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Re: Robert Silk Tournament Games
Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2021 8:16 pm
by Nick Burrows
So these were held before "Kilroy"?
Re: Robert Silk Tournament Games
Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2021 11:23 pm
by Kevin Thurlow
"Unless you were over 190, you could play both weekends. As far as I recall the Open was the second weekend, so the Robert Silk would have finished by then. From memory, both weekends were in the big Cunard hotel next to Hammersmith flyover."
I played both weekends, the Open was second weekend. It was certainly in a big building, near the flyover. On the Saturday of the Open, I beat Mike Surtees, lost to Simon Webb, drew with William Watson, all going to the QP finish, (so about 10 hours play between 0900 and 2300) then I had about a 90 minute drive home. Not surprisingly, I was rubbish on Sunday morning... I resolved to never play 3 real games in a day again.
And at Paignton in 1971, Bellin and Hartston finished joint first, but there was no cross-table or games. Apparently Corden replaced Ray Keene who was playing in Germany.
Re: Robert Silk Tournament Games
Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2021 11:25 pm
by Kevin Thurlow
"I wonder if there's any chance that this book might have any of the games (or that its author might be able to locate some)."
Possibly, the other sections were going on and it was in early September, so usual Paignton time.
Re: Robert Silk Tournament Games
Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2021 12:21 am
by John McKenna
Interesting developments, above.
For Fuller, Littlewood v. Nunn, though, see below.
The following complete game (and the embedded part game) are in Nunn's Pirc for the Tournament Player (1980, reprinted 1986, 1987). And, as can be seen from the crosstable below, Nunn defeated Fuller, but lost to P. Littlewood.
I am fairly sure that the above game, and part game, are from the Robert Silk event held at Paignton at the start of Sept. 1974. (Of course, it could be that I am mistaken and may be proved wrong, but I doubt that.)
Re: Robert Silk Tournament Games
Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2021 2:36 pm
by John McKenna
In addition to the two probables, above, a confirmed kill (Sicilian 2c3 by M. Chandler, 1981) as a tailender goes down in flames, from a superior position, against the tournament victor...
Another partial probable (The Pirc for the Tournament Player by J. Nunn, 1987) for Paignton 1974, in which the above victor found himself in a game with roles reversed in that he was a tailender losing to the tournament victor -