Current Rankings 18.12.08

Metropolitan inter-club competitions					2008/9			15.12.08
										grading
	P	W	D	L	Adj	penalty	GP	MP	Pos.	limit
Harvey										100
Beckenham 4	2			2			4.5	0	5
Chislehurst 3	4	1		3			10	1	3
Lewisham 5	1			1			2.5	0	6
Petts Wood 2	2	2					7.5	2	2
Phoenix 4	2	1			1		6	1	4
Sidcup 1	3	2			1		10.5	2	1
Tom Fuller										80
Beckenham 5	4	2		1	1		7.5	2	3
Charlton 3	4	3			1		12.5	3	1
Lewisham 6	3			3			1.5	0	7
Lewisham 7	4	1		3			5.5	1	5
Petts Wood 3	3	1		2			5.5	1	4
Phoenix 5	1	1					3	1	6
Sidcup 2	3	2		1			7.5	2	2
Intro.
Beckenham 6	2		2				4	1	=1	60
Sidcup 3	2		2				4	1	=1

Data courtesy of Derek Davis

Last Night at Chess Club for 2008

...is this Wednesday, 17th of December.

Sidcup v Lewisham, Lewis League

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? (1200) vs. ? (1200), 40/7200:20/3600:1800

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 a b c d e f g h 0

(white to move) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Bg4 4. dxe5 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 dxe5 6. Bc4 Qf6 7. Qb3 b6 8. Nc3 c6 9. Bg5 Qg6 10. Rd1 Ne7 11. Bxf7+ Qxf7 12. Rd8+ Kxd8 13. Qxf7 Nd7 14. O-O Rc8 15. Rd1 Rc7 16. Nd5 cxd5 17. exd5 Nc5 18. d6 Rd7 19. dxe7+ Bxe7 20. Bxe7+ Kc8 21. Rxd7 Nxd7 22. Qxg7 Re8 23. Qf7 Rh8 24. Qc4+ Kb7 25. Qd5+ Kc7 26. Qd6+

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M. Spencer v P. Houching, Fuller League

Fuller, ?
Spencer, Mike (72) vs. Houching, Peter (35), ?

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 a b c d e f g h 0

(black to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 e6 3. a3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Ne5 cxd4 6. Nxc6 dxc6 7. Qxd4 Be7 8. Bc4 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Qc7 11. c4 e5 12. Qh4 Nd7 13. Qg3 bxc4 14. Bxc4 Bf6 15. e4 Nb6 16. Bb3 h6 17. Nc3 Ba6 18. Rd1 Rd8 19. Be3 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Ke7 21. Bc5+ Ke8 22. Qh3 Bc8 23. Qh5 g6 24. Qf3 Nd7 25. Bd6 Qb6 26. Na4 Qb7 27. Nc5 Nxc5 28. Bxc5 Bg5 29. Qg3 Bf4 30. Qd3 Qd7 31. Bd6 h5 32. Qc4 Bg5 33. Bxe5 Qe6 34. Bxh8 Ba6 35. Qxa6 Qxb3 36. Qc8+ Ke7 37. Qd7+ Kf8 38. Qc8+ Ke7 39. Qd8+ Ke6 40. Rd6#

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J. Hollands v K. Thompson, Club Championship

Club Championship, ?
Holland, Jack (78) vs. Thompson, Keith (82), ?

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 a b c d e f g h 0

(black to move) 1. d4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Bd3 Bxd3 5. Qxd3 c5 6. b3 cxd4 7. Qxd4 e6 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Qd1 Bc5 10. O-O Nge7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Re1 Ng6 13. Nb5 Qb6 14. Qe2 Ngxe5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Ba3 Bxa3 17. Nxa3 Ng6 18. g3 Rac8 19. Rac1 a6 20. c4 Qb4 21. Nc2 Qa5 22. Ne3 d4 23. Ng4 Rfd8 24. a4 d3 25. Qe3 d2 26. Red1 dxc1=Q 27. Qxc1 Rxd1+ 28. Qxd1 Qh5 29. Qd7 Rf8 30. Ne3 Ne5 31. Qxb7 Nf3+ 32. Kg2 Nxh2 33. c5 Ng4

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K. Grist v K. Thompson, Club Championship

Club Championship, Sidcup
Grist, Ken (84) vs. Thompson, Keith (82), ?

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 a b c d e f g h 0

(white to move) 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Be2 Bf5 5. O-O Nf6 6. d4 e6 7. a3 Bd6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. h3 Nbd7 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 a6 12. Nh2 Qc7 13. Nf3 Rac8 14. Bd3 Ne4 15. Bxe4 Bxe4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. c3 Qb6 20. Qe2 f5 21. Be7 Rf7 22. Bb4 a5 23. Kh1 axb4 24. f4 Bf6 25. axb4 Rd7 26. Ra5 Rcd8 27. Rb5 Qa7 28. Qc4 Kf7 29. Rxf5 Qb8 30. g3 Rd1 31. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 32. Kg2 Qd6 33. Rxf6+ Kxf6 34. Qxe4 Qd2+

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K. Thompson v L. Phillips, Harvey League, 26.11.2008

This is a game I played on Wednesday 26th Nov 2008. It is a game that I should have won (it seems that I am saying that a lot lately). I missed an easy win. I will not tell you where yet as it would be too easy.

Harvey League, Sidcup
Thompson, K. (82) vs. Phillips, L. (102), ?

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 a b c d e f g h 0

(black to move) 1. e4 d6 2. d4 e5 3. Nf3 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Bd2 Re8 9. Qc1 Nbd7 10. Re1 Ne5 11. f4 Ng6 12. Kh1 Bf8 13. f5 Ne5 14. Bg5 Be7 15. Rf1 Nfd7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Nf3 f6 18. Qd2 Nxf3 19. Rxf3 Ne5 20. Rg3 b6 21. Ne2 Bxf5 22. exf5 Nxd3 23. Nd4 Nc5 24. Nxc6 Qe2 25. Qd5+ Kh8 26. h3 Ne4 27. Rf3 Ng5 28. Rd3 Ne4 29. Kh2 Qxc2 30. Re1 Nc5 31. Rxe8+ Rxe8 32. Qf7 Qe2 33. Rxd6 Qe3 34. Nxa7 Qf4+ 35. g3 Re2+

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Current Rankings 01.12.08

These are the current rankings for the Harvey, Fuller and Intro competitions.

Metropolitan inter-club competitions					2008/9			30.11.08
										grading
	P	W	D	L	Adj	penalty	GP	MP	Pos.	limit
Harvey										100
Beckenham 4	1			1			2	0	5
Chislehurst 3	3	1		2			8	1	2
Lewisham 5	1			1			2.5	0	4
Petts Wood 2	2	2					7.5	2	1
Phoenix 4									6
Sidcup 1	1	1					4	1	3
Tom Fuller										80
Beckenham 5	3	2		1			6.5	2	1
Charlton 3	1	1					4	1	4
Lewisham 6	1			1			1	0	7
Lewisham 7	3	1		2			4.5	1	3
Petts Wood 3	3	1		2			5.5	1	2
Phoenix 5	1	1					3	1	6
Sidcup 2	2	1		1			3.5	1	5
Intro.
Beckenham 6										60
Sidcup 3

Data courtesy of Derek Davis.

My Most Unusual Game

The reason I call this my most unusual game is because the moves were identical to those of a game I had played some five years previously.

Both of my opponents were graded in the high 130s. The first game was played in the Stevenson against Chislehurst in 1984 and the second in the London Business House League in 1989.

Both of my opponents made the same bad moves and ended up being mated on move 12. When the team captain checked my clock in the second game he found that I had used less than 2 minutes of my time to my opponent's 24 minutes.

I was playing the White pieces and the game went as follows, the opening was a variation of the two knights defence known as the Fegatello or more commonly the Fried Liver!

Jack Hollands vs. Opponent, =

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 a b c d e f g h 0

(black to move) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Nxf7 Kxf7 7. Qf3+ Ke6 8. Nc3 Nd4 9. Bxd5+ Kd6 10. Qf7 Nxc2+ 11. Kd1 Nxa1 12. Ne4#

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For two experiences club players to make exactly the same mistakes in a competition game is very unusual and I doubt it will ever happen to me again.

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4-2 Win over Chislehurst in the Harvey Cup

The 2008-9 Kent League season started with a 4-2 win over Chislehurst in the Harvey Cup. In this position from the match, white (to play) can win by playing Ng5, but there is a more spectacular (though not necessarily better) way to win.

1.Rxg6+ fxg6 2.Bxg6 hxg6 3.Qxg6+ Kh8 4.Ng5 Bxg5 5.Bxg5 Rf8 6.Bf6+ Rxf6 7.exf6 Qc7 8.f7 and checkmate (on one of three squares) can only be stopped by giving up the queen for the advanced pawn, after which black will soon be mated, so black resigns 1-0.

Ian McAllan