Monarch
2002
Last revised:
18 January, 2004.
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Archives :-
Monarch 2000
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A
special mention to Dennis Hemsley, who made all this possible and even found
time to play a game in the Minor tournament.
6th October
Round
7 Monarch Assurance Major
Richard
Allen 0-1 John
Griffin (3) final score 4 / 7
Mike Ware
final score 1 / 5
Frank Maher ½
/ 1
Monarch Major
2002 Crosstable
|
Pos
|
Player |
BCF |
R
O U N D
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A |
B |
C |
D |
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
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| 1 |
Cutmore, D
T Wood Green |
156 |
15= |
24= |
21+ |
6= |
10+ |
9+ |
3+ |
5½ |
7 |
1175 |
168 |
| |
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| 2 |
Blackburn,S LJT
Holmes Chapel |
140 |
22+ |
7- |
26+ |
17- |
21+ |
18+ |
14+ |
5 |
7 |
1109 |
158 |
| 3 |
Cutmore, M
T Wood Green |
162 |
10+ |
26+ |
9- |
19+ |
14+ |
5+ |
1- |
5 |
7 |
1165 |
166 |
| 4 |
Hood, S
Preston |
166 |
16+ |
19= |
18+ |
5= |
9= |
14= |
7+ |
5 |
7 |
1221 |
174 |
| 5 |
Price, A Leamington |
154 |
8+ |
23+ |
7= |
4= |
6+ |
3- |
9+ |
5 |
7 |
1219 |
174 |
| |
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| 6 |
Kobylka, M T
Wood Green |
153 |
27+ |
9= |
14= |
1= |
5- |
15+ |
11+ |
4½ |
7 |
1130 |
161 |
| |
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
|
| 7 |
Fraser-Mitchell, J
St Albans |
170 |
13+ |
2+ |
5= |
9- |
18= |
17+ |
4- |
4 |
7 |
1091 |
156 |
| 8 |
Griffin, J
M Douglas |
115 |
5- |
16= |
20+ |
18- |
23+ |
13= |
17+ |
4 |
7 |
990 |
141 |
| 9 |
Isherwood, P
Lancashire |
163 |
21+ |
6= |
3+ |
7+ |
4= |
1- |
5- |
4 |
7 |
1141 |
163 |
| 10 |
Sandercock, B V
Chalfont |
127 |
3- |
12+ |
11= |
bye+ |
1- |
16= |
18+ |
4 |
6 |
907 |
151 |
| |
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|
|
| 11 |
Cassidy, J T
Limerick |
147 |
26- |
27= |
10= |
24+ |
15= |
19+ |
6- |
3½ |
7 |
856 |
122 |
| 12 |
Kirkwood, R
Caernarfon |
155 |
19- |
10- |
22+ |
15- |
26+ |
21= |
23+ |
3½ |
7 |
873 |
125 |
| 13 |
Nicolson, J
V Manchester |
132 |
7- |
22+ |
24+ |
14- |
19= |
8= |
16= |
3½ |
7 |
917 |
131 |
| 14 |
Ruston, M
Beckenham/Bromley |
171 |
17= |
15+ |
6= |
13+ |
3- |
4= |
2- |
3½ |
7 |
1022 |
146 |
| 15 |
Smith, P
Brighton & Hove |
124 |
1= |
14- |
16= |
12+ |
11= |
6- |
21+ |
3½ |
7 |
1044 |
149 |
| 16 |
Twitchell, D
Yarmouth |
139 |
4- |
8= |
15= |
26+ |
17= |
10= |
13= |
3½ |
7 |
904 |
129 |
| |
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|
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|
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|
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| 17 |
Allen, R V
Downend/Fishponds |
138 |
14= |
18- |
27+ |
2+ |
16= |
7- |
8- |
3 |
7 |
948 |
135 |
| 18 |
Carey, P T
Limerick |
148 |
24= |
17+ |
4- |
8+ |
7= |
2- |
10- |
3 |
7 |
914 |
131 |
| 19 |
Hurn, R
Caerphilly |
122 |
12+ |
4= |
23= |
3- |
13= |
11- |
20= |
3 |
7 |
937 |
134 |
| |
|
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|
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|
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| 20 |
Blackburn,S LJT
Holmes Chapel |
89 |
23- |
21- |
8- |
22- |
27+ |
26+ |
19= |
2½ |
7 |
672 |
96 |
| 21 |
Casey, G
T
Limerick |
130 |
9- |
20+ |
1- |
27+ |
2- |
12= |
15- |
2½ |
7 |
843 |
120 |
| 22 |
Larter, N
Ennis |
60 |
2- |
13- |
12- |
20+ |
24- |
28= |
26+ |
2½ |
7 |
589 |
84 |
| 23 |
Mylrea, R
M? |
140 |
20+ |
5- |
19= |
def- |
8- |
24+ |
12- |
2½ |
6 |
704 |
117 |
| |
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| 24 |
Blackburn, J
T Holmes Chapel |
108 |
18= |
1= |
13- |
11- |
22+ |
23- |
25- |
2 |
7 |
763 |
109 |
| |
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| 25 |
Caulfield, L
M? |
130 |
|
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|
|
24+ |
1 |
1 |
158 |
158 |
| 26 |
Pitt, C
S Birmingham |
102 |
11+ |
3- |
2- |
16- |
12- |
20- |
22- |
1 |
7 |
606 |
87 |
| 27 |
Ware, M
M Southern |
115 |
6- |
11= |
17- |
21- |
20- |
bye= |
|
1 |
5 |
457 |
91 |
| |
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| 28 |
Maher, F
M
Southern |
130 |
|
|
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|
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22= |
|
½ |
1 |
90 |
90 |
| |
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L - Lady T - Team V -
Veteran M - Manx |
| Index:-
A = Player Score, B = Number Graded games
played, C = Total grading
points, D = Grading performance |
Round
5 Monarch Assurance Minor
Martin
Goode 1-0 Brian Keig (1½)
(1½) Jamie
Wright def-
(1) Alan
Robertson 1-0 Ron Williams (1)
Final
scores: Alan Robertson 2 / 5; Brian Keig 1½ / 5; Jamie Wright
1½ / 4 and Ron Williams 1 / 5
Monarch Minor
2002 Crosstable
|
Pos
|
Player
Details |
BCF |
R
O U N D |
A |
B |
C |
D |
| |
|
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
Total |
|
|
|
| 1 |
Curtis,
D Haywards Heath |
109 |
6+ |
5+ |
10+ |
4+ |
3= |
4½ |
5 |
639 |
132 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 2 |
Ingram,
N V North Copeland |
66 |
13+ |
7+ |
4- |
10+ |
9+ |
4 |
5 |
612 |
122 |
| 3 |
Roberts,
M Holmes Chapel |
120 |
bye= |
13+ |
8+ |
6+ |
1= |
4 |
4 |
507 |
127 |
| |
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| 4 |
Chambers, F V
St Marychurch |
103 |
15+ |
8= |
2+ |
1- |
7+ |
3½ |
5 |
510 |
102 |
| |
|
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| 5 |
De Santos,
A
Preston |
82 |
9+ |
1- |
12+ |
7- |
11+ |
3 |
5 |
568 |
114 |
| 6 |
Elvin,
C
W Bridgford |
73 |
1- |
14+ |
11+ |
3- |
10+ |
3 |
5 |
525 |
105 |
| |
|
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|
|
|
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| 7 |
Carrick,
P V
Bath |
88 |
14+ |
2- |
9= |
5+ |
4- |
2½ |
5 |
449 |
90 |
| 8 |
Goode,
M Coulsden & Purley |
84 |
16+ |
4= |
3- |
9- |
13+ |
2½ |
5 |
505 |
101 |
| 9 |
Jowett,
C V |
118 |
5- |
17+ |
7= |
8+ |
2- |
2½ |
5 |
412 |
82 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 10 |
Friel,
M Caergwrle Crown |
81 |
12+ |
11+ |
1- |
2- |
6- |
2 |
5 |
401 |
80 |
| 11 |
Levine,
J Bristol &
Clifton |
92 |
17+ |
10- |
6- |
12+ |
5- |
2 |
5 |
377 |
75 |
| 12 |
Robertson,
A M Douglas |
111 |
10- |
15+ |
5- |
11- |
15+ |
2 |
5 |
347 |
69 |
| |
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| 13 |
Keig,
B TMV
Southern |
84 |
2- |
3- |
14= |
15+ |
8- |
1½ |
5 |
305 |
61 |
| 14 |
Wright,
J TM
Southern |
80 |
7- |
6- |
13= |
17+ |
def- |
1½ |
4 |
275 |
69 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
| 15 |
Williams,
R TMV
Southern |
55 |
4- |
12- |
17+ |
13- |
12- |
1 |
5 |
299 |
60 |
| |
|
|
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|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
| 16 |
Hemsley,
D M
|
80 |
8- |
|
|
|
|
0 |
1 |
34 |
34 |
| 17 |
Joughin,
G M |
80 |
11- |
9- |
15- |
14- |
def- |
0 |
4 |
145 |
36 |
| |
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T - Team V -
Veteran M - Manx |
|
Index:-
A = Player Score, B = Number Graded games
played, C = Total grading
points, D = Grading performance |
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11th Monarch Assurance Isle of Man Chess International 28 Sept - 6 Oct
2002
Final Crosstable
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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1 Epishin, Vladimir g RUS 2643 =19 +38 = 6 +29 =10 +12 +11 + 7 = 2 7.0 /9 2728
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| |
2 Dautov, Rustem g GER 2617 +17 = 5 + 8 =28 =15 +16 =14 +13 = 1 6.5 /9 2682
|
3 Fridman, Daniel g LAT 2577 +24 =10 =19 +37 = 6 +15 = 5 +14 = 7 6.5 /9 2647
|
4 Sulskis, Sarunas g LTU 2576 =29 =49 +34 +31 +11 +13 - 7 = 5 +18 6.5 /9 2589
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| |
5 Goloshchapov, Alexander g UKR 2544 +27 = 2 +21 -11 +26 +10 = 3 = 4 = 9 6.0 /9 2641
|
6 Kogan, Artur g ISR 2530 =26 +32 = 1 +35 = 3 = 9 -13 +27 +23 6.0 /9 2560
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7 Neverov, Valeriy g UKR 2587 +16 = 8 -28 +33 +61 +23 + 4 - 1 = 3 6.0 /9 2606
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8 Hebden, Mark g ENG 2534 +37 = 7 - 2 +36 =22 =31 +15 +19 =14 6.0 /9 2552
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9 Shulman, Yuri g BLR 2573 =20 +36 -10 +49 +18 = 6 =19 +30 = 5 6.0 /9 2541
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| |
61 Williams, Simon m ENG 2421 =21 -11 +53 +46 - 7 -26 . . . 2.5 /6 2324
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62 Ormsby, Alan IOM 2069 -49 -37 -27 =54 +58 -52 -57 =60 =64 2.5 /9 1922
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63 Cross, Glenn IOM 1992 . . =64 =55 =43 =53 -38 -54 -58 2.0 /7 1866
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64 Cheshire, Paul L ENG 1775 -43 -47 =63 -60 -53 -55 -58 =67 =62 1.5 /9 1733
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67 Head,Graham IOM ---- . . . . . . . =64 -59 0.5 /2 1717
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| 68 Kermeen,Robert J
IOM ---- .
-44 .
. . .
. .
.
0. 0 /1 |
Round 9 Monarch Open - Isle of Man
½, England 3½
Norman Hutchinson (ENG 2175) 1-0 Jonathon Waugh
(IOM 1930)
James Hanley (ENG 1990) 1-0
Glenn Cross (IOM 1992)
Alan Ormsby (IOM
2069) ½-½ Paul Cheshire
(ENG 1775)
Graham Head (IOM ----) 0-1
Josiah Lutton (ENG 2045)
5th October
Round
6 Monarch Assurance Major
(2½) John
Griffin ½-½ James Nicholson
(½) Mike Ware
½-½ Bye
Nick Larter
½-½ Frank Maher
Round
4 Monarch Assurance Minor
(½) Brian
Keig 1-0 Ron Williams (1)
Graham
Joughin 0-1 Jamie Wright (½)
(1) Alan
Robertson 0-1 John Levine
Round 8 Monarch Open - Isle of Man
2, Great Britain 2
|
Jonathon Waugh
(IOM 1930) 1-0 James Hanley (ENG 1990) Sicilian Closed
|
|
1.e4 c5
2.Nc3 Nc6 3.d3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 d6 6.Be3 Nf6
7.h3 O-O 8.Qd2
Nd4 9.Nd1 Nc6 10.c3 Rb8 11.Bh6 e6 12.Bxg7 Kxg7
13.Ne2 Ng8 14.O-O Nge7 15.Ne3
e5 16.d4 exd4 17.cxd4 Kg8 18.d5 Nb4 19.a3 Na6
20.f4 Qc7 21.f5 f6 22.g4
g5 23.Rac1 Bd7 24.e5 fxe5 25.Nc4 h6 26.h4 b5
27.hxg5 bxc4 28.gxh6
Kh7
29.Qg5 Rf7
30.Be4 Rg8 31.Qh5 Rff8 32.f6+ Kh8 33.fxe7 Rxf1+ 34.Rxf1 Bxg4
35.Qf7 Bh5+
36.Qxg8+ 1-0
|
|
James Hanley (ENG 1990) |
Sicilian Closed |
|
|
|
Jonathon Waugh
(IOM 1930) |
|
|
David Kelly (SCO 1860) |
English |
|
|
1.d4 Nf6
2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb3 d5 6.cxd5 Qxd5
7.Qxd5 Nxd5
8.e4 Nf6
9.f3 Be6 10.N1d2 Nc6 11.a3 a5 12.Rb1 a4 13.Na1 Ba2 (traps
the Rook) 14.Nc2
Bxb1
15.Nxb1 Bc5
16.Nc3 Bd4 17.Nxd4 Nxd4 18.Kf2 O-O 19.Be3 Rfd8
20.Bc4 Rac8
21.Ba2 Nc2
22.Bc1 Nxa3 23.Nxa4 b5 24.Nb6 Rc5 25.Nd5 Nxd5 26.Bxd5 Rc2+
27.Kg3
Rdc8 28.Bg5 Rxb2 29.Be7 Rb1 30.Rxb1 Nxb1 31.Bd6 Nc3
32.Bb7 Re8 33.
Bb4
Rb8
34.Bc6 Na2 35.Ba3 b4 36.Bb2 Nc3 37.f4 Rb6 38.Bd5 Nxd5
39.exd5 Rd6
SEE
DIAGRAM
0-1 |
|
Glenn Cross (IOM 1992) |
|
|
Alan Ormsby (IOM 2069) |
Slav defence |
|
|
1.d4 d5
2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6
7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O
Nbd7 9.Qe2 O-O 10.Ne5 Nxe5 11.dxe5 Nd7 12.f4 Bxc3
13.bxc3 Qa5 14.e4 Bg4
15.Qxg4 Qc5+
16.Kh1 Qxc4 17.Ba3 Nc5 18.Bxc5 Qxc5 19.Rf3 Rad8
20.Rh3 Qc4
21.f5 exf5
22.Qh5 h6 23.exf5 Rd3 24.f6 Qxc3 25.Rxd3 Qxa1+ 26.Rd1 Qxa4
27.fxg7
Kxg7 28.Qf3 Qh4 29.h3 Re8 30.Rf1 Qe7 31.Qf4 Qe6
32.Rf3 Kh7 33.Qxf7+
Qxf7 34.Rxf7+ Kg6 35.Rxb7 a5 36.Rb6 Rxe5 37.Rxc6+ Kg5
38.Ra6 h5 39.g3 Rb5
40.Kg2 Rf5
SEE
DIAGRAM
½-½ |
|
Michael Shepherd (SCO 2071) |
|
|
Graham Head (IOM ---- ) |
English |
|
|
1.c4
c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 Nf6
6.O-O O-O 7.d3 d6 8.a3
Rb8
9.Rb1 a6 10.b4 Bd7 11.bxc5 dxc5 12.Bf4 (gains a pawn)
Rc8 13.Rxb7
e6 14.Bd6 Re8 15.
Bxc5 Qa5 16.Na4 Qd8 17.Bb6 Qe7 18.d4 Rb8 19.Bc5
Qd8 20.Rxb8 Qxb8 21.Nb6
Qc7
22.Qd3 Rd8 23.Nxd7 Qxd7 24.Nd2 a5 25.Rb1 Nxd4
26.Rb7 (the Night is trapped) Nxe2+ 27.Qxe2
Qc8
28.Bb6 Rd7 29.Rxd7 Qxd7 30.Bxa5 Qa4 31.Bb4 Nd7
32.Qf3 Qc2 33.Qc6 Nf8 34.Qc8
Qd3 35.Ne4 (loses the Knight) Qb1+ 36.Bf1 Qxe4 37.a4 Qd4 38.a5
Qd7 39.Qb8 Qa4 40.Qb5
Qxb5
41.cxb5 Bd4 42.Bxf8 Kxf8 43.b6
Ke7
SEE
DIAGRAM ½-½ |
|
Paul Cheshire
(ENG 1775) |
|
4th October
Round
5 Monarch Assurance Major
Richard
Mylrea 0-1 John
Griffin (1½)
Sandra
Blackburn 1-0 Mike Ware (½)
Round
3 Monarch Assurance Minor
(0) Ron Williams
1-0 Graham Joughin
(0) Jamie
Wright ½-½ Brian Keig (0)
Andrew De
Santos 1-0 Alan Robertson (1)
Round 7 Monarch Open - Isle of Man
½, Great Britain 2½
|
Matthew Harburne (ENG 2075) |
Caro-Kann |
|
|
1.e4
c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.Be3
Qb6 7.Qc1 Nc6 8.c3 Rc8 9.O-O
cxd4 10.Nxd4 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Bc5 12.Bxc5 Qxc5 13.Qg5
Bg6 14.Nd2 Ne7
15.Nb3
Qb6 16.Qd2 Nc6 17.Qf4 O-O 18.Rac1 Qc7 19.Nc5
Nxe5 (gains a pawn) 20.b4 Nd7 21.Qxc7 Rxc7 22.Nxd7 Rxd7 23.c4 d4 24.Bf3 d3 25.Rfd1
Rfd8 26.Rd2 Rc8 27.c5
e5
28.Bg4 f5 29.Bd1 e4 30.g3 Rdc7 31.f3 Re7 32.Bb3+
Bf7 33.Bxf7+ Kxf7 34.fxe4 fxe4 35.Re1 Rd8 36.Kf2 Rd4 37.a3 Rd5 38.Ke3
Ke8 39.Rf1 Kd7 40.Rf4
Rde5
41.g4 Kc6 42.Rf5 Rxf5 43.gxf5 Kd5 44.Rd1 Ke5
45.Rf1 Rd7 46.Rf2
SEE
DIAGRAM
0-1 |
|
Alan Ormsby (IOM
2069) |
|
|
Jonathon Waugh
(IOM 1930) |
Sicilian |
|
|
1.e4
c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.O-O
Nc6 6.c3 Nf6 7.Re1 e5 8.d4 Be7 9.h3 O-O 10.Bg5 Rad8 11.dxc5 dxc5 12.Na3
a6 13.Qxd7 Nxd7 14.Bxe7
Nxe7
SEE
DIAGRAM
½-½ |
|
David Kelly (SCO 1860) |
|
|
Glenn Cross (IOM 1992) |
French Advance |
|
|
1.e4
c5 2.c3 e6 3.d4 d5 4.e5 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.Bd3
Bd7 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.O-O
f6
9.b4 Be7 10.Bf4 fxe5 11.Nxe5 Nxe5 12.Bxe5 Bf6
13.Qh5+ Ke7 14.Nd2 Bxe5
15.Qxe5
Nf6 16.Nf3 Bb5 17.Bxb5 Qxb5 18.Nd4 Qd7 19.Rfe1
Kf7 20.Nxe6 (1 pawn falls) Rhe8
21.Ng5+
Kg6 22.Qg3 Qg4 23.Qxg4 Nxg4 24.Ne6 Rac8 25.Nf4+
Kf7 26.Nxd5 (a second pawn falls) Nf6
27.Rxe8
Rxe8 28.Nxf6 Kxf6 29.Kf1 Rc8 30.Rc1 Ke6 31.Ke2
Rc6 32.a4 Ke7 33.
h4 Kf7 34.c4 Ke7 35.g3 Kf7 36.Kd3 Rf6 37.Rc2
Ke7 38.c5 Kd7 39.Kd4 Re6 40.
b5
Re1 41.c6+ bxc6 42.Rxc6 Rd1+ 43.Ke4 Re1+ 44.Kf4
Ra1 45.Ra6
SEE
DIAGRAM 1-0 |
|
Craig Hanley (ENG 2331) |
|
3rd October
Round
4 Monarch Assurance Major
(1½) John
Griffin 0-1 Paul Carey
Gerry
Casey 1-0 Mike
Ware (½)
Round
2 Monarch Assurance Minor
(0) Alan
Robertson 1-0 Ron Williams (0)
Jamie Wright and
Brian Keig have 0 / 2
Round 6 Monarch Open - Isle of Man
½, England 2½
|
Alan Ormsby (IOM
2069) |
Bird |
|
|
1.f4
Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Bf5 4.d3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6
.O-O Nc6 7.Nh4 Bg6 8.g4
Nd7
9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.Qe1 Bd6 11.Nd2 Qc7 12.Rf2 O-O-O
13.Nf1 Rh7 14.e4 Rdh8
15.e5
(White offered a draw) Ndxe5 16.fxe5 Bxe5 17.c3 Bxh2+ 18.Kg2
Bd6 19.Rf3 Rh1 20.
Qd2 Ne5 21.Re3 g5 22.d4 Ng6 23.Kf2 Bf4 24.dxc5
R8h2+ 25.Nxh2 Rxh2+ (Bxe3+ forces mate) 26.Ke1
Rh1+
27.Bf1 Bxe3 28.Qxe3 Nf4 29.Qf3 Qe5+ 30.Be3 Nd3+
31.Kd2 Rh2+ 32.Kxd3 (white is now winning) Rxb2
33.Bd4 Qh2 34.Qd1 e5 35.Be3
SEE
DIAGRAM
35........
e4+??(Qh7 is Mate) 36.Kd4 f6 37.Kxd5
Qe5+ 38.Kc4 b6 39.
cxb6 Qe6+?(Qb5+ draws) 40.Qd5 (a few more moves were played in the time scramble
but not
recorded) 1-0
|
|
George Ellison (ENG 2116) |
|
|
|
|
English |
Ben Purton (ENG 2067) |
| 1.d4
f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.c4 Bg7 5.Nc3 d6 6.e3
O-O 7.Nge2 c6 8.O-O e5
9.Qc2
Qe7 10.Rd1 Nh5 11.b3 Bd7 12.Ba3 e4 13.d5 c5
14.Bb2 Be8 15.Nf4 Nxf4
16.exf4
Na6 17.a3 Bd7 18.Re1 Qf7 19.Re2 Rfe8 20.Rae1
b5 21.Nb1 bxc4 22.
bxc4
Bxb2 23.Qxb2 Rab8 24.Qc3 Qg7 25.Qxg7+ Kxg7 26.f3
exf3
SEE
DIAGRAM
Draw
agreed
½-½ |
|
|
Glenn Cross (IOM 1992) |
2nd October
Round
3 Monarch Assurance Major
Sandra
Blackburn 0-1 John
Griffin (½)
(½) Mike
Ware 0-1 Richard Allen
Round
1 Monarch Assurance Minor
Jamie Wright,
Brian Keig Alan Robertson and Ron Williams all have 0 / 1
Round 5 Monarch Open - Isle of Man
1½, Great Britain 1½
|
Jonathon Waugh
(IOM 1930) |
English |
|
|
1.c4
Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 d6 5.d3 Nbd7
6.e4 O-O 7.Nge2 e6 8.O-O
a5
9.f4 c6 10.h3 Qe7 11.f5 Ne8 12.g4 g5 13.Be3
Nc7 14.Qd2 h6 15.h4 f6 16.a4
c5 (draw offered) 17.Kf2 b6 18.Rh1 Bb7 19.Rh3 Kf7 20.Rah1
Rh8 21.R1h2 Rag8 22.Ng3
Bc6 23.Qd1 Qf8 24.Nh5 Qd8 25.Qh1 Qf8 26.Nxg7
Qxg7 27.hxg5 fxg5 28.
Rxh6 Rxh6 29.Rxh6 Nf6 30.Kg3 Na6 31.Rg6 Qf8
32.Rxg8 Qxg8 33.Qh6 Qg7 34.
Qxg7+ Kxg7 35.Bxg5 Nb4 36.Bf1 Nc2 37.Be2 Nb4
38.Bd2 Nc2 39.g5 Ng8 40.Nb5
Bxb5
41.cxb5 Nb4 42.Bxb4 cxb4
43.Bd1
SEE
DIAGRAM
1-0 |
|
Alan Grant (SCO 2195) |
|
|
Glenn Cross (IOM 1992) |
Sicilian |
|
|
1.e4
c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Nxd7 5.O-O g6
6.c3 Bg7 7.d4 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Ngf6 9.Nc3 O-O 10.h3 a6 11.a4 Rb8 12.a5
b5 13.axb6 Qxb6 14.Qe2 e5
15.Rxa6
Qb4 16.Ra4 Qb7 17.Rd1 Rfc8 18.d5 Nc5 19.Ra2
Qb3 20.Nd2 Qb4 21. f3
Nh5
22.Nf1 Nf4 23.Bxf4 exf4 24.Qd2 Be5 25.Ne2 Qc4
26.b4 Nb3 27.Qd3 Qxb4
28.Rc2
Nc5 29.Qd2 Qb6 30.Kh1 Rc7 31.Nc1 Rbc8 32.Qf2
Qb5
SEE
DIAGRAM
Draw
Agreed ½-½
|
|
Rudy Van Kemenade (ENG 2141) |
|
|
Alan Ormsby (IOM
2069) |
Caro-Kann |
|
|
1.e4
c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.c3
Nc6 7.O-O cxd4 8.cxd4
Nge7
9.a3 Nc8 10.b4 a6 11.Bb2 Be7 12.Nbd2 O-O 13.Rc1
Nb6 14.Nb3 Bg4 15.
Bd3 Na4 16.Ba1 Rc8 17.h3 Bxf3 18.Qxf3 b5 19.Nc5
Nxc5 20.bxc5 f5 21.exf6
Bxf6
22.Qg4 Qd7 23.Rfe1 Rce8 24.Re2 Qf7 25.Rce1 Nd8
26.a4 Qb7 27.axb5
axb5
28.Rb1 b4 29.Bc3 (wins a pawn) b3 30.Reb2 e5 31.Rxb3 Qf7 32.Bb5
Re6 33.R3b2 Be7
34.Qd1
e4 35.Qe2 Rg6 36.Be1 Ne6 37.Qe3 Nf4 38.g4? h5
39.Bd7 hxg4 40.Bxg4 Kh7 41.Rb6 Bh4 42.Rb8?! (Rxg6 is
better) Rxb8
43.Rxb8
SEE
DIAGRAM
43.......Qf5 44.f3 Bxe1 45.Kf1 Qg5 46.Qxe1(Rf8!) Nd3
47.Qe2
Qc1+ 48.Kg2 Nf4+ 0-1
|
|
James Hanley (ENG 1990) |
|
1st October
Round
2 Monarch Assurance Major
(0) John
Griffin ½-½ David Twitchell
John
Cassidy ½-½ Mike
Ware (0)
Round 4 Monarch Open - Isle of Man
2, Great Britain 1
|
Glenn Cross (IOM 1992) |
Nimzo Indian |
|
|
1.d4
Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bd2 O-O 5.g3 d5
6.Qb3 c5 7.a3 dxc4 8.Qxc4
Qxd4
9.Qxd4 cxd4 10.axb4 dxc3 11.bxc3 Bd7 12.Be3 Bc6
13.Nf3 b6 14.Bg2
Nbd7
15.O-O Ng4 16.Bd2 Nge5 17.Nd4 Bxg2 18.Kxg2 Nc4
19.Rfd1 Rfc8 20.Be1
Nde5
21.b5 Na5 22 e4 Nec4 23.Kf1 Rc5 24.Rab1 g6 25.Ke2
e5 26.Nf3 Na3 27.
Rb4 Nxb5 28.Rd7 Nc6 29.Rb3 Rd8 30.Rxd8+ Nxd8 31.c4
Nc7 32.Kd3 f6 33.Ra3
a6
34.Bd2 Kf7 35.Be3 Rc6 36.g4 Nde6 37.g5 Nc5+
38.Bxc5 Rxc5 39.gxf6 Kxf6
40.h4
Rc6 41.Ra1 Ne6 42.Rg1 Nf4+ 43.Ke3 Rxc4 44.Nxe5
Kxe5 45.Rg5+ Ke6 46.
Kxf4 Rc5 47.Rxc5 bxc5 48.Ke3 a5 49.f4 a4
SEE
DIAGRAM (does Black have possibilities?)
50.Kd3
h6 51.Kc4 Kf6 52.e5+ Ke6
53.Kc3
Kf5 54.Kc4 a3 55.Kb3 g5 56.fxg5 hxg5 57.hxg5
Kxg5 58.Kxa3 Kf5 59.
Kb3 Kxe5 60.Kc4 Kd6 61.Kc3 |
|
Timothy Spanton (ENG 2008) |
½-½
|
|
David
Kelly (SCO 1860) |
French Classical |
|
|
1.e4
e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Ng8
6.Be3 b6 7.Qg4 g6 8.Bd3
Ba6
9.Bxa6 Nxa6 10.Qe2 Nb8 11.Nf3 h5 12.h4 Nh6 13.Bxh6
Rxh6 14.g3 Nc6 15.
O-O-O Qd7 16.Qe3 Rh8 17.Ng5 Bxg5 18.Qxg5 Qe7
19.Qe3 O-O-O 20.Kb1 Qd7 21
.a3
Ne7 22.Qd3 Kb7
SEE DIAGRAM
Draw
Agreed ½-½
|
|
Alan Ormsby (IOM
2069) |
|
30th Sept
Round
1 Monarch Assurance Major
Andrew
Price 1-0 John
Griffin
Mike
Ware 0-1 Michael Kobylka
Round 3 Monarch Open - Isle of Man
1, Rest of the World 2
|
Alan Ormsby (IOM
2069) |
Caro-Kann |
|
|
1.e4
c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6
6.Nf3 Bg4 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qb3 Bxf3 9.gxf3 Nb6 10.Be3 e6 11.O-O-O Be7 12.d5
exd5 13.Nxd5 Nxd5 14.
Rxd5 Qc7 15.Kb1 O-O 16.f4 Rfd8 17.Bg2 Rxd5 18.Bxd5
Bf6 19.Rc1 Qd7 20.Be4
Rd8 21.Qb5 g6 (invites f5?) 22.f5 Kg7 23.a3 Qd6 24.fxg6
hxg6 25.Bxc6 bxc6 26.Rxc6 Qxh2
27.Rxf6 Qg1+ 28.Ka2 Kxf6 29.Qc6+ Kg7 30.Qc3+ Kh7
31.Qc7 Qd1
SEE
DIAGRAM (two Black pawns will now fall)
32.Qxf7+ Kh8
33.Bxa7 Qd3 34.Be3 Rd7 35.Qb3 Qd6 36.Qc4 Kh7
37.Bf4 Qd1 38.Qb3 Qd4 39.
Be5 Qg4 40.f4 Qf5 41.Qb8 Qe6+ 42.Qb3 Qf5 43.a4
Rd3 44.Qb7+ Rd7 45.Qh1+
Kg8 46.a5 Qd3 47.Qc6 Qd5+ (Black should have avoided the
exchange of Queens) 48.Qxd5+ Rxd5 49.b4
g5 50.a6 gxf4
51.a7 1-0
|
|
Sam Collins (IRL 2313) |
|
|
Jonathon Waugh
(IOM 1930) |
Kings Indian |
|
|
1.d4
Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O
6.Bg5 c5 7.d5 Na6 8.Qd2
Nc7
9.Nf3 a6 10.a4 Ng4 11.h3 Ne5 12.Nxe5 dxe5 13.g4
Ne8 14.h4 Nd6 15.h5
f6
16.Be3 g5 17.Bxc5 Qc7 18.Qe3 h6 19.Bb6 Qb8 20.c5
Ne8 21.f3 Bd7 22.Bc4
Kh8
23.b4 Qc8 24.Qe2 f5 25.gxf5 Bxf5 26.Rd1 Bd7 27.d6
exd6 28.Nd5 Bf6 29.
a5 g4 30.f4 exf4 31.Nxf6 Rxf6 32.e5 dxe5 33.Qxe5
Qc6 34.Rf1 Ng7 35.Bd5
Re8
36.Qxe8+ Bxe8 37.Bxc6 Bxc6 38.Rd8+ Kh7 39.Bc7 Nxh5
40.Kd2 g3 41.Be5
Rf7
42.Rh8+ Kg6 43.Re1 g2 44.Rg8+ Ng7 45.Bd4 Rd7
46.Rxg7+ Rxg7 47.Bxg7
Kxg7
48.Ke2 Kf6 49.Kf2 h5 50.Rd1 Ke5 51.Rd8 h4
52.Rh8
SEE
DIAGRAM
½-½
|
|
Michael Shepherd (SCO 2071) |
|
|
Glenn Cross (IOM 1992)
|
Kings Indian |
|
|
1.d4
Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Bf4 d6 5.e4 Nbd7
6.Nf3 O-O 7.Be2 Re8 8.Qd2
e5
9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Nxe5 Nxe4 11.Nxe4 Bxe5 12.Bxe5 Rxe5
13.Nc3 Qg5 14.Qxg5
Rxg5
15.g3 Re5 16.O-O-O c6 17.Rd6 Re6 18.Rd4 Nf6
19.Rhd1 Re8 20.f4 Bg4
21.Bxg4
Nxg4 22.Rd7 Rab8
SEE
DIAGRAM
½-½
|
|
Paul Cheshire
(ENG 1775)
|
|
29th Sept
Round 2
Monarch Open - Isle of Man 0, Great Britain 3
|
Bob
Kermeen (IOM ---- ) |
Sicilian
Najdorf |
|
|
1.e4
c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6
6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3
Nc6
9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.e5 Nd5 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.Ne4 dxe5
13.fxe5 Qb4+ 14.Kf2
Qd4+
15.Ke1 Qxe5 16.Be2 Qf4 17.Qxf4 Nxf4 18.Nd6+ Ke7
19.Nxf7 Rf8 20.Ne5
Nxg2+
21.Kd2 Bb7 22.Rad1 c5 23.Rhg1 g6 24.Kc1
SEE DIAGRAM
24
........Rad8 (loses a pawn)
25.Rxd8 Rxd8 26.Bxa6
Be4
(better d5?)
27.Rf1 Ne3 28.Re1(wins the exchange) Kf6 29.Rxe3 Kxe5 30.Bb7 Rd4
31.c3 Kf4 32.Rh3 Bxb7
33.cxd4
cxd4 34.Rxh7 Be4 35.Kd2 e5 36.b4 Bd5 37.b5
Bxa2 38.b6 Bd5 39.b7
Bxb7
40.Rf7+ Ke4 41.Rxb7 g5 42.Rf7 g4 43.Rf8 Kd5 44.Rg8
e4 45.Rxg4 Ke5
46.h4
Kf5 47.Rg8 Kf4 48.h5 1-0
|
|
David Bennion (WLS 2060) |
|
|
Alan Ormsby (IOM
2069) |
Caro-Kann |
|
|
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5
3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.c3 Nf6 6.Bf4 Bg4 7.Qb3
Qc8 8.Nd2 e6 9.Ngf3 Be7 10.0-0 Bh5 11.Rae1
0-0 12.Qc2 Bg6 13.Bxg6 hxg6 14.Qd3 a6 15.Ne5
Nxe5 16.Bxe5 b5 17.Bg3 Nh5 18.Nf3 Nxg3 19.fxg3
Qc4 20.Qb1 b4 21.Ne5 Qb5 22.cxb4 Bxb4 23.Re3
Bd6 24.Ref3 Bxe5 25.dxe5 Rac8 26.R3f2 Rc4 27.h4
Qc5 28.Kh1 Qe3
See Diagram
0-1 |
|
Thomas Hinks-Edwards (ENG 2363) |
|
|
Jonathon Waugh
(IOM 1930) |
Sicilian closed |
|
|
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6
3.d3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Be3 d6 6.Qd2 Nd4 7.Bg2
Rb8 8.Nd1 e5 9.c3 Nc6 10.Ne2 Nf6 11.Bh6 0-0
12.Bxg7 Kxg7 13.0-0 d5 14.exd5 Nxd5 15.Ne3 Be6
16.Rad1 Qd7 17.Nxd5 Bxd5 18.Bxd5 Qxd5 19.b3 Rbd8
20.Qe3 Rd7 21.Rd2 Rfd8 22.Rfd1 b6 23.d4 cxd4
24.cxd4 Qe6 25.dxe5 Rxd2 26.Rxd2 Rxd2 27.Qxd2 Qxe5
28.Qc3 Qxc3 29.Nxc3 Kf6 30.f4 Ke6 31.Kf2 Kd6
32.Ke3 Kc5 33.a3 Na5 34.Ne4+ Kc6 35.Nd2 Kd5 36.Kd3
b5 37.b4 Nc6 38.Nf3 f6 39.Nd2 a6 40.Nb3 g5
41.Nc5 gxf4 42.gxf4 a5 43.Na6 axb4 44.axb4 Ke6
45.Ke4 f5+ 46.Kd3 Kd6 47.Ke3 Ne7 48.Kf3 Nd5 49.Kg3
Kc6 50.Kh4 h6 51.Kh5 Nxf4+ 52.Kxh6 Nh3 53.Nc5
Kd5 54.Kh5 Nf2 55.Kh4 f4 56.h3 Ke5 57.Nb3
Ke4 58.Nc5+ Ke3 59.Nb3 f3 See
Diagram |
|
George Ellison (ENG 2116) |
60.Kg3
Ne4+ 0-1 |
28th Sept
Round 1
Monarch Open - Isle of Man 0, Rest of the World 2
|
Jonathon Waugh (IOM 1930) |
Queen's Gambit |
|
|
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6
3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 h6 6.Bh4 0-0 7.Nf3
b6 8.Bxf6 Bxf6 9.cxd5 exd5 10.b4 c6 11.Be2
Be6 12.0-0 Qe7 13.Rb1 Rc8 14.Qb3 Qd6 15.Rfc1
Nd7 16.Qd1 Rab8 17.a4 a5 18.bxa5 bxa5 19.e4
dxe4 20.Nxe4 Qd5 21.Nxf6+ Nxf6 22.Bc4 Qf5 23.Bxe6
Qxe6 24.Rxb8 Rxb8 25.Ne5 Rb6 26.Qc2 Nd5 27.Qc5
Rb4
See Diagram
28.Nxc6 Rxa4 (loses the Knight)
29.Qxd5 Qxd5 30.Ne7+ Kh7 31.Nxd5
Rxd4 32.Ne3 a4 33.g3 a3 34.Ra1 Ra4 35.Ra2 g5
36.Nc2 Rc4 37.Nxa3 Ra4 38.Ra1 Kg6 39.Nc2 Rc4
40.Ne3 Rc5 41.Ra6+ f6 42.g4 Rc7 43.h3 Rf7 44.Nf5
h5 45.Kg2 hxg4 46.hxg4 Ra7 (47.Rxa7 stalemate) 47.Nh4+ 1-0 |
|
Jonathan Blackburn (WLS
2158) |
|
|
Alan Ormsby (IOM 2069) |
Slav defence |
|
|
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6
3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 a6 5.b3 b5 6.Bd3 Bg4 7.Nge2 e6
8.0-0 Be7 9.Qc2 Bh5 10.a3 Bg6 11.e4 dxe4 12.Nxe4
Nbd7 13.Rd1 Rc8 14.Nc5 Nxc5 15.dxc5 Qc7 16.b4
Bxd3 17.Rxd3 0-0 18.Bb2 Rfd8 19.Rh3 g6 20.Re1
Rd7 21.Rf3 Qd8 22.Qc3
See Diagram - the pressure on Blacks
Knight is decisive
22.......Rd1 23.Kf1 Rxe1+ 24.Kxe1 h5 25.cxb5 axb5 26.Rxf6 Bxf6 27.Qxf6 Qxf6 28.Bxf6
Kf8 29.Kd2 Ke8 30.Kc2 Kd7 31.Nd4 Re8 32.Be5
Ra8 33.Kb3 Ra6 34.Nf3 Ke8 35.Bf6 Ra8 36.Ne5
Rc8 37.h4 Rc7 38.f3 Rc8 39.g4 Rc7 40.gxh5
gxh5 41.a4 1-0 |
|
Ryszard Palus (POL
2232) |
|
| Port
Erin plays host to chess wizards from around the world |
|
(As reported in the Isle
of Man Examiner, Tuesday 24 September 2002.) |
| Some of the world's
greatest chess players will be arriving in Port Erin this week to compete
in the Monarch Assurance International Chess Tournament that lasts
from September 28 to October 6. |
| This year's
tournament is bigger than ever before, said organiser Dennis Hemsley.
There are 19 grand masters, 1 woman grand master, 12 international masters
and 6 FIDE (Federation International d'Echec) masters from 23 countries. |
| It's probably the
highest number of international rated players we have ever had. |
| The grand masters and
masters will be out-witting each other in games that last up to seven
hours at a time (starting at 1.30pm every day). The main tournament
takes place at the Cherry Orchard Aparthotel, with major and minor events
at the Erin Arts Centre and prizes range from £150 to £2,000. |
| The highest ranked
player is Russia's Vladimir Epishin. "He is in the
super-league," said Dennis. Mr Epishin, along with his fellow
competitors, will be staying at hotels and guest houses throughout the
village. |
| Dennis is the
organiser and was also the inspiration behind the event in the
1970s. "When I arrived in the Island in 1970, I did not know
how to play chess, I was taught by my son," he explained. |
| There was a big
Millennium Chess Festival in 1979 and at a committee meeting with the IOM
Chess Association I put up the idea we should have an international
chess tournament in the Island. |
| "The Friends of
Port St Mary put us in touch with a sponsor and it has reached great
heights. |
| Eleven years since it
first started, the tournament has grown to great heights and it is known
as one of the most prestigious open chess tournaments in the world.
It's all down to a lot of hard work and the continued sponsorship of Monarch
Assurance and the Department of Tourism and Leisure. |
| Over the past few
months, Mr Hemsley has been battling to sort out visas for some of the
competitors - who come from countries including Columbia, Ecuador, Cuba
and Russia. Many hours have been spent talking to the respective
British Embassies. |
| There's no time to
take a breather, he said, as the organisation of next year's tournament
starts the day this year's finishes. "I get inundated every day
with e-mails - some of the players I have had to turn down, some of them
are highly rated". |
| School children are
very welcome to come and watch the grand masters in action, said Dennis. |
| "They must
remember the utmost silence is critical". If there are any
questions, save them for outside the room where play takes place.
Dennis will be sitting just outside the playing area and will answer any
queries. |
|
Island
prepares for Grandmaster invasion |
|
(As reported in the Isle
of Man Courier, Friday 20 September 2002.) |
| The outstanding
feature of the 11th Monarch Assurance International chess tournament will
be the 23 countries represented which is the highest number ever. |
| The tournament begins
next Saturday, September 28th, and will involve players from both North
and South America, Asia, the Middle East, Russia, continental Europe and,
of course, from these islands. |
| In addition to the
wide geographical spread the open tournament will be the strongest yet
with a line-up of 21 grandmasters, 11 international masters, 5 FIDE
masters and one woman grandmaster. This makes a total of 38 titled
players with many club participants availing of the opportunity to compete
in such strong company. |
| GM Mikhail Ulibin
who won this tournament 12 months ago will be defending his title.
He will be facing extremely stiff opposition as no less than six
competitors have a higher FIDE rating than him. |
| Top rated player is GM
Vladimir Epishin, another Russian, on 2643. Within 100 rating
points of him are no less than 13 GMs so nobody is going to have an easy
tournament. |
| Two other previous
winners are GMs Bogdan Lalic, late of Croatia, now England, and Mark
Hebden also of England. They rank 14 and 15 respectively so
maybe their earlier experience will stand them in good stead.
Hebden, in particular, has always shown himself to be a fighter for the
last half point and with the closeness in ratings will be a force to
beware of. |
| Alan Ormsby
from Douglas will be hoping to retain the Stephen Maggs trophy for
the highest finishing Manx competitor though it is rumoured that Neville
Gill will be a late entry. |
| The in-form Irish
champion, IM Sam Collins, will again be competing as will Argentinean
IM Ruben Felgaer who headed a strong tournament in Spain recently. |
| The Open competition
will be held over nine rounds with the Major and Minor contests covering
seven and five days respectively, the latter two taking place in the Erin
Arts Centre. |
| The whole event is
sponsored by Monarch Assurance Plc, Port St. Mary, with generous
assistance from the Department of Tourism and Leisure. Patrick
Taylor, Managing Director of Monarch, will open the festival on Saturday
the 28th September at 1.00pm with play commencing at 1.30pm. |
|
TROMPOWSKI |
This year's entrants to date are as follows (July 2002
ratings used where available). Dennis Hemsley reports: "Our biggest turnout of
GMs and IMs so far - from 24 different countries."
The top ten rated players are
listed below
| 1 |
Vladimir Epishin |
RUS |
gm |
2643 |
new |
| 2 |
Rustem Dautov |
GER |
gm |
2617 |
new |
| 3 |
Yuri Shulman |
BLR |
gm |
2591 |
new |
| 4 |
Mikhail Ulibin |
RUS |
gm |
2589 |
2001 winner |
| 5 |
Valery Neverov |
UKR |
gm |
2587 |
new |
| 6 |
Sarunas Sulskis |
LTH |
gm |
2576 |
new |
| 7 |
Daniel Fridman |
LAT |
gm |
2571 |
previous |
| 8 |
Arkadij Rotstein |
GER |
gm |
2557 |
new |
| 9 |
Jiri Stocek |
CZE |
gm |
2555 |
previous |
| 10 |
Alonso Zapata |
COL |
gm |
2549 |
new |
For further details, visit the official home page for the 11th Monarch
Assurance Isle of Man International Chess Tournament http://www.bcmchess.co.uk/monarch2002/index.html
