Richardson & Spens results

[andyburnett]

Spens Cup Final and Campbell Rosebowl Final games below.

[pgn][Event "Spens Cup Final Bd1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.04.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thomas, P."]
[Black "Gillespie, D."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2014.04.20"]
[SourceDate "2014.04.20"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Qe2 e6 5. O-O Nf6 6. c3 Nc6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Re1 h6 11. Bf4 Re8 12. Rad1 d5 13. e5 Nh7 14. Bd3 Ng5
15. Bb1 a6 16. Bc1 Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 Bf8 18. Kh1 Qh4 19. Qd3 g6 20. Rg1 Bg7 21.
Rg4 Qd8 22. Rdg1 Rf8 23. Bxh6 Ne7 24. Qe3 Nf5 25. Bxf5 exf5 26. R4g3 Be6 27.
Qf4 1-0 [Event "Spens Cup Final Bd2"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.04.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thomson, A."]
[Black "Montgomery, J."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2014.04.20"]
[SourceDate "2014.04.20"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. e3 e6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O Bd6 8. c5
Bc7 9. b4 e5 10. Nd2 Qe7 11. Bb2 e4 12. Re1 h5 13. Bf1 Bxh2+ 14. Kh1 Ng4 15.
Qe2 Qh4 0-1 [Event "Spens Cup Final Bd3"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.04.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Montgomery, R."]
[Black "Copeland, R."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D77"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2014.04.20"]
[SourceDate "2014.04.20"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O Nc6 6. d4 e6 7. Nc3 d5 8. b3
Ne7 9. Bb2 c6 10. e3 Bd7 11. Qc2 b5 12. Ne5 Rc8 13. Qe2 a6 14. Rfc1 Be8 15. Ba3
Nd7 16. Nxd7 Bxd7 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. c5 e5 19. Qd2 exd4 20. exd4 Qf6 21. Ne2
Rfe8 22. Re1 Bg4 23. Rad1 Re7 24. h3 Bf3 25. Nf4 Bxd1 26. Rxe7 Qxe7 27. Qxd1
Re8 28. Bf3 Qe1+ 29. Kg2 Qxd1 30. Bxd1 Bxd4 31. Nd3 f5 32. h4 Kf7 33. Kf3 Kf6
34. Kf4 h6 35. Kf3 g5 36. hxg5+ hxg5 37. g4 Rh8 38. Kg2 fxg4 39. Bxg4 a5 40.
Bd7 b4 41. Bxc6 Ke6 42. f4 g4 43. Bb7 Kd7 44. Bxd5 Re8 45. Bc4 Re3 46. Bb5+ Kc7
47. Nf2 Rf3 48. Nxg4 Rxf4 49. Kg3 Rf5 50. Bc4 Rxc5 51. Kf4 Kd6 52. Ke4 Bc3 53.
Kd3 Rg5 54. Nf2 Rg3+ 55. Ke2 Ke5 56. Nd3+ Kd4 57. Nf4 Rg1 58. Ne6+ Ke5 59. Nc7
Rg2+ 60. Kd3 Rd2+ 61. Ke3 Rxa2 62. Nb5 Bd2+ 63. Kd3 Bh6 64. Bg8 Rg2 65. Bf7 Bg7
66. Na7 Kd6 67. Bc4 Rg3+ 68. Ke4 Kc5 69. Bf7 Rc3 70. Nc8 Bf8 71. Na7 Kb6 72.
Nc8+ Rxc8 73. Bc4 Rxc4+ 74. bxc4 Kc5 75. Kd3 Bg7 76. Kc2 Kxc4 77. Kb1 b3 78.
Kc1 a4 79. Kb1 a3 80. Kc1 a2 0-1 [Event "Spens Cup Final Bd4"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.04.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Loughran, R."]
[Black "Houston, D."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D04"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2014.04.20"]
[SourceDate "2014.04.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. O-O c5 8. Re1
Qc7 9. Nf1 Re8 10. Ng3 b6 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Bb7 13. dxc5 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Bxe4
15. Rxe4 Nxc5 16. Re1 Rad8 17. Qe2 Rd7 18. Be3 Red8 19. Rab1 Nd3 20. Red1 e5
21. g3 h6 22. Rd2 e4 23. Nd4 Qb7 24. f4 Qd5 25. a3 f5 26. h3 Kh7 27. Kh2 Bf6
28. Rbd1 Rd6 29. Rg1 Qf7 30. h4 Rd5 31. Kg2 Qd7 32. Qd1 Rg8 33. Rf1 Rd6 34. Qb3
Rc8 35. Qd1 Rd8 36. Rh1 Kg7 37. Rf1 Rc8 38. Rh1 Rg8 39. Qf1 Qe8 40. h5 Rd5 1-0 [Event "Spens Cup Final Bd5"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.04.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mulholland, A."]
[Black "Teaz, B."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2014.04.20"]
[SourceDate "2014.04.20"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 Bd6 4. c4 c6 5. Nbd2 f5 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. O-O
Ne4 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nxe4 fxe4 11. Nd2 O-O 12. a3 b6 13. b4 Qf6 14. Qe2 a5 15.
b5 a4 16. f3 exf3 17. Nxf3 Qg6 18. Bb2 Bb7 19. Nh4 Rxf1+ 20. Rxf1 Qg5 21. e4
dxe4 22. Bxe4 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 Qd5 24. Qxd5 exd5 25. Nf5 Bf8 26. Rc1 Ra5 27. Rc8
Rxb5 28. Bc3 Rb1+ 29. Kf2 Kf7 30. Ne3 Bxa3 31. Nxd5 b5 32. Ke3 Ke6 33. Nf4+ Kd6
34. d5 Bc5+ 35. Kd2 a3 36. Bxg7 a2 37. Ra8 b4 1/2-1/2[/pgn]

[pgn][Event "Campbell Rosebowl Final Bd1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.04.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Calder, J."]
[Black "Macnab, C."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2014.04.20"]
[SourceDate "2014.04.20"]

1. d4 Nc6 2. c4 e5 3. d5 Nce7 4. Nc3 Ng6 5. e4 Bc5 6. Nf3 N8e7 7. Be2 O-O 8.
O-O d6 9. Ne1 f5 10. Nd3 Bd4 11. Kh1 Bxc3 12. bxc3 fxe4 13. Ne1 Nf4 14. Bg4
Neg6 15. g3 Nh3 16. Kg2 Ng5 17. Bxc8 Rxc8 18. Qg4 Nf3 19. Qxe4 Nxe1+ 20. Rxe1
Qf6 21. Be3 b6 22. a4 a5 23. Ra2 Qf5 24. f3 h6 25. Rb2 Rf7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Campbell Rosebowl Final Bd2"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.04.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anderson, NJ."]
[Black "Barrett, T."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B49"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2014.04.20"]
[SourceDate "2014.04.20"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Be2 Nf6 8.
O-O Bb4 9. f3 b5 10. Nxc6 Qxc6 11. Bd4 O-O 12. a3 Bc5 13. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 14. Kh1
Bb7 15. Qe1 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Bd3 Bc4 19. Qc3 Rac8 20. Bxc4
Qxc4 21. Qxc4 Rxc4 22. c3 Rd8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Campbell Rosebowl Final Bd3"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.04.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Baird, C."]
[Black "Austin, R."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A02"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2014.04.20"]
[SourceDate "2014.04.20"]

1. f4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O e6 6. d3 d5 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. e4
dxe4 9. Nxe4 Be7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. h3 Qc7 12. Be3 Nh5 13. Bf2 g6 14. Rae1 Rad8
15. c3 Ba6 16. c4 Nb4 17. Neg5 Ng7 18. Ne5 f6 19. Nxe6 Nxe6 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21.
Qxe6+ Rf7 22. a3 Bc8 23. Qe2 Nxd3 24. Bd5 Rxd5 25. cxd5 Nxe1 26. Rxe1 Bxh3 27.
Qf3 f5 28. Re6 Bf6 29. d6 Qd7 30. Qd5 Kh7 31. b4 Qb5 32. Re1 Kg7 33. bxc5 bxc5
34. Bxc5 Qb7 35. Qd2 Qc6 36. Bd4 Qxd6 37. Bxf6+ Qxf6 38. Re8 Rb7 39. Rc8 Rb1+
40. Kh2 Rb2 41. Rc2 Rxc2 42. Qxc2 Bf1 43. Qc7+ Qf7 44. Qe5+ Kh7 45. Kg1 Ba6 46.
Qd6 Bb7 47. Qd8 Bd5 48. g4 fxg4 49. Qh4+ Kg7 50. Qxg4 a5 51. Qg5 Qa7+ 52. Kh2
Qf2+ 0-1 [Event "Campbell Rosebowl Final Bd4"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.04.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Heatlie, D."]
[Black "Lampard, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2014.04.20"]
[SourceDate "2014.04.20"]

1. d4 c5 2. c3 cxd4 3. cxd4 g6 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 Nf6 6. h3 d6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. a3
a6 9. Bd3 b5 10. Nf3 Bb7 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. b4 e6 13. O-O O-O 14. Bg5 Qd7 15. Qb3
Ne7 16. Nd2 Ned5 17. Nce4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 f5 19. Nd2 Nf6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. f4 Rc7
22. Rxc7 Qxc7 23. Qxe6+ Kg7 24. Qb3 Rc8 25. Rb1 Qc6 26. Nf3 Qc3 27. Be2 Be4 28.
Rb2 Qc1+ 29. Kf2 Rc3 30. Qe6 Bh4+ 0-1 [Event "Campbell Rosebowl Final Bd5"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.04.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smith, C."]
[Black "Bate, S."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2014.04.20"]
[SourceDate "2014.04.20"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 c5 3. e4 Nc6 4. dxc5 Qa5+ 5. Qd2 Qxd2+ 6. Nxd2 e6 7. exd5 exd5
8. Nb3 Nf6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. O-O-O Be6 11. Nf3 O-O-O 12. Nh4 d4 13. g3 Bxb3 14.
axb3 Bxc5 15. Nf5 Ne5 16. Bh3 Kc7 17. f4 Nc6 18. Rhe1 Rhe8 19. Bf1 Rxe1 20.
Rxe1 Nb4 21. c3 dxc3 22. bxc3 Nd3+ 23. Bxd3 Rxd3 24. Kc2 Rd5 25. Ne3 Bxe3 26.
Rxe3 Kd7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Campbell Rosebowl Final Bd6"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.04.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jackson, R."]
[Black "Lampard, S."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2014.04.20"]
[SourceDate "2014.04.20"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Bc5 6. Be3 Nxd4 7. Bxd4 Bxd4
8. Qxd4 Nf6 9. e5 Ng8 10. Ne4 Nh6 11. Nd6+ Kf8 12. Bd3 g6 13. g4 Kg7 14. O-O-O
Qg5+ 15. f4 Qxg4 16. Rhg1 Qh4 17. Qe3 f5 18. exf6+ Qxf6 19. Rdf1 Nf5 20. Bxf5
exf5 21. Ne8+ Rxe8 22. Qxe8 Qe6 23. Re1 Qxe8 24. Rxe8 b6 25. Rge1 Kh6 26. R1e7
Bb7 27. Rxa8 Bxa8 28. Rxd7 a5 29. Kd2 Be4 30. c3 b5 31. b3 Bc6 32. Rc7 Be4 33.
a3 Bd5 34. c4 bxc4 35. bxc4 Be4 36. Ra7 a4 37. Rxa4 Kh5 38. c5 Bd5 39. Rd4 Bc6
40. Rd6 Be4 41. c6 h6 42. c7 Bb7 43. Rd8 g5 44. fxg5 hxg5 45. c8=Q Bxc8 46.
Rxc8 Kg4 47. Rc3 f4 48. Ke2 Kf5 49. h3 1-0[/pgn]

[Patrick McGovern]

i was astonished to see that a big club such as Hamilton defaulted a board in the final;

[andyburnett]

The Minnican- Edwards game looks critical - white had a lot of material for the queen

Not an easy position to play for white though unfortunately - the queen and knight against an exposed king are a dangerous force.

Our main problem was on the higher boards - we just didn't produce the goods yesterday. Alan Tate and Mark Orr couldn't get anywhere, Nicol fought hard, whereas I played a horrible 13th move (inexplicable as I understood the position very well) after which Robert played very well to finish me off. The top 4 boards are where I would expect our main chances to lie, but BA neutralised us very easily.

[Alan Tate]

If I ever win this trophy I'm definitely going to put it as my Facebook profile picture so that the world knows I've won the toughest competition in Scotland, the Richardson cup! :-bd

[Andy Howie]

i was astonished to see that a big club such as Hamilton defaulted a board in the final;

Unfortunately seems to be more common, I remember sitting for hours with no game in our Final V Troon as they defaulted board 6

[Patrick McGovern]

sad to hear Andy; Troon, like Hamilton have many regular players and lots of talented juniors who could do a good job on board 6. To have the anticipation of playing in a final then to sit it out is very disappointing. However i'm sure both clubs will have been disappointed to turn up short of a player.

[Andy Howie]

I know from speaking to one of the players yesterday he was "not best pleased..."

[Jonathan Livingstone]

We played Hamilton in the Spens QF, in the days prior to the match their captain was struggling to raise a team. They did manage to get 6 in the end. It did surprise me given the size of the club. But then I had similar bother raising a team for our Rosebowl match, it is always more difficult to get a team together for away matches with travel required. If I am not mistaken there was 1 default in the Richardson's during an earlier round and this would be the only default in the Spens. Not ideal but it could be a lot worse.

The change to a 5 board structure to the Spens is going to solve these problems next season, while making travel arrangements easier, and is a good call by Keith.

The Spens is clearly struggling as a tournament and in terms of interest to play in it. My club was a last minute entry and that only made it a respectful 8 team knockout. I have suggested a central venue format on set dates given at start of season to Keith, much like the SNCL. Not sure if other clubs have an appetite for that structure, be it the Richardson's or Spens?

I'd like to see the Spens jazzed up, and the potential is there for it to become a 16 team tournament.

I also think we should do away with the snack/refreshment rule. It is just giving team captains extra stress and requiring further club expenditure.

[hamish olson]

The thing I like most about the richardson from my perspective up in aberdeen is that we actually get to play some chess near to us in a lot of the matches. Too often people suggest "central" venues such as Edinburgh Chess club (which is indeed in the centre of edinburgh) rather than centre of scotland venues such as Perth (roughly equidistant to aberdeen edinburgh glasgow - in other words everyone is equally unhappy but thats compromise for you!).

Am going to moot the possibility of Bon Accord playing a B team in the Spens - I was actually thinking it was 8 boards so if its 5 then it should be quite likely.

[Hugh Brechin]

Ah, but there's a heck of a lot more Weegies than Teuchters. Stirling, if you have to...