7th Houlton Open Tournament Report
04.17.11 Roger Morin won the 7th Houlton Open played on April 2, 2011 with 3.0 points. Andy Chan (USCF 704) scored 3.0 points in four games and took first place in the U1200 section. We bring you the illustrated tournament report with USCF crosstable and a featured game.
Thanks to Roger Morin for contributing to this report.
Roger Morin took first with 3.0 points in four games. His game vs Ray Haines is featured below.
Andy Chan turned in a strong performance winning three out of four of his games to take first place in the U1200 section
Lance Beloungie and Ray Haines posted 2.5 points. Four players were knotted up on the lower half of the crosstable with 1.0 point: Craig Fournier, Lois Morin, Karen Gates and Kody Gates.
An interesting occurance happened in Roger Morin's (1971) second game vs Ray Haines (1795). With 0:15 seconds remaining on his clock Haines placed a pawn on the eighth rank and pressed his clock. Having not replaced the pawn with a piece his opponent pressed his clock before making a move--in accordance with USCF Rule 8F6. Pawn promotion. (United States Chess Federation's Official Rules of Chess 5th Edition page 16.) Before Haines could replace the pawn with a piece his time expired.
Roger Morin (right) on the move in his game vs Ray Haines.
Kody Gates (left) considers his position in his games vs Lois Morin.
Here's an interesting game between Roger Morin and Ray Haines.
Comments
Hello. Im not sure where to start? First of all I was very excited to see a legit chess touny in Maine. I live in Augusta and would be willing to drive up next year to participate if that is OK? Believe it or not Maine has some very big tourys that none of us can play in??? Ok, I looked over this game briefly and plan on doing some more later. But I was so surprised to see white play this line this deep being a 1900+ player? First thing to pop out is 14. h4? I see the plan. However there is not nearly the time needed. That Queen is in a hot spot and those forked rooks??? Im not sure who recieves these emails but Id love to converse with Roger Morin. Sounds like he loves chess. And he wont find a man more passionate than I. Im craving knowledge. I easily have 2000 games recorded on my ps2 and another thousand on my pc. I have no official rating. Although Chess Life Magazine usually scores me around 1800. I taught myself this game. I have a hard time actually finding over the board players. Id love some feedback. And just so ya know. I really wasnt taking anything away from Mr. Morin either.(as I do not even know the time controls used. I do plan on setting up my board and taking another look at this game. The more I think about it, the more I think Ive read Morins name before somewhere? Perhaps heard of David Eisen? He was a legit chess master here in Maine.
Posted by: david berube | April 18, 2011 7:49 PM
This illustrates the major problem with the TD playing in his own event. Simply put, it is almost impossible for us to be impartial about our own games. Perhaps Morin should have looked at 8F7 which allows the player to stop the clock to hunt for a piece and have stopped the clock himself. I'm not taking anything away from Morin here, as I realize that chess in Aroostook County would not exist without him, at least not on an organized level, but, as the second paragraph of rule 21E says, "Those who choose this double role should be especially careful to maintain objectivity."
Also, is the diagram the game in question? It says both that Black won and that White won.
Alex, The diagram is not the game in question. Black (Haines) won the diagrammed game. Apologies for the error. --Dan
Posted by: Alex Relyea | April 18, 2011 11:21 AM