Richardson & Spens results

[hamish olson]

Is Olsen related to the Olsen twins?

Congratulations to Bon Accord on a deserved victory. Their colour strategy paid off and they were just more focused and determined on the day.

Afraid not (Olson not Olsen). Think the fact that we had never won before (most of our players this match scored as much or more than the whole team did last time we reached the final!) was a real rallying point for the whole team.

[Derek Howie]

Murad Abdulla was born in 2000 and beats my record comfortably. Congratulations to Murad.

Board 7 was murad (12).

Just as well your chess is good, Hamish, as your maths ain't.

[Patrick McGovern]

Congratulations to the Irvine team. i'm sure congratulations will also be on its way from Kilmarnock :ymapplause:

[Adam Bremner]

We were discussing Murad being the youngest to win it yesterday, which would be a great record for him.

Another (possible) record is, did I become the first player to win back to back Richardson cups with different teams?

Also, Hamish, I take objection to some of us being 4 years older than you! Myself and Daniel are 22, Jonny is 21.

[hamish olson]

Oops! For some reason I thought you were 23! In defence of my mathematical abilities, Andy Muir's post about Murads date of birth was posted while I was writing my post.

[amuir]

Adam
I think you are the 1st person to win back to back Richardson with different teams.
My 1992-94 Paisley team morphed into John Henderson's 1997-1998 Crowwood team (all winners) but there was a gap in 1995 (when both teams scratched) and 1996 (beaten by Poly)

[andyburnett]

Here are the games from yesterday's Richardson Cup final - congratulations to Bon Accord who fully deserved their victory. Spens Cup and Campbell Rosebowl games to follow this evening.

(#Use the drop-down menu to select games)
[pgn][Event "Richardson Cup Final Bd1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.04.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tate, A."]
[Black "Bremner, A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2014.04.20"]
[SourceDate "2014.04.20"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bc4 Nb6 8.
Bb3 Bg7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. d5 Na5 12. Be3 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Nxb3
15. axb3 Bxc3 16. Bxb6 Qxb6 17. bxc3 e6 18. c4 exd5 19. cxd5 Rfd8 20. Ra4 Rd7
21. Rd1 Rad8 22. Rf4 Qb5 23. Rfd4 Rd6 24. R1d3 a5 25. g4 Qd7 26. Kg2 b5 27. Qd1
a4 28. bxa4 bxa4 29. Qxa4 Qxa4 30. Rxa4 Rxd5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Richardson Cup Final Bd2"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.04.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lothian, R."]
[Black "Burnett, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2014.04.20"]
[SourceDate "2014.04.20"]

1. d4 c5 2. e3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 a6 7. Bd3 Bd6 8. O-O O-O
9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. b4 Bd6 11. Bb2 Qe7 12. Qb3 dxc4 13. Qxc4 e5 14. Qh4 h6 15.
Rfd1 Rd8 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Qxe7 Nxe7 18. Bxe4 Bg4 19. Bxb7 Ra7 20. Bxe5 Rxb7 21.
Rxd6 Rxd6 22. Bxd6 Nf5 23. Bc5 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Nh4 25. f4 Nf3+ 26. Kg2 Nd2 27.
Rd1 Nc4 28. Rd3 a5 29. Rd4 axb4 30. axb4 Na3 31. Rd2 f5 32. Rd5 g6 33. Rd6 Kf7
34. Rb6 Rxb6 35. Bxb6 Ke6 36. Kf3 Kd5 37. Bc5 Nb5 38. Bf8 h5 39. Kg3 Ke6 40. f3
Nc3 41. Bc5 Nb5 42. Kh4 Kf7 43. Kg5 Nc7 44. Bd6 Nb5 45. Be5 Na7 46. e4 fxe4 47.
fxe4 Nb5 48. f5 gxf5 49. exf5 1-0 [Event "Richardson Cup Final Bd3"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.04.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bathie, N."]
[Black "Olson, H."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[Annotator ",AndyB"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2014.04.20"]
[SourceDate "2014.04.20"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. h4 h6 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 e6 10. Be3 Ngf6 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. Rhe1 O-O-O 13. c4 Bd6 14. Nf1
Rhe8 15. Qc2 c5 16. N1d2 Bf8 17. Kb1 a6 18. Nb3 cxd4 19. Bxd4 e5 20. Be3 e4 21.
Nfd2 Nc5 {=} 22. Nxc5 Bxc5 23. g3 Rd3 24. Bxc5 Qxc5 25. Nb3 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Qe5
27. Re1 Ng4 28. Qe2 f5 29. c5 Rd8 30. c6 b5 31. Rc1 Rd6 32. Qe1 Qd5 33. Qa5
Rxc6 34. Qxa6+ Kc7 35. Qa7+ Kd6 36. Qb8+ Ke7 37. Qb7+ Kd6 38. Qb8+ Kd7 39. Qb7+
Kd6 40. Rxc6+ Qxc6 41. Qxc6+ Kxc6 42. Nd4+ Kd5 43. Nxf5 Nxf2 44. Kc2 Nh1 45.
Kd2 g6 46. Ne3+ Kd4 47. g4 Nf2 48. b3 Nd3 49. Nc2+ Ke5 50. Ke3 b4 51. a4 bxa3
52. Nxa3 Kd5 53. Nb5 Ne5 54. Nc3+ Ke6 55. Kf4 Nd3+ 56. Ke3 Ne5 57. Nxe4 Nxg4+
58. Kd4 Ne5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Richardson Cup Final Bd4"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.04.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Maxwell, D."]
[Black "Orr, M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2014.04.20"]
[SourceDate "2014.04.20"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 d6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
e3 Be6 9. d5 cxd5 10. Nxd5 Bxd5 11. Bxd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 Nc6 13. Nf3 Qc7 14. O-O
Ne7 15. Qd3 Qc6 16. Qe2 Rad8 17. Rad1 Qe4 18. Rd2 Rd7 19. Rfd1 Rfd8 20. Ng5 Qg6
21. Nf3 Qe4 22. Ng5 Qg6 23. Nf3 Qe4 24. Ng5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Richardson Cup Final Bd5"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.04.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Minnican, AW."]
[Black "Edwrads, J."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2014.04.20"]
[SourceDate "2014.04.20"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. d4 Nf6 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. e4 c6 10. Qc2 Re8 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. h3 Nc5 13. Be3 Ne6 14. b4 Nf4 15. Bf1
h6 16. Kh2 g5 17. Ng1 g4 18. g3 gxh3 19. f3 Ne6 20. Nxh3 Nd4 21. Qf2 Be6 22.
Rac1 Rad8 23. Ng1 Nxf3+ 24. Qxf3 Bg4 25. Rxd8 Bxf3 26. Rxe8+ Nxe8 27. Nxf3 Nf6
28. Kg2 Ng4 29. Bg1 h5 30. Rd1 Bh6 31. Rd3 a5 32. a3 axb4 33. axb4 Bc1 34. Nd1
f5 35. Rc3 fxe4 36. Rxc1 exf3+ 37. Kxf3 e4+ 38. Kg2 h4 39. Rc3 e3 40. gxh4 Qe5
41. Be2 Qe4+ 42. Kg3 Nh6 43. Bxe3 Nf5+ 44. Kf2 Qxh4+ 45. Kf3 Qf6 46. Kg4 Qg6+
47. Kf4 Nd6 48. Kf3 Qh5+ 49. Kf2 Ne4+ 50. Ke1 Qh1+ 51. Bf1 Ng3 52. Nf2 Qxf1+
53. Kd2 Qb1 54. Bd4 Qb2+ 55. Kd3 Qe2# 0-1 [Event "Richardson Cup Final Bd6"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.04.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Harwood, D."]
[Black "Hamilton, G."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2014.04.20"]
[SourceDate "2014.04.20"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. b3 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. d3 c6 8. Nd4 Ng4
9. Qd2 Bc8 10. h3 Nxe3 11. Qxe3 c5 12. Qf2 cxd4 13. Bxd4 Qa5+ 14. Nd2 Nc6 15.
Bxg7 Kxg7 16. a3 Qc3 17. Rb1 dxc4 18. bxc4 Nd4 19. g4 Nc2+ 20. Kd1 Nxa3 21. Ne4
Qa5 22. Qb2+ Kg8 23. Ra1 Nxc4 24. dxc4 Rd8+ 25. Kc2 Qc7 26. Qe5 Qd7 27. Be2 Qe8
28. Rhd1 Bd7 29. Nc3 Bc6 30. Rxd8 Qxd8 31. Nd5 Bxd5 32. Qxd5 Qc7 33. Qe5 Qd7
34. Rxa7 Rd8 35. Qe3 Qc6 36. Ra5 e6 37. Kc3 Qg2 38. Ra1 Rc8 39. Rb1 Qc6 40. Qf3
Qc5 41. Qxb7 Qe3+ 42. Bd3 Rd8 43. Qe4 Qxh3 44. f5 e5 45. fxg6 hxg6 46. Rb5 Qg3
47. Rd5 Re8 48. Rd7 Qf2 49. Qd5 Qf6 50. Be4 Re6 51. c5 Qf4 52. c6 Qc1+ 53. Kb3
Qe3+ 54. Qd3 Qb6+ 55. Kc2 Qc5+ 56. Qc3 Qf2+ 57. Rd2 Qf4 58. Bd5 Re8 59. c7 Qxg4
60. Bb7 1-0 [Event "Richardson Cup Final Bd7"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.04.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wallace, D."]
[Black "Abdullah, Murad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2014.04.20"]
[SourceDate "2014.04.20"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d3 g6 8.
h3 Bg7 9. Be3 a6 10. Qd2 Rb8 11. Bh6 O-O 12. Nd5 b5 13. Nxf6+ exf6 14. Bxg7
Kxg7 15. O-O Ne5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. cxb5 Qxb5 18. b3 Rfd8 19. Rad1 Rd4 20. f4
Qd7 21. Rf3 Rd8 22. fxe5 fxe5 23. Rdf1 Rf8 24. Qg5 Qe6 25. Rf6 Qe8 26. R1f3 h6
27. Qg3 a5 28. Ra6 Qe7 29. Rxa5 Qd6 30. Ra7 c4 31. bxc4 Qc5 32. Ra3 Rxd3+ 33.
Kh2 Rd4 34. Rfe3 Rxc4 35. Rac3 Rxc3 36. Rxc3 Qd4 37. Qd3 Rd8 38. Qc4 Rd7 39. a4
Qd2 40. Rf3 Qa5 41. Rb3 Rd4 42. Rb5 Qd2 43. Qf1 Rxa4 44. Rxe5 Qd6 45. Qf4 f6
46. Rf5 Qxf4+ 47. Rxf4 g5 48. Rf1 Rxe4 49. g4 h5 50. Kg3 Re3+ 51. Kg2 hxg4 52.
hxg4 Kf7 53. Rf2 Ke6 54. Rf5 Re5 55. Rf1 f5 56. gxf5+ Rxf5 57. Ra1 Rb5 58. Kg3
Kf5 59. Rf1+ Kg6 60. Ra1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Richardson Cup Final Bd8"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.04.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Cavanagh, M."]
[Black "Burnett, W."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B27"]
[Annotator ",AndyB"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2014.04.20"]
[SourceDate "2014.04.20"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c5 4. Be3 Qb6 5. Nc3 Qxb2 6. Na4 Qb4+ 7. c3 Qa5 8.
Rb1 cxd4 9. Rb5 Qc7 10. Rc5 Nc6 11. cxd4 d6 12. Rc1 Bd7 13. Qb3 Bh6 14. Bc4
Qa5+ 15. Nc3 Nd8 16. O-O Rb8 17. e5 Bxe3 18. fxe3 Nh6 19. exd6 exd6 20. Ne4 f5
21. Nf6+ Ke7 22. Nxd7 Kxd7 23. Bb5+ Ke7 24. Ng5 Qb6 25. Qd5 a6 26. Ba4 Ng4 27.
Qc4 h6 28. Nh3 d5 29. Qxd5 Qd6 30. Qxd6+ Kxd6 31. Rc3 b5 32. Bd1 Nf6 33. Bc2
Ne6 34. Nf4 b4 35. Rc4 Nxf4 36. Rxf4 Nd5 37. Rf3 Rhc8 38. Bb3 a5 39. Rg3 Ne7
40. Rf3 Rxc4 41. Bxc4 a4 42. Rf1 Rc8 43. Bd3 Rc3 44. Rd1 Kd5 45. Kf2 Nc6 46.
Ke2 Na5 47. g4 Ra3 48. Rd2 b3 49. axb3 Nxb3 50. Rc2 fxg4 51. Bxg6 Kd6 52. Bh5
Ra1 53. Kd3 a3 54. Kc3 Nc1 55. Bf7 a2 56. Kd2 Nb3+ 57. Bxb3 Rd1+ 58. Kxd1 a1=Q+
59. Kd2 Qa5+ 60. Kd3 {and no more moves were recorded, although white hung his
rook some time later during the time scramble.} 0-1[/pgn]

[Alex Gillies]

Thanks Andy would you have pgn game files available ?

We'll done BA a real team effort - must be something in the water up there!

[amuir]

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

[andyburnett]

Thanks Andy would you have pgn game files available ?

We'll done BA a real team effort - must be something in the water up there!

Yep, PM me your e-mail address Alex and I'll send them across. Will be sending a copy to Willie Hulme too for the CS database.