4th Joe Soesan Memorial Cup, Coventry 2003

Last Edited: Monday July 21, 2003 8:56 AM

Mike Donnelly reports: The 4th consecutive event to commemorate the well known local player Joe Soesan, who was twice British Veterans Champion, was held at the Standard Triumph Social Club in Coventry during April, May and June 2003. Games were played weekly in a six-round Swiss event of about 40 players.

The winner was A Baruch (5/6) taking the £500 silver Joe Soesan Memorial Cup.
Second equal were Dr. MJ Donnelly, E Goodwin, R Holmes, A Dawson, S Goodsir and L Welan on 4½/6 followed by S Weaver and D Redden on 4/6. The first three players mentioned were undefeated.

Tie-break for the second prize of a 35 mm camera (donated by Meriden Knights) was won by Mike Donnelly from Ed Goodwin following play-off games and then application of sum of opponents scores for these two players.

Of particular note was the play of 14-year-old Saul Goodsir who was in a few games outgraded by some 80 points but still managed to finish equal second. Also noteworthy is the consistent play of Andy Baruch who has finished first or first equal in the last three events.

Two games by the winner:

Baruch,A - Eastwood,F [C07]
Joe Soesan Memorial Cup (3), 2003
1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 Nd2 c5 4 dxc5 Bxc5 5 Bd3 Nf6 6 Qe2 Nc6 7 Ngf3 Qc7 8 0-0 0-0 9 e5 Nd7 10 Nb3 Be7 11 Bf4 Nb4 12 Nbd4 Nxd3 13 cxd3 Qa5 14 a3 Re8 15 Rfc1 Nf8 16 b4 Qd8 17 Nb5 Ng6 18 Be3 Rf8 19 Nc7 Bd7 20 Nxa8 Qxa8 21 Bc5 1-0

Donnelly,MJ - Baruch,A [E00]
Joe Soesan Memorial Cup (5), 2003
1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 g3 Bb4+ 4 Bd2 Qe7 5 Bg2 Bxd2+ 6 Qxd2 d6 7 Nc3 0-0 8 e4 e5 9 Nge2 Na6 10 0-0 c5 11 dxe5 dxe5 12 Nd5 Qd6 13 Nec3 Nc7 14 h3 Nfxd5 15 Nxd5 Nxd5 16 cxd5 Bd7 17 Rad1 b5 18 f4 f6 19 Rf2 c4 20 fxe5 fxe5 21 Qe3 a5 22 Rdf1 Rxf2 23 Rxf2 1/2-1/2

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