Qld. Seniors featuring the games of former 4 times Qld. Champion, Colin Morris
In the past Colin teamed up with Alain Pardoen to coach several Qld. Girls to Australian Championship titles.
Former stars such as Colin should be mentoring our current crop of outstanding talent.
Remember, Colin beat Max Fuller and Max placed 3rd in the British Championships.
Max was one of our first trailblazers and played in several Olympiads for Australia.
His was the generation that preceded GMs Rogers and Johansen.
Unfortunately we no longer have the money to pay former stars to mentor our Juniors.
We now have U/1200 rating prizes to hand out instead. Buying friends instead of coaches.
Hmmmm. Nothing could go wrong there.
At least we have one Queenslander left in the National Top 10 Juniors.
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The link below provides some of Colin’s wins, mainly from Australian Championships in the 1980s. He defeated players such as Trevor Hay, Max Fuller, Chris Depasquale, Phil Viner and John Purdy.
He was Queensland Champion in 1978, 1980, 1985 and 1986.
The three games below are all games from people who were Australian Champion at some time.
Colin defeated all of them.
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Bf5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. g3 e5 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O Be7 8. b3 Ne4 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. Bb2 Bxf3 11. exf3 O-O 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Qd2 f5 14. f4 Nd7 15. Rad1 a5 16. Ba3 Rf6 17. Rfe1 Bf8 18. Re3 Qb6 19. Bb2 Rf7 20. Rde1 Nc5 21. Re8 Rxe8 22. Rxe8 Qc7 23. Bc3 b6 24. Qe3 Qd7 25. Bd4 Ne4 26. Rb8 Qa7 27. Bxe4 fxe4 28. Re8 c5 29. Bc3 Re7 30. Rxe7 Qxe7 31. f3 exf3 32. Qxe7 Bxe7 33. Kf2 g5 34. Kxf3 gxf4 35. gxf4 Kf7 36. Ke4 Ke6 37. f5+ Kd7 38. f6 Bf8 39. Kd5 Bh6 40. a4 Bg5 41. f7 1-0
chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?pid=85320&result=1st
[Event “Sydney IM #1”]
[Site “Sydney AUS”]
[Date “1979.10.23”]
[EventDate “1979.10.17”]
[Round “6.3”]
[Result “0-1”]
[White “Trevor Hay”]
[Black “Colin Morris”]
[ECO “B08”]
[WhiteElo “2350”]
[BlackElo “?”]
[PlyCount “98”]
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. a4 Qc7 8. Bg5 e5 9. Qd2 Bg4 10. Be3 exd4 11. Bxd4 Nbd7 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Rfe8 14. a5 b5 15. axb6 axb6 16. Rxa8 Rxa8 17. Rd1 Ne8 18. Be3 b5 19. b3 Qa5 20. Nb1 Qxd2 21. Nxd2 Ra2 22. Rc1 Bb2 23. Re1 Bc3 24. Rc1 Nf8 25. Nb1 Bb2 26. Rd1 Bf6 27. e5 dxe5 28. Bxc6 Nc7 29. c3 Ra6 30. Bb7 Ra1 31. Kf1 Nfe6 32. Ke2 Be7 33. c4 b4 34. Nc3 Rxd1 35. Nxd1 Bc5 36. Nb2 Bxe3 37. Kxe3 Nc5 38. Bd5 N7a6 39. Nd3 Nxd3 40. Kxd3 Nc5+ 41. Kc2 Kg7 42. Bf3 f5 43. Bd1 e4 44. Kd2 f4 45. g3 g5 46. h4 gxh4 47. gxh4 Kf6 48. Bc2 Ke5 49. Ke2 h6 0-1
[Event “AUS-ch 1979-80”]
[Site “Adelaide AUS”]
[Date “1980.01.09”]
[EventDate “1979.12.27”]
[Round “12.11”]
[Result “0-1”]
[White “Phillip John Viner”]
[Black “Colin Morris”]
[ECO “A46”]
[WhiteElo “2080”]
[BlackElo “2000”]
[PlyCount “96”]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. Nbd2 d5 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qe2 c5 8. b3 Bd6 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Ne5 cxd4 11. exd4 Rc8 12. a3 Rc7 13. f4 Qe7 14. Qf3 Rfc8 15. Rf2 Nb8 16. g4 Rxc2 17. Bxc2 Rxc2 18. Nf1 Rxf2 19. Kxf2 Ne4+ 20. Kg1 f6 21. Nd3 Ba6 22. Nf2 f5 23. Ne3 Qh4 24. Nxe4 fxe4 25. Qf2 Qxf2+ 26. Kxf2 Bxf4 27. h3 Nc6 28. b4 Bg5 29. Rd1 Bh4+ 30. Kg2 Bf6 31. Rd2 Bd3 32. Rd1 h6 33. Rc1 Nxd4 34. Rc7 Nb5 35. Rc8+ Kf7 36. Bxf6 Kxf6 37. a4 Nd6 38. Rf8+ Ke5 39. Rg8 d4 40. Nd1 g5 41. b5 Nc4 42. Nf2 Be2 43. Rg7 e3 44. Rxa7 exf2 45. Kxf2 Bd1 46. a5 Nxa5 47. Ke1 Bf3 48. Kf2 Bb7 0-1
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