Solo Wins In Geelong Open 2011
Stephen Solomon of Queensland (above, left), is the new Geelong Open Champion. He took the title from the previous holder, ex World U12 champion Bobby Cheng (above, right). Although Bobby actually defeated Stephen in their individual encounter, and equalled his score of 5/6, he lost the title to Stephen on countback.
The tournament was ably (as usual) arbited by Gary Bekker, who filed this report:
Bobby Cheng and Leonid Sandler took half-point byes in round 1, and drew their game in round 4, allowing Stephen Solomon to take the outright lead by defeating David Garner in the same round. In round 5 Bobby Cheng beat Stephen Solomon with the black pieces in 25 moves, and Leonid Sandler defeated Michael Sugrue, giving the three of them the joint lead going into the final round. Bobby Cheng defeated David Garner (who emigrated from the UK last year), and Stephen Solomon eventually ground out a win in a long tough ending, to jointly win the event. Jamie Kenmure and Benjamin Spencer both had excellent results to win the U/1600 and Junior prizes respectively. See games below.
Final Standings:
Place Name Loc Score
1-2 Cheng, Bobby 2350 5
Solomon, Stephen J 2428 5
3-7 Sandler, Leonid 2289 4
Sugrue, Michael 1947 4
Davis, Tony J 1824 4
Gill, Geoffrey 1886 4
Albarracin, Gregorio 1608 4
8-10 Garner, David J 2101 3.5
Fletcher, Steven 1771 3.5
Kenmure, Jamie 1363 3.5
11-14 Stokie, William 1545 3
Babic, Zoran 1746 3
Ogden, Marcus W 1699 3
Spencer, Benjamin 3
15-20 Barber, Geoffrey 1517 2.5
Bekker, Gary D 1574 2.5
Kersten, Ben 1519 2.5
Feduniw, Terry 1537 2.5
Zoppi, Mario 1824 2.5
Davis, Geoff 1454 2.5
21-24 Wemyss, Andrew M 1693 2
Daneshvar, Reza 2
Maligin, William 899 2
Nemaric, Tom 1428 2
25 Ebeyan, Thomas 474 1.5
26 Dingfelder, Carl 696 0
Selected Games:
Round 1
Solomon,S (2428) – Wemyss,A (1693)
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.Nf3 Nd7 7.h4 h6 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Qc7 11.Bd2 e6 12.0-0-0 Ngf6 13.c4 0-0-0 14.Ne4 Nxe4 15.Qxe4 Nf6 16.Qe2 Bd6 17.Kb1 Kb8 18.Bc3 Rhe8 19.Ne5 Bxe5 20.dxe5 Nd7 21.Rd6 Nc5 22.b3 Rxd6 23.exd6 Qd7 24.Bxg7 e5 25.Bxh6 Qxd6 26.Be3 f5 27.Rd1 Qe7 28.Bxc5 Qxc5 29.Qd3 Kc7 30.Qd7+ 1-0
Round 2
Fletcher,S (1771) – Solomon,S (2428)
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.e3 Bf5 4.Bd3 e6 5.0-0 Nf6 6.Bxf5 exf5 7.Qd3 g6 8.c4 dxc4 9.Qxc4 Bd6 10.Nc3 0-0 11.a4 a5 12.b3 Nbd7 13.Ba3 Nb6 14.Qe2 Re8 15.Bxd6 Qxd6 16.Ne5 Nbd5 17.Qc4 Nxc3 18.Qxc3 Nd5 19.Qd2 Re7 20.Nc4 Qc7 21.Rfe1 b6 22.Rac1 Rae8 23.Ne5 Re6 24.Qc2 f6 25.Nxc6 Rc8 26.Ne7+ Rxe7 0-1
Sugrue,M (1947) – Zoppi,M (1824)
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.Bd3 c5 8.0-0 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Be7 10.Re1 0-0 11.c3 Re8 12.Bf4 Qb6 13.Qc2 Bd7 14.Be5 h6 15.Qe2 a6 16.a4 Rac8 17.a5 Bc6 1-0
Round 3
Solomon,S (2428) – Sugrue,M (1947)
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 Qc7 9.0-0-0 Nbd7 10.Bd3 b5 11.Rhe1 Bb7 12.Qg3 1-0
Garner,D (2101) – Davis,T (1824)
1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.cxd5 Bxf3 5.gxf3 Qxd5 6.e3 e5 7.Nc3 Bb4 8.Bd2 Bxc3 9.bxc3 Qd6 10.Rb1 Rb8 11.Qa4 Nge7 12.h4 h5 13.Bd3 0-0 14.Qc2 Rfe8 15.Kf1 b6 16.Rg1 Qf6 17.Rg3 Qxh4 18.Kg2 Qf6 19.Rh1 Rbd8 20.Rxh5 Rd6 21.Bc1 exd4 22.cxd4 Nb4 23.Bh7+ Kf8 24.Qb3 g6 25.e4 gxh5 26.e5 Qe6 27.exd6 Qxd6 28.Qxb4 Qxb4 29.Bh6# 1-0
Gill,G (1886) – Cheng,B (2350)
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Qc7 7.Be2 Bb4 8.Qd3 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 d6 10.f4 Nbd7 11.Ba3 Nc5 12.Bxc5 Qxc5 13.Nb3 Qc7 14.0-0 Bd7 15.Rad1 Ke7 16.e5 Ne8 17.exd6+ Nxd6 18.c5 Ne8 19.Bf3 Bc6 20.Rde1 Rd8 21.Qe3 Bxf3 22.Rxf3 Kf8 23.f5 exf5 24.Rxf5 h5 25.Re5 Nf6 26.Re7 Qc8 27.Qf4 Rh6 28.Rc7 Qg4 29.Qxg4 Nxg4 30.h3 Re6 31.Rf1 Nf6 32.Rxb7 Re3 33.Rb6 Rxc3 34.Rxa6 Ne4 35.Ra7 f6 36.Re1 f5 37.Rb7 Rc2 38.a4 Rd3 39.Kh2 h4 40.a5 Rg3 41.Rg1 Ng5 42.a6 Rxh3# 0-1
Zoppi,M (1824) – Sandler,L (2289)
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 c5 4.Bd3 d5 5.c3 Bd6 6.Nbd2 0-0 7.0-0 Nc6 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.e4 Bd6 10.Re1 Qc7 11.Qe2 Bf4 12.Nf1 dxe4 13.Bxe4 Bd7 14.Ng3 Rad8 15.Bxf4 Qxf4 16.Rad1 g6 17.Rd2 Qc7 18.Red1 Ne7 19.Nd4 Kg7 20.Bf3 a6 21.c4 e5 22.Nc2 Rfe8 23.b3 b5 24.cxb5 Bxb5 25.Qe3 Rc8 26.Na3 Qc5 27.Qxc5 Rxc5 28.Nxb5 axb5 29.Be2 Ned5 30.Bf1 Nc3 31.Re1 b4 32.Bc4 Ra8 33.Rd6 Rb8 34.f3 Ra5 35.Ne4 Nfxe4 36.fxe4 Rb7 37.Rd2 Rba7 38.Kf2 Rxa2 39.Rxa2 Rxa2+ 40.Kf3 f6 41.h3 Kf8 42.g4 Ke7 43.Re3 Rh2 44.Kg3 Rd2 45.Kf3 h6 46.Rd3 Rh2 47.Kg3 Re2 48.Kf3 Rxe4 49.Rd2 Re1 50.Kg2 f5 51.gxf5 gxf5 52.Rf2 Kf6 53.Rd2 Rd1 54.Rf2 e4 55.Kg3 Ke5 56.Ba6 Rg1+ 57.Kh2 Rg7 58.Bc8 f4 59.Bg4 Ra7 60.Kg2 Ra3 0-1
Round 4
Garner,D (2101) – Solomon,S (2428)
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 0-0 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b5 7.cxb5 c6 8.Bg5 cxb5 9.f3 Nc6 10.e3 a6 11.Bd3 Bb7 12.b4 a5 13.Rc1 axb4 14.axb4 Qe7 15.Qc5 Qxc5 16.bxc5 Nd5 17.Kf2 h6 18.Bh4 f5 19.Bxb5 g5 20.Bxc6 Bxc6 21.Bg3 Bb5 22.Bd6 Ra2+ 23.Kg3 Nxe3 24.Bxf8 Kxf8 25.Re1 Rxg2+ 26.Kh3 f4 27.Rb1 Bd3 0-1
Cheng,B (2350) – Sandler,L (2289)
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 0-0 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 Ne4 8.Bxe7 Qxe7 9.Rc1 Nxc3 10.Rxc3 c6 11.Bd3 Nd7 12.0-0 dxc4 13.Bxc4 e5 14.Bb3 e4 15.Nd2 Nf6 16.Rc5 Bg4 17.Qb1 Nd7 18.Rc3 Be2 19.Re1 Bd3 20.Bc2 Bxc2 21.Qxc2 Rfe8 22.b4 Nb6 23.Rc5 Nd7 24.Rc3 Nb6 25.Rb1 Nd5 26.Rcb3 a6 27.Nc4 Rad8 28.a4 Rc8 29.Nd2 Kh8 ½-½
Round 5
Solomon,S (2428) – Cheng,B (2350)
(See below for an annotated version of the game)
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 h6 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.Bd3 c5 6.e5 Nfd7 7.c3 Nc6 8.0-0 g5 9.h3 h5 10.g4 hxg4 11.hxg4 Qb6 12.c4 cxd4 13.cxd5 Ncxe5 14.dxe6 Qxe6 15.Re1 Qxg4+ 16.Kf1 Kd8 17.Be4 Rh1+ 18.Ke2 Rxe1+ 19.Kxe1 Bb4 20.Bd5 Nd3+ 21.Kf1 Nf4 22.Bc4 d3 23.Ke1 Ne5 24.Nh2 Qg1+ 25.Nhf1 Ng2# 0-1
Sandler,L (2289) – Sugrue,M (1947)
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 0-0 5.Nf3 d6 6.0-0 Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.e4 c6 9.Re1 Qc7 10.h3 Re8 11.Be3 a6 12.Rc1 Qb8 13.dxe5 dxe5 14.c5 Bf8 15.b4 Be7 16.Nd2 a5 17.a3 b5 18.Nb3 axb4 19.axb4 Bd8 20.Qc2 Nf8 21.Ra1 Be6 22.Qb2 Bxb3 23.Qxb3 Ne6 24.Qb2 Bc7 25.Rxa8 Qxa8 26.Ra1 Qb7 27.Qa2 Nd4 28.Kf1 Bb8 29.Ne2 Nxe2 30.Kxe2 Kg7 31.f3 Rd8 32.h4 Qd7 33.Qc2 Qe6 34.Ra6 Rd7 35.Ra8 Rd8 36.g4 1-0
Gill,G (1886) – Garner,D (2101)
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 0-0 6.Be3 Nc6 7.Qd2 a6 8.g4 e5 9.d5 Nd4 10.Bd3 Rb8 11.Nce2 c5 12.dxc6 bxc6 13.Nxd4 exd4 14.Bxd4 d5 15.g5 Nxe4 16.Bxe4 Bxd4 17.Qxd4 Qa5+ 18.Qd2 Qxd2+ 19.Kxd2 dxe4 20.Kc3 Bf5 21.h4 Rfe8 22.Re1 e3 23.Ne2 Rbd8 24.Rd1 Kg7 25.Rhe1 c5 26.Rd5 h6 27.Red1 Rc8 28.Rd6 ½-½
Davis,T (1824) – Fletcher,S (1771)
1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 c6 3.f3 Nf6 4.e4 dxe4 5.fxe4 e5 6.dxe5 Qxd1+ 7.Kxd1 Ng4 8.Ke2 Nxe5 9.Nf3 Ng6 10.Be3 Bb4 11.Kf2 Bxc3 12.bxc3 0-0 13.Bc4 Nd7 14.Bb3 Nde5 15.h3 b6 16.a4 Bb7 17.a5 c5 18.Bd5 Bxd5 19.exd5 Nc4 20.Rhe1 Rfd8 21.axb6 axb6 22.Rxa8 Rxa8 23.Nd2 Nge5 24.Nxc4 Nxc4 25.Bf4 f5 26.d6 Rd8 27.Rd1 g5 28.Bxg5 Rxd6 29.Re1 Kf7 30.Re7+ Kg6 31.Bf4 Rf6 32.Ke2 Rf7 33.Re6+ Rf6 34.Re8 Kf7 35.Rh8 Re6+ 36.Kf3 Kg7 37.Rb8 Na3 38.Bc7 Nc4 39.Kf4 Rc6 40.Be5+ Kg6 41.Rg8+ Kh6 42.Bg7+ Kg6 43.Be5+ Kh6 44.Kxf5 Ne3+ 45.Ke4 Nxc2 46.g4 Rg6 47.Bf4+ 1-0
Round 6
Sandler,L (2289) – Solomon,S (2428)
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bg2 0-0 6.0-0 dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 b5 9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bf4 Nc6 11.Rd1 Bd6 12.Bg5 Nb4 13.Qc1 h6 14.Bxf6 Qxf6 15.a3 Nc6 16.Nc3 Rad8 17.Qc2 Be7 18.e3 Ba8 19.Qe2 e5 20.Nxe5 Nxe5 21.dxe5 Qxe5 22.Bxa8 Rxd1+ 23.Rxd1 Rxa8 24.Qf3 Rd8 25.Rxd8+ Bxd8 26.Qa8 Qd6 27.Ne4 Qd1+ 28.Kg2 Kh7 29.Nc5 a5 30.Qc6 Bf6 31.b3 Bb2 32.a4 bxa4 33.bxa4 Qc2 34.Qd5 f6 35.Ne6 Ba3 36.Nd4 Qxa4 37.Qf5+ Kg8 38.Qc8+ Bf8 39.Qxc7 Qb4 40.Qd7 a4 41.Qd5+ Kh8 42.Ne6 a3 43.Nf4 g5 44.Ne6 Qd6 45.Qa8 Kg8 46.Nd4 h5 47.h3 Kf7 48.g4 hxg4 49.hxg4 Qd7 50.Kf3 Bc5 51.Qe4 Bxd4 52.exd4 Qe6 53.Qb7+ Kg6 54.Qb1+ Kh6 55.Qb5 Qd6 56.Ke4 Qf4+ 57.Kd5 Qxg4 58.Qa6 Qf3+ 59.Kc5 g4 60.Qe6 Qc3+ 61.Kb5 Qxd4 62.f3 Qe5+ 0-1
Cheng,B (2350) – Garner,D (2101)
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4 0-0 6.Nf3 c5 7.d5 e6 8.dxe6 Bxe6 9.Bd3 Bg4 10.0-0 Nc6 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Nd4 13.Qf2 h6 14.Be3 Nc6 15.Rad1 Qe7 16.e5 Nd7 17.Nd5 Qd8 18.exd6 f5 19.Kh1 Nd4 20.g4 Kh7 21.Qg2 Nb6 22.gxf5 Nxf5 23.Ne7 Rf6 24.Bxf5 gxf5 25.Bxc5 Nxc4 26.Rg1 Qf8 27.d7 Ne3 28.Bxe3 Qxe7 29.d8Q 1-0
Davis,T (1824) – Gill,G (1886)
1.Nc3 d5 2.d4 Bf5 3.f3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.Nxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 h6 7.Bh4 Ne3 8.Qd3 Nxc2+ 9.Qxc2 Bh7 10.Bd3 g5 11.Bf2 Bg7 12.Ne2 c6 13.Be3 Qb6 14.Kf2 Rc8 15.b4 Qc7 16.h4 g4 17.e5 Bxd3 18.Qxd3 gxf3 19.gxf3 Nb6 20.Rhg1 Bf8 21.a3 Nd5 22.Nc3 Qd7 23.Rg3 Kd8 24.Ne4 b6 25.Rc1 f5 26.exf6 exf6 27.Nc3 Bd6 28.Rgg1 Qh3 29.Nxd5 Qxh4+ 30.Ke2 cxd5 31.Rxc8+ Kxc8 32.Qf5+ Kb8 33.Qxd5 Qh2+ 34.Kd3 Rc8 35.Rc1 Rxc1 36.Bxc1 Bf4 ½-½
Sugrue,M (1947) – Babic,Z (1746)
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 e5 7.Nde2 Be7 8.h3 Be6 9.Bb3 Rc8 10.Be3 0-0 11.g4 Qa5 12.Qd2 Bxb3 13.cxb3 Rfd8 14.g5 Nh5 15.0-0-0 Nd4 16.Kb1 Nxe2 17.Qxe2 g6 18.Rd5 Qa6 19.Qxa6 bxa6 20.h4 Rc6 21.Bxa7 Nf4 22.Rd2 Rdc8 23.Be3 Ne6 24.Nd5 Kf8 25.Rd3 a5 26.Rc3 Bd8 27.Rhc1 Nc5 28.a3 Rb8 29.b4 axb4 30.axb4 Rcb6 31.Nxb6 1-0
Kevin Bonham annotates the Solomon – Cheng game:
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 h6 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.Bd3 c5 6.e5 Nfd7 7.c3 Nc6 8.0-0 g5! [Various replies have been tried here for white, none of which appear totally convincing.] 9.h3 h5 10.g4 [Also tried in Vishnu-Sengupta Balaguer 2008 with the same result. White could instead seek complications with the bizarre looking 10.Nb3 with a piece sacrifice in either of two lines 10…g4 (10…c4 11.Bxg5 Qc7 12.Bc2 cxb3 13.axb3 with compensation based around the passiveness of the black queenside and the vulnerability of black’s KR and KRP.) 11.Ng5 Be7 12.Nxe6! fxe6 13.Bg6+ Kf8 14.hxg4 hxg4 15.Qxg4 Rh4 with a very messy position] 10…hxg4 11.hxg4 Qb6 [Vishnu-Sengupta continued 11…Be7 12.Re1 a6 13.Nf1 b5 14.Ng3 Bb7 15.Nh5 etc. Although black won that game Bobby’s move may be an improvement.] 12.c4?[If white was going to play this it should have been played earlier, and perhaps even in one go. 12.Qb3 =/+]12…cxd4 13.cxd5 Ncxe5 [13…exd5 14.e6 fxe6 is also good] 14.dxe6 [This loses decisively but it seems there was nothing adequate anyway.] 14…Qxe6 15.Re1 Qxg4+ 16.Kf1 Kd8 17.Be4 Rh1+ 18.Ke2 Rxe1+ 19.Kxe1 Bb4 20.Bd5 Nd3+ 21.Kf1 Nf4 22.Bc4 d3 23.Ke1 Ne5 24.Nh2 Qg1+ 25.Nhf1 Ng2# 0-1
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