Reti-Catalan Over the years it is annoying how often I have had to meet this system! It occurred twice at Scarborough, with J Lewin trying 5. Na3 instead of 5. Qa4+. |
| 1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 c5 7. Nc3 a6 8. a4 b5! 9. Qf4 b4 |
| 10.Ne4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Rb8 12. b3 Bb7 13. Qf4 Qf6?!(a) 14. Qxf6 Nxf6 15. d3 Be7 16. 0-0 0-0 |
| 17. Ne5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Rbc8 19. Bb2 Rfd8 20. Rac1 Ne8 21. Rc2 f6 22. Nc4 Rc7 23. f4 Nd6 |
| 24. Nxd6 Bxd6 25. Rfc1 Rdc8 26. Rc4 Kf7 27. Kf3 Ke7 28. d4(b) cxd4 29. Rxc7+ Rxc7 |
| 30. Rxc7+ Bxc7 31. Bxd4 Kd6 32. e4 Kc6 33. g4 e5 34. fxe5 Bxe5 35. Bxe5 fxe5 36. Ke3 g5!(c) |
| 37. Kd3 Kc5 ½-½ |
| (a) I thought that exchanging queens would draw easily but it was not as simple as that. |
| (b) When he played 28. d4 he was running short of time. |
| After the game I suggested the plan e3, R4c2, g4 and h4. |
| (c) I played 36 ...... g5 with a flourish; I had finally got there. |
Round 6 Bd WHITE Result BLACK 41 GILL,Neville (4½) 1 - 0 SMITH,Ivor BN (4) 42 ELLISON,D George (4) ½ - ½ HEMPSON,Peter (3½) 43 BOYCE,James R (3½) 0 - 1 TOOTHILL,John (3½) 44 DOWNHAM,Alan (3) 0 - 1 COOK,Michael P (3) 45 FARRAND,Julian T (3) 1 - 0 PINKERTON,Arthur (3) 46 WESTRA,Roelof D (3) ½ - ½ DOYE,Peter C. (3) 47 FOX,Michael B (3) ½ - ½ REUBEN,Stewart (3) 48 DONAGHAY,Richard H (2½) ½ - ½ WOODCOCK,Roy (2½) 49 CRANMER,Stanley EE (2½) 1 - 0 PEART,Malcolm (2½) 50 FLOCKHART,Hugh S (2½) ½ - ½ SMITH,David (2½) 51 NICOLSON,James R (2½) ½ - ½ TIDMARSH,David A (2½) 52 YATES,John O (2) 1 - 0 THOMAS,Norman G (2) 53 BYRE,Peter I.R. (2) 1 - 0 MORGAN,Wilfred (2) 54 MACRAE,James S (1½) 1 - 0 BUCKLAND,David AS (2) 55 ANDREWS,J. Garth (1½) 0 - 1 HILL,Maurice (1½) 56 BOAGEY,Frank A (1) 0 - 1 BALDWIN,Donald (1½) 57 DRAISEY,Henry J (1) 1 - 0 Bye
| White N Gill (BCF 168) v Black I Smith (BCF 181) (Ivor Smith was the 1999 champion) |
| Kings Indian Playing my first game as sole leader and probably my last as White, this was the moment of truth! To keep reminding myself, I used my Parker pen to record the moves. |
| 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 0-0 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. 0-0 exd4 8. Nxd4 Re8 9. f3 c6 |
| 10. Kh1!(a) d5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Bg5! dxe4 13. fxe4 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd5 Be5 16. Qd2 Nc6 |
| 17. Nf3 Bg7 18. Qf4 g5(b) 19. Nxg5! hxg5 20.Qxf7+ Kh8 21. Nf6! Bxf6 22. Rxf6 Re6 23. Qh5+ 1-0 |
| At the end a plausible finish is 23 ....... Kg8 24. Qxg5+ Kh8 25. Qh6+ Kg8 26. Bc4 |
| (a) The plan of Kh1, and Bg5 was played in a Spassky - Tal game in 1979 (I knew this but my opponent did not). Black should play 10 ..... Nbd7 before lashing out with pawn moves. |
| (b) White was clearly better when Black played 18 ..... g5; Black missed 21. Nf6! in his calculations. |
Round 5 Bd WHITE Result BLACK 41 BOYCE,James R 168 (3½) 0 - 1 GILL,Neville 168 (3½) 42 SMITH,Ivor BN 170 (3) 1 - 0 FARRAND,Julian T 187 (3) 43 DOYE,Peter C. 166 (3) 0 - 1 ELLISON,D George 179 (3) 44 COOK,Michael P 201 (2½) ½ - ½ FOX,Michael B 149 (2½) 45 HEMPSON,Peter 184 (2½) 1 - 0 CRANMER,Stanley E 134 (2½) 46 REUBEN,Stewart 176 (2½) ½ - ½ WESTRA,Roelof D 184 (2½) 47 TOOTHILL,John 181 (2½) 1 - 0 DONAGHAY,Richard 149 (2½) 48 SMITH,David 139 (2) ½ - ½ DOWNHAM,Alan 155 (2½) 49 PEART,Malcolm 147 (2) ½ - ½ NICOLSON,James R 137 (2) 50 PINKERTON,Arthur 146 (2) 1 - 0 YATES,John O 136 (2) 51 BALDWIN,Donald 139 (1½) 0 - 1 FLOCKHART,Hugh S 123 (1½) 52 TIDMARSH,David A 130 (1½) 1 - 0 ANDREWS,J. Garth 119 (1½) 53 THOMAS,Norman G 102 (1½) ½ - ½ BYRE,Peter I.R. 126 (1½) 54 WOODCOCK,Roy 126 (1½) 1 - 0 DRAISEY,Henry J 103 (1) 55 HILL,Maurice 148 (1) ½ - ½ MACRAE,James S 115 (1) 56 BUCKLAND,David AS 82 (1) (1 ? ½) BOAGEY,Frank A 60 (½) 57 MORGAN,Wilfred 86 (1) 1 - 0 Bye
| White J Boyce (BCF 168) v Black N Gill (BCF 168) |
| Guico Piano Such complicated games! It is the same every day. In this tournament there is no "positional play" or at any rate very little. |
| 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nc3 d6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Na5! (a) 7. Nd5 Nxc4 8. dxc4 c6 |
| 9. Nxf6+ gxf6 10. Bh4 Qe7 11. Qe2 Be6 12. c3 0-0-0 13. 0-0-0 Rhg8 14. Rhg1 Rg6 15. h3 Qc7 |
| 16. Kb1 a5! 17. g4 Qb6 18. Rh1 Qa6! 19. Nd2 d5 20. exd5 cxd5 21. Qf3 Be7 22. Qe3 dxc4 |
| 23. Ne4 Rd3 24. Rxd3 cxd3 25. Nc5 Qc6 26. Ne4 d2 27. b3 a4 28. Kb2(b) axb3 29. axb3 Qd5 |
| 30. Kc2(c) Qxb3+ 31. Kxd2 Qa2+ 32. Kd1 Qb1+ 33. Qc1 Qxe4 34. Re1 Qd3+ |
| 35. Qd2 Qxd2+(d) 0-1 |
| (a) 6 ...... Na5! an excellent antidote to the Canal system (Canal was a Peruvian player in the 1920's). Black gets weak pawns but 2 good Bishops. I worked up an attack on his King. |
| (b) Instead of 28. Kb2 he should have tried 28. c4! I had not seen a win and time was running short. |
| (c) If 30. c4 (instead of 30. Kc2) Black has d1(=N)+!! It would have been my first promotion to a Knight, ever. |
| (d) 35 ......... Bb3+! mates after 36. Kc1 Ba3+ 37. Qb2 Qc2++ |
Round 4 Bd WHITE Result BLACK 41 WESTRA,Roelof D 184 (2½) 0 - 1 BOYCE,James R 168 (2½) 42 GILL,Neville 168 (2½) 1 - 0 TOOTHILL,John 181 (2½) 43 ELLISON,D George 179 (2½) ½ - ½ REUBEN,Stewart 176 (2) 44 FARRAND,Julian T 187 (2) 1 - 0 PEART,Malcolm 147 (2) 45 DOWNHAM,Alan 155 (2) ½ - ½ HEMPSON,Peter 184 (2) 46 SMITH,Ivor BN 170 (2) 1 - 0 SMITH,David 139 (2) 47 DOYE,Peter C. 166 (2) 1 - 0 BALDWIN,Donald 139 (1½) 48 BYRE,Peter I.R. 126 (1½) 0 - 1 COOK,Michael P 201 (1½) 49 DONAGHAY,Richard 149 (1½) 1 - 0 TIDMARSH,David A 130 (1½) 50 FOX,Michael B 149 (1½) 1 - 0 WOODCOCK,Roy 126 (1½) 51 NICOLSON,James R 137 (1½) ½ - ½ PINKERTON,Arthur 146 (1½) 52 CRANMER,Stanley E 134 (1½) 1 - 0 HILL,Maurice 148 (1) 53 MORGAN,Wilfred 86 (1) 0 - 1 YATES,John O 136 (1) 54 FLOCKHART,Hugh S 123 (1) ½ - ½ ANDREWS,J. Garth 119 (1) 55 MACRAE,James S 115 (1) 0 - 1 THOMAS,Norman G 102 (½) 56 DRAISEY,Henry J 103 (½) ½ - ½ BUCKLAND,David AS 82 (½) 57 BOAGEY,Frank A 60 (0) ½ - ½ Bye
| White N Gill (BCF 168) v Black J Toothill (BCF 181) |
| The defending champion plays the Slav and the Grunfeld. I knew this, and prepared for the Grunfeld the previous evening. I chose the 5. Bg5 system played by Karpov and Petrosan. It was also played in the game P Kiriakov - Keith Allen in the Monarch. White gets a rock solid position with excellent long term chances on the Q side. To avoid this, Black played actively with 11...c5!? but there is always a danger that he will not recover the pawn. |
| 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. cxd5 Nxg5 7. Nxg5 e6 8. Nf3 exd5 |
| 9. b4! 0-0 10. e3 b6 11. Rc1 c5!? 12. bxc5 bxc5 13. dxc5 Qa5 14. Qd2 Be6 15. Nb5 Qxd2+ |
| 16. Kxd2 Nc6 17. N5d4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Rab8 19. Bd3 Rb2+ 20. Rc2 Rxc2+ 21. Bxc2 Rc8 |
| 22. Rb1 Rxc5 23. Rb8+ Bc8 24. Bb3 Be5 25. Ra8 Kg7 26. Rxa7 Bxh2?(a) 27. g3 h5 28 Nf3 1-0 |
| (a) It is easy to criticise 26 ....... Bxh2? but Black was still a pawn down and White had the move e4 in some lines. |
Round 3 Bd WHITE Result BLACK 41 TOOTHILL,John 181 (2) ½ - ½ ELLISON,D George 179 (2) 42 BOYCE,James R 168 (2) ½ - ½ SMITH,Ivor BN 170 (1½) 43 DOWNHAM,Alan 155 (1½) ½ - ½ FARRAND,Julian T 187 (1½) 44 HEMPSON,Peter 184 (1½) ½ - ½ DOYE,Peter C. 166 (1½) 45 PINKERTON,Arthur 146 (1½) 0 - 1 WESTRA,Roelof D 184 (1½) 46 GILL,Neville 168 (1½) 1 - 0 DONAGHAY,Richard 149 (1½) 47 COOK,Michael P 201 (1) ½ - ½ WOODCOCK,Roy 126 (1) 48 REUBEN,Stewart 176 (1) 1 - 0 FLOCKHART,Hugh S 123 (1) 49 TIDMARSH,David A 130 (1) ½ - ½ FOX,Michael B 149 (1) 50 PEART,Malcolm 147 (1) 1 - 0 MACRAE,James S 115 (1) 51 SMITH,David 139 (1) 1 - 0 MORGAN,Wilfred 86 (1) 52 YATES,John O 136 (½) ½ - ½ NICOLSON,James R 137 (1) 53 BALDWIN,Donald 139 (½) 1 - 0 DRAISEY,Henry J 103 (½) 54 THOMAS,Norman G 102 (½) 0 - 1 CRANMER,Stanley E 134 (½) 55 BUCKLAND,David AS 82 (½) 0 - 1 BYRE,Peter I.R. 126 (½) 56 HILL,Maurice 148 (0) 1 - 0 BOAGEY,Frank A 60 (0) 57 ANDREWS,J. Garth 119 (0) 1 - 0 Bye
| White N Gill (BCF 168) v Black N Donaghay (BCF 149) |
| 1. d4 Nf6 2. C4 E6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nf3 Qb6 7. e3 0-0 8. b3 d5 9. Bb2 Nc6 |
| 10. Be2 d4(a) 11. exd4 Bxd4 12. 0-0 e5 13. Rad1 Bg4 14. Ng5 Nb4 15. Qd2 Rad8 16. Bxg4 Nxg4 |
| 17. Qe2(b) f5 18. h3 Nf6 19. Na4! Qd6 20. Bxd4 exd4 21. Qe6+ Qxe6 22. Nxe6 Nxa2 23. Nxf8 Kxf8 |
| 24. Nc5 Kf7 25. Ra1 b6 26. Nd3 Nc3 27. Rxa7+ Rd7? 28. Ne5+ 1-0 |
| (a) After Black had played d4, White's key move was always going to be Na4 at some stage. |
| (b The critical position was after Qe2. 17....... f5 only weakened the e6 square. 17..... Ne3 is met by 18.Na4! Qg6 19. fxe3 Bxb2 20. Nxf7. Therefore Black should have tried 17 ...... Nf6 with a playable game. |
Round 2
Bd WHITE Result BLACK 41 FARRAND,Julian T 187 (1) ½ - ½ GILL,Neville 168 (1) 42 WESTRA,Roelof D 184 (1) ½ - ½ DOWNHAM,Alan 155 (1) 43 FOX,Michael B 149 (1) 0 - 1 TOOTHILL,John 181 (1) 44 ELLISON,D George 179 (1) 1 - 0 PEART,Malcolm 147 (1) 45 SMITH,Ivor BN 170 (1) ½ - ½ PINKERTON,Arthur 146 (1) 46 MORGAN,Wilfred 86 (1) 0 - 1 BOYCE,James R 168 (1) 47 NICOLSON,James R 137 (½) ½ - ½ COOK,Michael P 201 (½) 48 BALDWIN,Donald 139 (½) 0 - 1 HEMPSON,Peter 184 (½) 49 MACRAE,James S 115 (½) ½ - ½ REUBEN,Stewart 176 (½) 50 THOMAS,Norman G 102 (½) 0 - 1 DOYE,Peter C. 166 (½) 51 BYRE,Peter I.R. 126 (½) 0 - 1 DONAGHAY,Richard 149 (½) 52 FLOCKHART,Hugh S 123 (0) 1 - 0 HILL,Maurice 148 (0) 53 ANDREWS,J. Garth 119 (0) 0 - 1 SMITH,David 139 (0) 54 DRAISEY,Henry J 103 (0) ½ - ½ YATES,John O 136 (0) 55 CRANMER,Stanley E 134 (0) ½ - ½ BUCKLAND,David AS 82 (0) 56 BOAGEY,Frank A 60 (0) 0 - 1 TIDMARSH,David A 130 (0) 57 WOODCOCK,Roy 126 (0) 1 - 0 Bye
| White J Farrand (BCF 187) v Black N Gill (BCF 168) |
| Veresov System Over the years Julian Farrand has done a lot of original analysis on the opening Here he came up with 9. Qe2!(a) which seems better than the "book" 9. Qd3 Qxd4 10. Bf2 Qxd3 which I have played for Black in a postal game. |
| 1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Bf5 4. f3 Nbd7 5. Nxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 h6 7. Bh4 N7b6 8. exf5 Ne3 |
| 9. Qe2(a) Qxd4 10. Bf2 Qxb2 11. Qb5+ Qxb5 12. Bxb5+ c6 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14. Bxe3 e6 |
| 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. Ne2 Kf7 17. 0-0 Be7 18. Rab1 Nc4 19. Bc1 Rab8 20. Rb3 Rhd8 21. Nf4 Rxb3(b) |
| 22. axb3 Bc5+ 23. Kh1 Ne3 24. Bxe3 Bxe3 25. Nd3 Bd4 26. Rd1 Rc8 27. Nf4 e5 28. Ne2 Rd8 |
| 29. c3 Bb6 30. Rxd8 Bxd8(b) 31. Ng3 Ke6 32. c4 Bb6 33. Ne4 Be3 34. g4 Kd7 35. Kg2 Kc7 |
| 36. Kf1 Kb6 37. Ke2 Bg1 38. h3 Ka5 39. Kd3 Kb4 40. Kc2 Bc5 41. h4 be7 42. h5 a5 43. Nf2 Kc5 |
| 44. Kc3 Kd6 45. Ne4+ Ke6 46. Kd3 Bb4 47. Ng3 Be7 48. Ke4 Bf8 49. Nf5 Kf6 50. Ne3 Ke6 |
| 51. Nd1 Be7 52. Nb2 Draw agreed ½-½ |
| (b) After the game we decided that neither side ever had any decisive advantage (although black had possibilities around move 21) and that the draw could have been agreed on move 30. |
| The game was actually adjourned but he offered me a draw immediately on resumption. He deserves to be the number 2 seed. |
Round 1 Bd WHITE Result BLACK 41 COOK,Michael P 201 (0) ½ - ½ BALDWIN,Donald 139 (0) 42 SMITH,David 139 (0) 0 - 1 FARRAND,Julian T 187 (0) 43 HEMPSON,Peter 184 (0) ½ - ½ NICOLSON,James R 137 (0) 44 YATES,John O 136 (0) 0 - 1 WESTRA,Roelof D 184 (0) 45 TOOTHILL,John 181 (0) 1 - 0 CRANMER,Stanley E 134 (0) 46 TIDMARSH,David A 130 (0) 0 - 1 ELLISON,D George 179 (0) 47 REUBEN,Stewart 176 (0) ½ - ½ BYRE,Peter I.R. 126 (0) 48 WOODCOCK,Roy 126 (0) 0 - 1 SMITH,Ivor BN 170 (0) 49 BOYCE,James R 168 (0) 1 - 0 FLOCKHART,Hugh S 123 (0) 50 ANDREWS,J. Garth 119 (0) 0 - 1 GILL,Neville 168 (0) 51 DOYE,Peter C. 166 (0) ½ - ½ MACRAE,James S 115 (0) 52 DRAISEY,Henry J 103 (0) 0 - 1 DOWNHAM,Alan 155 (0) 53 DONAGHAY,Richard 149 (0) ½ - ½ THOMAS,Norman G 102 (0) 54 BUCKLAND,David AS 82 (0) 0 - 1 FOX,Michael B 149 (0) 55 HILL,Maurice 148 (0) 0 - 1 MORGAN,Wilfred 86 (0) 56 BOAGEY,Frank A 60 (0) 0 - 1 PEART,Malcolm 147 (0) 57 PINKERTON,Arthur 146 (0) 1 - 0 Bye
| White J Garth Andrews (BCF 119) v Black N Gill (BCF 168) |
| Vienna In round one, the top half play the bottom half. |
| 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Nf3 Be7 6. d4 0-0 7. Bd3 f5 8. exf6(e.p.) Bxf6 |
| 9. 0-0 Nc6 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Bxe4 Nxd4 12. c3 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 c6 15. Be3 Be6 |
| 16.Rd6(a) Rfe8 17. a3 Bf5! 18. Kf2 Be5 19. Rd2 Bxh2 20. g4 Be6 21. Rh1 Bc7 22. g5 Rad8 |
| 23. Re2 Bc4 24. Ree1 Bb6 25. Bxb6 axb6 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Rd1 Re7 28. Bh5 g6 29. Bg4 Bd5! |
| 30. c4 Bxc4 31. Rd8+ Kg7 32. Kg3 h6 33. Kh4 hxg+ 34. Kxg5 Bf7 35. Rd7 Rxd7 36. Bxd7 c5?(b) |
| 37. Bb5! Bd5 38. Bd3 Bf7 39. Be4 Be8 40. Bxb7?(c) Kf7 41. Be4 Ke6! 42. Kf4 Kf6 43. Ke3 Ke5 |
| 44. Bg2 g5 45. Bf3 Bd7 46. Bg2 g4 47. Be4 Be6 48. Bg2 Bd5 49. Bxd5 Kxd5 50. Kf4 Kc4 |
| 51. Kxg4 Kb3 52. Kf4 Kxb2 0-1 |
| (a) White begins to drift with 16. Rd6, a move that looks good but is not! |
| (b) I played 36 ..... c5? without thinking (correct was 36 ..... Bd5 and if 37. Bc8 only now c5) 37. Bb5! |
| (or Ba4) draws. However on move 40, the last move before the time control, White played (c)40. Bxb7? |
| after which Black really did have a simple win. |
ANDREWS, J. Garth; BALDWIN,Donald; BOAGEY,Frank; BOYCE,James; BUCKLAND,David; BYRE,Peter; COOK,Michael; CRANMER,Stanley; DONAGHAY,Richard; DOWNHAM,Alan; DOYE,Peter; DRAISEY,Henry; ELLISON,D George; FARRAND,Julian; FLOCKHART,Hugh; FOX,Michael; GILL,Neville; HEMPSON,Peter; HILL,Maurice; MACRAE,James; MORGAN,Wilfred; NICOLSON,James; PEART,Malcolm; REUBEN,Stewart; SMITH,David; SMITH,Ivor; STEPHENSON,Norman; THOMAS,Norman; TIDMARSH,David; TOOTHILL,John; WESTRA,Roelof; WOODCOCK,Roy; YATES,John O. 33 entrants.
This event is open to players born before 1st September 1940
Prizes: - £220; £110 (7 Rounds)
Playing Schedule:- Saturday 4th August - Friday 10th August (am)
Tournament News 3 August 2001
| Neville Gill finishes in equal 4th position, well done Neville!! |
| (See Neville's comments and game analysis following rounds 1-5 below) |
Crosstable
BCF j/ R O U N D S
Pos Player Grade /e 1 2 3 4 5 A C D
1 DODGSON,John A......184 b9+ w5+ b10+ w8= b3= 4 976 195
2 PAIGE,Roger L.......187 e w12- b16+ w13+ b15+ b8+ 4 926 185
3 TOLL,Alec J.........175 b13+ w15+ b6= w4+ w1= 4 977 195
4 ARNOTT,Jonathan.....166 b22+ w6= b11+ b3- w7+ 3½ 875 175
5 GILL,Neville........168 e w20+ b1- w12+ b11+ b6= 3½ 885 177
6 REUBEN,Stewart......176 w14+ b4= w3= b18+ w5= 3½ 905 181
7 BARR,Steven G.......139 b11- w24+ b21+ w10+ b4- 3 759 152
8 DENISON,D Michael...169 b24+ w11= b19+ b1= w2- 3 838 168
9 SCHMERWITZ,Reinhard.136 w1- b20- w17+ b16+ w15+ 3 763 153
10 WHITE,Ernest M......170 w16+ b12+ w1- b7- w18+ 3 801 160
11 LEWIN,John H........159 w7+ b8= w4- w5- b19+ 2½ 761 152
12 MORRIS,Graham P.....138 j b2+ w10- b5- w22+ b13= 2½ 753 151
13 SHARP,Anthony R.....129 w3- b23+ b2- w19+ w12= 2½ 673 135
14 COMBIE,Alexander....133 b6- w22- b24+ w21= b17= 2 581 116
15 MCCALL,John.........166 e w23+ b3- w20+ w2- b9- 2 700 140
16 MORUZZI,Rob.........119 b10- w2- b23+ w9- b21+ 2 586 117
17 STOKES,Paul.........142 b21= w19- b9- b20+ w14= 2 533 107
18 WATSON,Joseph.......160 b19= w21= b22+ w6- b10- 2 656 131
19 DE SANTOS,Andrew.... 94 w18= b17+ w8- b13- w11- 1½ 565 113
20 FLINT,Peter.........110 b5- w9+ b15- w17- b23= 1½ 581 116
21 REYNOLDS,Mark....... 22 w17= b18= w7- b14= w16- 1½ 210 42
22 RODDA,John K........108 e w4- b14+ w18- b12- w24= 1½ 582 116
23 DRAISEY,Henry J.....103 b15- w13- w16- b24= w20= 1 466 93
24 HAMMOND,Rhiannon....115 w8- b7- w14- w23= b22= 1 488 98
Index A = Player Score B = No. Graded Games Played
C = Total Grading Points D = Grading Performance
Round 5 Bd WHITE Result BLACK 91 TOLL,Alec J 175 (3½) ½ - ½ DODGSON,John A 184 (3½) 92 DENISON,D Michael 169 (3) 0 - 1 PAIGE,Roger L 187 (3) 93 REUBEN,Stewart 176 (3) ½ - ½ GILL,Neville 168 (3) 94 ARNOTT,Jonathan 166 (2½) 1 - 0 BARR,Steven G 139 (3) 95 WHITE,Ernest M. 170 (2) 1 - 0 WATSON,Joseph 160 (2) 96 SCHMERWITZ,Reinha 136 (2) 1 - 0 MCCALL,John 166 (2) 97 SHARP,Anthony R 129 (2) ½ - ½ MORRIS,Graham P 138 (2) 98 DE SANTOS,Andrew 94 (1½) 0 - 1 LEWIN,John H. 159 (1½) 99 STOKES,Paul 142 (1½) ½ - ½ COMBIE,Alexander 133 (1½) 100 REYNOLDS,Mark 22 (1½) 0 - 1 MORUZZI,Rob 119 (1) 101 DRAISEY,Henry J 103 (½) ½ - ½ FLINT,Peter 110 (1) 102 RODDA,John K. 108 (1) ½ - ½ HAMMOND,Rhiannon 115 (½)
| White S Reuben (BCF 176) v Black N Gill (BCF 168) |
| Queen's Gambit declined I expected g3 systems which he played against the others. Instead we got a deadly dull Queen's Gambit. There was some action when he played 16. f4 but it soon fizzled out. |
| Finishing 4th= was not too bad after the Dodgson disaster. A brand new tournament tomorrow! |
| 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 0-0 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 |
| 9. Rc1 Nxc3 10 Rxc3 c6 11. Be2 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. o-o Be6 15. Qa4 Rfd8 |
| 16. f4 Qd5 17. Rd1 Qxa2 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Qxa2 Bxa2 20.Ra3 Rd2 21.Rxa2 Rxe2 22. Rxa7 g6 |
| 23. Rxb7 Rxe3 24. Kf2 Re4 25. Kf3 Rc4 26. g3 h5 27. Ke3 Rc2 28. h3 Kg7 29. Rb3 Kf6 |
| 30.Kd3 Rg2 31. Ke4 Ke6 32.Rc3 ½ - ½ |
Round 4 Bd WHITE Result BLACK 91 DODGSON,John A 184 (3) ½ - ½ DENISON,D Michael 169 (2½) 92 TOLL,Alec J 175 (2½) 1 - 0 ARNOTT,Jonathan 166 (2½) 93 MCCALL,John 166 (2) 0 - 1 PAIGE,Roger L 187 (2) 94 WATSON,Joseph 160 (2) 0 - 1 REUBEN,Stewart 176 (2) 95 BARR,Steven G 139 (2) 1 - 0 WHITE,Ernest M. 170 (2) 96 LEWIN,John H. 159 (1½) 0 - 1 GILL,Neville 168 (2) 97 SHARP,Anthony R 129 (1) 1 - 0 DE SANTOS,Andrew 94 (1½) 98 MORRIS,Graham P 138 (1) 1 - 0 RODDA,John K. 108 (1) 99 MORUZZI,Rob 119 (1) 0 - 1 SCHMERWITZ,Reinha 136 (1) 100 COMBIE,Alexander 133 (1) ½ - ½ REYNOLDS,Mark 22 (1) 101 FLINT,Peter 110 (1) 0 - 1 STOKES,Paul 142 (½) 102 HAMMOND,Rhiannon 115 (0) ½ - ½ DRAISEY,Henry J 103 (0)
| White J Lewin (BCF 159) v Black N Gill (BCF 168) |
| Catalan Gambit In the opening, White must try to break up the Black pawns with a4 (possibly twice!) and recapture on d3 with Q or R. |
| 1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Na3 Bxa3 6. bxa3 b5 7. Bb2 Bb7 8. 0-0 0-0 |
| 9. Rc1 Nbd7 10. Qc2 c5 11. Rfd1 Be4! 12. d3 cxd3 13. exd3 Bd5 14. Qe2 Rc8 15. Bc3 a5 |
| 16. Qd2 b4 17. Ba1 Qb6 18. Ne5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Nd5 21. Rc4 f6 22. Ba1 e5 |
| 23. Rdc1 Rc7 24. Qe2 Rfc8 25. Bb2 Qd6 26. Qf3 Nb6 27. R4c2 Qd5 28. axb4 axb4 29. Ba1 Kf7 |
| 30.Re1 Qxf3+31. Kxf3 c4 32. dxc4 Rxc433. Rd2 Rc2 34. R1e2 Rxd2 35. Rxd2 Rc1 36. Bb2 Rb1 |
| 37. Rc2 Na4 38. Bc1 Ke6 39. Bd2 Kd5 40. Ke2 Nc5 41. Be3 Ne4 42. Bd2 Nxd2 43. Kxd2 Kd4 |
| 44. Ke2 h5(a) 45. Rd2+ Kc3 46. Rd7 Rb2+ 47. Ke3 Rxa2 48. Rc7+ Kb2 49. Rxg2 b3 50. f4 Ka1 |
| 51. fxe5 fxe5 52. Ke4 Ra5 53. h3 b2 54. Rb7 b1(Q)+ 55. Rxb1+ Kxb1 56. g4 hxg4 57. hxg4 Ra4+ 0-1 |
| (a) My moves were not always the best but they were adequate. After 44 moves White adjourned in a hopeless position. In the hotel room I only needed to spend a couple of minutes analysing. |
Round 3 Bd WHITE Result BLACK 1 WHITE,Ernest M. 170 (2) 0 - 1 DODGSON,John A 184 (2) 2 REUBEN,Stewart 176 (1½) ½ - ½ TOLL,Alec J 175 (2) 3 DE SANTOS,Andrew 94 (1½) 0 - 1 DENISON,D Michael 169 (1½) 4 LEWIN,John H. 159 (1½) 0 - 1 ARNOTT,Jonathan 166 (1½) 5 PAIGE,Roger L 187 (1) 1 - 0 SHARP,Anthony R 129 (1) 6 GILL,Neville 168 (1) 1 - 0 MORRIS,Graham P 138 (1) 7 MCCALL,John 166 (1) 1 - 0 FLINT,Peter 110 (1) 8 RODDA,John K. 108 (1) 0 - 1 WATSON,Joseph 160 (1) 9 REYNOLDS,Mark 22 (1) 0 - 1 BARR,Steven G 139 (1) 10 SCHMERWITZ,Reinha 136 (0) 1 - 0 STOKES,Paul 142 (½) 11 HAMMOND,Rhiannon 115 (0) 0 - 1 COMBIE,Alexander 133 (0) 12 DRAISEY,Henry J 103 (0) 0 - 1 MORUZZI,Rob 119 (0)
| Graham P Morris - aged 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Although my opponent had defeated a player in round 1 with an estimated grade of 187, I had not noticed him play. I was dumbstruck when I saw he was so young. I do not like playing these people! They move quickly and have endless confidence and stamina. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Players have the option of adjourning or playing on to a finish. I found out that in round 2 Graham P Morris had played nearly 7 hours non-stop. I made it quite clear that I would want to adjourn. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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White N Gill (BCF 168) v Black G Morris (BCF 138) Kings Indian |
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| 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. e4 Bg4 6. Be2 0-0 7. Be3 Nbd7 8. 0-0 a6 9. h3 Bxf3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10. Bxf3 c5 11. Qd2 Rb8 12. a4 Qc7 13. d5 Qa5 14. Be2 Ne8 15. Ra3! Nb6 16. Qc2 Nc8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 17. Rb1 Qd8 18. b4 Bd4 19. Qd2 Bxe3 20. Qxe3 Qc7 21. bxc5 dxc5 22. e5 Ng2?(a) 23. d6! Qd7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 24. dxe7 Nxe7 25. Ne4 Ne8 26. Rd1 Qc7 27. Qxc5 Nc6 28. f4 b6 29. Qf2 Na5 30. c5 b5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 31. axb5 axb5 32. Qh4 Kg7 33. Rad3 h6 34. Rd7 Qc6 35. Bf3 Qe6 36.(b)Qe7 Qxe7 37. Rxe7 b4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 38. Nd2 Rc8 39. Rc1 Kg8 40. Ra7 Nc6 41. bxc6 Rxc6 42. Rb7 Nc7 43. Rxb4 Ne6 44. Nb3 Rfc8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 45. g3! R6c7 (*¤¤*) 46. Rbc4 Kf8 47. Kf2 Ke7 48. Ke3 f6 49. c6 reaching the diagram | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (a) Black overlooked my tactical shot 23. d6! (if 23 ........ exd6? 24 Nd5 wins) and got into a dreadful mess. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (b) White should have a clear win on move 36 but I did not see it and my clock was ticking. By exchanging Queens I reasoned that I should be able to win a second pawn before the Rook at f8 got into play. This is what happened. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (*¤¤*) What if Black plays Nxc5 ?? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| You cannot adjourn on move 41 before the end of the session unless you have used the full 2 hours on your clock, so we continued to move 49. I had carefully set my watch and played 49. c6 just before "time" was called. I thought that my opponent might seal the wrong move and make it easier for me to win. (Black should have tried 49 ......... Ra7 and if 50. Nd4 then Nc7.) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| After the game I met his mother. I asked her why her son did not play in junior championships. She said that he did not want to play with other juniors! I took that to mean that he regards himself as better than most of them. In the Veterans this is one "problem" I will not encounter. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| White J Dodgson (BCF 184) v Black N Gill (BCF 168) Centre Gambit |
| 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. cxd4 Nf6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Bb4+ 8. Nc3 0-0 |
| 9. Be2 Bg4 10. 0-0 Qa5 11. Na4!? Rad1 12. a3 Be7 13. b4 Qd5 14. Rc1 Ne4 15. Qc2 Nd6 |
| 16. Nc5 Nb8 17. Rfd1 c6 18. Bf4 b6 19. Na4 Bf6 20. Be5 Qe6 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22.Nc3 Rc8 |
| 23.Qa4 Qe7 24. Re1 Qb7 25. h3 Bh5? (a) 26. g4 Bg6 27. Ne5 f6 28. Nxg6 hxg6 29. Bf3 Rfe8 |
| 30.Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. b5! (b) Rc8 32. bxc6 Qa6 33. Qxa6 Nxa6 34. Nd5 Kf7 35. c7 Ne8 |
| 36. Be2! Nxc7 37. Ba6 1-0 His finish was neat |
| White missed 17. Nd3! I never had a safe square for my queen. |
| (a) Black could have held on with 25 .......... Bxf3 26. Bxf3 Qd7 |
| (b) I overlooked that after 31. b5 Black cannot play 31 ........ cxb5 because of 32. Qb3+ Qf7 33.Bd5 (how obvious) but Black was lost by then! |
Neville is a seeded player but he does not know how high as the gradings have not yet been published. His first game is shown below with some comments and exclamation marks by himself. His first round opponent, J Flint, has an eleven year old daughter who is one of the leading British girl players. She has been playing since the age of two!!!
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White N Gill (BCF 168) v Black J Flint (BCF 115) Nimzo Indian |
| 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 0-0 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. Nf3 d6 |
| 9. Nd2 Re8 10. f3 Nbd7 11. e4 e5 12. Be2 Qc8 13. 0-0 h6 (a) 14 Be3! Nf8 15. b4 Ng6 |
| 16. Rfb1! Nh5 17. a4 Qd8 18. a5 Nhf4 19. Bf1 Bc8 20. axb6 cxb6 21. d5 Bd7 22. Ra2 Qg5 (b) |
| 23. Kh1 Qh5 24. Rba1 Nh4 25. Rxa7 Rxa7 26. Rxa7 Bh3 27. gxh3 Nxf3 28. Bxf4 (c) Nxd2 |
| 29. Bxd2 1-0 |
| (a) He should have played h6 earlier, forcing the bishop back to h4. As the game went, white got a huge positional advantage. |
| (b) Rather than waiting to be squeezed, black gambles everything on an attack which was simply not sufficient. |
| (c) A killer move, taking one knight and attacking the other. |
Open to all players - may be split into sections depending on entry
Prizes: - £150; £75 (5 Rounds)
Playing Schedule: - Week 1 Monday 30th July - Friday 3rd August (am)
