City of Belfast Championships 2009

Belfast Boat Club
16-17 May 2009

John Cairns continued his fine form of late in UCU events. Having finished equal first in both the Ulster Rapidplay championship and Williamson Shield he clinched first place on his own in the Nemtzov Cup with a fine attacking effort in round five against defending champion Stephen Scannell.

Games
[Event "Nemtzov Cup"] [Site "Belfast"] [Date "2009.05.17"] [Round "5"] [White "Cairns, John"] [Black "Scannell, Stephen"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A45"] [PlyCount "43"] [EventDate "2009.05.16"] [EventRounds "6"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. d5 (3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. d5 Qb6 5. Nd2 Qxb2 6. e4 (6. Rb1 Qc3 (6... Qa3 7. e4 Bh6 8. Ngf3 d6 9. Bb5+ Kf8 10. O-O Qa5 11. Bd3 Qc7 12. Nc4 Bd7 13. Nh4 b5 14. Ne3 Bxe3 15. fxe3 c4 16. Be2 Qc5 17. Bg4 Qxe3+ 18. Kh1 Qxe4 19. Bxd7 Nxd7 20. Qh5 Rg8 21. Rbe1 Qxc2 22. Re2 Qd3 23. Rfe1 Ne5 24. Nf5 Rg6 25. Nh4 Rg5 26. Qh6+ Kg8 27. h3 c3 28. Rf2 c2 29. Rxf6 exf6 30. Qxf6 Qg3 31. Nf3 Qxg2# {0-1 T. Clarke-S. Scannell, Summerfest Open 2003}) 7. Rb3 Qa5 8. e4 Bh6 9. Ngf3 d6 10. Bb5+ Kf8 11. O-O Bg4 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. Ne3 Bxe3 14. Rxe3 Nd7 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 a6 17. Bxd7 Qxd7 18. Qh5 h6 19. f4 Rh7 20. c4 b5 21. e5 bxc4 22. exf6 exf6 23. Rfe1 Rb8 24. Qe2 Qf5 25. Qxc4 Rh8 26. Qxa6 Qxd5 27. Qa7 Kg7 28. Kh2 Rb2 29. Rg3+ Kh7 30. Re7 Rf8 31. Qd7 f5 32. Re5 dxe5 33. Qxf5+ { [%emt 0:00:05] 1-0 T. Clarke-S. Scannell, Nemtzov Cup 2004, Round 5}) 6... Bh6 7. Ngf3 d6 8. Bc4 Rg8 9. Rb1 Qc3 10. O-O Bh3 11. Rb3 Bxg2 12. Ng5 Rxg5 13. h4 Rg8 14. Rxc3 Bf3+ 15. Kh2 Bf4+ 16. Kh3 Bg2# {[%emt 0:00:02] 0-1 J. Cairns-S. Scannell, Nemtzov Cup 2004, Round 2}) 3... Qb6 4. Nc3 Qxb2 5. Bd2 Qb6 6. e4 d6 7. f4 Bg4 8. Be2 Bxe2 9. Qxe2 Qa6 10. Nb5 Kd8 (10... Qb6 11. Rb1 a6 12. Nc3 Qc7 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Nfd7 15. Nf3 g6 16. O-O Bg7 17. e6 fxe6 18. Ng5 Qe5 19. Nxe6 Ra7 20. Ne4 Bf6 21. Bc3 Qxc3 22. Nxc3 Bxc3 23. Qe3 Be5 24. Nxc5 b6 25. Nxd7 Nxd7 26. Rxb6 Ra8 27. Rb7 Bd6 28. Qe6 Nc5 29. Qf7+ Kd8 30. Qf8+ {1-0 N. Povah -S. Jackson, 4NCL 2000}) 11. c4 g6 12. e5 Ne8 13. Nf3 h6 14. O-O Bg7 15. Rfe1 dxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Qxe5 Qf6 18. Qe3 e5 19. Bc3 Rg8 (19... Nd7 20. fxe5 Qe7 (20... Qg5 21. Qxg5+ hxg5 22. e6 Ndf6 23. exf7) 21. e6 Ndf6 22. d6 Qxe6 ( 22... Nxd6 23. Rad1) 23. Qf3) 20. Bxe5 Qf5 21. Bxb8 Qd7 (21... Rxb8 22. Qe7+ Kc8 23. Nxa7#) 22. Bxa7 1-0

Prizewinners

Nemtzov Cup
Winner John Cairns
Joint runners-up Stephen Scannell, Gareth Annesley, Eamonn Walls
Grading prizes Tomasz Sobolewski, John McKenna, Mark Newman

Henderson Cup
Winner William Storey
Joint runners-up Karina Kruk, Martin Kelly
Grading prize Phillip Morrison

Nemtzov Cup

Final Standings
Place Name              Rtg  Club        Score
 
  1   John Cairns       2020 Fisherwick  5    
 2-4  Stephen Scannell  2119 QUB         4    
      Gareth Annesley   1939 RVH         4    
      Eamonn Walls      1834 QUB         4    
  5   James McDonnell   1989 UCU         3.5  
 6-8  Tomasz Sobolewski                  3    
      John McKenna      1645 QUB         3    
      Mark Newman       1758 Bombardier  3    
9-10  Ian Woodfield     1648 Fisherwick  1.5  
      Paul McLoughlin   1602 Bangor      1.5  
 11   David Baras       1587 Randalstown 1
Cross Table
No Name              Rtg  Club        Total  1    2    3    4    5    6  
 
1  John Cairns       2020 Fisherwick  5      9:W  6:W  5:W  3:W  2:W  4:L
2  Stephen Scannell  2119 QUB         4      8:W  3:L 11:W  5:W  1:L  6:W
3  Gareth Annesley   1939 RVH         4     10:W  2:W  4:W  1:L  6:L  9:W
4  Eamonn Walls      1834 QUB         4     11:L  7:W  3:L 10:W  8:W  1:W
5  James McDonnell   1989 UCU         3.5    7:W 11:W  1:L  2:L  9:D 10:W
6  Tomasz Sobolewski                  3      0:W  1:L 10:W  8:L  3:W  2:L
7  John McKenna      1645 QUB         3      5:L  4:L  0:W 11:+ 10:D  8:D
8  Mark Newman       1758 Bombardier  3      2:L  0:D  9:W  6:W  4:L  7:D
9  Ian Woodfield     1648 Fisherwick  1.5    1:L 10:L  8:L  0:W  5:D  3:L
10 Paul McLoughlin   1602 Bangor      1.5    3:L  9:W  6:L  4:L  7:D  5:L
11 David Baras       1587 Randalstown 1      4:W  5:L  2:L  7:-  0:   0:

Henderson Cup

Final Standings
Place Name              Rtg  Club         Score
 
  1   William Storey    1364 Lagan        5    
 2-3  Karina Kruk       1415 QUB          4.5  
      Martin Kelly      1440 Fisherwick   4.5  
  4   Alan Burns        1404 CIYMS        4    
 5-6  Alexander Beckett 1365 Fisherwick   3.5  
      Phillip Morrison  1048 RVH          3.5  
 7-8  Raymond Smith          RVH          3    
      Geoff Hindley     976  Lagan        3    
9-10  John Monaghan     1094 RVH          2.5  
      Cathal Murphy     1030 RVH          2.5  
 11   Peter Storey      730               1.5  
 12   David Seaby       1104 Fisherwick   1    
 13   James Fairley     969  Fisherwick   0.5
Cross Table
No Name              Rtg  Club         Total  1    2    3    4    5    6  
 
1  William Storey    1364 Lagan        5      0:D 10:W  3:W  2:D  4:W  5:W
2  Karina Kruk       1415 QUB          4.5    6:W  7:W  4:W  1:D  9:W  3:L
3  Martin Kelly      1440 Fisherwick   4.5    9:D 12:W  1:L 10:W  6:W  2:W
4  Alan Burns        1404 CIYMS        4     13:W  5:W  2:L  8:W  1:L  7:W
5  Alexander Beckett 1365 Fisherwick   3.5    8:W  4:L  7:W  6:D 11:W  1:L
6  Phillip Morrison  1048 RVH          3.5    2:L  9:W 11:W  5:D  3:L 12:W
7  Raymond Smith          RVH          3      0:W  2:L  5:L 11:W  8:W  4:L
8  Geoff Hindley     976  Lagan        3      5:L 13:W 12:W  4:L  7:L  9:W
9  John Monaghan     1094 RVH          2.5    3:D  6:L  0:W 12:W  2:L  8:L
10 Cathal Murphy     1030 RVH          2.5    0:D  1:L 13:D  3:L 12:W 11:D
11 Peter Storey      730               1.5   12:L  0:W  6:L  7:L  5:L 10:D
12 David Seaby       1104 Fisherwick   1     11:W  3:L  8:L  9:L 10:L  6:L
13 James Fairley     969  Fisherwick   .5     4:L  8:L 10:D  0:   0:   0:

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