This tournament was a good innovation and a lot of fun I think. We almost managed two 7 board matches every round, and the teams were reasonably stable and coherent. The winning Capablancans put up the same seven players in each of the six rounds, and the second place Karpovians did almost as well. Perhaps consistency is the key to success ?
Full results below. Credit in particular to Scott Wastney for stellar play and 4/5 (not counting a win by default) on board 1. Also to Anthony Ker for getting into the spirit of things and abandoning his normal repertoire to play Karpovian openings instead. Some great results on the lower boards from Irek and Layla Timergazi, Paul Frost (5.5 out of 6!) and Ken Heaton (5 out of 5! [not counting a win by default]). Thanks to Ian for taking on a trickier than usual organisational job and for sacrificing his own enjoyment by making himself a super-sub only.
I reconstructed most of my games (perhaps slightly less than 100% accurately in all cases) for Ian's blog. It's not too late for you to do the same, email your game(s) to Ian and no doubt he will publish them.
Actually for the record it is amusing to note that the decisive part of my two remaining games comprised only 6 moves in one case and 1 move (?!) in the other. Against Ross (black), my game went 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.b4 Nf6 4.e3 e5? 5.Nxe5 {hoping for} Bxb4?? 6.Qa4+! {winning a piece} 1-0 {eventually}. Against Ian (white) my game went 1.c4 2.b5?? 1-0 {quite quickly}. I think I can confidently claim that my insane attempt to invent a new opening (The accelerated Benko gambit perhaps?) on the spur of the moment, at the board, gave me a completely lost position after one move. Ian confidently dispatched me, demonstrating that white has the pawn and the compensation. In general I enjoyed the rapid time limit, it made it possible to just play, without overthinking things. But this last game was an exception to this enjoyment principle for me if not for Ian!
Total Capablancans Karpovians Alekhinians Fischerians
Capablancans 5.5 x x 1 1 0.5 1 1 1
Karpovians 4 0 0 x x 1 1 1 1
Alekhinians 2.5 0.5 0 0 0 x x 1 1
Fischerians 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 x x
Round 6
Alekhinians v Capablancans Russell Dive 0-1 Scott Wastney Michael Nyberg 0-1 Bill Forster Mike Roberts 1/2-1/2 Alan Aldridge John Cook 0-1 Jonathon Whittle John Marney 0-1 Hamish Shierlaw Matt Veldhuizen 0-1 Dylan Frater Andreas Theodosiou 0-1 Ken Heaton Total 0.5 - 6.5
Karpovians v Fischerians Anthony Ker 1-0 Ian Sellen Ross Jackson 0-1 Marany Meyer Lawrence Farrington 0-1 Alan Ang Andrew Brockway 1-0 Peter Stoeveken Layla Timergazi 1-0 Gordon Anderson Paul Frost 1-0 John Gillespie Irek Timergazi 1-0 Harry Pham Total 5 - 2
Round 5
Fischerians v Capablancans Brian Nijman 0-1 (default) Scott Wastney Marany Meyer 0-1 Bill Forster Alan Ang 1/2-1/2 Alan Aldridge Peter Stoeveken 1-0 Jonathon Whittle Gordon Anderson 1/2-1/2 Hamish Shierlaw John Gillespie 1-0 Dylan Frater Harry Pham 0-1 Ken Heaton Total 3 - 4
Karpovians v Alekhinians Anthony Ker 1-0 Russell Dive Ross Jackson 0-1 Michael Nyberg Lawrence Farrington 0-1 Marany Flack Andrew Brockway 0-1 John Cook Layla Timergazi 1-0 John Marney Paul Frost 1-0 Matt Veldhuizen Irek Timergazi 1-0 Andreas Theodosiou Total 4 - 3
Round 4
Capablancans v Fischerians Scott Wastney 1-0 Brian Nijman Bill Forster 1/2-1/2 Ian Sellen Alan Aldridge 1-0 Michael Hewson Jonathon Whittle 0-1 Peter Stoeveken Hamish Shierlaw 0-1 Gordon Anderson Dylan Frater 1-0 John Gillespie Ken Heaton 1-0 Brian Luo Total 4.5 - 2.5
Alekhinians v Karpovians Russell Dive 1-0 Anthony Ker Michael Nyberg 0-1 Ross Jackson Marany Flack 0-1 Lawrence Farrington John Cook 0-1 Andrew Brockway John Marney 0-1 Layla Timergazi Matt Veldhuizen 1/2-1/2 Paul Frost Andreas Theodosiou 0-1 Irek Timergazi Total 1.5 - 5.5
Round 3
Karpovians v Capablancans
Anthony Ker 0-1 Scott Wastney
Ross Jackson 0-1 Bill Forster
Lawrence Farrington 1/2-1/2 Alan Aldridge
Andrew Brockway 1-0 Jonathon Whittle
Layla Timergazi 0-1 Hamish Shierlaw
Paul Frost 1-0 Dylan Frater
0-1 Ken Heaton (default)
Total 2.5 - 4.5
Fischerians v Alekhinians Brian Nijman 0-1 Russell Dive Ian Sellen 0-1 Michael Nyberg Michael Hewson 0-1 Marany Flack Peter Stoeveken 0-1 John Cook Gordon Anderson 1-0 John Marney John Gillespie 0-1 Matt Veldhuizen Brian Luo 0-1 Andreas Theodosiou Total 1 - 6
Round 2
Fischerians v Karpovians Brian Nijman 0-1 Anthony Ker Andrew Stone 0-1 Ross Jackson Michael Hewson 0-1 Lawrence Farrington Peter Stoeveken 0-1 Andrew Brockway John Gillespie 1/2-1/2 Layla Timergazi Brian Luo 0-1 Paul Frost Gordon Anderson 1-0 Bryce Ranson Total 1.5 - 5.5
Capablancans v Alekhinians Scott Wastney 0-1 Russell Dive Bill Forster 0-1 Ian Sellen Alan Aldridge 1/2-1/2 Mike Roberts Jonathon Whittle 1-0 John Cook Hamish Shierlaw 1-0 John Marney Dylan Frater 0-1 Matt Veldhuizen Ken Heaton 1-0 Andreas Theodosiou Total 3.5 - 3.5
Round 1
Capablancans v Karpovians Scott Wastney 1-0 Anthony Ker Bill Forster 1/2-1/2 Ross Jackson Alan Aldridge 1/2-1/2 Lawrence Farrington Jonathon Whittle 1-0 Andrew Brockway Hamish Shierlaw 0-1 Layla Timergazi Dylan Frater 0-1 Paul Frost Ken Heaton 1-0 Bryce Ranson Total 4 - 3Alekhinians v Fischerians Russell Dive 1-0 Brian Nijman Ian Sellen 0-1 Andrew Stone Mike Roberts 1-0 Michael Hewson John Cook 1-0 Peter Stoeveken John Marney 0-1 John Gillespie Matt Veldhuizen 1-0 Brian Luo Andreas Theodosiou 0-1 Gordon Anderson Total 4 - 3