MCC Allegro 2010 - OzChess

**mowcop** · 01-02-2010, 11:07 PM

The first allegro of 2010 at the MCC bodes well for the future. A strong line up was headed by FM Michael Baron and included 27 players, young and old. The club was absolutely buzzing, and I was a bit thrown because I had got my days mixed up over the holidays and didn't realise it was Saturday. I was looking for a quiet time to do some stuff around the club....no chance today, I just decided to join in the fun

It was good to see some new faces at the allegro (welcome to Emmanual Wong and Reuben Nowak) and also that no one finished on 0 from their played games.

Michael Baron won the tournament quite comfortably to take the $50 first prize, and was followed by Doug Lindberg who finished very strongly to take outright second and $30. I somehow managed third placeand $20 swindling my way out of a few very dodgy positions, especially against Deniz Tuncer and Milutin Krunic. Funnily enough, the only game I felt really good in Dave Beaumont managed to turn the tables on me when I thought I had him and I lost

The first rating prize was set at U-1700 and a four way tie was reached between Ari Dale, Eamonn O' Molloy, Tony Tosevski and Deniz Tuncer all scoring 4 points and having to play some pretty tough games.

The second rating prize was set at U-1400 and was won outright by Michael Tanner (your prize of $25 is at the club waiting for you when you next turn up) who scored an excellent 4/7. Joint second in this category were Michael Steele and Finlay Dale.

The full scores follow, but I have to emphasise that besides the competitive nature of the players, there is a really good spirit at the MCC allegro's. I haven't been to one in a few months and it was a real pleasure which I'm going to have to try to get back to.

Final Scores
6.5 Baron
6 Lindberg
5.5 Gorka
5 Jager, Beaumont, FitzPatrick
4 Kolak, Tosevski T, Dale A, Tanner, Chmiel, Tuncer, Molloy
3.5 Addamo, Stimson
3 Karumbi, Krunic, Dale F, Steele
2.5 Kostrewa, Nowak
2 Tosevski B, Warren, Rayson-Hill, Hughes
1.5 Gurram, Wong

**Heartbreak Kid** · 01-03-2010, 01:36 AM

Great! Good to see Jager, Fitzpatrick, Chmiel and yourself getting back into the allegros Carl! Was Grant there to run it or did you run it?

**mowcop** · 01-03-2010, 01:38 AM

Originally Posted by Heartbreak Kid

Great! Good to see Jager, Fitzpatrick, Chmiel and yourself getting back into the allegros Carl! Was Grant there to run it or did you run it?

Grant wasn't there, so Michael was mainly behind things with some help from the rest of us.

**Axiom** · 01-03-2010, 01:47 AM

As a big fan of Michael Baron ...
... it gives me great pleasure to begin 2010 with what is becoming his trademark anthem (note the king's crown at the start of the clip and the clock at the end)

The Baron

**Heartbreak Kid** · 01-03-2010, 01:57 AM

Originally Posted by mowcop

Grant wasn't there, so Michael was mainly behind things with some help from the rest of us.

Ah well done. I'm sorry I wasn't there to do it as per usual, It was my cousin's 2nd birthday

Glad to see everything ran smoothly though!

**the OX** · 01-06-2010, 01:10 AM

what time do the allegros start?

**Heartbreak Kid** · 01-06-2010, 01:10 AM

Originally Posted by the OX

what time do the allegros start?

2pm. and usually runs until about 6-6:30

**the OX** · 01-06-2010, 01:13 AM

Originally Posted by Heartbreak Kid

2pm. and usually runs until about 6-6:30

ok i'll see if i can come along sometime, i have to start table tennis training on saturday mornings again *sigh*

**Grant Szuveges** · 01-09-2010, 10:16 PM

Michael Baron and Jesse Jager have tied for first in a smallish but strong Allegro number 47.

The argy bargy started in the very first round with Chris Kolak falling into a mate in one against Adolph Lekkas while in a winning position to continue what has been a horror stretch over the past few weeks. But in round 3, an even more unexpected blunder happened with Michael Baron losing from a much better endgame against Douglas Lindberg. Meanwhile, Jesse Jager steamrolled his way through the field to reach 5/5 after defeating Lindberg. Eamonn O - Molloy was also having something of a purple patch scoring 2.5/3 against higher rated players in rounds 3, 4 and 5 to reach 3.5 points. But after losing to Lindberg, Baron (like all true champions) was able to fight back and in round 5 he defeated Kolak and went on to defeat Jager the next round to share the lead on 5/6. O - Molloys luck ran out when he got to board 2 and copped Lindberg who moved to 4.5 points along with Beaumont and Tosevski (who had been very lucky against Michael Addamo who overpressed in round 5). In the final round, Baron destroyed Beaumont on board 1 while Jager accounted for Tosevski on board 2. Lindberg needed to beat Fitzpatrick to finish third but ended up losing. While Frank Lekkas had a day to forget, Deniz Tuncer played well to score a solid 4 points in a fairly hard allegro, defeating Tim Trott in the final round. Kolak also played a nice attacking win against O - Molloy in the final round. The loss didnt stop O - Molloy winning the group B prize though and Tony Tosevski won the group A prize.

6/7 Michael BARON
6 Jesse JAGER
5 Brian FITZPATRICK
4.5 Douglas LINDBERG
4.5 David BEAUMONT
4.5 Tony TOSEVSKI
4 Chris KOLAK
4 Deniz TUNCER
3.5 Milutin KRUNIC
3.5 Shaun HOSE
3.5 Michael ADDAMO
3.5 David STIMSON
3.5 Eamonn O - MOLLOY
3 Frank LEKKAS
3 Tim TROTT
3 Jake KOSTRZEWA
3 Michael STEELE
2.5 Adolph LEKKAS
2.5 James MACAULAY
2 Tristan RAYSON - HILL
2 Alister MACAULAY
0 Sreemanth GURRAM

**Heartbreak Kid** · 01-09-2010, 11:56 PM

Originally Posted by Grant Szuveges

While Frank Lekkas had a day to forget

/shakes head in disappointment.

**Firegoat7** · 01-10-2010, 12:54 AM

Hehe,

Unfortunately Kolaks fatcat boyboy is still alive!

cheers,

**Grant Szuveges** · 01-10-2010, 01:17 AM

Originally Posted by Firegoat7

Hehe,

Unfortunately Kolaks fatcat boyboy is still alive!

cheers,

At first I was wondering what on earth you were talking about, but then I remembered Chris saying something about him not seeing his cat for 2 days... I assume thats what you are talking about???

**Heartbreak Kid** · 01-10-2010, 02:28 AM

Originally Posted by Grant Szuveges

At first I was wondering what on earth you were talking about, but then I remembered Chris saying something about him not seeing his cat for 2 days... I assume thats what you are talking about???

Yeah he was going on about his cat at Blitz :\

**Lakshman** · 01-11-2010, 06:27 AM

Originally Posted by Heartbreak Kid

/shakes head in disappointment.

Well, you made up by winning the First Rookies Cup at BHCC anyway, nothing lost HBK

Am I hearing you say " I shall return " hasta la vista, baby

**Heartbreak Kid** · 01-11-2010, 06:29 AM

Originally Posted by Lakshman

Well, you made up by winning the First Rookies Cup at BHCC anyway, nothing lost HBK

I went from playing shocking chess on saturday to having some good attacks on sunday. Funny how much can change in a day.

01-02-2010, 11:07 PM	#1 (permalink)
mowcop Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Melbourne Posts: 280	MCC Allegro 2010 The first allegro of 2010 at the MCC bodes well for the future. A strong line up was headed by FM Michael Baron and included 27 players, young and old. The club was absolutely buzzing, and I was a bit thrown because I had got my days mixed up over the holidays and didn't realise it was Saturday. I was looking for a quiet time to do some stuff around the club....no chance today, I just decided to join in the fun It was good to see some new faces at the allegro (welcome to Emmanual Wong and Reuben Nowak) and also that no one finished on 0 from their played games. Michael Baron won the tournament quite comfortably to take the $50 first prize, and was followed by Doug Lindberg who finished very strongly to take outright second and $30. I somehow managed third placeand $20 swindling my way out of a few very dodgy positions, especially against Deniz Tuncer and Milutin Krunic. Funnily enough, the only game I felt really good in Dave Beaumont managed to turn the tables on me when I thought I had him and I lost The first rating prize was set at U-1700 and a four way tie was reached between Ari Dale, Eamonn O' Molloy, Tony Tosevski and Deniz Tuncer all scoring 4 points and having to play some pretty tough games. The second rating prize was set at U-1400 and was won outright by Michael Tanner (your prize of $25 is at the club waiting for you when you next turn up) who scored an excellent 4/7. Joint second in this category were Michael Steele and Finlay Dale. The full scores follow, but I have to emphasise that besides the competitive nature of the players, there is a really good spirit at the MCC allegro's. I haven't been to one in a few months and it was a real pleasure which I'm going to have to try to get back to. Final Scores 6.5 Baron 6 Lindberg 5.5 Gorka 5 Jager, Beaumont, FitzPatrick 4 Kolak, Tosevski T, Dale A, Tanner, Chmiel, Tuncer, Molloy 3.5 Addamo, Stimson 3 Karumbi, Krunic, Dale F, Steele 2.5 Kostrewa, Nowak 2 Tosevski B, Warren, Rayson-Hill, Hughes 1.5 Gurram, Wong __________________ Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand http://mccchess.wordpress.com/

01-03-2010, 01:36 AM	#2 (permalink)
Heartbreak Kid Habooji Join Date: May 2009 Location: Melbourne Posts: 590 ICC Handle: Darkgroove FICS Handle: HeartBreakingKid	Great! Good to see Jager, Fitzpatrick, Chmiel and yourself getting back into the allegros Carl! Was Grant there to run it or did you run it? __________________ Originally Posted by Iconoclast Girls attract boys. more girls playing chess = many more boys playing chess

01-03-2010, 01:38 AM	#3 (permalink)
mowcop Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Melbourne Posts: 280	Originally Posted by Heartbreak Kid Great! Good to see Jager, Fitzpatrick, Chmiel and yourself getting back into the allegros Carl! Was Grant there to run it or did you run it? Grant wasn't there, so Michael was mainly behind things with some help from the rest of us. __________________ Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand http://mccchess.wordpress.com/

01-03-2010, 01:47 AM	#4 (permalink)
Axiom Reality Analyst Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Australia Posts: 1,872	The Ax Salutes The Baron As a big fan of Michael Baron ... ... it gives me great pleasure to begin 2010 with what is becoming his trademark anthem (note the king's crown at the start of the clip and the clock at the end) The Baron __________________ (< GET AHEAD OF THE NEWS CURVE : www.infowars.com Last edited by Axiom : 01-03-2010 at 02:36 AM

01-03-2010, 01:57 AM	#5 (permalink)
Heartbreak Kid Habooji Join Date: May 2009 Location: Melbourne Posts: 590 ICC Handle: Darkgroove FICS Handle: HeartBreakingKid	Originally Posted by mowcop Grant wasn't there, so Michael was mainly behind things with some help from the rest of us. Ah well done. I'm sorry I wasn't there to do it as per usual, It was my cousin's 2nd birthday Glad to see everything ran smoothly though! __________________ Originally Posted by Iconoclast Girls attract boys. more girls playing chess = many more boys playing chess

01-06-2010, 01:10 AM	#6 (permalink)
the OX Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 29	what time do the allegros start?

01-06-2010, 01:10 AM	#7 (permalink)
Heartbreak Kid Habooji Join Date: May 2009 Location: Melbourne Posts: 590 ICC Handle: Darkgroove FICS Handle: HeartBreakingKid	Originally Posted by the OX what time do the allegros start? 2pm. and usually runs until about 6-6:30 __________________ Originally Posted by Iconoclast Girls attract boys. more girls playing chess = many more boys playing chess

01-06-2010, 01:13 AM	#8 (permalink)
the OX Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 29	Originally Posted by Heartbreak Kid 2pm. and usually runs until about 6-6:30 ok i'll see if i can come along sometime, i have to start table tennis training on saturday mornings again sigh

01-09-2010, 10:16 PM	#9 (permalink)
Grant Szuveges Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 227	Baron and Jager tie for Allegro 47! Michael Baron and Jesse Jager have tied for first in a smallish but strong Allegro number 47. The argy bargy started in the very first round with Chris Kolak falling into a mate in one against Adolph Lekkas while in a winning position to continue what has been a horror stretch over the past few weeks. But in round 3, an even more unexpected blunder happened with Michael Baron losing from a much better endgame against Douglas Lindberg. Meanwhile, Jesse Jager steamrolled his way through the field to reach 5/5 after defeating Lindberg. Eamonn O - Molloy was also having something of a purple patch scoring 2.5/3 against higher rated players in rounds 3, 4 and 5 to reach 3.5 points. But after losing to Lindberg, Baron (like all true champions) was able to fight back and in round 5 he defeated Kolak and went on to defeat Jager the next round to share the lead on 5/6. O - Molloys luck ran out when he got to board 2 and copped Lindberg who moved to 4.5 points along with Beaumont and Tosevski (who had been very lucky against Michael Addamo who overpressed in round 5). In the final round, Baron destroyed Beaumont on board 1 while Jager accounted for Tosevski on board 2. Lindberg needed to beat Fitzpatrick to finish third but ended up losing. While Frank Lekkas had a day to forget, Deniz Tuncer played well to score a solid 4 points in a fairly hard allegro, defeating Tim Trott in the final round. Kolak also played a nice attacking win against O - Molloy in the final round. The loss didnt stop O - Molloy winning the group B prize though and Tony Tosevski won the group A prize. 6/7 Michael BARON 6 Jesse JAGER 5 Brian FITZPATRICK 4.5 Douglas LINDBERG 4.5 David BEAUMONT 4.5 Tony TOSEVSKI 4 Chris KOLAK 4 Deniz TUNCER 3.5 Milutin KRUNIC 3.5 Shaun HOSE 3.5 Michael ADDAMO 3.5 David STIMSON 3.5 Eamonn O - MOLLOY 3 Frank LEKKAS 3 Tim TROTT 3 Jake KOSTRZEWA 3 Michael STEELE 2.5 Adolph LEKKAS 2.5 James MACAULAY 2 Tristan RAYSON - HILL 2 Alister MACAULAY 0 Sreemanth GURRAM __________________ People who have nothing to hide post using their real names...

01-09-2010, 11:56 PM	#10 (permalink)
Heartbreak Kid Habooji Join Date: May 2009 Location: Melbourne Posts: 590 ICC Handle: Darkgroove FICS Handle: HeartBreakingKid	Originally Posted by Grant Szuveges While Frank Lekkas had a day to forget /shakes head in disappointment. __________________ Originally Posted by Iconoclast Girls attract boys. more girls playing chess = many more boys playing chess

01-10-2010, 12:54 AM	#11 (permalink)
Firegoat7 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: somewhere in virtual reality Posts: 1,050 ICC Handle: guest	Hehe, Unfortunately Kolaks fatcat boyboy is still alive! cheers, __________________ "...The White Man knows how to make everything, he does not know how to distribute it" Sitting Bull

01-10-2010, 01:17 AM	#12 (permalink)
Grant Szuveges Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 227	Originally Posted by Firegoat7 Hehe, Unfortunately Kolaks fatcat boyboy is still alive! cheers, At first I was wondering what on earth you were talking about, but then I remembered Chris saying something about him not seeing his cat for 2 days... I assume thats what you are talking about??? __________________ People who have nothing to hide post using their real names...

01-10-2010, 02:28 AM	#13 (permalink)
Heartbreak Kid Habooji Join Date: May 2009 Location: Melbourne Posts: 590 ICC Handle: Darkgroove FICS Handle: HeartBreakingKid	Originally Posted by Grant Szuveges At first I was wondering what on earth you were talking about, but then I remembered Chris saying something about him not seeing his cat for 2 days... I assume thats what you are talking about??? Yeah he was going on about his cat at Blitz :\ __________________ Originally Posted by Iconoclast Girls attract boys. more girls playing chess = many more boys playing chess

01-11-2010, 06:27 AM	#14 (permalink)
Lakshman Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Melbourne Posts: 284	Originally Posted by Heartbreak Kid /shakes head in disappointment. Well, you made up by winning the First Rookies Cup at BHCC anyway, nothing lost HBK Am I hearing you say " I shall return " hasta la vista, baby __________________ God is Great

01-11-2010, 06:29 AM	#15 (permalink)
Heartbreak Kid Habooji Join Date: May 2009 Location: Melbourne Posts: 590 ICC Handle: Darkgroove FICS Handle: HeartBreakingKid	Originally Posted by Lakshman Well, you made up by winning the First Rookies Cup at BHCC anyway, nothing lost HBK I went from playing shocking chess on saturday to having some good attacks on sunday. Funny how much can change in a day. __________________ Originally Posted by Iconoclast Girls attract boys. more girls playing chess = many more boys playing chess

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