Fuller - Sidcup v Lewisham Match Report

Captain's Report
Sidcup v Lewisham
Played at Lewisham on Wednesday 18th November 2009

Last Wednesday our Fuller team lost to Lewisham.

The game was played away at Catford Cricket Club in their Pavilion where we were playing black on boards 1 & 3 and both boards 1 & 3 lost.

Board 2 finished first when I (Keith Thompson) accepted a draw from a position which I thought was going to be hard to win; neither of us making any grave errors in the game. My only chance came on move 17 when I could have played a pawn move to g4 which could have given me a pawn up. I saw the move but having lost a bad game the previous week decided that my confidence was at a low and needed to play safely. COnsequently, I didn't want to take too many chances, where playing g4 could have led to opening my king to attacks which I did not feel confident of repelling. So the game petered out into a draw which at the time I thought may be quite good.

Then unfortunately, Ken (playing on board 1) made an error in castling on move 18, which immediately lost him a pawn and he went on to lose in 27 moves to Ian Moody.

Stephen Moon then lost, surprisingly, to Ken Smith.

Lastly, Peter Houching then won a fine game (which at one stage looked as though it was heading for a draw) playing an endgame in which he created a passed pawn which black was not able to stop from queening. He won the game after a hard 58 moves played.

Keith Thompson

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Moody, Ian (111) vs. Grist, Ken (119)

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

(white to move) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nf3 a6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Be2 Be7 8. Nd5 Nf6 9. Nxe7 Nxe7 10. Bd3 Bg4 11. Bg5 Nc6 12. c3 h6 13. Be3 Nh7 14. Bc4 Qf6 15. a3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qxf3 17. gxf3 Nf6 18. Rg1 O-O 19. Bxh6 Kh7 20. Bg5 Na5 21. Bxf6 Nxc4 22. Rxg7+ Kh6 23. O-O-O Rg8 24. Rdg1 Rxg7 25. Rxg7 Rf8 26. Rg1 Nb6 27. Bg7+

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Thompson, Keith (107) vs. Bennett, Delroy (104)

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

(white to move) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be2 Bb4+ 6. c3 Ba5 7. O-O O-O 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Qd6 10. Bg3 Qd8 11. Nbd2 c6 12. Bd3 Bc7 13. Bxc7 Qxc7 14. Re1 Bg4 15. h3 Bh5 16. Qc2 Nbd7 17. Re3 Rfe8 18. Rae1 Rxe3 19. Rxe3 Nf8 20. Ne5 Nf6d7 21. Ndf3 Re8 22. Qd2 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 f6 24. Nf3 Qd8 25. Bf5 Bxf3 26. Rxf3 Qd6 27. Re3 Qd8 28. Rg3 Kh8 29. Kf1 Qe7 30. Re3 Qd8 31. Rxe8 Qxe8 32. Qf4 Qh5 33. Bg4 Qg6 34. Qc1

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Fuller - Lewisham Chess Club, Kent
Smith, Ken (98) vs. Moon, Stephen (104)

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. d4 Nf6 5. c3 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. Nbd2 Bd6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. h3 Bh5 10. Re1 h6 11. Nf1 Rc8 12. Be3 a6 13. Qd2 Ne4 14. Qc1 Qf6 15. Qc2 Nb6 16. Nf3d2 Nxd2 17. Nxd2 Bg6 18. Qb3 Rc6 19. Nf3 O-O 20. Nd2 Bc7 21. Qd1 Re8 22. Nf3 Nd7 23. Bd3 Bh5 24. Be2 e5 25. dxe5 Nxe5 26. Nd4 Bxe2 27. Qxe2 Rd6 28. Rab1 Nc4 29. Qd3 Ne5 30. Qc2 Ng6 31. Re2 Rd7 32. Rbe1 Rde7 33. Nf3 Qd6 34. Bd4 Nh4 35. Ne5 f6 36. Ng4 h5 37. Rxe7 Rxe7 38. Rxe7 Qxe7 39. Ne3 Qd6 40. Nf1 f5 41. Qe2 Qd7 42. Qxh5 Qe7 43. g3 Qf7 44. Qxh4

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Houching, Peter (95) vs. Lomas, A. (88)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. h3 Nc6 5. e3 a6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. Bh2 Bxh2 8. Nxh2 Qe7 9. a3 e5 10. dxe5 Qxe5 11. c3 d4 12. Nf3 Qd6 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. cxd4 O-O 15. Nc3 Re8 16. Qf3 Qxd4 17. O-O-O Qb6 18. Bc2 Be6 19. Rd3 Rad8 20. Rhd1 Rxd3 21. Rxd3 Bb3 22. Na4 Bxa4 23. Bxa4 c6 24. Qd1 Ne4 25. Rd5 Nc5 26. Rd4 Nxa4 27. Qxa4 Re5 28. Qd1 Re8 29. Rd7 g6 30. Qd4 Qxd4 31. Rxd4 Re7 32. Kc2 Kg7 33. Kc3 Kf6 34. Kc4 Ke5 35. f3 Ke6 36. Re4+ Kd6 37. Rxe7 Kxe7 38. Kc5 Kd7 39. Kb6 Kc8 40. e4 f6 41. f4 h6 42. e5 fxe5 43. fxe5 Kd7 44. Kxb7 Ke6 45. Kxa6 Kxe5 46. Kb6 Kf4 47. a4 Kg3 48. a5 Kxg2 49. a6 Kxh3 50. a7 g5 51. a8=Q g4 52. Qxc6 h5 53. Qh1+ Kg3 54. Qxh5 Kf3 55. Qh1+ Kf4 56. b4 g3 57. Qg2 Kg4 58. Kc6

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Fuller - Sidcup v Beckenham Match Report

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Sidcup v Beckenham
Played at Sidcup on Wednesday 11th November 2009

With both Beckenham and Sidcup having won their first matches and only 4 teams in the league this year, this was a match between the top two teams at this stage of the tournament.

The evening started off well for Sidcup with Stephen Moon playing on Board 3 (white) beating a very experienced player in Alan Fraser.

Keith Thompson (black) on board 2 then missed a winning chance on move 18, but never really got back into the game and should have had at least a draw. He went on to lose, playing badly from thereon in.

Ken Grist playing board 1 (white) against Richard Putham, agreed a draw on move 40.

Unfortunately for Sidcup and Peter playing on board 4 (black), time for the evening ran out and at the end, a draw was agreed, although there was still a lot a play in the game and white had just made a mistake which could have proved costly if play had carried on.

In the end, a draw for both teams was a fair result, but I am disappointed that Sidcup did not secure all the points.

Keith Thompson

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Walden, Howard (109) vs. Thompson, Keith (107)

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

(white to move) 1. d4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Bf5 4. Bd3 Bxd3 5. Qxd3 Nf6 6. O-O e6 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Be7 11. c3 Nf6 12. Qd3 c5 13. Rd1 cxd4 14. Qxd4 O-O 15. Bf4 Qxd4 16. Rxd4 Bc5 17. Bd6 Bxd4 18. Bxf8 Kxf8 19. Nxd4 Rd8 20. Re1 Nd5 21. f3 Nf4 22. Re3 Nd5 23. Re4 Nf6 24. Re2 Nd5 25. g3 Re8 26. Kf2 e5 27. Nb5 a6 28. Nd6 Re7 29. Ne4 f6 30. Rd2 Nc7 31. Rd8+ Kf7 32. Nd6+ Ke6 33. Nxb7 Kf5 34. Nd6+ Kg6 35. Ne4 f5 36. Rd6+ Kf7 37. Nc5 e4 38. fxe4 fxe4 39. Ke3 a5 40. a4 Re5 41. Rd7+ Re7 42. Rxe7+ Kxe7 43. Kxe4 Kd6 44. Nb7+ Kc6 45. Nxa5+ Kb6 46. b4 Na6 47. Kd4 Kc7 48. c4 Nxb4 49. c5 Kd7 50. Kc4 Nc2 51. h3 Ne3+ 52. Kb5 Nf5 53. g4 Nd4+ 54. Kc4 Ne6 55. Nb3 Kc6 56. Nd4+

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Grist, Ken (119) vs. Putham, Richard (122)

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 Bc5 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. h3 h6 7. a3 Qe7 8. Nc3 Be6 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. Bxd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Nd4 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. c3 Bb6 14. Qg4 f6 15. Bd2 Qf7 16. c4 h5 17. Qf3 O-O-O 18. b4 Bd4 19. Rab1 Rdf8 20. Be3 f5 21. c5 Qf6 22. Bxd4 exd4 23. Rbe1 Re8 24. cxd6 cxd6 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Rc1+ Kb8 27. Qxh5 Rg8 28. Qh7 Rc8 29. Rxc8+ Kxc8 30. f4 a6 31. Qg8+ Kc7 32. g3 Qe7 33. Qe6 Qxe6 34. dxe6 d5 35. Kg2 b5 36. Kf3 Kd6 37. g4 Kxe6 38. Kg3 Kf6 39. h4 Kg6 40. g5

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Andrews, Paul (104) vs. Houchin, Peter (95)

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

(white to move) 1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Qc7 5. Nbd2 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Qxe5+ 7. Ne2 Be7 8. Nf3 Qc7 9. Bf4 Bd6 10. Qd4 f6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. c4 Qb4+ 13. Qc3 Qxc3+ 14. Nxc3 dxc4 15. Nb5 Na6 16. Bxc4 Nh6 17. Nd6+ Ke7 18. O-O-O Rd8 19. Ne4 Bd7 20. Bxa6 Rac8+ 21. Kb1 bxa6 22. Rc1 e5 23. h3 Bf5 24. Rhe1 Rxc1+ 25. Kxc1 Rc8+ 26. Kd2 Rc4 27. Kd3 Ra4 28. a3 Ra5 29. Nfd2 Nf7 30. Rc1 Rd5+ 31. Ke3 Nd6 32. Nxd6 Rxd6 33. Rc7+ Rd7 34. Rxd7+ Bxd7 35. Nc4 Bb5 36. Na5 Kd6 37. Ke4 g6 38. g4 h6 39. b3 Bf1 40. Nc4+

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Fuller, Kent
Moon, Stephen (104) vs. Fraser, Alan (105)

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

(white to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 Qe7 6. Qc2 c5 7. e3 O-O 8. a3 cxd4 9. exd4 Ba5 10. b4 Bd8 11. Ne4 Qe8 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Qd2 Kh7 15. Bd3+ f5 16. Ne2 Rg8 17. Rg1 Nc6 18. O-O-O Qe7 19. g4 d5 20. gxf5 Rxg1 21. f6+

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Club Member Profile - Ken Grist

I have been playing chess since 1986 originally with the former Swanley Club. During this time we won the final of the Harvey Cup in 1979. We also ran a Junior Grand Prix tournament for 10 years in St Peters Church, Hextable.

I used to go and play in tournaments around the country, Hastings, Portsmouth and Nottingham being the main ones. I found this better than the Kent League as over a weekend you usually won a few games whereas if you lose in the league it's a long time often to trying to win in the next match. I have had some fluke wins, sneaky draws and sickening losses.

At Portsmouth I enjoyed the ambience of this seaside city in between games, my grandfather lived here and was a member of the Portsmouth Chess Club at one time.

My sister lives near the venue in Nottingham so I used to call to see her and also make a visit to Carsington Water where we spent a family holiday one summer. At Hastings I played games in the mornings, enjoyed the resort in the afternoons then prepared the annual accounts for our church in the evenings.

Ken Grist

Kent League

This is a game played by Peter Houching for the Kent League. Some comments have been made within the game.

Keith Thompson

Kent County under 100 match, ?
Houchin, Peter (95) vs. Swestun , Rebecca (73)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nbd2 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. Bd3 O-O 6. h3 Nc6 7. Nb3 e5 8. d5 Nb4 9. Qe2 Nxd3+ 10. Qxd3 c6 11. c4 c5 12. a4 Ne8 13. g4 Nf6 14. Rg1 h5 15. Bg5 hxg4 16. hxg4 Qb6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. g5 Bh8 19. Nh4 Qb4+ 20. Ke2 Bd7 21. Ra3 a6 22. a5 Ba4 23. Nd2 Qxa5 24. Rga1 Bd1+ 25. Rxd1 Qd8 26. Qg3 Qb6 27. Rb3 Qc7 28. Qh3 b6 29. Rh1 Kg7 30. Nxg6 fxg6 31. Qh7#

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Fuller - Sidcup v Petts Wood Match Report

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Petts Wood v Sidcup
Played at Petts Wood on Friday 6th November 2009

Sidcup had a good win against a good Petts Wood side, which on paper looked a very evenly matched game; the average rating being only 1 point difference with Sidcup 104 against 103.

After winning the toss, Jack Hollands (board 1) decided to play black. Sidcup got off to a good start after about 1 hour's play when Keith Thompson (white) won the first game in 36 moves on board 2 and Stephen Moon (black) won on board 3 about 10 minutes later.

The win for Sidcup looked on the cards; it was just a question by how much the margin was going to be.

Peter Houching's (white) game on board 4 could have turned out very differently if Roy Ellis (Petts Wood) had taken advantage of an early mistake by Peter on move 11. After Roy missed this chance, Peter fought his way back into the game and in the end could have won it. Peter finally secured the win for Sidcup accepting a draw (from what looked like an advantage for white with a pawn up) to give the half point Sidcup needed to take home the win for the team.

Jack Hollands drew the last match on board 1 after what was a 2 hour struggle of 64 moves, finishing at 10.30pm with only the 2 Kings, a rook and a pawn each, on the board.

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Wheeler, Phil (118) vs. Hollands, Jack (113)

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

(white to move) 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 h6 6. Na4 Be7 7. Be3 d6 8. h3 Na5 9. Bb3 Nxb3 10. axb3 a6 11. Nc3 O-O 12. O-O c6 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Nh7 15. Qd2 Bg5 16. f4 Be7 17. Nf3 f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Ne2 Nf6 20. Ned4 Ne4 21. Qe1 Qd7 22. Nxf5 Qxf5 23. Nd4 Qf6 24. c3 Nc5 25. b4 Ne4 26. Nb3 Bd8 27. Bd4 Qf7 28. Qxe4 Qxb3 29. Rab1 Qf7 30. Be3 Re8 31. Qd3 Qe6 32. Rbe1 Qe4 33. Qxd6 Bh4 34. Bf2 Bxf2+ 35. Kxf2 Qc2+ 36. Kg1 Qxb2 37. Rxe8+ Rxe8 38. Qd7 Re2 39. Qc8+ Kh7 40. Qf5+ Kh8 41. Qg4 Qc2 42. f5 Qe4 43. Qxe4 Rxe4 44. Rf3 Kg8 45. g4 Kf7 46. Kf2 b6 47. Rd3 c5 48. bxc5 bxc5 49. Rd5 Rc4 50. Rd7+ Kf6 51. Rd6+ Kf7 52. Rxa6 Rxc3 53. h4 c4 54. g5 hxg5 55. hxg5 Rd3 56. g6+ Ke7 57. Ke2 Rg3 58. Rc6 c3 59. Kf2 Rg5 60. Rc7+ Kf6 61. Rf7+ Ke5 62. Ke2 Rxf5 63. Kd3 Rg5 64. Rxg7 Kf6

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Thompson, Keith (107) vs. Anderson, Peter (114)

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 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Re1 Na5 8. Nc3 Nxb3 9. axb3 d6 10. Nxb5 Bg4 11. Nc3 O-O 12. d3 c5 13. h3 Bd7 14. Bg5 Be6 15. Ne2 h6 16. Bd2 Qd7 17. Ng3 Qc8 18. Nf5 Re8 19. Nxe7+ Rxe7 20. Nh4 Bd7 21. Qf3 Kh7 22. Qd1 Re8 23. Re3 Rg8 24. Rf3 Be6 25. Qc1 Nh5 26. Nf5 Bxf5 27. Rxf5 Nf4 28. Bxf4 exf4 29. Qxf4 f6 30. Qxd6 Ra7 31. Rxc5 Rd8 32. Rxc8 Rxd6 33. Ra5 g5 34. Rac5 a5 35. Rc8c7+ Rxc7 36. Rxc7+ Kg6 37. Rc5

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Houching, Peter (95) vs. Ellis, Roy (89)

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

(white to move) 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. Ne5 e6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Ne4 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Ba4 Qb4+ 9. c3 Qxb2 10. Qf3 O-O 11. Qe2 Qc1+ 12. Qd1 Qxd1+ 13. Bxd1 f6 14. Nd3 b6 15. f3 Nd6 16. Nd2 Nc4 17. Nxc4 dxc4 18. Nb4 a5 19. Nc2 e5 20. Rb1 Nd7 21. a4 Rb8 22. Na3 Ba6 23. Be2 b5 24. Kf2 Nb6 25. axb5 cxb5 26. Nxb5 Nd5 27. Bxc4 Bxb5 28. Bxd5+ Kh8 29. c4 Bd7 30. dxe5 fxe5 31. Rb7 Rxb7 32. Bxb7 Rb8 33. Rb1 Bc8 34. Be4 Rxb1 35. Bxb1 Kg8

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