Spielvogel Memorial 2004

                                                                                                          (Reporting by Patrick Cook).

 

The 2004 Spielvogel Memorial tournament, a 7 round swiss, saw a very 
pleasing entry of 20 players, including defending champion FM Simon 
Rutherford. The event also sees the return to competition chess of twice 
Ballarat chess club champion Peter Miitel.
 
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20      
1.  Rutherford, Simon      2323   1 1   1     1 1   1                 1   1. 7
2.  van Riel, Bas              1737 0   0 1 1   0         1       1           5-7 4
3.  Jia, Jing                      1727 0 1           1 1       1F     1 1         2. 6
4.  Cook, Patrick            1709   0       1 .5   .5         .5       .5   .5   8-13 3.5
5.  Lavery, John              1679 0 0                 1 .5     1 .5       1   5-7 4
6.  Lumsdon, Peter          1642       0   .5 0             1 1 0 1         8-13 3.5
7.  Stewart, Scott            1618   1   .5   1   0       1     1 0           3/4 4.5
8.  Andrews, Charlie       1574 0   0       1       1   1       0     1   5-7 4
9.  Davis, Geoff               1517 0   0 .5                   1   0   1 1     8-13 3.5
10. Miitel, Peter              1366                     1   .5 0F 0   1 0   0   17 2.5
11. Madden, Judd           1336 0       0     0         1     0   1 1     14-16 3
12. Bailey, Rob               1318   0     .5   0         0         1 1 1     8-13 3.5
13. Frangakis, John         1314     0F         0   .5       0,0         1     19 1.5
14. Stewart, Clint            1270       .5   0     0 1F             1   1 0   8-13 3.5
15. Eldridge, James         1156 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 14-16 3
16. Bailey, Mitchel          1118   0 0   .5 1 1   1   1                     3/4 4.5
17. Abson, John               944     0     0   1   0   0   0         1     14-16 2
18. Young, Darren           852       .5         0 1 0 0           0 .5     18 2
19. Schreenen, Michael    843                 0   0 0 0 0     0     0   20 0
20. Brotheridge, Jamie      unr.     0     .5 0     0   1       1 1             8-13 3.5 
 
 
wins losses
rnd.1 rnd.2 rnd.3 rnd.4 rnd.5 rnd.6 rnd.7 rnd.7 rnd.6 rnd.5 rnd.4 rnd.3 rnd.2 rnd.1
1.  Rutherford, Simon        2323            
2.  van Riel, Bas                1737            

3.  Jia, Jing                        1727            
4.  Cook, Patrick              1709        

   
5.  Lavery, John                1679        

   
6.  Lumsdon, Peter           1642          
7.  Stewart, Scott             1618            
8.  Andrews, Charlie        1574            
9.  Davis, Geoff               1517            
10. Miitel, Peter              1366            
11. Madden, Judd           1336            
12. Bailey, Rob               1318            
13. Frangakis, John         1314            
14. Stewart, Clint            1270            
15. Eldridge, James         1156            
16. Bailey, Mitchel          1118            
17. Abson, John               944            
18. Young, Darren           852            
19. Schreenen, Michael    843            
20. Brotheridge, Jamie      unr.                 
 

Results of the last (7th) Round 4th March 2004

 

 1 Andrews, Charlie   [4]      0:1     Rutherford, Simon  [6] 
 2 Jia, Jing                  [5]      1:0     Davis, Geoff          [3.5]
 3 Stewart, Scott       [3.5]    1:0     van Riel, Bas           [4] 
 4 Lavery, John         [3.5]    .5:.5    Bailey, Rob            [3] 
 5 Madden, Judd        [3]       0:1     Bailey, Mitchel     [3.5]
 6 Cook, Patrick        [3]      .5:.5     Brotheridge, Jamie [3] 
 7 Stewart, Clint       [2.5]      1:0F   Miitel, Peter          [2.5]
 8 Abson, John          [2]        0:1     Lumsdon, Peter     [2.5]
 9 Eldridge, James      [2]        1:0     Young, Darren       [2] 
10 Schreenen, Michael [1]      0:1     Frangakis, John      [.5]

 

Charlie Andrews tried the solid, conservative Stonewall against Simon Rutherford, but to no avail as Simon won in his usual efficient manner. Jing

Jia finished an excellent 2nd after defeating Geoff Davis, while Scott Stewart ventured the unusual Bird's Opening (1. f4 ) against Bas van Riel

and got the better of middle game complications to win.

John Lavery wheeled out the Trompowsky Opening (fashionable amongst English players in recent years) versus Rob Bailey who played sound,

sensible chess to draw comfortably. Mitchel Bailey completed a fine tournament by beating Judd Madden's English Opening.

Patrick Cook once again blundered in a winning position against Jamie Brotheridge and his immediate draw offer was accepted after some thought by

Jamie. Clint Stewart picked up a free point after the hapless Peter Miitel failed to show.

John Abson was unable to cope with Peter Lumsdon's French Winawer, while James Eldridge hit Darren Young with a King's Gambit to score the full

point; and Michael Schreenan's Blackmar-Diemer Gambit (1. d4...d5 2. e4!?) backfired against John Frangakis.

So, once again, FM Simon Rutherford has won a Ballarat tournament with a picket-fence score and reinforced his position as club champion.

 

Results of  Round 6 on 26th February 2004:

            

 1 Rutherford, Simon [5]      1:0     Brotheridge, Jamie [3]  
 2 Van Riel, Bas     [4]      0:1     Jia, Jing          [4]  
 3 Bailey, Mitchel   [3]     .5:.5    Lavery, John       [3]  
 4 Andrews, Charlie  [3]      1:0     Madden, Judd       [3]  
 5 Davis, Geoff      [3]     .5:.5    Cook, Patrick      [2.5]
 6 Lumsdon, Peter    [2.5]    0:1    Stewart, Scott     [2.5]
 7 Bailey, Rob       [2]      1:0      Young, Darren      [2]  
 8 Miitel, Peter     [1.5]    1:0     Abson, John        [2]  
 9 Stewart, Clint    [1.5]    1:0     Schreenen, Michael [1]  
10 Eldridge, James   [1]      1:0     BYE                     
11 Frangakis, John   [2]      0:0     BYE

 

Simon Rutherford maintained his lead in the tournament after a comfortable

win over Jamie Brotheridge's Sicilian Defence, while Jing Jia kept in touch

after knocking over Bas van Riel with the double-edged Alekhine Defence.

Mitchel Bailey confirmed his arrival in the clubs big league by

convincingly drawing against John Lavery's sharp Benko Gambit, and Charlie

Andrews' peculiar handling of Judd Madden's French Defence (1. e4 .. e6 2.

f4!? ) proved good enough for the full point.

Patrick Cook was heading for a convincing win when Geoff Davis spotted a

swindling oppurtunity to snatch a draw. Scott Stewart crushed Peter Lumsdon

with his now regular Leningrad Dutch.

Rob Bailey accounted for Darren Young, Clint Stewart defeated Michael

Schreenan and Peter Miitel finally remembered how to win at the expense of

John Abson.

 

Results Round 5-19/2/04:

 1 Lavery, John       [3] 0:1     Rutherford, Simon  [4]  
 2 Jia, Jing          [3] 1:0     Bailey, Mitchel    [3]  
 3 Van Riel, Bas      [3] 1:0     Cook, Patrick     [2.5]
 4 Stewart, Scott    [2.5]0:1     Andrews, Charlie   [2]  
 5 Young, Darren      [2] 0:1     Davis, Geoff       [2]  
 6 Madden, Judd       [2] 1:0     Bailey, Rob        [2]  
 7 Brotheridge, Jamie [2] 1:0     Stewart, Clint    [1.5]
 8 Lumsdon, Peter    [1.5]1:0     Eldridge, James    [1]  
 9 Abson, John        [1] 1:0     Schreenen, Michael [1]  
10 Miitel, Peter      [.5]1:0    BYE                     
11 Frangakis, John    [.5]0:0    BYE    
 
 

John Lavery took on Simon Rutherford's favourite defence, the Caro-Kann, but

to no avail, eventually losing the exchange and the end game. Mitchel Bailey, emulating Simon, played the Caro-Kann against Jing Jia and was unlucky to lose a drawish looking end game after 42 moves.

Scott Stewart wheeled out the ancient Bishop's Opening against Charlie Andrews, but lost after going astray in the middle game complications (see game below). Bas van Riel surprised his opponent, Patrick Cook, with the Sokolski Opening (1.b4 ) and won an interesting encounter.

Judd Madden eventually beat Rob Bailey's Dutch Defence after Rob declined the oppurtunity to win 2 pieces for rook, while Jamie Brotheridge brushed aside Clint Stewart's Dutch, also.

John Abson and Geoff Davis won their games, as expected, versus Michael Schreenan and Darren Young respectively

 
 

Stewart,S - Andrews,C Round 5

Spielvogel Memorial, 19.02.2004

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.Nf3 Bc5 5.Nbd2 0-0 6.Bb3 b5 7.c3 d6 8.0-0 b4 9.Re1 a5 10.Nf1 Ba6 11.Ng3 bxc3 12.bxc3 Ng4?! This move really achieves little and gives white important breathing space better Rb8 with more potent development 13.d4 exd4 14.cxd4 Bb4 15.Bd2 Rb8 16.Nf5 [16.h3 Nf6 17.e5 Nd7 18.e6 fxe6 19.Bxe6+ Kh8 20.Ng5 Nxd4 21.Nf7+ Rxf7 22.Bxf7+] h3 and the central pawn push looks like the best plan for white 16...g6 17.Ne3 Nf6 18.Nd5 Nxd5 19.Bxd5 Ne7 20.Bb3 c5 21.dxc5 [21.Bxb4 Rxb4 22.a3 Rb8 23.Rc1 Qb6 24.Re3 Nc6 25.dxc5 dxc5 26.Bd5+ The pawn exchange was too early, white could have achieved a nice position maintaining the central tension and solving his other problems first. ] 21...dxc5 22.a3 Bxd2 23.Nxd2 Nc6 24.Bd5 Ne5 25.Qc2 Nd3 26.Re3? see diagram[26.Reb1 Qf6 27.Nb3 a4 28.Na5 Nf4 29.Bc4 Bxc4 30.Nxc4 Rb3+ Whites only try, still suffering from 21...dxc5 white could put up a blockade but giving black a marginal advantage] 26...Qf6 27.Rf1 Rb2 28.Qd1 Ne5 29.Rfe1 c4 30.Nf3 Nd3 31.R1e2 Rfb8 32.Rxb2 Rxb2 33.Re2 Rxe2 34.Qxe2 Qa1+ 35.Qf1 Qxa3 36.Qb1 Qb2 37.Qxb2 Nxb2 38.Nd4 c3 39.f3 Bd3 40.Bb3 a4 41.Bc2 Bxc2 42.Nxc2 the last 16 moves Charlie ruthlessly pushed home his advantage gained from Re3?. 0-1

 Analysis Scott Stewart with assistance of Crafty 18.12

                                                                                                   C.Andrews
                                                                                     
                                                  S.Stewart
					    After 26.Re3?..

Results Round 4-12/2/04:

 

 1 Rutherford, Simon     [3]       1:0     Van Riel, Bas      [3]  
 2 Andrews, Charlie      [2]       0:1     Jia, Jing          [2]  
 3 Cook, Patrick         [2]      .5:.5    Stewart, Scott     [2]  
 4 Lavery, John          [2]       1:0     Madden, Judd       [2]  
 5 Bailey, Mitchel       [2]       1:0     Lumsdon, Peter    [1.5]
 6 Stewart, Clint       [1.5]      0:1     Davis, Geoff       [1]  
 7 Bailey, Rob           [1]       1:0     Abson, John        [1]  
 8 Eldridge, James       [1]       0:1     Brotheridge, Jamie [1]  
 9 Miitel, Peter        [.5]       0:1     Young, Darren      [1]  
10 Schreenen, Michael    [0]       1:0     BYE                     
11 Frangakis, John      [.5]       0:0     BYE   
 
          P.Lumsdon (round4)     
        
                       M.Bailey
        How did white continue (and win)?

 

The top board clash between the clubs No.1 and 2 ranked players, Simon Rutherford and Bas van Riel, saw another win for Simon, further emphasising his dominance of the tournament. Jing Jia defeated Charlie Andrews to keep in touch with the leader, while John Lavery lined up as Simon's next opponent after a comfortable win over Judd Madden.

Mitchel Bailey showed that his earlier wins were no abberration by defeating the experienced Peter Lumsdon in a very nice miniature (see above). Peter Miitel's poor

run of form continued when he left a piece en prise against Darren Young. Patrick Cook returned to his cautious ways with a draw against his tormentor of recent times, Scott Stewart, while Jamie Brotheridge and Geoff Davis scored the full point against James Eldridge and Clint Stewart respectively.

 
 

Results Round 3- 5/2/04:

 1 Jia, Jing          [2]      0:1     Rutherford, Simon  [2]  
 2 Van Riel, Bas      [2]      1:0     Lavery, John       [2]  
 3 Lumsdon, Peter     [1.5]    0:1     Cook, Patrick      [1]  
 4 Stewart, Scott     [1]      1:0     Eldridge, James    [1]  
 5 Brotheridge, Jamie [1]      0:1     Andrews, Charlie   [1]  
 6 Davis, Geoff       [1]      0:1     Bailey, Mitchel    [1]  
 7 Madden, Judd       [1]      1:0     Young, Darren      [1]  
 8 Abson, John        [1]      0:1     Stewart, Clint     [.5] 
 9 Frangakis, John    [0]     .5:.5    Miitel, Peter      [0]  
10 Schreenen, Michael [0]      0:1     Bailey, Rob        [0]       
 
 
Mitchel Bailey, undeterred by his Round 2 defeat, scored another excellent 
win, this time over Geoff Davis. Peter Miitel further demonstrated his 
rustiness when he inexplicably offered a draw, 2 pieces up!!, against John 
Frangakis.
Patrick Cook finally registered a win when traditional rival Peter Lumsdon 
sacificed a piece for an imaginary attack in a Pirc Defence. Simon 
Rutherford continued his dominance of the club by defeating the ambitious 
junior Jing Jia, while Bas van Riel set up a showdown with Rutherford by 
beating the strong and solid John Lavery.
John Abson played a very nice attacking game against Clint Stewart, but 
somehow went astray and lost. Charlie Andrews accounted for Jamie 
Brotheridge, while Judd Madden, Scott Stewart and Rob Bailey all scored 
wins.

Results Round 2- 29/1/04:

 1 Rutherford, Simon  [1]       1:0     Davis, Geoff       [1]  
 2 Bailey, Mitchel    [1]       0:1     Van Riel, Bas      [1]  
 3 Jia, Jing          [1]       1:0     Abson, John        [1]  
 4 Lavery, John       [1]       1:0     Brotheridge, Jamie [1]  
 5 Young, Darren      [.5]     .5:.5    Cook, Patrick      [.5] 
 6 Stewart, Clint     [.5]      0:1     Lumsdon, Peter     [.5] 
 7 Bailey, Rob        [0]       0:1     Stewart, Scott     [0]  
 8 Andrews, Charlie   [0]       1:0     Frangakis, John    [0]  
 9 Miitel, Peter      [0]       0:1     Eldridge, James    [0]  
10 Schreenen, Michael [0]       0:1     Madden, Judd       [0]              

 
Round 2 saw a couple more surprising results. Darren Young held Patrick 
Cook to a draw with careful play in an Exchange French, while James Eldridge 
defeated Peter Miitel.
Mitchel Bailey tried, but failed, against Bas van Riel, Jing Jia cruised 
past John Abson, while Simon Rutherford fought off the feisty Geoff Davis.
John Lavery overcame dangerman Jamie Brotheridge, while Peter Lumsdon, 
back from holidays, scored the full point against fast improving Clint 
Stewart.
The rest of the games went predictably, with the higher rated players 
notching up wins.

Results Round 1-22/1/04:

 1 Madden, Judd       [0]   0:1      Rutherford, Simon  [0]  
 2 van Riel, Bas      [0]   1:0      Bailey, Rob        [0]  
 3 Frangakis, John    [0]   0:1F     Jia, Jing          [0]  
 4 Cook, Patrick      [0]  .5:.5     Stewart, Clint     [0]  
 5 Eldridge, James    [0]   0:1      Lavery, John       [0]  
 6 Stewart, Scott     [0]   0:1      Bailey, Mitchel    [0]  
 7 Abson, John        [0]   1:0      Andrews, Charlie   [0]  
 8 Davis, Geoff       [0]   1:0      Schreenen, Michael [0]  
 9 Brotheridge, Jamie [0]   1:0      Miitel, Peter      [0]  
10 Lumsdon, Peter     [.5]  0:0      BYE                                 
11 Young, Darren      [.5]  0:0      BYE                     
The tournament got off to a dramatic start with the club heavyweights 
struggling against the supposedly weaker club minnows. Patrick Cook suffered 
a hallucination in a promising position, giving up the exchange for no 
compensation against Clint Stewart, and was fortunate to draw after Clint 
returned the favour.
Mitchel Bailey benefited from a misplayed combination by Scott Stewart to 
score the biggest upset. James Eldridge played a French Tarrasch very well 
to reach a dead drawn position, but lack of end game experience resulted in 
him being outplayed by John Lavery.
In a game played at break-neck pace, Jamie Brotheridge wiped Peter 
Miitel's QGA off the board, while John Abson bowled over Charlie Andrews in 
another upset result.
Bas van Riel eventually overcame strong resistance from Rob Bailey and 
Simon Rutherford scored the full point against Judd Madden.
Two players, Peter Lumsdon and Darren Young, took a half-point bye.
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