British Irish Open Results

[MostFamousDane]

After 4 rounds of play (4 games with varying side - hmmmmm)

4 Players are on 6 points:

Liam Stephens
Frank Moran
Tom Kee (apparently a well known player who wasn't played for a while)
Tom Watson

Joan Caws is on 5 and a number of players (including me) are on 4 points.

Here is a game from the event:

[Event "British and irish open"]
[Black "Frank Moran"]
[White "Sune Thrane"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. 11-15 23-19 2. 8-11 22-17 3. 3-8 25-22 4. 11-16 29-25 5. 16-23 27-18-11 6.
8-15 17-13 7. 15-19 24-15 8. 10-19 22-18 9. 9-14 18-9 10. 5-14 25-22 11. 7-10
31-27 12. 4-8 27-23 13. 10-15 23-16 14. 12-19 22-17 {Lame} 15. 8-11 17-10 16.
19-23 26-19 17. 15-24 28-19 18. 6-15-24 21-17 19. 11-15 30-26 20. 15-18 26-23
21. 18-27 32-23 22. 24-27 23-19 23. 27-31 19-16 24. 31-26 16-11 25. 26-23 11-8
26. 23-18 8-3 27. 18-15 3-8 28. 15-10 8-11 29. 1-5 11-16 30. 2-7 16-19 31. 7-11
19-23 32. 11-15 23-27 33. 15-19 27-32 34. 19-23 32-28 35. 23-26 28-32 36. 26-30
32-27 37. 30-25 27-23 1-0

[S_McCosker]

Thanks for the update Sune

Tom Key (apparently a well known player who wasn't played for a while)

The first time I met Tom was at the last British & Irish Freestyle Open which was held in Limerick.
I believe Tom lived in London for a while and was a long member of the London Draughts club.

Here is a game I had with Tom from the recent Kildare Open.

[Event "Kildare Open 2009 (Town House Hotel, Naas C.o Kildare)"]
[Date "20\02\09"]
[Black "Tom Kee"]
[White "Shane McCosker"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. 12-16 22-17 2. 16-19 24x15 3. 10x19 23x16 4. 11x20 25-22 5. 8-11 22-18 6. 9-13 17-14 7.
6-9 28-24 8. 11-16 29-25 9. 1-6 32-28 10. 4-8 26-23 11. 8-11(A) 24-19(B) 12. 13-17 19x12 13.
17-22 23-19 14. 22x29 12-8 15. 3x12 19-16 16. 12x19 27-24 17. 20x27 31x8 18. 7-11 8-3 19.
11-16 3-8 20. 16-19 8-11 21. 19-23 11-15 22. 9-13 14-10 23. 6-9 18-14 24. 9x18 15x22 25.
23-27 28-24 26. 27-31 24-19 27. 31-27 19-15 28. 27-23 15-11 29. 23-19 10-7 30. 2-6 7-3 31.
6-10 11-7 32. 19-16 7-2 33. 10-15 3-7 34. 16-20 7-11 35. 15-19 2-7 36. 19-23 11-15 37.
23-27 15-18 38. 27-32 21-17 WW


8-11!

(A) See Diagram
(B) 31-26 is also a good alternative but this move seemed safest cont: 13-17 25-22 11-15 18-11 9-25 21-14 25-29 26-22 6-10 22-17
10-15 17-13 7-10 14-7 3-10 11-8 2-6 8-4 29-25 30-21 15-19 24-15 10-26 to a probable draw

I'm glad to see three Irish players in contention good luck guys and see ya all there on monday.

regards

Shane

[kiwinurse]

Go Liam,you can do it.

There was a fine man called Liam,
Who played draughts in a match and was even,
So he pulled out his cooks
After studying the books,
And caused his opponents some grieving.

[Palomino]

That's a good one Jan.

[Lindus Edwards]

Nice one Jan Yes Liam can do it as he is a very fine player. So go Liam go.

[MostFamousDane]

1. Tom Watson - 12 points
2. Tom Kee - 10 points
3. Frank Moran - 10 points
4. Liam Stephens 10 points

A number of people on 9 points incl me.

[Lindus Edwards]

Congratulations to Tom Watson.

[Ingo_Zachos]

Congratulations to Tom Watson and many thanks to Sune for his reports.
I hope he was satisfied with his play.

Greetinx from cloudy Germany and good luck,

Ingo Zachos

[john reade]

Any chance of getting the complete results from anywhere?

[tommyc]

Scottish Open Stonehaven..................after 2 days (5rds)


Shane MC COSKER 15

Tom Watson/Billy Doherty /Frank Moran ON........13

some others ........F MC NALLY 10
JOHN MC ELHONE 9


Will update as i can...........

[MostFamousDane]

Here are some more details:

1. Tom Watson - 12 points
2. Tom Kee - 10 points
3. Frank Moran - 10 points
4. Liam Stephens - 10 points
5. John Jolliff - 9 points
6. Colin Young - 9 points
7. Sune Thrane - 9 points
7. Bernard Coll - 9 points
9. Joan Caws - 8 points
10. Anthony Rose - 7 points
11. Frank Bednall - 7 points
12. Sean Phillips - 6 points
13. John Morgan - 5 points
14. Graham Young - 2 points

[MostFamousDane]

Congratulations to Tom Watson and many thanks to Sune for his reports.
I hope he was satisfied with his play.

Greetinx from cloudy Germany and good luck,

Ingo Zachos

Hi Ingo

It was quite nice for once to play in a tournament without being sick or jetlagged out of my mind. My play is a little bit better but not much - instead of losing easily drawn games I draw won games . I was quite satisfied with my play in the GAYP tournament but I'm getting totally creamed in the 3-move tournament. Sitting for myself meditating over my bad results I concluded that the master section of the Scottish Open is not the ideal place to play a 3-move opening for the first time .

In the GAYP tournament I got a win and 3 draws on Sunday unfortunately I missed wins in all of them

[Event "British And Irish Open 2009"]
[Black "Frank Bednall"]
[White "Sune Thrane"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. 11-15 22-18 2. 15x22 25x18 3. 12-16 18-14 4. 9x18 23x14 5. 10x17 21x14 6. 8-11 29-25 7.
4-8 24-19 8. 16x23 27x18 9. 11-16 26-23 10. 8-11 25-21 11. 6-9 32-27 12. 16-19 23x16 13.
11x20 28-24 14. 2-6 24-19 15. 9-13 31-26 16. 6-10 26-23 17. 10x17 21x14 18. 13-17 14-9 19.
5x14 18x9 20. 7-10 {loses} 23-18 21. 17-21 18-15 {misses the win, 9-6 wins} 22. 3-7 15x6 23. 1x10 9-6 24. 7-11 6-2 25. 11-15
19-16 26. 15-19 16-11 27. 10-14 1/2-1/2

[Event "British And Irish Open 2009"]
[Black "Sune Thrane"]
[White "Joan Caws"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. 11-15 22-18 2. 15x22 25x18 3. 10-15 18x11 4. 8x15 24-19 5. 15x24 28x19 6. 4-8 29-25 7.
8-11 25-22 8. 9-14 22-18 9. 6-10 18x9 10. 5x14 26-22 11. 11-15 22-17 12. 15x24 27x20 13.
10-15 17x10 14. 7x14 31-26 15. 15-19 23x16 16. 12x19 20-16 17. 19-24 26-22 18. 2-7 30-26
19. 7-10 22-17 {loses} 20. 14-18 26-23 21. 18x27 32x23 {the win is still here for some reason I accepted a draw} 1/2-1/2

[Event "British And Irish Open 2009"]
[Black "Tom Kee"]
[White "Sune Thrane"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. 11-15 22-18 2. 15x22 25x18 3. 8-11 29-25 4. 10-14 25-22 5. 11-16 24-19 6. 7-10 28-24 7.
16-20 32-28 8. 3-7 19-15 9. 10x19 24x15 10. 7-10 {loses} 27-24 {misses the win 15-11 wins} 11. 20x27 31x24 12. 10x19 24x15 13.
6-10 15x6 14. 1x10 28-24 15. 4-8 24-19 16. 8-11 19-15 17. 10x19 23x7 18. 14x23 26x19 19.
2x11 1/2-1/2

Actually I also missed 3 wins in the first 4 rounds of the 3-move tournament. Oh man I'm getting tired now

[john reade]

Thanks Sune!

[Ingo_Zachos]

Thx Sune from Fossano.

It is an improvement to draw won games, as I lose won games if I am in bad shape frequently.
3-move is a diffrent world as you play in bad positions or positions you don t like with both sides.

Don t try too hard and see it as a lesson in charakter shaping, as it makes zou humble.

Greetinx from Fossano,

Ingo