British Chess Championships Torquay 2002
| Malcolm Pein Reports:
Round 9 7th August 2002 Second seed Jon Speelman was the leading winner in the 9th round of the Smith & Williamson British Chess Championships in Torquay. Speelman swept aside Humpy Koneru with some typically imaginative sacrifices that led to a quick mate. He has now moved into joint second place. Leader Luke McShane won a pawn against Pentyla Harekrishna but his opponent escaped into a drawn endgame with rook against rook and knight. Rowson and Gallagher had the chance to join McShane on 7/9 but they drew after Rowson departed from his customary King's Pawn and took on the defending champion's King's Indian Defence. Gallagher drew fairly comfortably with active play. There is a 7 way tie half a point from the lead including Stewart Haslinger who has continued a marvellous run by defeating IM Gary Lane. Haslinger's efforts so far have secured him a Grandmaster result, quite a feat considering he does not even hold the IM title and has never scored an IM result. Haslinger has achieved a tournament rating performance in excess of 2600 when rated just 2310. Leaders: McShane (England) 7; Haslinger, Wells, Speelman (England), Rowson (Scotland), Gallagher (Switzerland), Ramesh, Harekrishna (India) 6.5; N.Pert Lalic (England), Ganguly Sasikiran (India) 6; Kunte, Koneru (India), Gormally, Turner, D'Costa, Flear, Emms (England) Lane (Australia) 5.5; Speelman,J (2583) - Koneru,H (2473) [A09] 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 e5 5.d3 Nf6 6.0-0 a5 7.e3 Be7 8.exd4 exd4 9.Na3 0-0 10.Nb5 [ 10.Re1 Bb4 11.Re2 Re8 12.Bg5 1/2-1/2 Blodig,R-Skytte,R/Olomouc CZE 2001/The Week in Chess 354 (12). ] 10...Ne8 11.Re1 Be6 12.b3
12...Bf6 The dark squared bishop should go to c5 to defend the d4 pawn. 13.Bb2 g6 14.Qd2 Bf5 15.h3 h5 16.Ba3 This causes real problems. 16...Nb4 17.Nbxd4 Bxd4 18.Nxd4 Qxd4 19.Bb2 Qd6 [ 19...Qxd3 20.Qh6 f6 21.Rad1 Qc2 22.Rd2 traps the black queen.] 20.Qh6 Nf6 [ 20...f6 21.g4 Bxd3 22.a3 and if the knight moves then Bd5+. This however was the better chance.] 21.c5 Qd8 22.Re5 Qd7
23.Be4 [ 23.Re8 with the threat of Qxf8 and Bxf6 wins on the spot.] 23...Ra6 24.Rxf5 gxf5 25.Qg5+ Kh8 26.Bxf5 1-0 Leading Round 9 Standings: HASLINGER,Stewart G...... ENG 2310 7½ MCSHANE,Luke J........... ENG g 2544 7½ RAMESH,R.B............... IND m 2456 7½ GALLAGHER,Joseph G....... SUI g 2517 7 SASIKIRAN,Krishnan....... IND g 2650 7 SPEELMAN,Jon............. ENG g 2583 7 WELLS,Peter.............. ENG g 2479 7 BARUA,Dibyendu........... IND g 2542 6½ FLEAR,Glenn C............ ENG g 2538 6½ GANGULY,Sura Sekhar...... IND m 2524 6½ GORMALLY,Daniel.......... ENG m 2525 6½ HARIKRISHNA,Pentala...... IND g 2568 6½ KUNTE,Abhijit............ IND g 2477 6½ LALIC,Bogdan............. ENG g 2540 6½ ROWSON,Jonathan.......... SCO g 2545 6½ WOHL,Aleksander H........ AUS m 2419 6½ EVANS-QUEK,Suan Shiau.... WLS 2268 6 KNOTT,Simon JB........... ENG m 2367 6 KONERU,Humpy............. IND wg 2473 6 LANE,Gary................ AUS m 2446 6 LITTLEWOOD,Paul E........ ENG m 2401 6 MUIR,Andrew J............ SCO m 2294 6 PERT,Nicholas............ ENG m 2460 6 PERT,Richard............. ENG f 2357 6 SANDIPAN,Chanda.......... IND m 2507 6 SUMMERSCALE,Aaron........ ENG g 2509 6 TURNER,Matthew J......... ENG m 2519 6 WARD,Chris G............. ENG g 2498 6 Round 9 Results 1 MCSHANE,Luke J (6½) ½ - ½ HARIKRISHNA,Pentala (6) 2 ROWSON,Jonathan (6) ½ - ½ GALLAGHER,Joseph G (6) 3 SPEELMAN,Jon (5½) 1 - 0 KONERU,Humpy (5½) 4 WELLS,Peter (5½) 1 - 0 EMMS,John M (5½) 5 LALIC,Bogdan (5½) ½ - ½ PERT,Nicholas (5½) 6 RAMESH,R.B (5½) 1 - 0 KUNTE,Abhijit (5½) 7 HASLINGER,Stewart G (5½) 1 - 0 LANE,Gary (5½) 8 SASIKIRAN,Krishnan (5) 1 - 0 LITTLEWOOD,Paul E. (5) 9 D'COSTA,Lorin (5) ½ - ½ FLEAR,Glenn C. (5) 10 TURNER,Matthew J (5) ½ - ½ GORMALLY,Daniel (5) 11 WARD,Chris G (5) 0 - 1 GANGULY,Sura Sekhar (5) 12 RICHARDS,Heather (4½) 0 - 1 BARUA,Dibyendu (4½) 13 HEBDEN,Mark (4½) ½ - ½ MEENAKSHI,Subbaraman (4½) 14 LEDGER,Dave J (4½) 0 - 1 SUMMERSCALE,Aaron (4½) 15 SANDIPAN,Chanda (4½) 1 - 0 TAN,Desmond (4½) 16 WILLIAMS,Simon K (4½) ½ - ½ PERT,Richard (4½) 17 WOHL,Aleksander H (4½) 1 - 0 JONES,Richard S. (4½) 18 GRANT,Jonathan (4½) 1 - 0 MCDONALD,Neil (4½) 19 BERRY,Neil M (4½) ½ - ½ KNOTT,Simon JB (4½) 20 WALL,Gavin (4½) 1 - 0 ADDISON,Bret C (4½) 21 LEE,Graham (4½) 1 - 0 COX,John (4½) 22 MUIR,Andrew J. (4½) 1 - 0 MASON,Don (4) 23 WEBB,Laurence (4) 1 - 0 SARAVANAN,Venkatachal (4) 24 RUDD,Jack (4) 0 - 1 HANLEY,Craig (4) 25 THOMAS,Nicholas (4) ½ - ½ DEVEREAUX,Maxim L (4) 26 WOODWARD,Timothy (4) 0 - 1 COLLINS,Sam (4) 27 EVANS-QUEK,Suan Shiau (4) 1 - 0 HUTCHINSON,Paul A. (4) 28 VIJAYALAKSHMI,Subbara (3½) 0 - 1 JONES,Gawain C (3½) 29 SHERWIN,James (3½) 1 - 0 DORRINGTON,Christophe (3½) 30 SOWRAY,Peter (3½) ½ - ½ TAYLOR,Peter P. (3½) 31 ASHTON,Adam (3½) ½ - ½ RAMSAWAMY,Aarthie (3½) 32 THIPSAY,Bhagyashree (3½) ½ - ½ SNAPE,Ian L (3½) 33 BIGG,Andrew J (3½) 1 - 0 DHAR-BARUA,Saheli (3½) 34 GOLDBERG,Jeff (3½) 0 - 1 SIMPSON,James (3½) 35 BUCKLEY,Simon (3½) 1 - 0 SHAW,David A (3½) 36 GHATE,Swati (3½) 0 - 1 WILLMOTH,Robert (3) 37 EAMES,Robert (3) 1 - 0 MUTTON,Jonathan B (3) 38 LYELL,Mark (3) ½ - ½ BUCKLEY,Melanie (3) 39 TRENT,Lawrence (3) ½ - ½ TAYLOR,Robert M. (3) 40 WHEELER,John F. (3) 1 - 0 COOTE,Trevor D. (3) 41 HARBORNE,Matthew J (3) 0 - 1 WU,Li (3) 42 NIXON,Thomas CM (3) 1 - 0 BURNETT,Jim (2½) 43 HUTCHINSON,Norman (2½) 0 - 1 HOWELL,David W (2½) 44 MARTYN,Rafe (2½) 1 - 0 EVANS-QUEK,Debbie (2½) 45 MCMASTER,Richard (2) 1 - 0 DOUGLAS,Timothy (2) 46 TATLOW,Stephen (1½) ½ - ½ GREGORY,Stephen J (2) 47 WHITE,Ian R. (2) 0 - 1 TRUMAN,Richard G. (1½) Round 10 Pairings 1 GALLAGHER,Joseph G (6½) - MCSHANE,Luke J (7) 2 WELLS,Peter (6½) - SPEELMAN,Jon (6½) 3 HARIKRISHNA,Pentala (6½) - HASLINGER,Stewart G (6½) 4 RAMESH,R.B (6½) - ROWSON,Jonathan (6½) 5 PERT,Nicholas (6) - SASIKIRAN,Krishnan (6) 6 GANGULY,Sura Sekhar (6) - LALIC,Bogdan (6) 7 EMMS,John M (5½) - WOHL,Aleksander H (5½) 8 BARUA,Dibyendu (5½) - LEE,Graham (5½) 9 FLEAR,Glenn C. (5½) - WALL,Gavin (5½) 10 GORMALLY,Daniel (5½) - GRANT,Jonathan (5½) 11 LANE,Gary (5½) - TURNER,Matthew J (5½) 12 SUMMERSCALE,Aaron (5½) - MUIR,Andrew J. (5½) 13 KONERU,Humpy (5½) - SANDIPAN,Chanda (5½) 14 KUNTE,Abhijit (5½) - D'COSTA,Lorin (5½) 15 COLLINS,Sam (5) - HEBDEN,Mark (5) 16 HANLEY,Craig (5) - WARD,Chris G (5) 17 LITTLEWOOD,Paul E. (5) - BERRY,Neil M (5) 18 MEENAKSHI,Subbaraman (5) - KNOTT,Simon JB (5) 19 PERT,Richard (5) - WEBB,Laurence (5) 20 COX,John (4½) - EVANS-QUEK,Suan Shiau (5) 21 MCDONALD,Neil (4½) - THOMAS,Nicholas (4½) 22 JONES,Richard S. (4½) - SHERWIN,James (4½) 23 DEVEREAUX,Maxim L (4½) - BUCKLEY,Simon (4½) 24 SIMPSON,James (4½) - TAN,Desmond (4½) 25 JONES,Gawain C (4½) - RICHARDS,Heather (4½) 26 ADDISON,Bret C (4½) - LEDGER,Dave J (4½) 27 RAMSAWAMY,Aarthie (4) - BIGG,Andrew J (4½) 28 NIXON,Thomas CM (4) - SARAVANAN,Venkatachal (4) 29 SNAPE,Ian L (4) - SOWRAY,Peter (4) 30 TAYLOR,Peter P. (4) - EAMES,Robert (4) 31 MASON,Don (4) - RUDD,Jack (4) 32 WU,Li (4) - THIPSAY,Bhagyashree (4) 33 HUTCHINSON,Paul A. (4) - ASHTON,Adam (4) 34 WILLMOTH,Robert (4) - WHEELER,John F. (4) 35 DORRINGTON,Christophe (3½) - WOODWARD,Timothy (4) 36 BUCKLEY,Melanie (3½) - VIJAYALAKSHMI,Subbara (3½) 37 TAYLOR,Robert M. (3½) - LYELL,Mark (3½) 38 HOWELL,David W (3½) - TRENT,Lawrence (3½) 39 GOLDBERG,Jeff (3½) - GHATE,Swati (3½) 40 DHAR-BARUA,Saheli (3½) - MARTYN,Rafe (3½) 41 SHAW,David A (3½) - HARBORNE,Matthew J (3) 42 MUTTON,Jonathan B (3) - MCMASTER,Richard (3) 43 COOTE,Trevor D. (3) - HUTCHINSON,Norman (2½) 44 BURNETT,Jim (2½) - TRUMAN,Richard G. (2½) 45 EVANS-QUEK,Debbie (2½) - GREGORY,Stephen J (2½) 46 DOUGLAS,Timothy (2) - WHITE,Ian R. (2) 47 TATLOW,Stephen (2) - Bye |
