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Jenkins Trophy, Auckland
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Howick-Pakuranga Chess Club challenges Jenkins Trophy holders North Shore Chess Club over 20 boards, held at the
North Shore clubrooms. Time control was 75 minutes plus 10 seconds per move.
Final Results Wednesday 23/07/08
No Howick-Pakuranga Result North Shore
Bd 1 Martin Dreyer 2241 0-1 Ralph Hart 2173
Bd 2 Ewen Green 2207 1/2-1/2 Jeff McCrone 2051
Bd 3 Ben Lim 1957 1-0 Mark LeBrocq 2030
Bd 4 Stan Yee 1946 (Capt) 0-1 Peter Stuart 1996 (Capt)
Bd 5 Paul Spiller 1836 1/2-1/2 Antonio Krstev 1935
Bd 6 Craig Blaxall 1803 1-0 Mario Krstev 1928
Bd 7 Richard Taylor 1731 0-1 Neil Gunn 1922
Bd 8 Paul Morten 1696 1-0 Filip Petreski 1908
Bd 9 Edward Huang 1567 0-1 Michael Howard 1840
Bd 10 Tony Booth 1565 1/2-1/2 Helen Milligan 1832
Bd 11 Scott Plyler 1494 0-1 Philip Hair 1828
Bd 12 Peter Morten 1354 0-1 Mario Jarina 1765
Bd 13 Kees van den Bosch 1231 0-1 David Evans 1782
Bd 14 Stefan Kolev 1200 0-1 Daniel Johns 1606
Bd 15 Alan Chen 1183 1-0 Bob Mitchell 1543
Bd 16 Wan Xin Chen 1121 1-0 Graham Mears 1512
Bd 17 Alex Pan 926 1-0 Brian Winsor 1334
Bd 18 Luke Li unr 926 rpd 0-1 J Stone unr
Bd 19 Struan Ferguson unr 0-1 Mandie van Dyk 1284
Bd 20 William Zhang 847 1-0 Lyton Rudkins 1163
TOTALS 8.5-11.5
Well done to North Shore, again retaining the Jenkins Trophy. But we are getting better ... Thank goodness for our Juniors!
We breed them young, we breed them tough at Howick-Pakuranga. Some very interesting games, but the top board stood out,
between Martin Dreyer and Ralph Hart. It started out as a Queens Gambit Accepted, then turned Slav(ish), then Semi-Slav(ish),
then looked like a Sicilian Najdorf with possible tactics on e6, b5 and d5. Except the poor Slav Bishop was stranded on h5,
but a Sicilian type position demanded that it be somewhere guarding the Queenside. The White pawn was on e3 instead of e4,
but Ralph Hart didn't seem to mind, and obviously saw the similarities in the different positions. Confused? Click "Games",
play through the game and you will see. This is one of those games where you say "Where on earth did I go wrong?" After
6.Bg5?! Black actually has the better position =+(0.29) Depth 16. White may appear to look good on the board, but Mr Fritz
says Black is definitely better. So, what happened? All games are also posted as a "pgn" file.
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Junior Interclub
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Final Standings Sunday 06/07/08
No Prelim Gp 1 1 2 3 4
1 Waitemata A xx 2½ 4 4 10½
2 North Shore 1½ xx 2 4 7½
3 Auckland B 0 2 xx 1½ 3½
4 Howick-Pakuranga B 0 0 2½ xx 2½
No Prelim Gp 2 1 2 3 4
1 Auckland A xx 3 1½ 2½ 7
2 Waitemata B 1 xx 3 3 7
3 Howick-Pakuranga A 2½ 1 xx 3 6½
4 Papatoetoe 1½ 1 1 xx 3½
Qualifiers carried forward their preliminary match results to the final,
indicated by # in the final tables.
No FINAL A 1 2 3 4
1 Waitemata A xx 4 2½# 4 10½
2 Auckland A 0 xx 2½ 3# 5½
3 North Shore 1½# 1½ xx 2 5
4 Waitemata B 0 1# 2 xx 3
No FINAL B 1 2 3 4
1 Howick-Pakuranga A xx 3# 4 3½ 10½
2 Papatoetoe 1# xx 2 2½ 5½
3 Howick-Pakuranga B 0 2 xx 2½# 4½
4 Auckland B ½ 1½ 1½# xx 3½
Interclub A Grade
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Final Standings Sunday 29/06/08
No Team 1 2 3 4 GP MP
1 North Shore x 4.5 4.5 5.0 14.0 6
2 Howick-Pakuranga 1.5 x 4.0 2.5 8.0 2
3 Waitemata 1.5 2.0 x 4.5 8.0 2
4 Papatoetoe 1.0 3.5 1.5 x 6.0 2
Round 3 Sunday 29/06/08
No Papatoetoe Result Howick-Pakuranga North Shore Result Waitakere
1 Gibbons R.E. ½ : ½ Dreyer M.P. Garbett P.A. ½ : ½ Brimble M.T.
2 Tanoi E. 0 : 1 Blaxall C.S. McCrone J. 1 : 0 Smith V.J.
3 Dale C. 0 : 1 Taylor R. Stuart P.W. 1 : 0 Smith D.M.
4 Mukkattu P. 1 : 0 Morten Paul Fuatai F. 0 : 1 Rider B.
5 Logo P. 1 : 0 Booth A.J. Gunn N.J. 1 : 0 Pollard B.
6 Gao H. 1 : 0 Morten Peter Milligan H. 1 : 0 Tsoi N.
TOTALS 3½ : 2½ 4½ : 1½
Here is what happened in the final "A" Grade Interclub match vs Papatoetoe, Sunday 29th June. Martin Dreyer and Bob Gibbons
agreed a draw after 10 moves. Craig Blaxall beat Ed Tanoi after Ed saced the exchange and didn't choose the best follow up.
Richard Taylor managed to beat Chris Dale in a complex tactical duel. Paul Morten lost to Philip Makkattu when he blundered
his Queen. Tony Booth lost a piece in the opening to Phillip Logo and the game soon followed. Peter Morten had a cracker of
a position against Hans Gao, but the senior member of the Morten clan was mated on his back rank. So the final score was
Howick-Pakuranga 2.5 vs Papatoetoe 3.5. Review by Craig Blaxall. See "Games" for pgn file.
Round 2 Sunday 15/06/08
No North Shore Result Howick-Pakuranga Waitakere Result Papatoetoe
1 Garbett P. ½ : ½ Dreyer M.P. Smith R.W. 1 : 0 Gibbons R.E.
2 Le Brocq M.J. ½ : ½ Blaxall C.S. Brimble M.T. ½ : ½ Tanoi E.
3 McCrone J. 1 : 0 Taylor R. Smith V.J. 1 : 0 Mukkattu P.
4 Stuart P.W. 1 : 0 Morten Paul Smith D.M. 1 : 0 Dale C.
5 Fuatai F. 1 : 0 Booth A.J. Pollard B. 1 : 0 McRae J.H.
6 Milligan H. ½ : ½ Huang E. Seitner M. 0 : 1 Gao H.
TOTALS 4½ : 1½ 4½:1½
The result of our Interclub match vs North Shore ended with the North Shore winning 4.5 - 1.5. On board 1 Dreyer and Garbett
agreed a draw after 8 moves. On board 2 Craig Blaxall and Mark Le Brocq drew after fighting it out to a drawn rook and pawn
ending without either side getting much of an advantage. Board 3 saw Richard Taylor play a complicated game vs
Jeffrey McCrone in which Taylor had good chances, but he took a poisoned pawn and lost the game. Paul Morten was under
pressure from Peter Stuart almost from the word go and lost a bishop ending a pawn down. Tony Booth lost a piece and the
game to Fuatai Fuatai, who was playing for North Shore. Edward Huang's game vs Helen Milligan was the last game finished and
ended in draw in an even position. Review by Craig Blaxall. See "Games" for pgn file.
Round 1 Sunday 25/05/08
No Waitakere Result Howick-Pakuranga Papatoetoe Result North Shore
1 Smith R.W. ½ : ½ Dreyer M.P. Gibbons R.E. 0 : 1 Hart R.
2 Smith V.J. ½ : ½ Spiller P. Tanoi E. 1 : 0 Le Brocq M.J.
3 O'Connor J.A. 0 : 1 Blaxall C.S. Khan N. 0 : 1 Stuart P.W.
4 Pollard B. 1 : 0 Taylor R. Mukkattu P. 0 : 1 Fuatai F.
5 Tsoi N. 0 : 1 Booth A.J. Nathan M. 0 : 1 Gunn N.J.
6 Arnold R. 0 : 1 Huang E. Gao H. 0 : 1 Milligan H.
TOTALS 2 : 4 1 : 5
Here is what happened in the Interclub. Our top board Martin Dreyer drew with Bob Smith because after a tactical duel
Martin Dreyer could force a perpetual check. On board 2 Paul Spiller drew with Viv Smith. They agreed a draw with plenty of
play left because Spiller was running low on time, with about 2 minutes left. On board 3 Craig Blaxall's opponent,
John O'Connor, had Craig's king in a mating net but managed to mate O'Connor's king first! Richard Taylor lost to his
opponent after overlooking a tactic. Tony Booth beat Nicole Tsoi. Edward Huang's game was the first finished, he thrashed
his opponent. So over all we won against Waitakere 4:2. Review by Craig Blaxall. See "Games" for pgn file.
Primary Schools Tournament and Intermediate Schools Tournament
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21st May 2008 Primary Schools Tournament, teams of 4. 28th May 2008 Intermediate
Schools Tournament, teams of 4. Held at Elm Park School. Seven round Swiss, time
control approx. 30 mins (achieved by issuing boards still playing with 5 mins.
Each timer set about 20 mins from starting).
Friendly reminder for the Team fees from Mellons Bay Primary, Elim Church College,
Farm cove Intermediate, Somerville Intermediate and Pakuranga Intermediate: please
make cheques payable to Howick-Pakuranga Chess Club and send C/- Treasurer, 37
Centre Court, Pakuranga 2010.
Primary Schools Tournament results
Pigeon Mountain School 24/28 1st
Willowbank School 20.5/28 2nd
Stanhope School 1 18/28 3rd
Mellons Bay +
Kings School 1 16/28 4th-5th=
Elm Park School 13.5/28 6th
Our Lady Star of the Sea 12.5/28 7th
Bucklands Beach School 1 +
Stanhope School 2 11.5/28 8th-9th=
Bucklands Beach School 2 10/28 10th
Kings School 2 9/28 11th
Howick School 5.5/28 12th
Intermediate Schools Tournament results
Bucklands Beach Intermediate 1 22.5/28 1st
Somerville Intermediate 21/28 2nd
Kings School 17.5/28 3rd
Bucklands Beach Intermediate 3 17/28 4th
Bucklands Beach Intermediate 4 +
Stanhope 2 +
Elim Church College +
Howick Intermediate 1 +
Bucklands Beach Intermediate 2 15.5/28 5th-9th=
Howick Intermediate 2 15/28 10th
Farm Cove Intermediate 2 +
Somerville Intermediate 14.5/28 11th-12th=
Farm Cove 3 +
Farm Cove 4 14/28 13th-14th=
Sacred Hearts College 1 +
Farm Cove 1 13.5/28 15th-16th=
Bucklands Beach Intermediate 6 +
Bucklands Beach Intermediate 5 +
Stanhope School 13.5/28 17th-19th=
Pakuranga Intermediate 12/28 20th
Sacred Hearts College 2 10.5/28 21st
St Thomas School 8/28 22nd
Elim Church College 2 5.5/28 23rd
Somerville Intermediate 3 5/28 24th
Ferndale High School, Washington vs Howick-Pakuranga
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A combined team from the Howick-Pakuranga Chess Club Juniors and Pakuranga College Chess Club,
captained by Alan Peng, is currently playing a correspondence game against
Ferndale High School Chess Club, Washington.
Howick-Pakuranga has just made a heart-stopper of a move, with the speculative (or maybe
doubtful) 4. ... Nd5 leaving the Knight en prise. Surely it will be gobbled, but what has
Black cooked up?
"We decided to do 6... f3+, forcing a counter to the pawn. How will this chaotic game turn
out?"
"Our King is tired of being shut in, and is going for an invigorating walk in the deep forest,
where butterflies and wolves abound. In other words, the Ferndale students chose 7. Kxf3
(Yes, KING takes pawn)."
"We thought of that scenario, so we shall do 7. ... Qh5+, skewering the king. I hope our team
can resume discussion at school very soon, since the new year has restarted. Still keeping that
king on it's toes..."
"Ferndale students respond with 8. g4."
"We will take the pawn at e5, hoping to get some of our losses back. Also to stop pestering the
poor king a bit, don't you think? Hopefully we can resume discussion in school soon, we are
currently moving the chess sets about different classrooms."
"Ferndale High School students select 9. Qe2."
"After a quick discussion at interval today, we have decided to do 9. ... Bd6, our one of 2
options that does any good. Major trade-offs now on the horizon."
"Ferndale students considered three different moves, then went with Queen takes Queen
(10. Qxe5+)."
"Hmm, I thought I have sent a reply, but it turns out I didn't, sorry. We respond by taking
the queen with our Bishop, so 10. ... Bxe5. Looks like the major pieces are gone!"
"Sorry for the delay! FHS students picked 11. d4."
"We have decided to move the Bishop back to d6, as a "tactical advancement". Could have decided
earlier but the Easter Holidays got into the way. 11. ... Bd6"
White:Ferndale vs Black:Howick-Pakuranga
[Event "Vienna Game"]
[Site "Correspondence"]
[Date "2007-08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ferndale"]
[Black "Howick-Pakuranga"]
[Result "-"]
[WhiteElo "-"]
[BlackElo "-"]
[ECO "C29"]
[PlyCount "-"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 exf4 4. e5 Nd5 5. Nxd5 Qh4+ 6. Ke2 f3+ 7. Kxf3 Qh5+ 8. g4 Qxe5
9. Qe2 Bd6 10. Qxe5+ Bxe5 11. d4 Bd6
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