Hampshire Individual Championship 2001

Round Six

As mentioned, all was still to be played for in the last round. The draw was quite important too, as I'm sure the three main candidates would prefer to get the lower graded opponents. This is not to take anything away from Joe Coburn and Sherif Gonem, who were both having an excellent tournament, but at this stage Bill Purkiss was probably a more dangerous opponent.

Round Six - Top Three Boards 
White Grade Black Grade

T.Rendle

189

J.Coburn

136

W.Purkiss

177

M.Yeo

193

S.Gonem

127

D.Tunks

187

On the right, is the start of round six, where both Thomas Rendle on board one and Bill Purkiss on board two have played 1. e4. Joe Coburn is just out of the picture, whilst Mike Yeo is considering  his reply.

Below is board three and four, where again Sherif Gonem has opened 1. e4 against Dominic Tunks as has David Pye against David Cordner. This game is worth playing through, as after an opening where White did not seem to get an advantage, a mating attack was suddenly sprung. Pye,D - Cordner,D

 

On the other boards, Bill's game against Mike followed a game of John Van Der Wiel's against Artur Jussupow from 1985 until move 11, when Mike played 11... Bd7 rather than 11... Bd6, although this was played a few moves later. The game turned into a double bishop ending, with a lot of maneuvering. In the end though, no player could make progress without jeopardizing their position, so a draw was agreed.

Purkiss,W - Yeo,M

Final position from Tunks, D - Gonem,S

Round Six Results

White Grade Res Black Grade Res

T.Rendle

189

 1

J.Coburn

136

 0

W.Purkiss

177

 ½

M.Yeo

193

 ½

S.Gonem

127

 0

D.Tunks

187

 1

D.Pye

 187 1

D.Cordner

 169 0

G.Stuart

 144 ½

P.J.Patience

 162 ½

J.F.Wheeler

 169 1

G.Moore

 u 0

P.Walters

 147 0

G.Pafura

 169 1

T.Anderson

 151 ½

N.Campbell

 u ½

K.Esmat

 165 1

L.Stables

 150 0

I.Stenhouse

 142 ½

F.McLeod

 164 ½

R.Short

 134 0

N.Burton

 u 1

R.Perrin

 152 ½

I.Matthew

 147 ½

 

In Dominic's game, careful play by Dominic saw him win a pawn, which soon turned into a monster passed pawn. This sealed Sherif's fate, as he soon had to resign. I've noticed that in a number of Dominic games, he tries to keep the advantage of the two Bishops. This was evident in his wins against Sherif and his first round win against Tom Anderson.

This win meant that Dominic was the Hampshire Champion, for the third time in four years. It was not all doom in gloom for Sherif though as he shared the U160/U140 prize and also took away the trophy.

Joe Coburn tried valiantly against Thomas Rendle, but soon found himself in a very uncomfortable position. He tried a few tactical tricks but Thomas Rendle saw through them and won the game. In the diagram below Joe has sacrificed his Bishop on e6, so he could deflect the Rook and allow himself to play Ng4, attacking f2. But Thomas Rendle played the sensible Nd1 and soon won.

With this win, Thomas Rendle won the tournament with 5 points out of 6. Joe Coburn also shared in the U140/U160 prize with Sherif Gonem. After my quick draw against John Patience in the last round I also scored 3.5/6 and shared in the U160 prize.

With Dominic coming second, third place was shared between Mike Yeo, Bill Purkiss and David Pye on 4/6

 

Prize Winners

1st

T.Rendle

5

£120

2nd 

D.Tunks

4½

£80

3rd =

M.Yeo

4

£13.33

3rd = 

W.Purkiss

4

£13.33

3rd =

D.Pye

4

£13.33

U160 / U140

S.Gonem

3½

£36.66

U160 / U140

J.Coburn

3½

£36.66

U160

G.Stuart

3½

£36.66

Summary

All in all a successful tournament, with the numbers increasing this year the prize fund was also able to be increased. This meant that the third place winners received a small prize.

As always it is hoped to increase numbers next year, which should be achievable. The tournament is held at a good venue, is well run and if the numbers increase, the prize fund will also be improved.

It goes without saying that the comments in this article are personal and do not necessarily reflect the viewpoint of the Hampshire Chess Association. You will notice that I have not analysed the games in great detail, due to the amount of time this would take. I would therefore welcome any comments to the games, especially by the players involved. Also if you played in the tournament and have your own views on it, I will do my best to publish your comments.

 All the games are available to be played through on-line, or downloaded to your PC. The final Cross-table is also available.

I hope you enjoyed the article.

Graham Stuart

g.b.stuart@btinternet.com 

 

 

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