ROBERT SHERMAN PREVAILS AT
DCC: "SUMMER SIZZLER" SATURDAY SWISS
Final Standings - Saturday, August 12, 2000

     
Robert Sherman - 1st              Slava Sviridovitch - 2nd
    Name                      rtng post ID No.   rd 1  rd 2  rd 3  rd 4  rd 5   TOT  
 1 Sherman, Robert...........1943 1986 105109   + 17  +  5  +  2  + 12  =  3   4.5
 2 Sviridovitch, Slava.......1881 1922 126201   + 18  +  6  -  1  +  5  +  7   4.0
 3 Benson, Chris.............1929 1949 110150   + 20  =  8  +  4  H---  =  1   3.5
 4 Dutton, Warren R..........2009 1973 106571   = 10  + 13  -  3  + 18  =  6   3.0
 5 Vadachkoriya, Irakli......1957 1925 126202   + 13  -  1  + 10  -  2  + 14   3.0
 6 Joseph, Steve.............1930 1915 107581   + 14  -  2  + 15  H---  =  4   3.0
 7 Mazariegos, Adalberto.....Unr. 1790 128150   H---  H---  + 20  +  9  -  2   3.0
 8 Dangberg, Karl............1823 1830 107299   + 15  =  3  H---  H---  U---   2.5
 9 Lancia, Nicholas..........1807 1805 101595   H---  H---  H---  -  7  + 10   2.5
10 Bortolotti, Guido.........1794 1789 103523   =  4  + 19  -  5  + 11  -  9   2.5
11 Loeb, Kurt................Unr. 1660 NEW CFC  H---  H---  H---  - 10  + 16   2.5
12 Nur, Shirwac..............1700 1701 128175   H---  H---  + 16  -  1  F---   2.0
13 Nezamizad, Calvin.........1485 1496 126646   -  5  -  4  + 19  + 15  F---   2.0
14 Sviridovitch, Alina.......1374 1362 126093   -  6  - 18  + 17  + 20  -  5   2.0
15 Stala, Henryk J...........1237 1254 128153   -  8  + 17  -  6  - 13  + 18   2.0
16 Duggan, Brendan...........1527 1504 125682   H---  H---  - 12  H---  - 11   1.5
17 McGilly, Craig J..........1226 1198 125585   -  1  - 15  - 14  B---  = 20   1.5
18 Napoleone, Marc........... 993 1020 128003   -  2  + 14  H---  -  4  - 15   1.5
19 Karpati, Leslie........... Unr. 1239 128151  H---  - 10  - 13  H---  H---   1.5
20 Uwland, Jaco..............1283 1263 125708   -  3  H---  -  7  - 14  = 17   1.0  

Robert Sherman, who had an 8-game winning streak going at the Dutton Chess Club, prevailed in the 20-player Saturday Afternoon Swiss tournament at the at "Summer Sizzler".  After 4 consecutive victories, he had a hard-fought draw with 3rd place finisher Chris Benson to secure his first tournament championship at DCC.  Slava Sviridovitch, who lost only to Robert Sherman, finished alone in 2nd place.  The next Saturday Afternoon Swiss, played with regular time controls of 40/2; SD/1 will begin on Saturday, September 9th with all rounds beginning at 12 Noon.  Entry is FREE for members of the Dutton Chess Club.  New ratings will be available a the CFC website on Tuesday, August 15, 2000 at http://www.chess.ca

Robert Sherman and Warren Dutton - Saturday "Sizzler"

[Event "Summer Sizzler"]
[Site "Dutton Chess Club On Bayview"]
[Date "2000.07.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Irakli Vadachkoriya"]
[Black "Robert Sherman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1957"]
[BlackElo "1893"]
[Annotator "Sherman,R"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 e5 {I was going to test young Irakli with a Sicillian but decided at the
board to play a double e-pawn opening.} 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nc3
d6 6. Bg5 Be6 7. Nd5 Bxd5 8. Bxd5 h6 9. Bh4 {? This is considered a textbook
positional mistake. Thankfully for me, my opponent at the tender age of 10
hasn't read all the textbooks. After ...9 g5 the bishop becomes entombed on g3.
} 9... g5 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Bg3 Rb8 12. Rb1 Qe7 13. O-O {
?! Castling into a pawn storm cannot be recommended!} 13... h5 {
! Here comes the storm!} 14. h3 {
?! The ungainly 14. h4 had to be tried to stop the opening of the h file.}
14... g4 15. hxg4 hxg4 16. Nh2 Qf8 {
With the idea of increasing the pressure along the h file with Qh6.} 17. c3 Qh6
18. Re1 {? According to Fritz 5.32 this is the losing move but it is a very
difficult and bad position for white anyway.} 18... Nh5 {!} 19. Qxg4 {
I am sure almost any other 10 year old would play 19. Nxg4 but after 19...
Nxg3!! 20. Nxh6 Rxh6 black mates along the h file.} 19... Nxg3 20. Qxg3 Ke7 21.
Qh3 Qf4 {! Winning the knight!} 22. Qf3 Qxh2+ 23. Kf1 Rh4 24. d4 Rf4 25. Qe3
exd4 26. cxd4 Bb4 27. Red1 Rg8 28. Ke2 Rxg2 29. Rf1 Qh5+ 30. Kd3 Rf3 {
I will savour this victory for the time being know that my next encounter with
Irakli will be much more difficult.} 0-1

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