2006-2007 Archive - Cambridge University Chess Club

Cambridge University Chess Club Archive 2006-2007
Club news and events:
• News 2006-2007
• CUCC Committee 2006-2007
• Freshers' Blitz 2006-2007
• Adam Eckersley-Waites Simultaneous Display 2006-2007
• Duane Rowe Simultaneous Display 2006-2007
Club matches:
• Freshers' Varsity Match 2006-2007
• Seconds' Varsity Match 2006-2007
• Varsity Match 2006-2007
• Insurance Club Match 2006-2007
League and Cuppers:
This year the 3rd division had too many teams for a simple league, so the format was
changed to a two-stage tournament, with positions in the Michaelmas groups
determining starting positions in the Lent groups. Also, a Plate tournament was
introduced for teams not in cuppers, or knocked out in the first round
• 1st Division Results 2006-2007
• 1st Division Table 2006-2007
• 2nd Division Results 2006-2007
• 2nd Division Table 2006-2007
• 3rd Division Results Michaelmas 2006-2007
• 3rd Division Table Michaelmas2006-2007
• 3rd Division Results Lent 2006-2007
• 3rd Division Table Lent 2006-2007
• Cuppers 2006-2007
• Plate 2006-2007
2006-2007 Archive: News
13th March 2007: Caius win Cuppers
Caius have won the 2006-07 Cuppers competition, with a crushing 4.5-0.5 victory
over Queens' in the final on Monday (12th March). They reached the final with
victories over Trinity II, Trinity III and Churchill I, and are the first team from outside
the top division to win cuppers for 4 years. Congratulations to captain Ruari Hamlin
and his team, who have also secured promotion to the top flight for next year.

13th March 2007: Ruari Hamlin wins farewell blitz
The farewell blitz - the last event of the season where we say farewell to our departing
committee, wrap up another year of chess and start to panic about rapidlyapproaching
exams - was held last Saturday, 10th March. The turnout was somewhat
disappointing, though this was probably connected with the Varsity Match being held
on the same day. In the end an exciting finish saw Ruari Hamlin take first place with a
score of 4.5/5, closely followed by runners-up Stephen Cairns and Aloysius Han on
3.5/5. Congratulations to Ruari, and to all involved with a successful year for CUCC.
11th March 2007: Cambridge Win 125th Varsity Match!
The 125th Varsity Match, held on Saturday 10th March at the RAC clubhouse in Pall
Mall, resulted in a 5-3 victory to Cambridge to take back the trophy and extend our
lead in the series. A full report can be found here.
4th March 2007: Seconds' Varsity Triumph
The annual Seconds' Varsity match was held last Sunday (24th February) and resulted
in a thumping 8-2 victory for CUCC. A full report can be found here.
27th February 2007: Stephen Cairns is Club Champion!
The 2007 Cambridge University Chess Club Championship was held on Sunday 18th
February as a six round rapidplay tournament, and the new champion is Stephen
Cairns, who scored 5.5/6. The single half-point Stephen dropped was in the second
round against Aloysius Han, who finished runner-up with 4.5/6.
27th February 2007: Varsity Match Line-Up Revealed
The 125th Varsity Match will be held at the RAC clubhouse in Pall Mall on Saturday
March 10th, as the Cambridge team attempt to take back the trophy after last year's
close defeat. The playing orders for each team have now been made public, and you
can find them here.
27th February 2007: Seconds' Varsity Triumph
The annual Seconds' Varsity match was held last Sunday (24th February) and resulted
in a thumping 8-2 victory for CUCC. Full report to come soon.
16th February 2007: See the solution to the TCS chess problem
If you have been following our weekly chess problems in TCS, you may have noticed
that the solution was omitted this week. You can find both the problem and its
solution here.

5th February 2007: Duane Rowe scores 12/14 in simul
A late report from last Saturday (27th January), when NM Duane Rowe of Jamaica
faced 14 CUCC members in a simultaneous display. He acquitted himself well,
winning 12 of the 14 games. Congratulations are also due Jeremy Sharples and Rich
Lee, who inflicted Duane's only defeats.
24th January 2007: Cambridge defeated by Insurance Club
The annual match between CUCC and the Insurance Cub was held last weekend, and
sadly ended in a 3.5-1.5 defeat for the university side, despite a quick win by CUCC
president Sean Lip. Details and some games can be found here
18th January 2007: Welcome back!
The chess club would like to welcome back all chess players to Cambridge following
the Christmas break. We have a wide range of events lined up for you this term,
including our prestigious club championship. For more information on what's going
on, see the events page.
27th November 2006: Duane Rowe wins Christmas Blitz
The final event of Michaelmas was the annual Christmas blitz tournament, which took
place on Saturday. 18 players competed in an 8 round Swiss tournament, and the
competitive nature of the tournament was illustrated by the fact that no-one remained
unbeaten. In the end, Duane Rowe took first place, with victory in a tie-break against
Andre Kueh, both players having scored 6/7. The final standings:
1.Duane Rowe, Wolfson, 6/7
2. Andre Kueh, Trinity, 6/7
3. Stephen Cairns, Trinity, 5/7
4. Tariq Oozerally, Fitz, 4.5/7
23rd November 2006: Cambridge narrowly defeated in Freshers'
Varsity
The Freshers' Varsity Match took place in Oxford last Sunday, with a squad of 13
players making their way down to The Other Place. After a pub lunch shared by the
two teams, the match itself was very close and hard-fought, with all games lasting at
least 90 minutes. Sadly, in the end we lost by the slender margin of 6.5-5.5 (the
bottom board was not counted as Oxford fielded a second-year on that board). Robert
Dover won the best game prize with a fine tactical victory against a strong opponent.
For more information see the match report, or a selection of games.
8th November 2006: Gustav Holzegel wins Rapidplay
The Rapidplay held on Sunday 29th October was fiercely contested by the 11
entrants, before Gustav Holzegel finally emerged as the winner with a perfect score of
6/6. Congratulations to Gustav, and many thanks to all who took part. Final standings:

1.Gustav Holzegel, Hughes Hall, 6/6
2. Stephen Cairns, Trinity, 5/6
3. Jeremy Sharples, Jesus, 3.5/6
4. Mikko Fischer, Fitz, 3.5/6
3rd November 2006
Simultaneous display held by Adam Eckersley-Waites.
13th October 2006
The freshers' blitz was held last Saturday afternoon, and was dominated by St
Edmund's, which provided both of the joint winners, Mykhaylo Tyomkyn and Jai
Grover.
25th September 2006
The Cambridge University Chess Club has got an exciting array of events lined up for
you this term! These include a simultaneous display, a rapidplay tournament, two
blitzes and a couple of talks. Suggestions for events in Lent 2007 are very welcome
and can be sent to the committee. The full schedule for Michaelmas 2006 can be
viewed on the events page.
2006-2007 Archive: The Committee
Office Holder College
President Sean Lip Peterhouse
Vice-President
Richard Mycroft
& League Secretary
Jesus
Match Secretary Tom Nixon Sidney Sussex
Tournament
Charles Curry
& Social Secretary
Fitzwilliam
Senior Treasurer Dr Pyper Fitzwilliam
Junior Treasurer Adam Eckersley-Waites Queens'
Dragon Editors
Loren Lam
(vacant)
St John's

2006-2007 Archive: Freshers' Blitz
The 2006 Freshers' Blitz was held in the Trinity College Junior Parlour, in the
afternoon of the 7th of October. There was an excellent turnout of 24 players, so
thank you to everyone who took part, and congratulations to the joint winners,
Mykaylo Tyomkyn and Jai Grover, both of St. Edmund's college, who each scored
6.5/8.
The top 7 is given below:
1 Mykhaylo Tyomkyn St. Edmund's 6.5/8
1 Jai Grover St. Edmund's 6.5/8
3 Aloysius Han Caius 6/8
4 Stephen Cairns Trinity 5.5/8
5 Tariq Oozerally Magdalene 5/8
5 David Steel St. Edmund's 5/8
5 Jeremy Sharples Jesus 5/8
2006-2007 Archive: Cuppers Results
Week commencing 06/11/06
1) St John's 2 - 3 Peterhouse I
2) Downing 2 - 3 St. Catz
3) Trinity II 5 - 0 Sidney
4) Trinity I 3.5-1.5 Wolfson
5) Robinson 2 - 3 Churchill I
Week commencing 20/11/06
6) Peterhouse I 2 - 3 Queens'
7) Emma I 1.5-3.5 St. Edmunds
8) Darwin 5 - 0 Homerton
9) St. Catz 5 - 0 Clare
10) Trinity III *1.5-1.5 Fitz
11) Trinity II 2 - 3 Caius
12) Jesus I 0.5-4.5 Girton
13) Trinity I 1.5-3.5 Churchill I
Week commencing 22/01/06
14) Queens' 3 - 2 St. Edmunds
16) Trinity III 1 - 4 Caius
17) Girton 2 - 3 Churchill I
Week commencing 05/02/06
15) Darwin 1.5-3.5 St. Catz

Week commencing 19/02/07
18) Queens' 3 - 2 St. Catz
19) Caius 4.5-0.5 Churchill I
Week commencing 05/03/07
20) Queens' 0.5-4.5 Caius
Caius are the 2006-07 Cuppers champions!
* indicates a win on board count.
2006-2007 Archive: Division One Results
Week commencing 23/10/06
St Catz 3 - 2 Jesus I
Trinity II 1 - 4 Emma I
Week commencing 30/10/06
Sidney 0.5-4.5 Trinity II*
Jesus I 1.5-3.5 City I
St Catz 4.5-0.5 Queens'
Trinity I 3 - 2 Emma I
Week commencing 13/11/06
Queens' 2 - 3 Jesus I
Emma I 3.5-1.5 St Catz
Trinity II 0 - 5 Trinity I
Week commencing 27/11/06
Trinity I 2.5-2.5 City I
Week commencing 15/01/07
Jesus I 2.5-2.5 Emma I
St Catz 2 - 1 Trinity II
City I 2.5-2.5 Queens'
Week commencing 29/01/07
Trinity I 4 - 1 St Catz
Emma I 3.5-1.5 Queens'
City I 3.5-1.5 Trinity II
Week commencing 12/02/07
Trinity II 2 - 3 Jesus I
City I 2.5-2.5 St Catz
Queens' 2.5-2.5 Trinity I
Week commencing 26/02/07
Jesus I 2 - 3 Trinity I
Queens' 0 - 5 Trinity II
Emma I 2 - 3 City I

* This result has been expunged from the league records, as Sidney have withdrawn
from the league.
2006-2007 Archive: Division Two Results
Week commencing 30/10/06
Peterhouse I 3 - 2 Churchill I
Caius 5 - 0 Trinity III
Girton 1 - 4 St Edmunds
Robinson 1.5-3.5 City II
Week commencing 13/11/06
Trinity III 2.5-2.5 Peterhouse I
Churchill I 2.5-2.5 Caius
City II 2.5-2.5 Girton
St Edmunds 4.5-0.5 Robinson
Week commencing 27/11/06
City II 4 - 1 Peterhouse I
Girton 1 - 4 Caius
Robinson 3 - 2 Churchill I
St Edmunds 4 - 1 Trinity III
Week commencing 15/01/07
Peterhouse I 3.5-1.5 Girton
Caius 5 - 0 Robinson
Churchill I 0.5-4.5 St Edmunds
Trinity III 0 - 5 City II
Week commencing 29/01/07
Robinson 1 - 4 Peterhouse I
St Edmunds 1 - 4 Caius
City II 4.5-0.5 Churchill I
Girton 5 - 0 Trinity III
Week commencing 12/02/07
Caius 3 - 2 Peterhouse I
Trinity III 1.5-3.5 Churchill I
Robinson 2.5-2.5 Girton
City II 0.5-4.5 St Edmunds
Week commencing 26/02/07
Peterhouse I 2.5-2.5 St Edmunds
Caius 4 - 1 City II
Churchill I 0.5-2.5 Girton
Trinity III 0 - 0 Robinson
2006-2007 Archive: Division Three Michaelmas
Results
Week commencing 30/10/06
Churchill II 2 - 3 Emma II

Trinity IV 3 - 2 Jesus II
St John's 3.5-1.5 Peterhouse II
Wolfson 4 - 1 Homerton
Downing 1.5-3.5 Fitz
Darwin 3.5-1.5 Clare
Week commencing 13/11/06
Trinity IV 2 - 3 Churchill II
Jesus II 3 - 2 Emma II
Homerton 1 - 4 St John's
Peterhouse II 2 - 2 Wolfson
Fitz 2 - 3 Darwin
Clare 2.5-2.5 Downing
Week commencing 27/11/06
Churchill II 2 - 3 Jesus II
Emma II 4 - 1 Trinity IV
St John's 2 - 3 Wolfson
Peterhouse II 5 - 0 Homerton
Downing 0 - 5 Darwin
Fitz 0 - 0 Clare
2006-2007 Archive: Division Three Lent Results
Week commencing 15/01/07
Emma II 2.5-2.5 Fitz
St John's 2 - 3 Jesus II
Wolfson 3.5-1.5 Darwin
Clare 4 - 1 Trinity IV
Homerton 1 - 4 Churchill II
Downing 3 - 2 Peterhouse II
Week commencing 29/01/07
Wolfson 5 - 0 Emma II
Fitz 2.5-2.5 Jesus II
Darwin 1 - 0 St John's
Homerton 0 - 0 Clare
Trinity IV 1 - 4 Downing
Peterhouse II 1 - 4 Churchill II
Week commencing 12/02/07
Darwin 1 - 4 Emma II
Jesus II 1 - 4 Wolfson
St John's 4 - 1 Fitz
Clare 5 - 0 Peterhouse II
Trinity IV 0 - 0 Homerton
Churchill II 4 - 1 Downing
Week commencing 26/02/07
Emma II 3 - 2 Jesus II
Darwin 5 - 0 Fitz
Wolfson 4 - 1 St John's
Clare 2 - 3 Churchill II
Peterhouse II 0 - 0 Trinity IV
Downing 4.5-0.5 Homerton

Week commencing 05/03/07
Emma II 2.5-2.5 St John's
Jesus II 1.5-3.5 Darwin
Fitz 2.5-2.5 Wolfson
Downing 3 - 2 Clare
Churchill II 3 - 2 Trinity IV
Homerton 0 - 0 Peterhouse II
2006-2007 Archive: Freshers' Varsity Match
On Sunday 19th November, 13 first years made the arduous coach journey to Oxford
to play in the annual freshers varsity match. Soon after arriving, we went for a pub
lunch with some of the Oxford team. It was a great opportunity for the team to get to
know each other a bit better - indeed most of the team seemed to be mathmos and so
recognised each other from lectures! It was particularly interesting to discuss the
recent 'toiletgate' in the FIDE World Championship final between Topalov and
Kramnik.
The match itself took place in University College, apparently one of Oxford's oldest
colleges (not that we had much opportunity to look round!). It was clear from the
outset that it was going to be a very even contest. On paper, Cambridge seemed to
hold an advantage on the top boards, able to field the new Jamaican champion, Duane
Rowe. However after an hour's play Oxford appeared to hold decisive advantages on
several of the lower boards. Tariq Oozeerally, Steve Cairns, Robert Dover, Mikko
Fischer and Aloysius Han formed a formidable middle order, all recording wins.
Robert's game was particularly impressive, securing a sharp tactical win against an
accomplished opponent, which won him the best game prize.
While Oxford held a 5-2 edge at one stage, this did not tell the whole story.
Cambridge held strong positional advantages on almost all of the remaining boards,
with Barraclough looking particularly strong. Unfortunately at around the 2 hour
mark, both Rowe and Barraclough blundered. Although Rowe's error was only
marginal, on the surface appearing to make sound positional sense, Heaton, the
Oxford board 1, took advantage with great authority. By contrast in a seemingly
unassailable position Barraclough managed to blunder his queen! While this would
normally lead to immediate resignation, his dangerous attack gave him good fighting
chances. Again much credit is due to the Oxford player for remaining so cool under
immense pressure. Overall Cambridge slipped to a 6.5-5.5 defeat, with the result not
decided until the penultimate game. A loss is always disappointing, but there was a lot
of encouragement to take from the day. Rowe and Tyomkyn intermittently
demonstrated the talent required to challenge for Half Blue honours, and the
aforementioned middle order deserve top credit, all showing the match sharpness
needed for winning chess.
A selection of games
2006-2007 Archive: Freshers' Varsity Match Games
A selection of games from the 2006 Freshers' Varsity Match. I hope to soon have
these on a nice little board you can click through, but for now they're text-only.

Heaton,R - Rowe,D [A45]
Freshers Varsity 2006,
[Nixon,Thomas]
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 c5 4.f3 Qa5+ 5.c3 Nf6 6.Nd2 cxd4 7.Nb3 Qb6 8.cxd4 Nc6
9.e3 e6 10.a3 Nd5 11.Ne2 Be7 12.e4 Nxf4 13.Nxf4 Bg5 14.g3 0-0 15.h4 Bh6 16.Rh2
a5µ 17.a4 Nb4 18.Nd3 d6 19.f4 e5! 20.fxe5 dxe5? [ 20...Be6! 21.exd6 Nxd3+
22.Qxd3 Bxb3-+] 21.Nxe5 Re8 22.Qf3 Be6 23.Nc5 Rac8 24.Nxe6 Qxe6 [ 24...fxe6÷]
25.Bh3!+- Nc2+ 26.Rxc2 Qxh3 27.Rxc8 Qxc8 28.Qxf7+ Kh8 29.Qd5 Re6 30.Nf7+
Kg8 31.Nd8!! 1-0
Tyomkyn,M - Haoi,J [B31]
Freshers Varsity 2006,
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
Nxc3 10.bxc3 d6 11.exd6 Qxd6 12.Re1 Bg4 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 a6 15.Bf4 Qf6
16.Bxc6 bxc6 17.Qe4 Rfe8 18.Rab1 Bf8 19.Rb6 Rec8 20.Qe3 Qf5 21.c4 Qa5 22.Rb2
Ra7 23.Reb1 Rd7 24.Rb8 Line
Oozeerally,T - Ho,J [C42]
Freshers Varsity 2006,
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
9.Ng5 h6 10.Nxe4 Bxe4 11.Bxe4 Bxh2+ 12.Kxh2 Qh4+ 13.Kg1 dxe4 14.g3 Qe7
15.Nc3 f5 16.f3 Qd6 17.Bf4 Qc6 18.fxe4 g5 19.Be5 Nd7 20.d5 Qb6+ 21.Bd4 c5
22.dxc6 Qxc6 23.Nd5 Qd6 24.Bf2 Ne5 25.Nc3 Qxd1 26.Rexd1 Ng4 27.Bc5 Rac8
28.Rd5 b6 29.Bd4 fxe4 30.Rd7 Ra8 31.Rg7+ Kh8 32.Rxa7+ Kg8 33.Rxa8 Rxa8
34.Nxe4 Re8 35.Nf6+ Nxf6 36.Bxf6 Re2 37.c4 Kf7 38.Bc3 Ke6 39.Re1 1-0
Zafar,S - Cairns,S [B32]
Freshers Varsity 2006,
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 a6 6.Nd6+ Bxd6 7.Qxd6 Qf6 8.Qd1
Qg6 9.Nc3 Nf6 10.f3 d5 11.Nxd5 Nxd5 12.Qxd5 0-0 13.Bd2 Be6 14.Qd3 Rfd8
15.Qe3 Nd4 16.Rc1 Bxa2 17.Qg5 Qxg5 18.Bxg5 f6 19.Be3 Rac8 20.Bd3 Bc4
21.Bxc4+ Rxc4 22.Bxd4 Rcxd4 23.0-0 Rd2 24.b3 Rc8 25.Rf2 Rd3 26.Kf1 Rxb3
27.cxb3 Rxc1+ 28.Ke2 Rc2+ 29.Ke1 Rxf2 30.Kxf2 Kf7 31.Ke3 Ke6 32.Kd3 Kd6
33.Kc4 Kc6 34.g3 a5 35.f4 b5+ 36.Kd3 Kc5 37.Kc3 b4+ 38.Kd3 Kb5 39.Kc2 a4
40.bxa4+ Kxa4 41.Kb2 b3 42.h3 Kb4 0-1
Dover,R - Irving,A [B07]
Freshers Varsity 2006,
[Nixon,Thomas]
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
9.h4! a6 10.Bh6 b5 11.h5 Bb7 12.hxg6 fxg6 13.Nh3 e5 14.d5 Nb8 15.Bxg7 Kxg7
16.Ng5! Bc8 17.Nxh7!! Nxh7 18.Qh6+ Kg8 19.Qxh7# Line

Fischer,M - Atkins,M [B22]
Freshers Varsity 2006,
[Nixon,Thomas]
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
7.Nf3 0-0 8.0-0 Nc6 9.h3?! [ 9.d5!] 9...Qb6 [ 9...Nxe4!³] 10.Bb3 Na5 11.e5!? [
11.Ba4] 11...dxe5 12.dxe5 Nxb3? [ 12...Rd8!] 13.exf6 [ 13.Be3!] 13...Qxf6? [
13...Nxa1²] 14.Qxb3 b6 15.Bg5 Qd6 16.Rfe1 Be6 17.Qa4 Qc7 18.Rac1 Qb7 19.Qe4
Qb8 20.b3 Re8 21.Nd5 Bxd5 22.Qxd5 e6 23.Qd7 Rc8 24.Be7 Rxc1 25.Rxc1 Qe8
26.Rd1 a5 27.Qxe8+ Rxe8 28.Rd8 Rxd8 29.Bxd8 Bc3 30.Bxb6 Bb4 31.Nd4 Kf8
32.Nc6 Ke8 33.Nxb4 axb4 34.Ba5 Kd7 35.Bxb4 Kc6 36.Kf1 h5 37.Ke2 f5 38.Kd3
Kd5 39.a4 e5 40.a5 e4+ 41.Ke3 Kc6 42.Kf4 Kb5 43.Bd2 1-0
2006-2007 Archive: Insurance Club Match
The annual match between CUCC and the Insurance Cub was held last weekend, and
sadly ended in a 3.5-1.5 defeat for the university side, despite a quick win by CUCC
president Sean Lip.
CUCC Insurance Club
------------------------------------------
Tariq Oozerally (B) 0.5-0.5 Ian Caluet
David Barraclough 0 - 1 David Malcolm
John Daugman 0 - 1 Anthony Paish
Sean Lip 1 - 0 M C Page
Julie Kourtseva 0 - 1 G W Naldrett
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1.5-3.5
Sean's games is given below

Sean Lip vs M. C. Page
Insurance Club Match 2007
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8.
Be2
I was thinking for a while about whether to move the bishop to f1 or to e2; I couldn't
see anything wrong with the latter. Now just hoping to castle quickly and go into the
middlegame a safe pawn up.
8...h6 9. Nf3 e4 10. Ng1
White's position looks a bit sad but I'm not sure Black's is much better. The plan now
is d3 followed by getting rid of the e4-pawn, then developing KB and KN and castling
10...Bd6 11. d3 O-O 12. Be3
f2 was weak so I gave it some extra protection just in case
12...Re8 13. dxe4 Nxe4 14. Nf3 Bg4 15. Nbd2 Qe7? 16. Nxe4 1-0
The bishop on d6 hangs after Black takes the knight. This game took about 25 mins
per player.
2006-2007 Archive: Simultaneous Display by Adam
Eckersley-Waites
On the club afternoon on 14th October, Varsity player Adam Eckersley-Waites gave a
simultaneous display, taking on 12 club members at the same time. He handled this
very well, scoring 8 wins and 2 draws, with just 2 losses. More events of this kind are
planned for the future, so look out for announcements on this website or through the
email lists.
Below are some pictures from the simul:

2006-2007 Archive: Simultaneous Display by Duane
Rowe

A late report from last Saturday (27th January), when NM Duane Rowe of Jamaica
faced 14 CUCC members in a simultaneous display. He acquitted himself well,
winning 12 of the 14 games. Congratulations are also due Jeremy Sharples and Rich
Lee, who inflicted Duane's only defeats. Two pictures (somewhat blurry) are below:
2006-2007 Archive: Division One Final Table
Team P W D L GP MP Pts
=======================================
Trinity I 6 4 2 0 20 10 30
City I 6 3 3 0 17.5 9 26.5
Emma I 6 3 1 2 17.5 7 24.5
St. Catz 6 3 1 2 15.5 7 22.5
Jesus I 6 2 1 3 14 5 19
Trinity II 6 1 0 5 10.5 2 12.5
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Queens' 6 0 2 4 9 2 11

Sidney have withdrawn from the league, and their results have been
expunged from the record.
Last updated 29/03/07
2006-2007 Archive: Division Two Table
Team P W D L GP MP Pts
========================================
Caius 7 6 1 0 27.5 13 40.5
St Edmund's 7 5 1 1 25 11 36
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City II 7 4 1 2 21 9 30
Peterhouse I 7 3 2 2 18.5 8 26.5
Girton 7 2 2 3 16 6 22
Churchill I 7 1 1 5 11.5 3 14.5
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Robinson 6 1 1 4 8.5 3 11.5
Trinity III 6 0 1 5 5 1 6
Last updated 15/04/07
2006-2007 Archive: Division Three Michaelmas Table
Group A
Team P W D L GP MP Pts
----------------------------------------
Emma II 3 2 0 1 9 4 13
Jesus II 3 2 0 1 8 4 12
Churchill II 3 1 0 2 7 2 9
Trinity IV 3 1 0 2 6 2 8
Group B
Team P W D L GP MP Pts
-----------------------------------------
Wolfson 3 2 1 0 9 5 14
St John's 3 2 0 1 9.5 4 13.5
Peterhouse II 3 1 1 1 8.5 3 11.5
Homerton 3 0 0 3 2 0 2
Group C
Team P W D L GP MP Pts
----------------------------------------
Darwin 3 3 0 0 11.5 6 17.5
Fitz 2 1 0 1 5.5 2 7.5
Downing 3 0 1 2 4 1 5
Clare 2 0 1 1 4 1 5
Last updated 13/03/07

2006-2007 Archive: Division Three Lent Tables
Group I
Team P W D L GP MP Pts
=========================================
Wolfson 5 4 1 0 19 9 28
Emma II 5 2 2 1 12 6 18
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Darwin 5 3 0 2 12 6 18
Jesus II 5 1 1 3 10 3 13
St John's 5 1 1 3 9.5 3 12.5
Fitz 5 0 3 2 8.5 3 11.5
Group II
Team P W D L GP MP Pts
=========================================
Churchill II 5 5 0 0 18 10 28
Downing 5 4 0 1 15.5 8 23.5
Clare 4 2 0 2 13 4 17
Trinity IV 3 0 0 3 4 0 4
Peterhouse II 3 0 0 3 3 0 3
Homerton 2 0 0 2 1.5 0 1.5
Last updated 22/04/07
2006-2007 Archive: 125th Varsity Match
Cambridge emerged victorious at the 125th Varsity Match, held yesterday in lavish
surroundings at the RAC clubhouse, Pall Mall. After a balanced opening session,
Cambridge raced into a 4-1 lead at the end of the first time control, and Elizabeth
Roberts scored the crucial half-point to secure victory, the final score being 5-3 to
Cambridge.
After the short journey down from Cambridge, the opening ceremony was held at
12:00. After a somewhat unusual method of determining colours, which fortunately
secured for us black on odd boards, which we agreed beforehand we wanted. Then, at
12:30 play was underway, as we sought to avenge last year’s narrow defeat.
After a mixture of fairly standard openings and some rather more unconventional stuff
(the board four game commencing 1.e4 c5 2.a3), first blood was drawn on board two,
when reigning Jamaican champion Duane Rowe scored a short, sharp victory over
WM Olena Boytsun to give Cambridge the lead, and also earned himself the
Cambridge best game prize. This lead was short-lived however, as Richard Mycroft's
unusual opening choice failed to pay off, and after a tactical struggle Tom Eckersley-
Waites forced checkmate to level the scores at 1-1, for which he was awarded the
Oxford best game prize.
This remained the state of play up until the time control, when out of seemingly-level
positions Cambridge won three more boards, with Adam Eckersley-Waites, Gustav

Holzegel and Tom Nixon defeating Robert Heaton, Steffen Schaper and Alvar Kangur
in time scrambles. Tom's win was especially nice as it was a defeat to the same
opponent in time trouble last year which cost Cambridge the match.
So, as if out of nothing Cambridge led 4-1. Shortly after the time control this was 4-2,
as the experience of Grandmaster Luke Mcshane paid off in a clinical victory on
board one. This left boards seven and eight to determine the match, both in positions
which looked rather drawish but with winning chances for Oxford. Thus it remained
for another hour, with the tension rising amongst both the players and the crowds of
spectators around both boards. Finally Elizabeth Roberts, the Cambridge board eight
managed to force a draw by repetition, and the match was won, causing much
rejoicing amongst the Cambridge team. With the result of the match determined, the
players on board seven were playing just for pride, and agreed a draw a couple of
moves later to leave the final score 5-3 to Cambridge.
2006-2007 Archive: 125th Varsity Match
Cambridge emerged victorious at the 125th Varsity Match, held yesterday in lavish
surroundings at the RAC clubhouse, Pall Mall. After a balanced opening session,
Cambridge raced into a 4-1 lead at the end of the first time control, and Elizabeth
Roberts scored the crucial half-point to secure victory, the final score being 5-3 to
Cambridge.
After the short journey down from Cambridge, the opening ceremony was held at
12:00. After a somewhat unusual method of determining colours, which fortunately
secured for us black on odd boards, which we agreed beforehand we wanted. Then, at
12:30 play was underway, as we sought to avenge last year’s narrow defeat.
After a mixture of fairly standard openings and some rather more unconventional stuff
(the board four game commencing 1.e4 c5 2.a3), first blood was drawn on board two,
when reigning Jamaican champion Duane Rowe scored a short, sharp victory over
WM Olena Boytsun to give Cambridge the lead, and also earned himself the
Cambridge best game prize. This lead was short-lived however, as Richard Mycroft's
unusual opening choice failed to pay off, and after a tactical struggle Tom Eckersley-
Waites forced checkmate to level the scores at 1-1, for which he was awarded the
Oxford best game prize.
This remained the state of play up until the time control, when out of seemingly-level
positions Cambridge won three more boards, with Adam Eckersley-Waites, Gustav
Holzegel and Tom Nixon defeating Robert Heaton, Steffen Schaper and Alvar Kangur
in time scrambles. Tom's win was especially nice as it was a defeat to the same
opponent in time trouble last year which cost Cambridge the match.
So, as if out of nothing Cambridge led 4-1. Shortly after the time control this was 4-2,
as the experience of Grandmaster Luke Mcshane paid off in a clinical victory on
board one. This left boards seven and eight to determine the match, both in positions
which looked rather drawish but with winning chances for Oxford. Thus it remained
for another hour, with the tension rising amongst both the players and the crowds of
spectators around both boards. Finally Elizabeth Roberts, the Cambridge board eight

managed to force a draw by repetition, and the match was won, causing much
rejoicing amongst the Cambridge team. With the result of the match determined, the
players on board seven were playing just for pride, and agreed a draw a couple of
moves later to leave the final score 5-3 to Cambridge.
Speaking after the match, Oxford captain Herve Hansen expressed thanks to the
sponsors and the arbiters, and congratulated Cambridge on winning "a thrilling
match". He added, "it was a dramatic turnaround just like last year - unfortunately,
unlike last year, it was a turnaround for the worse."
Cambridge captain Sean Lip also thanked those who made the match possible, his
Cambridge team for doing a "good job", and the Oxford team for a good match. This
victory leaves the scores over the history of the match as 56 to Cambridge, 51 to
Oxford, with 18 draws.
Oxford 3 - 5 Cambridge
GM Luke McShane 1 - 0 David Hodge
WM Olena Boytsun 0 - 1 NM Duane Rowe
Alvar Kangur 0 - 1 Tom Nixon
Tom Eckersley-Waites 1 - 0 Richard Mycroft
Robert Heaton 0 - 1 Adam Eckersley-Waites
Steffen Schaper 0 - 1 Gustav Holzegel
Chris Rawlinson DRAWN Andreas Werner
Edward Stembridge DRAWN Elizabeth Roberts
Cambridge Captain Sean Lip with the Varsity Match Trophy

The victorious Cambridge team, minus Adam who had to leave early
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