2006-2007 Archive - Cambridge University Chess Club
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<strong>Cambridge</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>Chess</strong> <strong>Club</strong> <strong>Archive</strong> <strong>2006</strong>-<strong>2007</strong><br />
<strong>Club</strong> news and events:<br />
• News <strong>2006</strong>-<strong>2007</strong><br />
• CUCC Committee <strong>2006</strong>-<strong>2007</strong><br />
• Freshers' Blitz <strong>2006</strong>-<strong>2007</strong><br />
• Adam Eckersley-Waites Simultaneous Display <strong>2006</strong>-<strong>2007</strong><br />
• Duane Rowe Simultaneous Display <strong>2006</strong>-<strong>2007</strong><br />
<strong>Club</strong> matches:<br />
• Freshers' Varsity Match <strong>2006</strong>-<strong>2007</strong><br />
• Seconds' Varsity Match <strong>2006</strong>-<strong>2007</strong><br />
• Varsity Match <strong>2006</strong>-<strong>2007</strong><br />
• Insurance <strong>Club</strong> Match <strong>2006</strong>-<strong>2007</strong><br />
League and Cuppers:<br />
This year the 3rd division had too many teams for a simple league, so the format was<br />
changed to a two-stage tournament, with positions in the Michaelmas groups<br />
determining starting positions in the Lent groups. Also, a Plate tournament was<br />
introduced for teams not in cuppers, or knocked out in the first round<br />
• 1st Division Results <strong>2006</strong>-<strong>2007</strong><br />
• 1st Division Table <strong>2006</strong>-<strong>2007</strong><br />
• 2nd Division Results <strong>2006</strong>-<strong>2007</strong><br />
• 2nd Division Table <strong>2006</strong>-<strong>2007</strong><br />
• 3rd Division Results Michaelmas <strong>2006</strong>-<strong>2007</strong><br />
• 3rd Division Table Michaelmas<strong>2006</strong>-<strong>2007</strong><br />
• 3rd Division Results Lent <strong>2006</strong>-<strong>2007</strong><br />
• 3rd Division Table Lent <strong>2006</strong>-<strong>2007</strong><br />
• Cuppers <strong>2006</strong>-<strong>2007</strong><br />
• Plate <strong>2006</strong>-<strong>2007</strong><br />
<strong>2006</strong>-<strong>2007</strong> <strong>Archive</strong>: News<br />
13th March <strong>2007</strong>: Caius win Cuppers<br />
Caius have won the <strong>2006</strong>-07 Cuppers competition, with a crushing 4.5-0.5 victory<br />
over Queens' in the final on Monday (12th March). They reached the final with<br />
victories over Trinity II, Trinity III and Churchill I, and are the first team from outside<br />
the top division to win cuppers for 4 years. Congratulations to captain Ruari Hamlin<br />
and his team, who have also secured promotion to the top flight for next year.
13th March <strong>2007</strong>: Ruari Hamlin wins farewell blitz<br />
The farewell blitz - the last event of the season where we say farewell to our departing<br />
committee, wrap up another year of chess and start to panic about rapidlyapproaching<br />
exams - was held last Saturday, 10th March. The turnout was somewhat<br />
disappointing, though this was probably connected with the Varsity Match being held<br />
on the same day. In the end an exciting finish saw Ruari Hamlin take first place with a<br />
score of 4.5/5, closely followed by runners-up Stephen Cairns and Aloysius Han on<br />
3.5/5. Congratulations to Ruari, and to all involved with a successful year for CUCC.<br />
11th March <strong>2007</strong>: <strong>Cambridge</strong> Win 125th Varsity Match!<br />
The 125th Varsity Match, held on Saturday 10th March at the RAC clubhouse in Pall<br />
Mall, resulted in a 5-3 victory to <strong>Cambridge</strong> to take back the trophy and extend our<br />
lead in the series. A full report can be found here.<br />
4th March <strong>2007</strong>: Seconds' Varsity Triumph<br />
The annual Seconds' Varsity match was held last Sunday (24th February) and resulted<br />
in a thumping 8-2 victory for CUCC. A full report can be found here.<br />
27th February <strong>2007</strong>: Stephen Cairns is <strong>Club</strong> Champion!<br />
The <strong>2007</strong> <strong>Cambridge</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>Chess</strong> <strong>Club</strong> Championship was held on Sunday 18th<br />
February as a six round rapidplay tournament, and the new champion is Stephen<br />
Cairns, who scored 5.5/6. The single half-point Stephen dropped was in the second<br />
round against Aloysius Han, who finished runner-up with 4.5/6.<br />
27th February <strong>2007</strong>: Varsity Match Line-Up Revealed<br />
The 125th Varsity Match will be held at the RAC clubhouse in Pall Mall on Saturday<br />
March 10th, as the <strong>Cambridge</strong> team attempt to take back the trophy after last year's<br />
close defeat. The playing orders for each team have now been made public, and you<br />
can find them here.<br />
27th February <strong>2007</strong>: Seconds' Varsity Triumph<br />
The annual Seconds' Varsity match was held last Sunday (24th February) and resulted<br />
in a thumping 8-2 victory for CUCC. Full report to come soon.<br />
16th February <strong>2007</strong>: See the solution to the TCS chess problem<br />
If you have been following our weekly chess problems in TCS, you may have noticed<br />
that the solution was omitted this week. You can find both the problem and its<br />
solution here.
5th February <strong>2007</strong>: Duane Rowe scores 12/14 in simul<br />
A late report from last Saturday (27th January), when NM Duane Rowe of Jamaica<br />
faced 14 CUCC members in a simultaneous display. He acquitted himself well,<br />
winning 12 of the 14 games. Congratulations are also due Jeremy Sharples and Rich<br />
Lee, who inflicted Duane's only defeats.<br />
24th January <strong>2007</strong>: <strong>Cambridge</strong> defeated by Insurance <strong>Club</strong><br />
The annual match between CUCC and the Insurance Cub was held last weekend, and<br />
sadly ended in a 3.5-1.5 defeat for the university side, despite a quick win by CUCC<br />
president Sean Lip. Details and some games can be found here<br />
18th January <strong>2007</strong>: Welcome back!<br />
The chess club would like to welcome back all chess players to <strong>Cambridge</strong> following<br />
the Christmas break. We have a wide range of events lined up for you this term,<br />
including our prestigious club championship. For more information on what's going<br />
on, see the events page.<br />
27th November <strong>2006</strong>: Duane Rowe wins Christmas Blitz<br />
The final event of Michaelmas was the annual Christmas blitz tournament, which took<br />
place on Saturday. 18 players competed in an 8 round Swiss tournament, and the<br />
competitive nature of the tournament was illustrated by the fact that no-one remained<br />
unbeaten. In the end, Duane Rowe took first place, with victory in a tie-break against<br />
Andre Kueh, both players having scored 6/7. The final standings:<br />
1.Duane Rowe, Wolfson, 6/7<br />
2. Andre Kueh, Trinity, 6/7<br />
3. Stephen Cairns, Trinity, 5/7<br />
4. Tariq Oozerally, Fitz, 4.5/7<br />
23rd November <strong>2006</strong>: <strong>Cambridge</strong> narrowly defeated in Freshers'<br />
Varsity<br />
The Freshers' Varsity Match took place in Oxford last Sunday, with a squad of 13<br />
players making their way down to The Other Place. After a pub lunch shared by the<br />
two teams, the match itself was very close and hard-fought, with all games lasting at<br />
least 90 minutes. Sadly, in the end we lost by the slender margin of 6.5-5.5 (the<br />
bottom board was not counted as Oxford fielded a second-year on that board). Robert<br />
Dover won the best game prize with a fine tactical victory against a strong opponent.<br />
For more information see the match report, or a selection of games.<br />
8th November <strong>2006</strong>: Gustav Holzegel wins Rapidplay<br />
The Rapidplay held on Sunday 29th October was fiercely contested by the 11<br />
entrants, before Gustav Holzegel finally emerged as the winner with a perfect score of<br />
6/6. Congratulations to Gustav, and many thanks to all who took part. Final standings:
1.Gustav Holzegel, Hughes Hall, 6/6<br />
2. Stephen Cairns, Trinity, 5/6<br />
3. Jeremy Sharples, Jesus, 3.5/6<br />
4. Mikko Fischer, Fitz, 3.5/6<br />
3rd November <strong>2006</strong><br />
Simultaneous display held by Adam Eckersley-Waites.<br />
13th October <strong>2006</strong><br />
The freshers' blitz was held last Saturday afternoon, and was dominated by St<br />
Edmund's, which provided both of the joint winners, Mykhaylo Tyomkyn and Jai<br />
Grover.<br />
25th September <strong>2006</strong><br />
The <strong>Cambridge</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>Chess</strong> <strong>Club</strong> has got an exciting array of events lined up for<br />
you this term! These include a simultaneous display, a rapidplay tournament, two<br />
blitzes and a couple of talks. Suggestions for events in Lent <strong>2007</strong> are very welcome<br />
and can be sent to the committee. The full schedule for Michaelmas <strong>2006</strong> can be<br />
viewed on the events page.<br />
<strong>2006</strong>-<strong>2007</strong> <strong>Archive</strong>: The Committee<br />
Office Holder College<br />
President Sean Lip Peterhouse<br />
Vice-President<br />
Richard Mycroft<br />
& League Secretary<br />
Jesus<br />
Match Secretary Tom Nixon Sidney Sussex<br />
Tournament<br />
Charles Curry<br />
& Social Secretary<br />
Fitzwilliam<br />
Senior Treasurer Dr Pyper Fitzwilliam<br />
Junior Treasurer Adam Eckersley-Waites Queens'<br />
Dragon Editors<br />
Loren Lam<br />
(vacant)<br />
St John's
<strong>2006</strong>-<strong>2007</strong> <strong>Archive</strong>: Freshers' Blitz<br />
The <strong>2006</strong> Freshers' Blitz was held in the Trinity College Junior Parlour, in the<br />
afternoon of the 7th of October. There was an excellent turnout of 24 players, so<br />
thank you to everyone who took part, and congratulations to the joint winners,<br />
Mykaylo Tyomkyn and Jai Grover, both of St. Edmund's college, who each scored<br />
6.5/8.<br />
The top 7 is given below:<br />
1 Mykhaylo Tyomkyn St. Edmund's 6.5/8<br />
1 Jai Grover St. Edmund's 6.5/8<br />
3 Aloysius Han Caius 6/8<br />
4 Stephen Cairns Trinity 5.5/8<br />
5 Tariq Oozerally Magdalene 5/8<br />
5 David Steel St. Edmund's 5/8<br />
5 Jeremy Sharples Jesus 5/8<br />
<strong>2006</strong>-<strong>2007</strong> <strong>Archive</strong>: Cuppers Results<br />
Week commencing 06/11/06<br />
1) St John's 2 - 3 Peterhouse I<br />
2) Downing 2 - 3 St. Catz<br />
3) Trinity II 5 - 0 Sidney<br />
4) Trinity I 3.5-1.5 Wolfson<br />
5) Robinson 2 - 3 Churchill I<br />
Week commencing 20/11/06<br />
6) Peterhouse I 2 - 3 Queens'<br />
7) Emma I 1.5-3.5 St. Edmunds<br />
8) Darwin 5 - 0 Homerton<br />
9) St. Catz 5 - 0 Clare<br />
10) Trinity III *1.5-1.5 Fitz<br />
11) Trinity II 2 - 3 Caius<br />
12) Jesus I 0.5-4.5 Girton<br />
13) Trinity I 1.5-3.5 Churchill I<br />
Week commencing 22/01/06<br />
14) Queens' 3 - 2 St. Edmunds<br />
16) Trinity III 1 - 4 Caius<br />
17) Girton 2 - 3 Churchill I<br />
Week commencing 05/02/06<br />
15) Darwin 1.5-3.5 St. Catz
Week commencing 19/02/07<br />
18) Queens' 3 - 2 St. Catz<br />
19) Caius 4.5-0.5 Churchill I<br />
Week commencing 05/03/07<br />
20) Queens' 0.5-4.5 Caius<br />
Caius are the <strong>2006</strong>-07 Cuppers champions!<br />
* indicates a win on board count.<br />
<strong>2006</strong>-<strong>2007</strong> <strong>Archive</strong>: Division One Results<br />
Week commencing 23/10/06<br />
St Catz 3 - 2 Jesus I<br />
Trinity II 1 - 4 Emma I<br />
Week commencing 30/10/06<br />
Sidney 0.5-4.5 Trinity II*<br />
Jesus I 1.5-3.5 City I<br />
St Catz 4.5-0.5 Queens'<br />
Trinity I 3 - 2 Emma I<br />
Week commencing 13/11/06<br />
Queens' 2 - 3 Jesus I<br />
Emma I 3.5-1.5 St Catz<br />
Trinity II 0 - 5 Trinity I<br />
Week commencing 27/11/06<br />
Trinity I 2.5-2.5 City I<br />
Week commencing 15/01/07<br />
Jesus I 2.5-2.5 Emma I<br />
St Catz 2 - 1 Trinity II<br />
City I 2.5-2.5 Queens'<br />
Week commencing 29/01/07<br />
Trinity I 4 - 1 St Catz<br />
Emma I 3.5-1.5 Queens'<br />
City I 3.5-1.5 Trinity II<br />
Week commencing 12/02/07<br />
Trinity II 2 - 3 Jesus I<br />
City I 2.5-2.5 St Catz<br />
Queens' 2.5-2.5 Trinity I<br />
Week commencing 26/02/07<br />
Jesus I 2 - 3 Trinity I<br />
Queens' 0 - 5 Trinity II<br />
Emma I 2 - 3 City I
* This result has been expunged from the league records, as Sidney have withdrawn<br />
from the league.<br />
<strong>2006</strong>-<strong>2007</strong> <strong>Archive</strong>: Division Two Results<br />
Week commencing 30/10/06<br />
Peterhouse I 3 - 2 Churchill I<br />
Caius 5 - 0 Trinity III<br />
Girton 1 - 4 St Edmunds<br />
Robinson 1.5-3.5 City II<br />
Week commencing 13/11/06<br />
Trinity III 2.5-2.5 Peterhouse I<br />
Churchill I 2.5-2.5 Caius<br />
City II 2.5-2.5 Girton<br />
St Edmunds 4.5-0.5 Robinson<br />
Week commencing 27/11/06<br />
City II 4 - 1 Peterhouse I<br />
Girton 1 - 4 Caius<br />
Robinson 3 - 2 Churchill I<br />
St Edmunds 4 - 1 Trinity III<br />
Week commencing 15/01/07<br />
Peterhouse I 3.5-1.5 Girton<br />
Caius 5 - 0 Robinson<br />
Churchill I 0.5-4.5 St Edmunds<br />
Trinity III 0 - 5 City II<br />
Week commencing 29/01/07<br />
Robinson 1 - 4 Peterhouse I<br />
St Edmunds 1 - 4 Caius<br />
City II 4.5-0.5 Churchill I<br />
Girton 5 - 0 Trinity III<br />
Week commencing 12/02/07<br />
Caius 3 - 2 Peterhouse I<br />
Trinity III 1.5-3.5 Churchill I<br />
Robinson 2.5-2.5 Girton<br />
City II 0.5-4.5 St Edmunds<br />
Week commencing 26/02/07<br />
Peterhouse I 2.5-2.5 St Edmunds<br />
Caius 4 - 1 City II<br />
Churchill I 0.5-2.5 Girton<br />
Trinity III 0 - 0 Robinson<br />
<strong>2006</strong>-<strong>2007</strong> <strong>Archive</strong>: Division Three Michaelmas<br />
Results<br />
Week commencing 30/10/06<br />
Churchill II 2 - 3 Emma II
Trinity IV 3 - 2 Jesus II<br />
St John's 3.5-1.5 Peterhouse II<br />
Wolfson 4 - 1 Homerton<br />
Downing 1.5-3.5 Fitz<br />
Darwin 3.5-1.5 Clare<br />
Week commencing 13/11/06<br />
Trinity IV 2 - 3 Churchill II<br />
Jesus II 3 - 2 Emma II<br />
Homerton 1 - 4 St John's<br />
Peterhouse II 2 - 2 Wolfson<br />
Fitz 2 - 3 Darwin<br />
Clare 2.5-2.5 Downing<br />
Week commencing 27/11/06<br />
Churchill II 2 - 3 Jesus II<br />
Emma II 4 - 1 Trinity IV<br />
St John's 2 - 3 Wolfson<br />
Peterhouse II 5 - 0 Homerton<br />
Downing 0 - 5 Darwin<br />
Fitz 0 - 0 Clare<br />
<strong>2006</strong>-<strong>2007</strong> <strong>Archive</strong>: Division Three Lent Results<br />
Week commencing 15/01/07<br />
Emma II 2.5-2.5 Fitz<br />
St John's 2 - 3 Jesus II<br />
Wolfson 3.5-1.5 Darwin<br />
Clare 4 - 1 Trinity IV<br />
Homerton 1 - 4 Churchill II<br />
Downing 3 - 2 Peterhouse II<br />
Week commencing 29/01/07<br />
Wolfson 5 - 0 Emma II<br />
Fitz 2.5-2.5 Jesus II<br />
Darwin 1 - 0 St John's<br />
Homerton 0 - 0 Clare<br />
Trinity IV 1 - 4 Downing<br />
Peterhouse II 1 - 4 Churchill II<br />
Week commencing 12/02/07<br />
Darwin 1 - 4 Emma II<br />
Jesus II 1 - 4 Wolfson<br />
St John's 4 - 1 Fitz<br />
Clare 5 - 0 Peterhouse II<br />
Trinity IV 0 - 0 Homerton<br />
Churchill II 4 - 1 Downing<br />
Week commencing 26/02/07<br />
Emma II 3 - 2 Jesus II<br />
Darwin 5 - 0 Fitz<br />
Wolfson 4 - 1 St John's<br />
Clare 2 - 3 Churchill II<br />
Peterhouse II 0 - 0 Trinity IV<br />
Downing 4.5-0.5 Homerton
Week commencing 05/03/07<br />
Emma II 2.5-2.5 St John's<br />
Jesus II 1.5-3.5 Darwin<br />
Fitz 2.5-2.5 Wolfson<br />
Downing 3 - 2 Clare<br />
Churchill II 3 - 2 Trinity IV<br />
Homerton 0 - 0 Peterhouse II<br />
<strong>2006</strong>-<strong>2007</strong> <strong>Archive</strong>: Freshers' Varsity Match<br />
On Sunday 19th November, 13 first years made the arduous coach journey to Oxford<br />
to play in the annual freshers varsity match. Soon after arriving, we went for a pub<br />
lunch with some of the Oxford team. It was a great opportunity for the team to get to<br />
know each other a bit better - indeed most of the team seemed to be mathmos and so<br />
recognised each other from lectures! It was particularly interesting to discuss the<br />
recent 'toiletgate' in the FIDE World Championship final between Topalov and<br />
Kramnik.<br />
The match itself took place in <strong>University</strong> College, apparently one of Oxford's oldest<br />
colleges (not that we had much opportunity to look round!). It was clear from the<br />
outset that it was going to be a very even contest. On paper, <strong>Cambridge</strong> seemed to<br />
hold an advantage on the top boards, able to field the new Jamaican champion, Duane<br />
Rowe. However after an hour's play Oxford appeared to hold decisive advantages on<br />
several of the lower boards. Tariq Oozeerally, Steve Cairns, Robert Dover, Mikko<br />
Fischer and Aloysius Han formed a formidable middle order, all recording wins.<br />
Robert's game was particularly impressive, securing a sharp tactical win against an<br />
accomplished opponent, which won him the best game prize.<br />
While Oxford held a 5-2 edge at one stage, this did not tell the whole story.<br />
<strong>Cambridge</strong> held strong positional advantages on almost all of the remaining boards,<br />
with Barraclough looking particularly strong. Unfortunately at around the 2 hour<br />
mark, both Rowe and Barraclough blundered. Although Rowe's error was only<br />
marginal, on the surface appearing to make sound positional sense, Heaton, the<br />
Oxford board 1, took advantage with great authority. By contrast in a seemingly<br />
unassailable position Barraclough managed to blunder his queen! While this would<br />
normally lead to immediate resignation, his dangerous attack gave him good fighting<br />
chances. Again much credit is due to the Oxford player for remaining so cool under<br />
immense pressure. Overall <strong>Cambridge</strong> slipped to a 6.5-5.5 defeat, with the result not<br />
decided until the penultimate game. A loss is always disappointing, but there was a lot<br />
of encouragement to take from the day. Rowe and Tyomkyn intermittently<br />
demonstrated the talent required to challenge for Half Blue honours, and the<br />
aforementioned middle order deserve top credit, all showing the match sharpness<br />
needed for winning chess.<br />
A selection of games<br />
<strong>2006</strong>-<strong>2007</strong> <strong>Archive</strong>: Freshers' Varsity Match Games<br />
A selection of games from the <strong>2006</strong> Freshers' Varsity Match. I hope to soon have<br />
these on a nice little board you can click through, but for now they're text-only.
Heaton,R - Rowe,D [A45]<br />
Freshers Varsity <strong>2006</strong>,<br />
[Nixon,Thomas]<br />
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 c5 4.f3 Qa5+ 5.c3 Nf6 6.Nd2 cxd4 7.Nb3 Qb6 8.cxd4 Nc6<br />
9.e3 e6 10.a3 Nd5 11.Ne2 Be7 12.e4 Nxf4 13.Nxf4 Bg5 14.g3 0-0 15.h4 Bh6 16.Rh2<br />
a5µ 17.a4 Nb4 18.Nd3 d6 19.f4 e5! 20.fxe5 dxe5? [ 20...Be6! 21.exd6 Nxd3+<br />
22.Qxd3 Bxb3-+] 21.Nxe5 Re8 22.Qf3 Be6 23.Nc5 Rac8 24.Nxe6 Qxe6 [ 24...fxe6÷]<br />
25.Bh3!+- Nc2+ 26.Rxc2 Qxh3 27.Rxc8 Qxc8 28.Qxf7+ Kh8 29.Qd5 Re6 30.Nf7+<br />
Kg8 31.Nd8!! 1-0<br />
Tyomkyn,M - Haoi,J [B31]<br />
Freshers Varsity <strong>2006</strong>,<br />
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.0-0 Bg7 5.c3 Nf6 6.e5 Nd5 7.d4 cxd4 8.cxd4 0-0 9.Nc3<br />
Nxc3 10.bxc3 d6 11.exd6 Qxd6 12.Re1 Bg4 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 a6 15.Bf4 Qf6<br />
16.Bxc6 bxc6 17.Qe4 Rfe8 18.Rab1 Bf8 19.Rb6 Rec8 20.Qe3 Qf5 21.c4 Qa5 22.Rb2<br />
Ra7 23.Reb1 Rd7 24.Rb8 Line<br />
Oozeerally,T - Ho,J [C42]<br />
Freshers Varsity <strong>2006</strong>,<br />
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bf5 7.0-0 Bd6 8.Re1 0-0<br />
9.Ng5 h6 10.Nxe4 Bxe4 11.Bxe4 Bxh2+ 12.Kxh2 Qh4+ 13.Kg1 dxe4 14.g3 Qe7<br />
15.Nc3 f5 16.f3 Qd6 17.Bf4 Qc6 18.fxe4 g5 19.Be5 Nd7 20.d5 Qb6+ 21.Bd4 c5<br />
22.dxc6 Qxc6 23.Nd5 Qd6 24.Bf2 Ne5 25.Nc3 Qxd1 26.Rexd1 Ng4 27.Bc5 Rac8<br />
28.Rd5 b6 29.Bd4 fxe4 30.Rd7 Ra8 31.Rg7+ Kh8 32.Rxa7+ Kg8 33.Rxa8 Rxa8<br />
34.Nxe4 Re8 35.Nf6+ Nxf6 36.Bxf6 Re2 37.c4 Kf7 38.Bc3 Ke6 39.Re1 1-0<br />
Zafar,S - Cairns,S [B32]<br />
Freshers Varsity <strong>2006</strong>,<br />
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 a6 6.Nd6+ Bxd6 7.Qxd6 Qf6 8.Qd1<br />
Qg6 9.Nc3 Nf6 10.f3 d5 11.Nxd5 Nxd5 12.Qxd5 0-0 13.Bd2 Be6 14.Qd3 Rfd8<br />
15.Qe3 Nd4 16.Rc1 Bxa2 17.Qg5 Qxg5 18.Bxg5 f6 19.Be3 Rac8 20.Bd3 Bc4<br />
21.Bxc4+ Rxc4 22.Bxd4 Rcxd4 23.0-0 Rd2 24.b3 Rc8 25.Rf2 Rd3 26.Kf1 Rxb3<br />
27.cxb3 Rxc1+ 28.Ke2 Rc2+ 29.Ke1 Rxf2 30.Kxf2 Kf7 31.Ke3 Ke6 32.Kd3 Kd6<br />
33.Kc4 Kc6 34.g3 a5 35.f4 b5+ 36.Kd3 Kc5 37.Kc3 b4+ 38.Kd3 Kb5 39.Kc2 a4<br />
40.bxa4+ Kxa4 41.Kb2 b3 42.h3 Kb4 0-1<br />
Dover,R - Irving,A [B07]<br />
Freshers Varsity <strong>2006</strong>,<br />
[Nixon,Thomas]<br />
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.Be3 Bg7 5.Qd2 0-0 6.0-0-0 Ng4 7.Bg5 Nc6 8.f3 Nf6<br />
9.h4! a6 10.Bh6 b5 11.h5 Bb7 12.hxg6 fxg6 13.Nh3 e5 14.d5 Nb8 15.Bxg7 Kxg7<br />
16.Ng5! Bc8 17.Nxh7!! Nxh7 18.Qh6+ Kg8 19.Qxh7# Line
Fischer,M - Atkins,M [B22]<br />
Freshers Varsity <strong>2006</strong>,<br />
[Nixon,Thomas]<br />
1.e4 c5 2.c3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 [ 3...Nf6 4.Bd3 g6 5.Nf3] 4.cxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Bc4 Bg7<br />
7.Nf3 0-0 8.0-0 Nc6 9.h3?! [ 9.d5!] 9...Qb6 [ 9...Nxe4!³] 10.Bb3 Na5 11.e5!? [<br />
11.Ba4] 11...dxe5 12.dxe5 Nxb3? [ 12...Rd8!] 13.exf6 [ 13.Be3!] 13...Qxf6? [<br />
13...Nxa1²] 14.Qxb3 b6 15.Bg5 Qd6 16.Rfe1 Be6 17.Qa4 Qc7 18.Rac1 Qb7 19.Qe4<br />
Qb8 20.b3 Re8 21.Nd5 Bxd5 22.Qxd5 e6 23.Qd7 Rc8 24.Be7 Rxc1 25.Rxc1 Qe8<br />
26.Rd1 a5 27.Qxe8+ Rxe8 28.Rd8 Rxd8 29.Bxd8 Bc3 30.Bxb6 Bb4 31.Nd4 Kf8<br />
32.Nc6 Ke8 33.Nxb4 axb4 34.Ba5 Kd7 35.Bxb4 Kc6 36.Kf1 h5 37.Ke2 f5 38.Kd3<br />
Kd5 39.a4 e5 40.a5 e4+ 41.Ke3 Kc6 42.Kf4 Kb5 43.Bd2 1-0<br />
<strong>2006</strong>-<strong>2007</strong> <strong>Archive</strong>: Insurance <strong>Club</strong> Match<br />
The annual match between CUCC and the Insurance Cub was held last weekend, and<br />
sadly ended in a 3.5-1.5 defeat for the university side, despite a quick win by CUCC<br />
president Sean Lip.<br />
CUCC Insurance <strong>Club</strong><br />
------------------------------------------<br />
Tariq Oozerally (B) 0.5-0.5 Ian Caluet<br />
David Barraclough 0 - 1 David Malcolm<br />
John Daugman 0 - 1 Anthony Paish<br />
Sean Lip 1 - 0 M C Page<br />
Julie Kourtseva 0 - 1 G W Naldrett<br />
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1.5-3.5<br />
Sean's games is given below
Sean Lip vs M. C. Page<br />
Insurance <strong>Club</strong> Match <strong>2007</strong><br />
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8.<br />
Be2<br />
I was thinking for a while about whether to move the bishop to f1 or to e2; I couldn't<br />
see anything wrong with the latter. Now just hoping to castle quickly and go into the<br />
middlegame a safe pawn up.<br />
8...h6 9. Nf3 e4 10. Ng1<br />
White's position looks a bit sad but I'm not sure Black's is much better. The plan now<br />
is d3 followed by getting rid of the e4-pawn, then developing KB and KN and castling<br />
10...Bd6 11. d3 O-O 12. Be3<br />
f2 was weak so I gave it some extra protection just in case<br />
12...Re8 13. dxe4 Nxe4 14. Nf3 Bg4 15. Nbd2 Qe7? 16. Nxe4 1-0<br />
The bishop on d6 hangs after Black takes the knight. This game took about 25 mins<br />
per player.<br />
<strong>2006</strong>-<strong>2007</strong> <strong>Archive</strong>: Simultaneous Display by Adam<br />
Eckersley-Waites<br />
On the club afternoon on 14th October, Varsity player Adam Eckersley-Waites gave a<br />
simultaneous display, taking on 12 club members at the same time. He handled this<br />
very well, scoring 8 wins and 2 draws, with just 2 losses. More events of this kind are<br />
planned for the future, so look out for announcements on this website or through the<br />
email lists.<br />
Below are some pictures from the simul:
<strong>2006</strong>-<strong>2007</strong> <strong>Archive</strong>: Simultaneous Display by Duane<br />
Rowe
A late report from last Saturday (27th January), when NM Duane Rowe of Jamaica<br />
faced 14 CUCC members in a simultaneous display. He acquitted himself well,<br />
winning 12 of the 14 games. Congratulations are also due Jeremy Sharples and Rich<br />
Lee, who inflicted Duane's only defeats. Two pictures (somewhat blurry) are below:<br />
<strong>2006</strong>-<strong>2007</strong> <strong>Archive</strong>: Division One Final Table<br />
Team P W D L GP MP Pts<br />
=======================================<br />
Trinity I 6 4 2 0 20 10 30<br />
City I 6 3 3 0 17.5 9 26.5<br />
Emma I 6 3 1 2 17.5 7 24.5<br />
St. Catz 6 3 1 2 15.5 7 22.5<br />
Jesus I 6 2 1 3 14 5 19<br />
Trinity II 6 1 0 5 10.5 2 12.5<br />
---------------------------------------<br />
Queens' 6 0 2 4 9 2 11
Sidney have withdrawn from the league, and their results have been<br />
expunged from the record.<br />
Last updated 29/03/07<br />
<strong>2006</strong>-<strong>2007</strong> <strong>Archive</strong>: Division Two Table<br />
Team P W D L GP MP Pts<br />
========================================<br />
Caius 7 6 1 0 27.5 13 40.5<br />
St Edmund's 7 5 1 1 25 11 36<br />
----------------------------------------<br />
City II 7 4 1 2 21 9 30<br />
Peterhouse I 7 3 2 2 18.5 8 26.5<br />
Girton 7 2 2 3 16 6 22<br />
Churchill I 7 1 1 5 11.5 3 14.5<br />
----------------------------------------<br />
Robinson 6 1 1 4 8.5 3 11.5<br />
Trinity III 6 0 1 5 5 1 6<br />
Last updated 15/04/07<br />
<strong>2006</strong>-<strong>2007</strong> <strong>Archive</strong>: Division Three Michaelmas Table<br />
Group A<br />
Team P W D L GP MP Pts<br />
----------------------------------------<br />
Emma II 3 2 0 1 9 4 13<br />
Jesus II 3 2 0 1 8 4 12<br />
Churchill II 3 1 0 2 7 2 9<br />
Trinity IV 3 1 0 2 6 2 8<br />
Group B<br />
Team P W D L GP MP Pts<br />
-----------------------------------------<br />
Wolfson 3 2 1 0 9 5 14<br />
St John's 3 2 0 1 9.5 4 13.5<br />
Peterhouse II 3 1 1 1 8.5 3 11.5<br />
Homerton 3 0 0 3 2 0 2<br />
Group C<br />
Team P W D L GP MP Pts<br />
----------------------------------------<br />
Darwin 3 3 0 0 11.5 6 17.5<br />
Fitz 2 1 0 1 5.5 2 7.5<br />
Downing 3 0 1 2 4 1 5<br />
Clare 2 0 1 1 4 1 5<br />
Last updated 13/03/07
<strong>2006</strong>-<strong>2007</strong> <strong>Archive</strong>: Division Three Lent Tables<br />
Group I<br />
Team P W D L GP MP Pts<br />
=========================================<br />
Wolfson 5 4 1 0 19 9 28<br />
Emma II 5 2 2 1 12 6 18<br />
-----------------------------------------<br />
Darwin 5 3 0 2 12 6 18<br />
Jesus II 5 1 1 3 10 3 13<br />
St John's 5 1 1 3 9.5 3 12.5<br />
Fitz 5 0 3 2 8.5 3 11.5<br />
Group II<br />
Team P W D L GP MP Pts<br />
=========================================<br />
Churchill II 5 5 0 0 18 10 28<br />
Downing 5 4 0 1 15.5 8 23.5<br />
Clare 4 2 0 2 13 4 17<br />
Trinity IV 3 0 0 3 4 0 4<br />
Peterhouse II 3 0 0 3 3 0 3<br />
Homerton 2 0 0 2 1.5 0 1.5<br />
Last updated 22/04/07<br />
<strong>2006</strong>-<strong>2007</strong> <strong>Archive</strong>: 125th Varsity Match<br />
<strong>Cambridge</strong> emerged victorious at the 125th Varsity Match, held yesterday in lavish<br />
surroundings at the RAC clubhouse, Pall Mall. After a balanced opening session,<br />
<strong>Cambridge</strong> raced into a 4-1 lead at the end of the first time control, and Elizabeth<br />
Roberts scored the crucial half-point to secure victory, the final score being 5-3 to<br />
<strong>Cambridge</strong>.<br />
After the short journey down from <strong>Cambridge</strong>, the opening ceremony was held at<br />
12:00. After a somewhat unusual method of determining colours, which fortunately<br />
secured for us black on odd boards, which we agreed beforehand we wanted. Then, at<br />
12:30 play was underway, as we sought to avenge last year’s narrow defeat.<br />
After a mixture of fairly standard openings and some rather more unconventional stuff<br />
(the board four game commencing 1.e4 c5 2.a3), first blood was drawn on board two,<br />
when reigning Jamaican champion Duane Rowe scored a short, sharp victory over<br />
WM Olena Boytsun to give <strong>Cambridge</strong> the lead, and also earned himself the<br />
<strong>Cambridge</strong> best game prize. This lead was short-lived however, as Richard Mycroft's<br />
unusual opening choice failed to pay off, and after a tactical struggle Tom Eckersley-<br />
Waites forced checkmate to level the scores at 1-1, for which he was awarded the<br />
Oxford best game prize.<br />
This remained the state of play up until the time control, when out of seemingly-level<br />
positions <strong>Cambridge</strong> won three more boards, with Adam Eckersley-Waites, Gustav
Holzegel and Tom Nixon defeating Robert Heaton, Steffen Schaper and Alvar Kangur<br />
in time scrambles. Tom's win was especially nice as it was a defeat to the same<br />
opponent in time trouble last year which cost <strong>Cambridge</strong> the match.<br />
So, as if out of nothing <strong>Cambridge</strong> led 4-1. Shortly after the time control this was 4-2,<br />
as the experience of Grandmaster Luke Mcshane paid off in a clinical victory on<br />
board one. This left boards seven and eight to determine the match, both in positions<br />
which looked rather drawish but with winning chances for Oxford. Thus it remained<br />
for another hour, with the tension rising amongst both the players and the crowds of<br />
spectators around both boards. Finally Elizabeth Roberts, the <strong>Cambridge</strong> board eight<br />
managed to force a draw by repetition, and the match was won, causing much<br />
rejoicing amongst the <strong>Cambridge</strong> team. With the result of the match determined, the<br />
players on board seven were playing just for pride, and agreed a draw a couple of<br />
moves later to leave the final score 5-3 to <strong>Cambridge</strong>.<br />
<strong>2006</strong>-<strong>2007</strong> <strong>Archive</strong>: 125th Varsity Match<br />
<strong>Cambridge</strong> emerged victorious at the 125th Varsity Match, held yesterday in lavish<br />
surroundings at the RAC clubhouse, Pall Mall. After a balanced opening session,<br />
<strong>Cambridge</strong> raced into a 4-1 lead at the end of the first time control, and Elizabeth<br />
Roberts scored the crucial half-point to secure victory, the final score being 5-3 to<br />
<strong>Cambridge</strong>.<br />
After the short journey down from <strong>Cambridge</strong>, the opening ceremony was held at<br />
12:00. After a somewhat unusual method of determining colours, which fortunately<br />
secured for us black on odd boards, which we agreed beforehand we wanted. Then, at<br />
12:30 play was underway, as we sought to avenge last year’s narrow defeat.<br />
After a mixture of fairly standard openings and some rather more unconventional stuff<br />
(the board four game commencing 1.e4 c5 2.a3), first blood was drawn on board two,<br />
when reigning Jamaican champion Duane Rowe scored a short, sharp victory over<br />
WM Olena Boytsun to give <strong>Cambridge</strong> the lead, and also earned himself the<br />
<strong>Cambridge</strong> best game prize. This lead was short-lived however, as Richard Mycroft's<br />
unusual opening choice failed to pay off, and after a tactical struggle Tom Eckersley-<br />
Waites forced checkmate to level the scores at 1-1, for which he was awarded the<br />
Oxford best game prize.<br />
This remained the state of play up until the time control, when out of seemingly-level<br />
positions <strong>Cambridge</strong> won three more boards, with Adam Eckersley-Waites, Gustav<br />
Holzegel and Tom Nixon defeating Robert Heaton, Steffen Schaper and Alvar Kangur<br />
in time scrambles. Tom's win was especially nice as it was a defeat to the same<br />
opponent in time trouble last year which cost <strong>Cambridge</strong> the match.<br />
So, as if out of nothing <strong>Cambridge</strong> led 4-1. Shortly after the time control this was 4-2,<br />
as the experience of Grandmaster Luke Mcshane paid off in a clinical victory on<br />
board one. This left boards seven and eight to determine the match, both in positions<br />
which looked rather drawish but with winning chances for Oxford. Thus it remained<br />
for another hour, with the tension rising amongst both the players and the crowds of<br />
spectators around both boards. Finally Elizabeth Roberts, the <strong>Cambridge</strong> board eight
managed to force a draw by repetition, and the match was won, causing much<br />
rejoicing amongst the <strong>Cambridge</strong> team. With the result of the match determined, the<br />
players on board seven were playing just for pride, and agreed a draw a couple of<br />
moves later to leave the final score 5-3 to <strong>Cambridge</strong>.<br />
Speaking after the match, Oxford captain Herve Hansen expressed thanks to the<br />
sponsors and the arbiters, and congratulated <strong>Cambridge</strong> on winning "a thrilling<br />
match". He added, "it was a dramatic turnaround just like last year - unfortunately,<br />
unlike last year, it was a turnaround for the worse."<br />
<strong>Cambridge</strong> captain Sean Lip also thanked those who made the match possible, his<br />
<strong>Cambridge</strong> team for doing a "good job", and the Oxford team for a good match. This<br />
victory leaves the scores over the history of the match as 56 to <strong>Cambridge</strong>, 51 to<br />
Oxford, with 18 draws.<br />
Oxford 3 - 5 <strong>Cambridge</strong><br />
GM Luke McShane 1 - 0 David Hodge<br />
WM Olena Boytsun 0 - 1 NM Duane Rowe<br />
Alvar Kangur 0 - 1 Tom Nixon<br />
Tom Eckersley-Waites 1 - 0 Richard Mycroft<br />
Robert Heaton 0 - 1 Adam Eckersley-Waites<br />
Steffen Schaper 0 - 1 Gustav Holzegel<br />
Chris Rawlinson DRAWN Andreas Werner<br />
Edward Stembridge DRAWN Elizabeth Roberts<br />
<strong>Cambridge</strong> Captain Sean Lip with the Varsity Match Trophy
The victorious <strong>Cambridge</strong> team, minus Adam who had to leave early<br />
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