Report By Keith Farrell
Even though the field was smaller than
we were used to (half that of last years') it looked on paper as if it would be
hard-fought, it it hadn't have been for a previous Champion who
dominated the tournament
Kanwal Player Malcolm Murrell has won
the Central Coast District Chess Championship without losing a game. After 6
wins and two draws Malcolm is once again Champion, he last won it in 1991 , his
nearest rival being a full point behind, and continues his winning streak of 14
points from the last 15 competition games (half points for each draw).
In this competition Mal fended off the
top seeds while triumphing over another who was Champion in 1992.
Second place went to Frank Mejias who
lost only to the number 3 player.
A recent win Malcolm had was against last year’s District Champion in Mingara’s “Evan’s Gambit “ Tournament :
White - J.Nutter 1992
Black- M. Murrell 1629
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Bc5 6.0-0 d6 7.d4 exd4 8.cxd4 Bb6 9.d5 Na5 10.Bb2 Ne7 11.Bd3 0-0 12.Nbd2 c5 13.h3 Bc7 14.Nh2 Rb8 15.a4 Ng6 16.f4 a6 17.f5 Ne5 18.Bxe5 dxe5 19.f6 gxf6 20.Qh5 Kh8 21.Qh6 Rg8 22.Rxf6 Rg6 23.Rxg6 fxg6 24.Rf1 Kg8 25.Ndf3 Qf8 26.Qxf8+ Kxf8 27.Nxe5+ Kg8 28.Nhg4 Bxg4 29.Nxg4 c4 30.Bc2 b5 31.axb5 axb5 32.e5 Rf8 33.Rb1 Rb8 34.Nf6+ Kg7 35.Nd7 Rb7 36.e6 Bd6 37.Rf1 b4 38.Rf7+ Kh6 39.g4 c3 40.h4 b3 41.Bb1 c2 42.g5+ Kh5 43.Rxh7+ Kg4 44.Nf6+ Kf3 0-1
No Name Loc Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 Murrell, Malcolm R 1629 6 11:1 9:1 2:= 8:1 7:1 5:1 3:= 2 Mejias, Frank T 1579 5 7:1 5:= 1:= 6:1 4:1 3:0 10:1 3 Reynolds, Paul J 1690 4.5 9:0 14:+ 11:1 7:0 8:1 2:1 1:= 4 Farrell, Keith R 1416 4.5 5:0 12:1 13:1 10:1 2:0 6:= 7:1 5 Kadhum, Monkeith 1691 4 4:1 2:= 8:0 12:1 10:1 1:0 6:= 6 Keaveney, Joseph 1264 4 14:+ 11:1 10:0 2:0 9:1 4:= 5:= 7 Skulimowski, Don 1347 4 2:0 13:1 9:1 3:1 1:0 12:1 4:0 8 Rizzardini, Armando 1418 4 13:1 10:= 5:1 1:0 3:0 11:= 0:1 9 Shearwood, Barry 1386 3.5 3:1 1:0 7:0 11:= 6:0 0:1 12:1 10 Robinson, Allen 1582 3.5 12:1 8:= 6:1 4:0 5:0 13:1 2:0 11 Keuning, Patrick J 1310 3 1:0 6:0 3:0 9:= 0:1 8:= 13:1 12 Porter, Leslie 1140 2 10:0 4:0 0:1 5:0 13:1 7:0 9:0 13 Hoseman, Bill 1050 1 8:0 7:0 4:0 0:1 12:0 10:0 11:0 14 Morgan, Ken 1190 0 6:- 3:- 0: 0: 0: 0: 0:
Place Name Loc Club Score
1 Murrell, Malcolm R 1629 Mingara 6
2 Mejias, Frank T 1579 Gosford 5
3-4 Reynolds, Paul J 1690 Gosford 4.5
Farrell, Keith R 1416 Gosford 4.5
5-8 Kadhum, Monkeith 1691 Gosford 4
Keaveney, Joseph 1264 Mingara 4
Skulimowski, Don 1347 Gosford 4
Rizzardini, Armando 1418 Gosford 4
9-10 Shearwood, Barry 1386 Gosford 3.5
Robinson, Allen 1582 Gosford 3.5
11 Keuning, Patrick J 1310 Gosford 3
12 Porter, Leslie 1140 Ettalong 2
13 Hoseman, Bill 1050 Gosford 1
14 Morgan, Ken 1190 Ettalong 0