REDHILL AND DISTRICT CHESS CLUB
LIGHTNING TOURNAMENT 2007-2008
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
tot |
Position |
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1 |
G Meyer |
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1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
10 |
1-2 |
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2 |
K Thurlow |
0 |
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1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
10 |
1-2 |
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3 |
M Harris
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0 |
0 |
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0 |
1 |
1 |
˝ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
7˝ |
3-4 |
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4 |
C Howell |
0 |
0 |
1 |
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0 |
1 |
1 |
˝ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
7˝ |
3-4 |
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5 |
A Sperrin |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
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0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
5 |
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6 |
R Patel
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0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
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1 |
1 |
1 |
˝ |
1 |
1 |
6˝ |
6 |
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7 |
R Barnett
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0 |
0 |
˝ |
0 |
1 |
0 |
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1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
4˝ |
7-8 |
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8 |
I Bodsworth |
0 |
0 |
0 |
˝ |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4˝ |
7-8 |
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9 |
M Loftus |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
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1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
9 |
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10 |
K Patel |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
˝ |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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1 |
1 |
2˝ |
10 |
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11 |
M Howell |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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1 |
1 |
11-12 |
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12 |
N Lacey |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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1 |
11-12 |
This was held
Wednesday 2nd January 2008 and attracted a good entry. This is the annual
“fun” event, where players have to move as a buzzer sounds, which it does every
ten seconds! It was particularly nice to see Tony Sperrin on his annual visit to
the club and he showed he was still competitive as he inflicted Gordon Meyer’s only
defeat early in the evening, and also beat the reigning champion, Chris Howell.
Tony reached 7/8 and was clearly in contention, but then fell away as the tournament
drew to a close. Kevin Thurlow was struggling in the first game, against Mick Harris,
but kept the game alive and then pounced when the attack faltered.
Thurlow – Howell was interesting when Chris played the Gruenfeld defence
as a surprise, but was then thoroughly confused when faced by a very unusual variation.
He fought back well, but then blundered an exchange and reached a lost ending. Gordon
played the English against Kevin, and a positional struggle resulted. Gordon then
found a nice manoeuvre on the queenside to create a dangerous passed pawn, which
proved to be enough. Both players had now dropped one point, and in the race to
the tape Kevin beat Tony in a wild game, and Gordon gained an overwhelming endgame
advantage against Chris. In the last game of the evening, Gordon beat the always
dangerous Roger Barnett to share the title. Surprisingly, it was his first victory
in the lightning tournament. Kevin celebrates his 19th. The two winners
opened up a large gap over the rest of the players, but there were a lot of difficult
games.