Gonzaga Masters 2011 information

Gonzaga Masters 2011

Information

Gonzaga Masters 2011
Dates	February 4-6, 2011
City	Dublin
Venue	Gonzaga College SJ, Sandford Road, Ranelagh, Dublin 6
Tournament Director	Devin O'Shea-Farren, Sam O'Neill and Patrick Young, with assistance from Daniel Lynch
Chief Arbiter	Herbert Scarry
Players participating	18, of whom 1 played no games
Games played	39
Competition format	5-round Swiss. Nominal rating requirement 1800+ but players within 100 points could play at their own option.
Tie break	Unknown
Time control	1 hour 45 minutes for all moves
Sponsor	Bank of Ireland
Charity	Habitat for Humanity Project in Zambia
Trophy	Philip Hogarty Cup
Downloadable game file	gonzagamasters2011e.pgn: 32 of the 39 games (including 4 incomplete)
Missing data, etc.	Remaining game scores
Concurrent events	Gonzaga Championship 2011; 1st-2nd Pat Twomey, Seán Nolan; 31 players, 6 rounds, 84 games (none available) Gonzaga Challengers 2011; 1st Adrian White; 55 players, 6 rounds, 146 games (none available)
References	Sources and notes. If you have any other documents, reports, references, biographical information, annotations or (in particular) photos, please .

See the tournament report by Daniel Lynch and Herbert Scarry on the ICU web site.

White sacrifices in abundance but is not able to make up the deficit:
         Jackson, Carl – Redmond, John P.      0-1

The Latvian Gambit, unsound but entertaining:
         Murray, David B. – King, Melvyn      1-0

A vastly complicated middlegame and seesaw struggle (with missed opportunities, e.g., 63 ... Rd7??, but a draw was the fairest result):
         Janusaitis, Mindaugas – Cichonski, Bartlomiej      ½-½

Another complicated middlegame with Black pinned down by a threatened mating net at the end (but should still be winning):
         Delaney, Killian – Cichonski, Bartlomiej      ½-½

Wilkes-Barre / Traxler: whatever the theory is, it isn't this: somehow White squeaks out a draw
         Jackson, Carl – Janusaitis, Mindaugas      ½-½

White stumbles into an unexpected mating net:
         Healy, John – Skrzypnik, Tomasz      0-1

A Schliemann in which Black's K-side collapses:
         O'Brien, Cormac – John, Tom      1-0

A strange middlegame with few pawns, in which it seems White should have done better:
         Lee, Shane – Janusaitis, Mindaugas      ½-½