Hampshire Individual Championship 2001

Round Three

Board one's game did not take long, when Sherif dropped a piece on move 11, although his position was already unpleasant. Board two took a lot longer, but was crucial to the outcome of the tournament. Thomas Rendle offered a draw on move 25, but in doing so blundered the exchange.

Dominic position was winning at this stage, but after a long struggle, with excellent defending Thomas Rendle managed to set up a fortress and a draw was agreed. In the final position Dominic was still the exchange up, but his pawns could not advance. I'm still not convinced that the final position was drawn  - so if anyone has analysis on this position let me know.

White Grade Res Black Grade Res

S.Gonem

 127 0

M Yeo

 193 1

T Rendle

 189 ½

D.Tunks

 187 ½

D.Pye

 187 ½

N.Campbell

 u ½

P.Walters

 147 1

D.Cordner

 169 0

P.J.Patience

 162 ½

J.Coburn

 136 ½

I.Stenhouse

 142 0

W.Purkiss

 177 1

JF. Wheeler

 169 0

K.Esmat

 165 1

G.Pafura

 169 1

R.Perrin

 152 0

T.R.Anderson

 151 ½

L.Stables

 150 ½

N.Burton

 u 0

G.Stuart

 144 1

I. Matthew

 147 ½

F.McLeod

 162 ½

G.Moore

 u 1

Bye

    

R.Short

 132 ½

Bye

    

Rendle, T - Tunks,D (Final position)

 

 

Therefore this left just Mike Yeo on 3/3 and he was going to have to play Thomas Rendle in round four, as he was the only player on 2.5. There were nine players in the chasing pack though, on 2/3.

Round Four

Being a Saturday evening, I had already planned on taking a bye, so did not see the games on the top boards. Thomas Rendle blew the championship open, winning with Black against Mike Yeo. I presume that time trouble played its part in this game, as Mike missed a win.
 

Round Three Leader Table

 Score
1

Yeo,Michael J

 3.0 / 3
2

Rendle,Thomas

 2.5 / 3
3

Tunks,Dominic

 2.0 / 3
4

Patience,PJ

 2.0 / 3
5

Pye,David

 2.0 / 3
6

Gonem,S

 2.0 / 3
7

Esmat,K

 2.0 / 3
8

Coburn,J

 2.0 / 3
9

Purkiss,William

 2.0 / 3
10

Campbell,N

 2.0 / 3
11

Walters,P

 2.0 / 3

In this position White had 32.c7 where the pawn cannot be stopped. After 32. axb4 ..d3+ Black went on to win. Yeo,M - Rendle,T

On board two a game was played that Pat McEvoy the controller enjoyed so much that he awarded a brilliance prize to the loser! The game was Dominic Tunks v Khaled Esmat and the opening was one of Dominic's I don't want to play any theory openings (probably unfair, as there are quite a few openings like this, but anything with an early b4 looks strange to me). It started 

1.Nf3 d5 2.b4 e6 3.Bb2 Nf6 4.a3 c5 and soon turned into a real battle, with hanging pieces all over the place. At move 13 the position looked as below;

Tunks,D - Esmat,K as move 13

 

Although the position was very hairy for Dominic, the sacrifices that Khaled threw at him were not enough and Dominic steered the game to a win.

In other games, Sherif Gonem bounced back defeating Neil Campbell, who was also having an excellent tournament (don't remind me of how I missed the win of a piece in our game from round 2). Bill Purkiss won the exchange against Joe Coburn, but let the position slip and a drew was agreed, another good result for Joe,

White Grade Res Black Grade Res

M.Yeo

 193 0

T.Rendle

 187 1

D.Tunks

 187 1

K.Esmat

 165 0

P.Walters

 147 ½

P.J.Patience

 162 ½

W.Purkiss

 177 ½

J.Coburn

 136 ½

R.Short

 132 0

G.Pafura

 169 1

N.Campbell

 u 0

S.Gonem

 127 1

L.Stables

 150 1

I.Stenhouse

 142 0

G.Moore

 u 1

I. Matthew

 147 0

N.Burton

 u 1

Bye

    

Everyone else

   ½

Bye

    

 

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