A handicap event - on the 6th August a few enthusiasts got together to play.
Initially we had set aside 3 Saturdays - as a warm-up tournament to our upcoming September Round Robin.
The Time Limit was experimented with - to give everyone a tough game, we also whittled it down to just the one, hectic, afternoon.
The system went thus : basically based on a 'home' limit of G15 the higher rated got less time while the lower-rated player got more. For each hundred points difference the higher 'lost' a minute while the lower 'gained' a minute.
To make math easier (and extend the handicap the player with the lower rating was rounded down while the higher was rounded up (only if their rating was XX50 or higher) : thus a player rated 999 V 1450 = 900 V 1500 and times of 9 mins V 21 mins (the total time almostalways being half hour [Minimum time 2 mins]). Notice the difference between the above and 999 V 1449 - 10 mins V 20 mins
David's 'real' national rating is 286 (largely earnt and maintained in the ACT - I effectively raised it 200 (for local purposes)) since his performance was clearly above that.
Peter is a long-time Correspondence player just getting back into 'clock' chess, has a corresp. rating of 1900 and an 'old' national rating of 1727 - I put him in at a local provisional of 2nd seed. He only stumbled against the top two.
Place Name Loc Score
1-2 Brown, Phil 1413 6.5 Equal 1st
Farrell, Keith 1401 6.5 Equal 1st
3 Dorhauer, Peter 1450 5
4-8 Hoseman, Bill 970 3
Frias, Joe 1465 3
Birznieks, Ruth 1020 3
Maguire, Noel 1379 3
Porter, Les 1069 3
9-10 Coyle, Mick 704 2
Burrell, David 400 2
11 Porter, Janet 740 1 President's Award
Perhaps one of the surprising games was the Round 2 encounter between Keith and Phil, early on Phil dropped a Bishop at the end of some tricky tactics, Keith and he then fought tooth and nail after a backward e-pawn - Keith trying too hard to manufacture something out of a well-defended position - and dropped a Rook. "I felt I had lost a whole Rook ; rather than an exchange" !!
Farrell,K - Brown,P
Ettalong Deep Chill August 2005 fast Umina (2), 08.2005
[ notes by Keith]
3rrk2/1R2p3/3p2p1/2p4p/Q5NP/8/P1P2PPK/4q3 w - - 0 1
1.Qf4+ time limit 15 minutes each at the end of round 7 Phil and I shared 1st place - 3rd
having 5 points - one and a half behind 1...Kg8 [ 1...Kg7 2.Qh6+ Kg8 3.Qxg6+ Kh8 4.Rb3 Qd2 5.Nh6 Qf4+ 6.Rg3] 2.Nh6+ [ 2.Nf6+ exf6 3.Qh6 Re7 4.Qxg6+ Kf8 5.Qxf6+ Ke8 6.Qh8+] 2...Kg7 3.Nf5+ draw agreed ½-½
And thus neither knew they couldn't afford a loss.
No Name Loc Score Exp. Chg*K Rav Rprfm
1. Dorhauer, Peter 1450 5.0/7 5.60 -6 1207 1365
2. Brown, Phil 1413 6.5/7 6.23 3 1059 1481
3. Farrell, Keith 1401 6.5/7 5.25 13 1205 1627
4. Maguire, Noel 1379 3.0/7 6.09 -31 1059 1009
5. Porter, Les 1069 1.0/5 3.00 -20 998 758
6. Birznieks, Ruth 1020 2.0/6 1.74 3 1181 1056
7. Porter, Janet 740 0.0/4 0.48 -5 1072 73
8. Coyle, Mick 704 1.0/6 0.42 6 1122 849
9. Burrell, David 400 2.0/5 0.05 20 1061 989
10. Frias, Joe 1465 3.0/6 4.68 -17 1242 1242
11. Hoseman, Bill 970 2.0/4 0.44 16 1316 1316