Hereford International

Hereford International Chess Tournament will be held on August 29th-September 3rd. GM Danny Gormally is sole leader after two rounds with 1.5 points.

Round 1 results:
FM Maxim Devereaux - FM Iain Gourlay draw
GM Colin McNab - FM Lars Stark draw
GM Danny Gormally - GM Peter Wells 1-0
IM Richard Palliser - FM Peter Sowray draw
FM James Cobb - IM Gawain Jones draw

Round 2 results:
FM Iain Gourlay - IM Gawain Jones draw
FM Peter Sowray - FM James Cobb draw
GM Peter Wells - IM Richard Palliser 1-0
FM Lars Stark - GM Danny Gormally draw
FM Maxim Devereaux - GM Colin McNab draw


GM Danny Gormally found couple of amazing moves to win his 1st round encounter against GM Peter Wells

GM Danny Gormally - GM Peter Wells
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. e5 cxd4 8. Qa4+ Nc6 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. Ne4 Be7 11. exf6 gxf6 12. Bh4 Rc8 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nd6+ Kf8 15. Nxc8 Qxc8 16. Qxc4 e5 17. Kb1 Bf5+ 18. Ka1 e4 19. Nd2 Kg7 20. g4 Bg6 21. Bg2 Re8 22. Rhe1 e3 23. fxe3 dxe3 24. g5 Bxg5 25. Ne4 Bxe4 26. Bxe4 Ne5 27.Qa4 Rd8 28. Rc1 Qd7 29. Qa5 Qd4 30. Rg1 Kh6 31. Bb1 e2 32. Qa3 Nd3


33. Rxg5 Kxg5 34. Qe7+ Kh6 35. Bxd3 Qf4 36. Bb1 Rd1 37. Rc5 1-0


GM Peter Wells - IM Richard Palliser
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. f4 Bg7 8. Bb5+ Nbd7 9. e5 dxe5 10. fxe5 Nh5 11. e6 Qh4+ 12. g3 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Qxh1 14. Be3 Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 a6 16. exd7+ Bxd7 17. Bxd7+ Kxd7 18. Qg4+ f5 19. Qf3 Qxf3 20. Nxf3 Rhe8 21. Kf2 Re4 22. Ng5 Ra4 23. Nxh7 Rh8 24. Rh1 Kd6 25. Bf4+ Kxd5 26. Nf6+ Ke6 27. Rxh8 Kxf6 28. Rc8 Rxa2+ 29. Ke3 g5 30. Bb8 Ra5 31. Kd3 Ke6 32. Rg8 Kf6 1-0



Round 3 results:
GM Danny Gormally - FM Maxim Devereaux draw
GM Colin McNab - FM Iain Gourlay draw
IM Richard Palliser - FM Lars Stark draw
FM James Cobb - GM Peter Wells draw
IM Gawain Jones - FM Peter Sowray 1-0

Round 3 standings:
1-2. GM Danny Gormally (ENG 2513) and IM Gawain Jones (ENG 2416) 2.0
3-8. GM Peter Wells (ENG 2480), GM Colin McNab (SCO 2433), FM Lars Stark (GER 2425), FM Maxim Devereaux (ENG 2377), FM James Cobb (WLS 2370) and FM Iain Gourlay (ENG 2337) 1.5
9-10. IM Richard Palliser (ENG 2413) and FM Peter Sowray (ENG 2357) 1.0



Round 4 results:
FM Iain Gourlay - FM Peter Sowray 1-0
GM Peter Wells - IM Gawain Jones draw
FM Lars Stark - FM James Cobb 1-0
FM Maxim Devereaux - IM Richard Palliser draw
GM Colin McNab - GM Danny Gormally draw

Round 5 results:
GM Danny Gormally - FM Iain Gourlay 1-0
IM Richard Palliser - GM Colin McNab draw
FM James Cobb - FM Maxim Devereaux 1-0
IM Gawain Jones - FM Lars Stark 1-0
FM Peter Sowray - GM Peter Wells draw

Round 5 standings:
1-2. GM Danny Gormally (ENG 2513) and IM Gawain Jones (ENG 2416) 3.5
3-6. GM Peter Wells (ENG 2480), GM Colin McNab (SCO 2433), FM Lars Stark (GER 2425), FM James Cobb (WLS 2370) and FM Iain Gourlay (ENG 2337) 2.5
8-9. IM Richard Palliser (ENG 2413) and FM Maxim Devereaux (ENG 2377) 2.0
10. FM Peter Sowray (ENG 2357) 1.5


GM Danny Gormally - FM Iain Gourlay
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. O-O Nh5 8. Bc2 e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. a4 f5 11. exf5 gxf5 12. Bg5 f4 13. Ng3 Nf6 14. Nh5 Qe8 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Ne4 Bg7 17. Ng5


17...Nf5 18. Re1 Qg6 19. Ne6 Bxe6 20. dxe6 Qxe6 21. Nxf4 Qf7 22. Nh3 Kh8 23. Ra3 Bh6 24. Rf3 Qg6 25. Qb1 e4 26. Bxe4 Rae8 27. Rd1 Re5 28. Rd5 1-0


IM Gawain Jones - FM Lars Stark
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Bd3 Nb4 7. Be2 c5 8. c3 Nc6 9. Bd3 cxd4 10. cxd4 f6 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. O-O Bd6 13. Re1 O-O 14. Nf1 Qb6 15. Ng3 Bd7 16. Ne5 Rae8 17. Be3 Re7 18. Nh5 Be8 19. Nxf6+ Rxf6 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21. Bg5 Qxb2 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Qg4+ Kh8 24. Qh4 Rf7 25. Bxh7 Rxh7 26. Qxf6+ Rg7 27. Qd8+ Kh7 28. Qxd6 Qxd4 29. Qxe6 Qf4 30. Qh3+ Kg8 31. Re3 Bd7 32. Qf3 Qg5 33. Rae1 Bc6 34. Qh3 1-0



Round 6 results:
FM Iain Gourlay - GM Peter Wells draw
FM Lars Stark - FM Peter Sowray draw
FM Maxim Devereaux - IM Gawain Jones 0-1
GM Colin McNab - FM James Cobb 0-1
GM Danny Gormally - IM Richard Palliser 1-0

Round 6 standings:
1-2. GM Danny Gormally (ENG 2513) and IM Gawain Jones (ENG 2416) 4.5
3. FM James Cobb (WLS 2370) 3.5
4-6. GM Peter Wells (ENG 2480), FM Lars Stark (GER 2425) and FM Iain Gourlay (ENG 2337) 3.0
7. GM Colin McNab (SCO 2433) 2.5
8-10. IM Richard Palliser (ENG 2413), FM Maxim Devereaux (ENG 2377) and FM Peter Sowray (ENG 2357) 2.0


GM Danny Gormally - IM Richard Palliser
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. O-O Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. Qg3 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Qxc6 12. Re1 Bb7 13. a3 Rd8 14. f3 O-O 15. Bh6 Ne8 16. Rad1 Kh8 17. Bg5 Bxg5 18. Qxg5 Nf6 19. Qe3 Rd7 20. Rd3 Rfd8 21. Red1 Qc5 22. Ne2 Qxe3+ 23. Rxe3 Kg8 24. a4 b4 25. a5 Rc8 26. Red3 e5 27. Rxd6 Rcd8 28. Rxd7 Rxd7 29. Rxd7 Nxd7 30. Nc1 Nc5 31. Bc4 1-0



Round 7 results:
IM Richard Palliser - FM Iain Gourlay 0-1
FM James Cobb - GM Danny Gormally 1-0
IM Gawain Jones - GM Colin McNab draw
FM Peter Sowray - FM Maxim Devereaux draw
GM Peter Wells - FM Lars Stark 1-0

Round 8 results:
FM Iain Gourlay - FM Lars Stark 0-1
FM Maxim Devereaux - GM Peter Wells draw
GM Colin McNab - FM Peter Sowray draw
GM Danny Gormally - IM Gawain Jones 1-0
IM Richard Palliser - FM James Cobb 1-0

Round 8 standings:
1. GM Danny Gormally (ENG 2513) 5.5
2. IM Gawain Jones (ENG 2416) 5.0
3-4. FM James Cobb (WLS 2370) and GM Peter Wells (ENG 2480) 4.5
5-6. FM Lars Stark (GER 2425) and FM Iain Gourlay (SCO 2337) 4.0
7. GM Colin McNab (SCO 2433) 3.5
8-10. IM Richard Palliser (ENG 2413), FM Maxim Devereaux (ENG 2377) and FM Peter Sowray (ENG 2357) 3.0


IM Richard Palliser - FM Iain Gourlay
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qc1 h6 12. Bd2 Kh7 13. h3 Nf6 14. Be3 c6 15. Rd1 Qe7 16. c5 Nc7 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Bf4 Qe7 19. Bd6 Qd8 20. Bxf8 Qxf8 21. Qe3 Qe7 22. b4 h5 23. Rab1 Ne6 24. e5 Nd7 25. f4 Bh6 26. g3 h4 27. Rf1 a5 28. g4 axb4 29. Ne4 Nexc5 30. Nd6 f6


31. Rbd1 fxe5 32. Nxc8 Rxc8 33. g5 Bg7 34. Qf2 exf4 35. Qxh4+ Kg8 36. Bc4+ Ne6 37. Rxf4 b5 0-1


GM Peter Wells - FM Lars Stark
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 e6 4. a3 d5 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bf4 a6 7. e3 Bg7 8. Qc2 Nh5 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 g5 11. g4


11...gxh4 12. gxh5 f5 13. Rg1 Bf6 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Bd3 Ne7 16. Ne2 Qd6 17. Rc1 c6 18. b4 Bd7 19. Qc5 Nc8 20. Nf4 Qe7 21. h6 Nd6 22. Nh5 Rf8 23. Ng7+ Kd8 24. Qb6+ Kc8 25. Nh5 Bh8 26. Nf4 Kb8 27. Rg7 Bxg7 28. hxg7 Rg8 29. Nxd5 cxd5 30. Qc7+ Ka7 31. Rc6 Bxc6 32. Qxe7 Rad8 33. Ne5 Kb6 34. Bc2 Rge8 35. Qxh4 Nc4 36. Bxf5 Nxe5 37. dxe5 d4 38. exd4 Bd5 39. Qf6+ Kb5 40. Bxh7 b6 41. h4 Bb3 42. Bg6 Rg8 43. Bf7 1-0


FM Iain Gourlay - FM Lars Stark
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b5 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. d3 c5 6. e4 d6 7. Ne1 Nc6 8. f4 Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nd2 Qc7 11. g4 Nd7 12. g5 f5 13. gxf6 Bxf6 14. c3 b4 15. Rc1 bxc3 16. bxc3 e5 17. f5 Ne7 18. Rf3 d5 19. Rh3 Rf7 20. Qh5 Nf8 21. Bg5 Rd8 22. Nef3 c4 23. exd5 Nxd5 24. dxc4 Nf4 25. Bxf4 exf4 26. Nd4 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 Bxd4 28. cxd4 Rxd4 29. Rc2 Rd5


30. Rhc3 Rdxf5 31. Qf3 Ne6 32. Qd3 f3+ 33. Kf1 Qxh2 34. Ne4 f2 0-1



GM Danny Gormally won the tournament with 6.0 points. IM Gawain Jones and FM James Cobb are tied on 2nd. This way Cobb made his 4th IM norm. FM Lars Stark also made IM norm by playing 40 moves in deadly draw position to finally win against FM Maxim Devereaux, probably on flag.

Round 9 results:
FM James Cobb - FM Iain Gourlay 1-0
IM Gawain Jones - IM Richard Palliser draw
FM Peter Sowray - GM Danny Gormally draw
GM Peter Wells - GM Colin McNab draw
FM Lars Stark - FM Maxim Devereaux 1-0

Final standings:
1. GM Danny Gormally (ENG 2513) 6.0
2-3 IM Gawain Jones (ENG 2416) and FM James Cobb (WLS 2370) 5.5
4-5. GM Peter Wells (ENG 2480) and FM Lars Stark (GER 2425) 5.0
6-7. GM Colin McNab (SCO 2433) and FM Iain Gourlay (SCO 2337) 4.0
8-9. IM Richard Palliser (ENG 2413) and FM Peter Sowray (ENG 2357) 3.5
10. FM Maxim Devereaux (ENG 2377) 3.0


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