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Staunton Memorial (2007) The 5th Howard Staunton Memorial Tournament was a 12-player round robin played at Simpsons-in-the-Strand, London, England, 7-18 August 2007. Rest day: August 14. Sponsor as last year was Dutch chess maecenas Jan Mol. First prize: £2500 and a painted piece of art by Barry Martin. Rounds started at 2 pm, except Round 11 which started at noon. There was no entry fee for the spectators. Organizers: Raymond Keene, Barry Martin and Clive and Sue Davey of the Staunton Society. Chief arbiter: Eric Schiller. Michael Adams won with 8.5/11. The best game prize also went to Adams for Adams vs J Werle, 2007. Age Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 1 Adams 35 2724 * ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 8½ 2 Sokolov 39 2666 ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 0 1 7½ 3 Van Wely 34 2679 ½ ½ * 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 7½ 4 Jones 19 2526 0 ½ 1 * 0 ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 1 6½ 5 Werle 23 2552 0 0 0 1 * 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 6½ 6 Smeets 22 2538 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 * ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 6½ 7 L'Ami 22 2598 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 5 8 Timman 55 2560 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 1 * 1 ½ 1 1 5 9 Wells 42 2517 ½ 0 0 1 0 0 ½ 0 * 1 ½ ½ 4 10 Speelman 49 2511 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 * ½ ½ 3½ 11 McNab 46 2416 0 1 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ * ½ 3 12 Houska 27 2401 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * 2½ Official site: https://web.archive.org/web/2007103... ChessBase: https://en.chessbase.com/post/micha... Speelman: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2... TWIC: https://www.theweekinchess.com/html... Photos: http://streathambrixtonchess.blogsp... FIDE: https://ratings.fide.com/tournament... Wikipedia article: Howard Staunton Memorial Tournament Previous: Staunton Memorial (2006). Next: Staunton Memorial (2008)  page 2 of 3; games 26-50 of 66  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 26. I Sokolov vs Smeets ½-½ 78 2007 Staunton Memorial D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 27. Speelman vs L'Ami   ½-½ 22 2007 Staunton Memorial D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 28. C McNab vs P K Wells   ½-½ 28 2007 Staunton Memorial A07 King's Indian Attack 29. Van Wely vs Timman 1-0 57 2007 Staunton Memorial E15 Queen's Indian 30. Adams vs J Houska 1-0 33 2007 Staunton Memorial B01 Scandinavian 31. P K Wells vs I Sokolov 0-1 33 2007 Staunton Memorial D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 32. L'Ami vs Adams   ½-½ 28 2007 Staunton Memorial E15 Queen's Indian 33. G Jones vs Speelman   1-0 49 2007 Staunton Memorial C07 French, Tarrasch 34. J Houska vs C McNab   ½-½ 15 2007 Staunton Memorial B08 Pirc, Classical 35. J Werle vs Timman   1-0 55 2007 Staunton Memorial A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 36. Smeets vs Van Wely   ½-½ 53 2007 Staunton Memorial B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 37. Timman vs Smeets 0-1 44 2007 Staunton Memorial D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 38. Van Wely vs P K Wells 1-0 37 2007 Staunton Memorial E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 39. Speelman vs J Werle   ½-½ 18 2007 Staunton Memorial E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 40. Adams vs G Jones 1-0 40 2007 Staunton Memorial B22 Sicilian, Alapin 41. C McNab vs L'Ami 0-1 39 2007 Staunton Memorial D78 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6 42. I Sokolov vs J Houska   1-0 48 2007 Staunton Memorial D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 43. G Jones vs C McNab 1-0 52 2007 Staunton Memorial B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack 44. Speelman vs Adams   ½-½ 17 2007 Staunton Memorial A46 Queen's Pawn Game 45. L'Ami vs I Sokolov 0-1 25 2007 Staunton Memorial D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 46. J Werle vs Smeets   1-0 25 2007 Staunton Memorial D39 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation 47. P K Wells vs Timman 0-1 31 2007 Staunton Memorial A09 Reti Opening 48. J Houska vs Van Wely 0-1 58 2007 Staunton Memorial B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen 49. Adams vs J Werle 1-0 37 2007 Staunton Memorial B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 50. Timman vs J Houska   1-0 43 2007 Staunton Memorial C78 Ruy Lopez  page 2 of 3; games 26-50 of 66    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 7 OF 7 ·  Later Kibitzing> Aug-17-07    brankat: Yes :-) Aug-17-07    Brown: I would like to see a Rowson - Adams match, if Rowson is in playing shape after his consecutive British Championships. Aug-17-07    TheSlid: <Brown> Are you having a laugh, mate? That would be a complete mis-match. Aug-17-07    Octavia: <Rowson - Adams> had a match in 98. Rowson drew 2/6 - probably get a few more draws if it was repeated. Aug-17-07    Eric Schiller: More bloody fights today, like Simpson's famous carved rare beef. Jones blew Van Wely off the board, Adams destroyed McNab, Sokolov took out Speelman, Wells lost his 5th nin a row, against a speculative opening piece sac by Werle and Timman endgamed L'Ami. Tomorrow we start at noon so the players can feast in the evening at the traditional Simpson's closing. BTW, there were no drug problems here, unlimited coffee waas supplied to the players throughout the event. So Mickey leads with 8-2 but plays Sokolov as Black tomorrow. Aug-17-07    JointheArmy: How many points will Adams gain with +6? Aug-17-07    PinkPanther: If Adams draws tomorrow he should get something like 4 rating points, which is pretty pathetic. Aug-17-07    keypusher: Here's the finale of Jones-Van Wely, White to play and win after 24...Rf8: click for larger view Fine attack by Jones, but I am sorry to see Van Wely go down like this after such a fine tournament. Aug-18-07    Octavia: <he should get something like 4 rating> yes, it is sad that the grading system tempts people to avoid lower rated events. But on the whole, taking everything into account & weighing up the pros & cons, its quite a good system considering that millions of people get a good idea of where they're standing in the pecking order. When you ask someone about their grade, you must not be content with the actual number, but ask them what their % was over the year. The answer to that gives you an idea about the amount of pleasure they're getting out of the game. Aug-18-07    lostemperor: Michael Adams has won the tournament! Congratulations to him. Congratulations to the Dutch for winning the team competition! Aug-18-07    John Saunders: Games, result and crosstable available at the BCM website (www.bcmchess.co.uk) Aug-18-07    Eric Schiller: Thanks to John Saunders! We didn't manage to email Cessgames direct with the last round games in our rush to get to the closing dinner. It is near midnight here and I'm hours away from sobriety, so more tomorrow, but for now just a quick comment on Timman's "queen sac". He just missed th e alternative Kf2 and didn't think he had a choice. The tournament had a great fighting spirit with few draws. Mickey got the best game prize for his win over Werle. I'm off to a party tomorrow to celebrate his marriage and victory but will try to post some more comments. By that time Simpson's justly famous roast beef and fine wines will have slipped into the past, but right now things are just fine all over. Aug-18-07    brankat: <Eric Schiller> Great job Eric. Thank You. Aug-19-07    Confuse: congrats adams. i always enjoyed your playing style! : ) Aug-19-07    lostemperor: Staunton looked down and was pleased of what he saw especially the hard wooden Staunton boards and pieces. But what's that .. they have something like electronic timer devices. That's a curse. It is bad as it is if they had ordinary clocks instead of being able to explore the fascinating positions in depth without the pressure of time as in the golden days of chess... Nevertheless it was a great success! Aug-19-07    jamesmaskell: Well done Adams. Good tournament all round with action throughout. I hope Ray or Eric might be able to make an announcement soon about Staunton 2008, perhaps? <John Saunders> Keep up the good work with the Ceefax/Teletext pages. Saves me time trawling through PGNs... Aug-19-07    Eric Schiller: <lost> No worries, mate! Te digital clocks had no increments or other nonsense, just 40/2, 20/1, g/30. Personally, I don't like the DGT and will use other clocks next year. We will also use more of those new-fangled "electrical" lights. And many of the players will arrive via metal birds in the sky. Staunton would be amazed, but pleased! Aug-19-07    Eric Schiller: At the closing dinner (roast beef, Yorkshire pudding and abundant pourings of wine), sponsor Jan Moll was already talking about next year. Our hope is to raise enough money to get better lighting, live Internet broadcasts and Nigel Short, but we'll have to see how things go. I look forward to being back in London next year with all my friends here. Every one of the players is a great guy/gal and a joy to work with. There were no incidents at all and all of the spectators were well-behaved. For much of the tournament, you could hear a pin drop. The staff at Simpson's were superb, and we were never short of water, coffee, or biscuits (cookies). The post-mortems were fueled by excellent drinks in the bar. My only regret is that more of England's strong chessplayers didn't turn up, though Michael Stean and Mike Basman did turn up. Aug-19-07    Eric Schiller: For those who may be interested, House of Staunton will be selling the sets and boards, autographed by all the players and a host of other chess personalities. Aug-19-07    Eric Schiller: Best game prize: Adams-Werle. Honorable mention Jones-Van Wely and Werle-Wells. Aug-19-07    jamesmaskell: Very good news. Thanks Eric. Looking forward to next years tournament already. Aug-19-07    pawnofdoom: Poor McNab, tied for first after round 1, and ending up in second to last place Aug-19-07    keypusher: Thanks, Eric, I really enjoyed following this tournament from afar. Aug-20-07    landogriffin: Thanks a lot for your insightful and interesting comments Eric. Enjoyed by all I am sure! Aug-21-07    Ezzy: Thanks Eric, great work. Seems like it was a great tournament to be involved with. Congrats to Michael Adam's. 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