TAFCA Individual Allegro

20/12/11: TAFCA Individual Allegro 2011

Congratulations go to the winners of the TAFCA ALLEGRO!

1st = Alan Borwell & Andy Rowe (both Dundee/Victoria)  5/6 ; £60 each.
Under 1650 Winner; Andrew Paulin (Castlehill) 4/6;  £30
Under 1400 Winner; Declan Shafi (aged 11) (Castlehill) 3.5/6; £30
Top junior; Leonardo Sani (aged 12), (Castlehill) 2.5/6 £15

20 players took part in the 2nd TAFCA Individual Allegro, held at Ninewells Hospital, Dundee on Saturday 17th December 2011.

This was a six round Swiss; 25 minutes each player time-control, and an allegro grading event. Clubs represented; Castlehill 9 players; Dundee/Victoria 4; Glenrothes 4; St.Andrews 2; Perth 1;

Thanks go to Ninewells Hospital for an excellent venue, also thanks to Castlehill Chess Club for the use of there chess equipment. And finally to all the players who took part, for without there support, it would not go ahead!

A minutes silence was held before the tournament started to pay respects to our long time and present TAFCA President, Jim Chalmers of Dundee/Victoria Chess Club, who sadly passed away a week ago. His role in developing  and supporting Chess was of vital importance to the progression of the sport in this area. 

May he rest in peace.

 
 
 
Round by Round Report:

In round 1 the shock of the round was Leonardo Sani (Castlehill), aged 12, and graded 712, beating Andrew Newton (St.Andrews), graded 1660. This was a fantastic result. That’s how to start the tournament off! 
 
Round 2 went to plan, with all the top players winning.
 
Round 3, the top board match was David Findlay ( 2171) v Mikey Grove (1874). This was a cracker! The game was like a seesaw, but in the end Mikey withstood the enormous pressure David put him under and won the match. This put Mikey on 3 points. Daniel Rocks and Alan Borwell joined him. Declan Shafi (Castlehill) aged 11, won his third round match against Allan Greenshields to get his campaign off and running!
 
In round 4, the top match was Daniel Rocks (Castlehill) v Alan Borwell (Dundee/Victoria). Daniel was in fine form and it was a very complicated game, which given the age difference between Daniel and Alan, gave Daniel a time-advantage. In the end time was Alan’s undoing and he lost the match. Declan drew his match against the much stronger player, Jim McCluskey (Castlehill). In the background going unnoticed was a player moving up the gears as each round passed. But who is he?
 
In the penultimate round 5, two players were on the full 4 points. Mikey Grove & Daniel Rocks, both Castlehill. They drew the match after a titanic struggle, which gave both players that sinking feeling at times! Was a draw enough for either of them?

Leonardo drew his match against a much stronger and experienced opponent Ian Morris (Glenrothes). There were a few niggles for some reason, and things looked a bit edgy for a while, but it all worked out in the end and it was a great result for Leonardo (Castlehill). 

Declan Shafi aged 11 and from Castlehill was on a roll with another great result against Colin Young (Castlehill), who has been showing good form this year. The quite man moving up the gears did it again with an unexpected, but outstanding win against the formidable and much higher graded David Findlay. This made it two wins in a “row” for our so far unsung hero of the day? “e” by gum!
 
Going into the 6th and last round, two players were on 4.5 points. Daniel Rocks & Mikey Grove, but they had already played each other so……….
 
Miley Grove was on board 1 with black against Andy Rowe (Dundee/Victoria), who was on 4 points. Daniel Rocks was on board two with white against David Findlay, on 3 points. Board 3 saw Alan Borwell also on 4 points with Black against Michael Roth (Perth).  Alan over came Michael to put his marker in at 5 points, but the other results were out of his hands. Daniel Rocks unbelievably made a blunder error, something he just does not do very often. This against David was of course suicide. Daniel was not happy with himself after all the hard work in the 5 previous rounds. But that’s life.
 
Now to board one and the big one. Would Mikey be in the Apple Grove, picking the fruits of his labour, or would he be left in the Lemon Grove, with a sour taste in his mouth, or could Andy make it 3 win in a row! Andy played like a man demented, doing his Kojac lollipop impression, he out played a stunned Mikey to take the point and pip him to the post. Who loves yeh baby! What a turnaround in the last round. Both the leaders losing their matches and ending up with nothing. Too win the Allegro, you need points, and what do points make, prizes!  Andy Rowe & Alan Borwell both finished equal 1st on 5 points and took the title of TAFCA Individual allegro home to Dundee & Victoria Chess Club. Well-played gentlemen. What a fantastic last round to finish the tournament off!
 
Now the under 1650 grading prize went to Andy Paulin from Castlehill after a fine win against Andrew Newton (St.Andrews). Andy had to hope the other results went his way, and boy did they do that with Andy Rowe upsetting the apple cart! Well-done Andy Paulin.
 
The under 1400 grading prize went to “The Smiling assassin”, Declan Shafi (1235) with a terrific win against Nigel Whyte (Dundee/Victoria) to finish on 3.5 points. Well clear of the field. Well played my son, No sorry Paul Shafi`s son! Figure of speech so to speak!
 
The junior prize went to Castlehill`s newest junior member of the club, Leonardo Sani, aged 12 and graded 712. This was a great tournament for him playing wise and the experience will we hope be put to good use in the future. One to watch me thinks.
 
The consolation prize of the silliest hat competition went to Mikey Grove for his impression of Hedi!
 
Thank you all and see you again next year!

 

 

 

14/12/10

22 players took part in the inaugural TAFCA Allegro held in Ninewells Chess Club. Several juniors took part, which is only good for the game in the TAFCA area. 6 round Swiss, 25 minutes each player format. The four top players were over 2000+ making for a very strong tournament.

Peter Constantinou(FM) representing St.Andrews Uni and the number one seed won the event with a perfect 6 out of 6;  Ed Spencer representing Dundee/Victoria finished Runner-Up on 5/6.

The top junior was Calum Pretious (13) representing Carse of Gowrie, who finished on a more than respectable 2/6 when you consider the strength of the field.

The two grading prizes went to Martin Chalmers & Ray Noble both representing Castlehill Chess Club.

The venue was excellent a part from needing a wet cloth and Hoover!

Could all players involved please email Ray Noble and give there views, thoughts, constructive criticisms and ideas on the future format of the tournament, i.e. time-control, length of lunch break, how many rounds, etc. It’s your competition and it must be played in the format most of you want. So let him know please.

 

 

Played at Ninewells Chess Club ending on 11/12/2010
Results compiled by Ray Noble

 Pool 

 Name 

 Club 

 Status 

 Grade 

 

 R1 Opp 

 R1 Res 

 R2 Opp 

 R2 Res 

 R3 Opp 

 R3 Res 

 R4 Opp 

 R4 Res 

 R5 Opp 

 R5 Res 

 R6 Opp 

 R6 Res 

 Pts 

 1

 Constantinou, Peter (FM)

 DV

 -

 2336

 

 11w

 1

 6b

 1

 4w

 1

 2b

 1

 5w

 1

 7b

 1

 6

 2

 Spencer, Edwin A

 DV

 -

 2205

 

 12b

 1

 20w

 1

 7b

 1

 1w

 0

 3b

 1

 13w

 1

 5

 3

 Findlay, David J

 DV

 -

 2197

 

 13w

 1

 8b

 ½

 6w

 1

 5b

 ½

 2w

 0

 19w

 1

 4

 4

 Borwell, Alan P

 CA

 -

 2031

 

 14b

 1

 9w

 1

 1b

 0

 20w

 1

 7b

 0

 5w

 0

 3

 5

 Edwards, Colin

 CH

 -

 1880

 

 15w

 1

 10b

 1

 8w

 1

 3w

 ½

 1b

 0

 4b

 1

 4½

 6

 Dawson, Alastair G

 DV

 -

 1750

 

 16b

 1

 1w

 0

 3b

 0

 14w

 1

 12b

 1

 22w

 0

 3

 7

 Roth, Michael J

 PR

 -

 1720

 

 17w

 1

 11b

 1

 2w

 0

 10b

 1

 4w

 1

 1w

 0

 4

 8

 Paulin, Andrew

 CH

 -

 1647

 

 18b

 1

 3w

 ½

 5b

 0

 19w

 0

 22b

 0

 16w

 1

 2½

 9

 Newton, Andrew

ST.A

 J17

 1644

 

 19w

 1

 4b

 0

 22w

 1

 13b

 0

 11w

 ½

 10b

 1

 3½

 10

 Rose, Keith S

 CH

 -

 1543

 

 21b

 1

 5w

 0

 12b

 1

 7w

 0

 19b

 0

 9w

 0

 2

 11

 Roy, Bappa

 KR

 -

 1505

 

 1b

 0

 7w

 0

 16b

 1

 18w

 1

 9b

 ½

 12w

 1

 3½

 12

 Burnett, Robert

 DV

 -

 1472

 

 2w

 0

 17b

 1

 10w

 0

 15b

 1

 6w

 0

 11b

 0

 2

 13

 Chalmers, Martin M

 CH

 -

 1436

 

 3b

 0

 18w

 1

 19b

 1

 9w

 1

  W

 1

 2b

 0

 4

 14

 Morris, Ian G

 GN

 -

 1436

 

 4w

 0

 19b

 0

 17w

 1

 6b

 0

 15w

 1

 21b

 1

 3

 15

 Wallace, Bruce

 DV

 -

 1420

 

 5b

 0

 16w

 1

 20b

 0

 12w

 0

 14b

 0

 18b

 1

 2

 16

 Paton, Lisa

 CH

 -

 1084

 

 6w

 0

 15b

 0

 11w

 0

 21b

 0

 18w

 1

 8b

 0

 1

 17

 Holm-Huxley, Oscar

 CA

 J10

 101

 

 7b

 0

 12w

 0

 14b

 0

 22b

 0

 21w

 0

  P

 1

 1

 18

 Coleman, Daniel

 CH

 J15

 0

 

 8w

 0

 13b

 0

 21w

 1

 11b

 0

 16b

 0

 15w

 0

 1

 19

 Grove, Michael

 CH

 -

 0

 

 9b

 0

 14w

 1

 13w

 0

 8b

 1

 10w

 1

 3b

 0

 3

 20

 Lawal, Rashid

 CH

 -

 1685

 

 22w

 1

 2b

 0

 15w

 1

 4b

 0

  L

 0

  V

 0

 2

 21

 Pretious, Calum

 CA

 -

 0

 

 10w

 0

 22b

 0

 18b

 0

 16w

 1

 17b

 1

 14w

 0

 2

 22

 Noble, Ray

 CH

 -

 1345

 

 20b

 0

 21w

 1

 9b

 0

 17w

 1

 8w

 1

 6b

 1

 4
 


TAFCA Individual Allegro Grading Performance table

 Pool 

 Name 

 Club 

 Status 

 Grade 

 PNUM 

Pts 

Plyd 

Opps 

Act 

Plyd 

Perf 

 

 

 1 

 Constantinou, Peter (FM) 

 DV 

 - 

 2336 

 21450 

 6 

 6 

 1997 

 6 

 6 

 2396 

 

 

 2 

 Spencer, Edwin A 

 DV 

 - 

 2205 

 6072 

 5 

 6 

 1959 

 5 

 6 

 2239 

 

 

 5 

 Edwards, Colin 

 CH 

 - 

 1880 

 16099 

 4½ 

 6 

 1863 

 4½ 

 6 

 2056 

 

 

 3 

 Findlay, David J 

 DV 

 - 

 2197 

 3919 

 4 

 6 

 1879 

 4 

 6 

 2001 

 

 

 7 

 Roth, Michael J 

 PR 

 - 

 1720 

 9972 

 4 

 6 

 1773 

 4 

 6 

 1895 

 

 

 13 

 Chalmers, Martin M 

 CH 

 - 

 1436 

 3477 

 4 

 6 

 1788 

 2 

 4 

 1788 

 

 

 22 

 Noble, Ray 

 CH 

 - 

 1345 

 8657 

 4 

 6 

 1542 

 3 

 5 

 1614 

 

 

 9 

 Newton, Andrew 

 IV 

 J17 

 1644 

 18930 

 3½ 

 6 

 1608 

 3½ 

 6 

 1669 

 

 

 11 

 Roy, Bappa 

 KR 

 - 

 1505 

 18175 

 3½ 

 6 

 1578 

 2½ 

 5 

 1578 

 

 

 4 

 Borwell, Alan P 

 CA 

 - 

 2031 

 3239 

 3 

 6 

 1824 

 3 

 6 

 1824 

 

 

 19 

 Grove, Michael 

 CH 

 - 

 0 

 22511 

 3 

 6 

 1658 

 3 

 6 

 1658 

 

 

 6 

 Dawson, Alastair G 

 DV 

 - 

 1750 

 13697 

 3 

 6 

 1651 

 3 

 6 

 1651 

 

 

 14 

 Morris, Ian G 

 GN 

 - 

 1436 

 10280 

 3 

 6 

 1566 

 2 

 5 

 1494 

 

 

 8 

 Paulin, Andrew 

 CH 

 - 

 1647 

 11841 

 2½ 

 6 

 1662 

 1½ 

 5 

 1512 

 

 

 20 

 Lawal, Rashid 

 CH 

 - 

 1685 

 21193 

 2 

 5 

 1720 

 2 

 4 

 1720 

 

 

 10 

 Rose, Keith S 

 CH 

 - 

 1543 

 5846 

 2 

 6 

 1710 

 1 

 5 

 1469 

 

 

 12 

 Burnett, Robert 

 DV 

 - 

 1472 

 3351 

 2 

 6 

 1527 

 2 

 6 

 1405 

 

 

 15 

 Wallace, Bruce 

 DVCH 

 - 

 1420 

 7607 

 2 

 6 

 1499 

 1 

 5 

 1258 

 

 

 21 

 Pretious, Calum 

 CA 

 - 

 0 

 22849 

 2 

 6 

 1126 

 2 

 5 

 1054 

 

 

 16 

 Paton, Lisa 

 CH 

 - 

 1084 

 13881 

 1 

 6 

 1468 

 0 

 4 

 1068 

 

 

 18 

 Coleman, Daniel 

 HI 

 J15 

 0 

 20001 

 1 

 6 

 1418 

 0 

 5 

 1018 

 

 

 17 

 Holm-Huxley, Oscar

 CA 

 J10 

 101 

 21689 

 1 

 6 

 501 

 0 

 4 

 101