2005 NSW Country Teams
report by Mal Murrell 


NSW Country Teams Champions Gosford
receive their trophy from organiser Mal Murrell 
L to R Lennie Locke, John Curtis FM, Mal Murrell(DOP)
Colin Rowlison and Stoimir Minkov

The 2005 NSW Country Teams was held at Mingara Recreation Club with 14 teams was the largest for some time, 50 players participated with players travelling from Newcastle Coffs Harbour, Gosford, Tumbi Umbi, Dubbo and this year for the first time we had a team from Katoomba. The players commented on the spacious and comfortable venue supplied many thanks to Mingara Recreation Club for their support of this event.  
  Gosford always looked the odds on favorite to win the tournament, with FM Curtis  on  board 1  their board 3 had a similar rating to the  board 1 of their nearest competitor and second placed Newcastle who had former NSW country champions on boards 1 & 2. Current champions Mingara were unable to field the team which won the title last year, their board 1 John Nutter took ill and was admitted to hospital about a week before the tournament and their board 2 Mal Murrell had Director Of Play duties. Curtis was only able to play on the first day, that was enough to give Gosford 2.5 point  lead over Newcastle. Gosford's effort was enhanced by the solid performance of Colin Rowlison dropping only half a point to Katoomba Captain Ross Hamilton. Colin won the best Individual score prize with 6.5 from 7 games closely followed by Mingara Mates board 3 Zach Berry-Porter on 6 points. John Pascoe and Colin Parsons shared the prize for the best performance in the second half of the field with 5.5/7. These results show a very welcome and long overdue return to form by John Pascoe who, when he first came to the Coast had a rating in the high 1600's.  
 The surprise of the tournament was the Katoomba team, captained by NSWCA auditor Ross Hamilton who has recently moved there.  Katoomba had  two unrated players Dick Davis and Glynn Curran who both finishing the first day undefeated on 3.5/4. After 4 rounds they were given provisional ratings of 1703 and 1512 respectively  Dick was moved up to board 1 and went on to finish the tournament undefeated on 5.5/7. Katoomba shared 3rd place on their first attempt, not a bad effort.. Apart from the run away win by Gosford the rest of the competitors were fairly closely matched with only 1 point separating 2nd and 8th place. The Reserve Shield for the best performance by a team in the second half  was won by Coffs Harbour with Alan Tankel scoring 5.5/7 and Bill Ross and Jason Goodson both beating higher rated players, this was a well deserved win. The tournament was played in a friendly spirit and the game of chess was the real winner on the day with the sense of being part of a team and good old Aussie mateship prevailing.  

Phillips,A (1564) - Svendsen,E (1201) [D31]
2005 NSW Country Teams, 04.12.2005

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qa4+ Nc6 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Bd7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Qb3 Nge7 9.Nf3 b6 10.Bg5 f6 11.Bf4 a6 12.h3 Be6 13.e3 b5 14.Bd3 Bf5 15.Qc2 Bxd3 16.Qxd3 0-0 17.g4 Qd7 18.Nd2 f5 19.Nb3 Qc8 20.gxf5 Nxf5 21.0-0-0 Nd6 22.Nc5 Nc4 23.Rdg1 Rf7 24.Rg5 Ne7 25.Rhg1 g6 26.h4 c6 27.h5 Rf6 28.hxg6 Rxg6 29.Rxg6+ Nxg6 30.Rxg6+ hxg6 31.Qxg6+ Kf8 32.Bh6+ Ke7 33.Qg7+ Kd6 34.Bf4+ 1-0

Pascoe,J (1406) - Hlabano,S (1798) [E61]
2005 NSW Country Teams (6), 04.12.2005

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.d4 d6 4.e4 Nbd7 5.f4 c5 6.d5 Bg7 7.Be2 a6 8.Rb1 0-0 9.Bd3 e5 10.f5 Nh5 11.Nge2 Qh4+ 12.g3 Qg4 13.Ng1 Qxd1+ 14.Nxd1 Nhf6 15.Nf2 Rb8 16.a4 Ne8 17.Ne2 Ndf6 18.g4 Nc7 19.g5 Nh5 20.f6 Bh8 21.b4 Bd7 22.bxc5 dxc5 23.Rb6 Rfd8 24.a5 Na8 25.Rb2 Re8 26.Be3 b6 27.axb6 Rxb6 28.Rxb6 Nxb6 29.Bxc5 Na4 30.Bd6 Nb2 31.Kd2 Nxd3 32.Kxd3 h6 33.h4 a5 34.Kc3 hxg5 35.hxg5 a4 36.Rb1 Bxf6 37.gxf6 Nxf6 38.Rb8 Rxb8 39.Bxb8 Ng4 40.Nxg4 Bxg4 41.Ng3 f6 42.c5 Kf8 43.Kb4 Ke7 44.Kxa4 Kd7 45.Kb4 Kc8 46.Bd6 Kd7 47.Kb5 Bf3 48.Kb6 f5 49.Bxe5 fxe4 50.Kb7 e3 51.c6+ Ke7 52.d6+ Ke6 53.Bf4 e2 54.Nxe2 Bxe2 55.Ka7 Kf5 56.Bc1 1-0

Lithgow,G (1404) - Curtis,J (2222) [A57]
2005 NSW Country Teams (3), 03.12.2005

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.e3 Bb7 5.Nf3 g6 6.Nbd2 d6 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.0-0 Bg7 9.Rb1 0-0 10.b3 b4 11.Bb2 a5 12.e4 Qc7 13.Qc2 a4 14.bxa4 Ra7 15.Bd1 Rfa8 16.Re1 Rxa4 17.Qxa4 Rxa4 18.Bxa4 Ne8 19.Bxg7 Kxg7 20.g3 f6 21.Nh4 Bc8 22.Bd1 Qa5 23.Bb3 g5 24.Ng2 g4 25.f4 gxf3 26.Nxf3 Ne5 27.Nxe5 fxe5 28.Rb2 Nf6 29.Nh4 Qd8 30.Bc2 Bh3 31.Bd3 Qa5 32.Nf5+ Bxf5 33.exf5 Qa3 34.Rd2 Qc3 35.Red1 Ng4 36.Re2 Qd4+ 37.Kf1 Ne3+ 38.Rxe3 Qxe3 39.Be2 Qe4 40.Rd3 Qxc4 0-1

Farrell,K (1389) - Young,J (1654) [B01]
2005 NSW Country Teams (2), 04.12.2005

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.c4 Qa5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.d4 c6 6.Bd3 Bg4 7.Nf3 e6 8.0-0 Nbd7 9.Bf4 0-0-0 10.Qe2 Qb6 11.c5 Qa5 12.a3 Re8 13.b4 Qd8 14.b5 Nd5 15.bxc6 Nxc3 16.cxd7+ Qxd7 17.Qe5 Kd8 18.Qb8+ Qc8 19.Bc7+ Kd7 20.Ne5+ Ke7 21.Bd6+ Kf6 22.Qxc8 Fritz 8 finds mate in 9 from this position. White is happy to simplify and remain a piece up. [22.Nxg4+ Kg5 23.Be7+ Rxe7 24.h4+ Kh5 25.Qf4 Qxc5 26.Ne5 Qxe5 27.dxe5 f6 28.g4+ Kxh4 29.Kg2 fxe5 30.Rh1#] 22...Rxc8 23.Nxg4+ Kg5 24.Ne5 Bxd6 25.Nxf7+ Kf6 26.Nxd6 Rc7 27.Rfc1 Nd5 28.Nb5 Rd7 29.Nxa7 Nf4 30.Bf1 Rxd4 31.Rcb1 Rd5 32.c6 bxc6 33.Nxc6 Rg5 34.a4 Nh3+ 35.Kh1 Nxf2+ 36.Kg1 Nh3+ 37.Kh1 Nf4 Unwise, a draw by perpetual check is the best result for black in this position. 38.a5 Rc8 39.Bb5 Nd5 40.a6 Nc3 41.Rf1+ Rf5 42.Rxf5+ exf5 43.a7 Ra8 44.Ba6 Nd5 45.Bb7 Re8 46.Nb8 Nc7 47.Rc1 Kg5 48.h3 Kh4 49.Kh2 f4 50.Rxc7 h5 51.a8Q f3 52.Qa4+ Kg5 53.Rc5+ Kf6 54.Qxe8 1-0


Coffs Harbour Winners of the Reserve Shield
L to R  Bill Ross, Alan Tankel and Jason Goodson
Colin Rowlison highest
individual score undefeated on 6.5/7
John Pascoe = Highest 
score in the 2nd half
5.5/7
Col Parsons = Highest 
score in the 2nd half
5.5/7

Cross Table

No  Name                       Loc  Total  1      2      3      4      5      6      7    

1.   Gosford                   1956 17.0   6:3.0  2:2.5 13:3.0  5:2.0  7:2.5  3:2.0  9:2.0
2.   Newcastle                 1762 12.5   9:3.0  1:.5   7:1.5  4:3.0  3:1.5  8:1.5  5:1.5
3.   Katoomba                  1621 12.0  11:2.5 13:1.5  4:1.5  9:2.0  2:1.5  1:1.0  8:2.0
4.   Fright Knights            1548 12.0   8:2.0  7:1.5  3:1.5  2:0.0 10:2.5 12:3.0  6:1.5
5.   Mingara Mates             1519 12.0  10:1.5  8:1.5 12:3.0  1:1.0  9:1.0 13:2.5  2:1.5
6.   Ettalong                  1484 11.5   1:0.0 11:2.0  8:1.5 12:2.0 13:2.0 14:2.5  4:1.5
7.   Cardiff                   1478 12.0  12:2.0  4:1.5  2:1.5 11:3.0  1:.5   9:.5  14:3.0
8.   Gosford Turbulent Bishops 1437 11.0   4:1.0  5:1.5  6:1.5 13:2.0 11:2.5  2:1.5  3:1.0
9.   Coffs Harbour             1433 12.0   2:0.0 14:2.5 10:3.0  3:1.0  5:2.0  7:2.5  1:1.0
10.  Mingara Maulers           1399 7.0    5:1.5 12:1.0  9:0.0 14:2.0  4:.5  11:1.0 13:1.0
11.  Dubbo                     1313 10.0   3:.5   6:1.0 14:3.0  7:0.0  8:.5  10:2.0 12:3.0
12.  Mingara Marvels           1225 6.5    7:1.0 10:2.0  5:0.0  6:1.0 14:2.5  4:0.0 11:0.0
13.  Oasis                     1212 9.0   14:3.0  3:1.5  1:0.0  8:1.0  6:1.0  5:.5  10:2.0
14.  Ettalong Silver Roos      1156 2.5   13:0.0  9:.5  11:0.0 10:1.0 12:.5   6:.5   7:0.0

Standings

Place Name                        Loc  Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.

  1   Gosford,                    1956 17       59.5  81.0   72.5
  2   Newcastle,                  1762 12.5     60.0  88.0   52.5
 3-7  Katoomba,                   1621 12       57.5  83.5   50.5
      Coffs Harbour,              1433 12       55.5  75.0   46.0
      Fright Knights,             1548 12       53.5  72.5   45.5
      Cardiff,                    1478 12       53.0  72.5   48.0
      Mingara Mates,              1519 12       51.5  75.0   48.0
  8   Ettalong,                   1484 11.5     48.5  68.0   40.0
  9   Gosford Turbulent Bishops,  1437 11       57.5  79.0   43.0
 10   Dubbo,                      1313 10       48.0  62.5   33.0
 11   Oasis,                      1212 9        53.5  73.0   40.0
 12   Mingara Maulers,            1399 7        49.5  64.0   29.0
 13   Mingara Marvels,            1225 6.5      52.5  67.0   30.5
 14   Ettalong Silver Roos,       1156 2.5      49.5  68.0    9.5

2005 NSW Country Teams Individual Results

Cross Table

No  Name               Loc  Club                      Total  1    2    3    4    5    6    7  

1.  Philip Tan         1528 Cardiff                   3     33:L 18:D 45:L  7:W 22:D  4:L 14:W
2.  Tom Bonjekovic     1480 Cardiff                   3.5   34:W 19:L 46:D  9:W 23:L  5:L 15:W
3.  Colin J Parsons    1426 Cardiff                   5.5   35:W 20:W 47:W  8:W 24:L  6:D 17:W
4.  Alan Tankel        1756 Coffs Harbour             5.5   45:L 13:D 40:W 30:W 38:W  1:W 22:W
5.  Bill Ross          1474 Coffs Harbour             4     46:L 15:W 41:W 29:L 37:W  2:W 23:L
6.  Jason Goodson      1069 Coffs Harbour             2.5   47:L 16:W 42:W 31:L 39:L  3:D 24:L
7.  Alexander Aich     1476 Dubbo                     4     30:D 10:L 13:W  1:L 25:D 40:W 34:W
8.  Pat Emblen         1392 Dubbo                     4     31:L 12:W 15:W  3:L 27:L 44:W 36:W
9.  Owen Parry         1360 Dubbo                     2     29:L 11:L 14:W  2:L 26:L 41:L 34:W
10. Sead Krajina       1692 Ettalong                  5     21:L  7:W 26:L 32:W 48:W 14:W 18:W
11. Joe Frias          1480 Ettalong                  2     22:L  9:W 27:D 34:L 49:L 15:D 19:L
12. Barry Shearwood    1280 Ettalong                  4.5   23:L  8:L 28:W 35:W 50:W 17:W 20:D
13. Peter K Dorhauer   1443 Ettalong Silver Roos      1       :   4:D  7:L 40:L 32:D   :L   :L
14. Leslie Porter      1049 Ettalong Silver Roos      0     48:L   :L  9:L 41:L 34:L 10:L  1:L
15. Bill Hoseman       978  Ettalong Silver Roos      1.5   49:L  5:L  8:L 42:W 36:L 11:D  2:L
16. Frank Savetta      606  Ettalong Silver Roos      0     50:L  6:L   :L   :    :L   :    : 
17. Lorraine Delaney   535  Ettalong Silver Roos      0       :    :    :    :    :  12:L  3:L
18. Stephen Barnes     1716 Fright Knights            3     26:L  1:D 30:W 45:L 41:D 32:W 10:L
19. Andrew Phillips    1564 Fright Knights            5.5   27:W  2:W 31:D 46:L 43:W 34:W 11:W
20. Benjamin Whiteside 1366 Fright Knights            3.5   28:W  3:L 29:L 47:L 44:W 36:W 12:D
21. John Curtis        2222 Gosford                   4     10:W 45:W 48:W 37:W   :    :    : 
22. Stoimir Minkov     1836 Gosford                   3.5   11:W 46:D 49:W 38:L  1:D 29:D  4:L
23. Colin N Rowlison   1810 Gosford                   6.5   12:W 47:W 50:W 39:W  2:W 30:D  5:W
24. Leonard Locke      1642 Gosford                   3       :    :L   :L   :L  3:W 31:W  6:W
25. Allen Robinson     1518 Gosford Turbulent Bishops .5      :    :    :    :   7:D 45:L 29:L
26. John L Pascoe      1406 Gosford Turbulent Bishops 5.5   18:W 37:D 10:W 48:W  9:W 46:W 30:L
27. Keith R Farrell    1389 Gosford Turbulent Bishops 4     19:L 38:W 11:D 49:L  8:W 47:D 31:W
28. Annabel Pascoe     1072 Gosford Turbulent Bishops 1     20:L 39:L 12:L 50:W   :    :    : 
29. Dick Davies        1703 Katoomba                  5.5    9:W 49:D 20:W  5:W 45:D 22:D 25:W
30. Ross A Hamilton    1648 Katoomba                  2      7:D 48:L 18:L  4:L 46:L 23:D 26:W
31. Glynn Curran       1512 Katoomba                  4.5    8:W 50:W 19:D  6:W 47:W 24:L 27:L
32. Joseph Keaveney    1392 Mingara Marvels           .5      :L   :L   :L 10:L 13:D 18:L   : 
33. Harvey Adams       1323 Mingara Marvels           1      1:W 40:L 38:L   :L   :L   :    : 
34. David Kerr         1181 Mingara Marvels           3      2:L 41:W 37:L 11:W 14:W 19:L  9:L
35. Hugh Windsor       1089 Mingara Marvels           1      3:L 44:W 39:L 12:L   :L   :    : 
36. Adam Miller        1029 Mingara Marvels           1       :    :L   :L   :L 15:W 20:L  8:L
37. Branko Santrac     1667 Mingara Mates             3     40:D 26:D 34:W 21:L  5:L 49:D 45:D
38. Jeffery Young      1654 Mingara Mates             3     41:L 27:L 33:W 22:W  4:L 48:W 46:L
39. Zach Berry-Porter  1447 Mingara Mates             6     44:W 28:W 35:W 23:L  6:W 50:W 47:W
40. Anthony Eves       1508 Mingara Maulers           3     37:D 33:W  4:L 13:W   :L  7:L 48:D
41. Gary Losh          1456 Mingara Maulers           4     38:W 34:L  5:L 14:W 18:D  9:W 49:D
42. Ken Morgan         1234 Mingara Maulers           0       :    :L  6:L 15:L   :    :    : 
43. Ern Svendsen       1201 Mingara Maulers           0       :    :    :    :  19:L   :L 50:L
44. Ib Frandsen        869  Mingara Maulers           0     39:L 35:L   :L   :L 20:L  8:L   :L
45. Bernard O'Riordan  1821 Newcastle                 5      4:W 21:L  1:W 18:W 29:D 25:W 37:D
46. Segopotso Hlabano  1798 Newcastle                 5      5:W 22:D  2:D 19:W 30:W 26:L 38:W
47. Doug D Carey       1667 Newcastle                 2.5    6:W 23:L  3:L 20:W 31:L 27:D 39:L
48. George Lithgow     1404 Oasis                     2.5   14:W 30:W 21:L 26:L 10:L 38:L 40:D
49. Ian L Hendry       1267 Oasis                     4.5   15:W 29:D 22:L 27:W 11:W 37:D 41:D
50. John Kadlubek      967  Oasis                     2     16:W 31:L 23:L 28:L 12:L 39:L 43:W

Standings

Place Name                Feder Loc  Club                      Score

  1   Rowlison, Colin N   NSW   1810 Gosford                   6.5  
  2   Berry-Porter, Zach  NSW   1447 Mingara Mates             6    
 3-7  Davies, Dick        NSW   1703 Katoomba                  5.5  
      Phillips, Andrew    NSW   1564 Fright Knights            5.5  
      Pascoe, John L      NSW   1406 Gosford Turbulent Bishops 5.5  
      Tankel, Alan        NSW   1756 Coffs Harbour             5.5  
      Parsons, Colin J    NSW   1426 Cardiff                   5.5  
8-10  O'Riordan, Bernard  NSW   1821 Newcastle                 5    
      Hlabano, Segopotso  NSW   1798 Newcastle                 5    
      Krajina, Sead       NSW   1692 Ettalong                  5    
11-13 Curran, Glynn       NSW   1512 Katoomba                  4.5  
      Hendry, Ian L       NSW   1267 Oasis                     4.5  
      Shearwood, Barry    NSW   1280 Ettalong                  4.5  
14-19 Ross, Bill          NSW   1474 Coffs Harbour             4    
      Farrell, Keith R    NSW   1389 Gosford Turbulent Bishops 4    
      Emblen, Pat         NSW   1392 Dubbo                     4    
      Losh, Gary          NSW   1456 Mingara Maulers           4    
      Aich, Alexander     NSW   1476 Dubbo                     4    
      Curtis, John        NSW   2222 Gosford                   4    
20-22 Minkov, Stoimir     NSW   1836 Gosford                   3.5  
      Bonjekovic, Tom     NSW   1480 Cardiff                   3.5  
      Whiteside, Benjamin NSW   1366 Fright Knights            3.5  
23-29 Santrac, Branko     NSW   1667 Mingara Mates             3    
      Young, Jeffery      NSW   1654 Mingara Mates             3    
      Barnes, Stephen     NSW   1716 Fright Knights            3    
      Locke, Leonard      NSW   1642 Gosford                   3    
      Tan, Philip         NSW   1528 Cardiff                   3    
      Eves, Anthony       NSW   1508 Mingara Maulers           3    
      Kerr, David         NSW   1181 Mingara Marvels           3    
30-32 Carey, Doug D       NSW   1667 Newcastle                 2.5  
      Goodson, Jason      NSW   1069 Coffs Harbour             2.5  
      Lithgow, George     NSW   1404 Oasis                     2.5  
33-36 Hamilton, Ross A    NSW   1648 Katoomba                  2    
      Kadlubek, John      NSW   967  Oasis                     2    
      Parry, Owen         NSW   1360 Dubbo                     2    
      Frias, Joe          NSW   1480 Ettalong                  2    
 37   Hoseman, Bill       NSW   978  Ettalong Silver Roos      1.5  
38-42 Dorhauer, Peter K   NSW   1443 Ettalong Silver Roos      1    
      Miller, Adam        NSW   1029 Mingara Marvels           1    
      Windsor, Hugh       NSW   1089 Mingara Marvels           1    
      Adams, Harvey       NSW   1323 Mingara Marvels           1    
      Pascoe, Annabel     NSW   1072 Gosford Turbulent Bishops 1    
43-44 Robinson, Allen     NSW   1518 Gosford Turbulent Bishops 0.5  
      Keaveney, Joseph    NSW   1392 Mingara Marvels           0.5  
45-50 Delaney, Lorraine   NSW   535  Ettalong Silver Roos      0    
      Frandsen, Ib        NSW   869  Mingara Maulers           0    
      Svendsen, Ern       NSW   1201 Mingara Maulers           0    
      Porter, Leslie      NSW   1049 Ettalong Silver Roos      0    
      Savetta, Frank      NSW   606  Ettalong Silver Roos      0    
      Morgan, Ken         NSW   1234 Mingara Maulers           0