Fourteen players came to the Brisbane Chess Club on Thursday, August 28, to play IM Stephen Solomon in the simultaneous display organised by George Lester to raise funds for the Olympiad Appeal.

In the end, Stephen was too strong for everybody except Howard Duggan, who managed to achieve the solitary draw (see game below). He was awarded the prize for the best game, while Yi Liu won the second prize - both generously donated by George Lester.

The turnout was slightly disappointing, but still raised $162 for the Olympiad Appeal. Thanks to George for organising the event, Stephen for giving us all a chess lesson, and to all the players who took part.

Patrick Byrom
BCC President

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Stephen Solomon
1-0 George Lester $20
1-0 Jim Rogers $20
1-0 Jovo Stephanovic $10
1-0 Tony Wong $10
1-0 Kevin Loweke $10
1-0 Garvin Gray $10
1-0 Ellis Markson $10
1-0 Patrick Byrom $10
1-0 Justin Kelly $10
1-0 Gilberth $10
1-0 Yi Liu $10
1-0 Sean Wilson $10
0.5-0.5 Howard Duggan $10

John Guest $12

TOTAL: $162

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[White "Stephen Solomon"]
[Black "Howard Duggan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B18"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Qc7 7. h4 Nf6 8. h5
Be4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bd3 Nf6 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Qe2 h6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. O-O-O
Qa5 15. Kb1 Nb6 16. c4 O-O-O 17. g4 e6 18. Qe3 Bd6 19. Nd2 Bc7 20. f4 Qb4 21.
a3 Qe7 22. Nb3 Kb8 23. Be2 Qf8 24. Nc5 Nd7 25. b4 Nxc5 26. dxc5 Qe7 27. Kc2
Rhe8 28. Kb3 Qf8 29. a4 e5 30. f5 e4 31. a5 Re5 32. Rxd8+ Bxd8 33. Rd1 Bc7 34.
Rd4 Kc8 35. Ka4 Qg7 36. Rxe4 Qg5 37. Qxg5 fxg5 38. Rxe5 Bxe5 39. Bf3 Kc7 40. b5
a6 41. b6+ Kd7 42. f6 Bxf6 43. Kb4 Bd4 44. Be4 f6 45. Bf5+ Kd8 46. Be6 Be5 47.
Kb3 Bd4 48. Kc2 Bxc5 49. Kd3 Bb4 50. Ke4 Bxa5 51. c5 Bc3 52. Kf5 a5 53. Kg6 a4
54. Kxh6 Ke7 55. Ba2 Bd4 56. Kg6 Bxc5 57. h6 Bd4 58. h7 f5 59. Kxf5 Bf6 60. Bc4
a3 61. Ba2 c5 62. Bd5 Bh8 63. Kxg5 Kd6 64. Ba2 Ke5 65. Kg6 Kd4 66. Kf7 c4 67.
g5 c3 68. g6 c2 69. g7 Bxg7 70. Kxg7 c1=Q 71. h8=Q Qg5+ 72. Kf7+ Kc5 73. Qc3+

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