Round 8

Sunday 25th March 2007

Athaneum 2 1 – 5 Braille Chess Association

Report

Not much to say for this day’s play. Our opponents could only field 3 players, therefore forfeiting the draw at least. We only needed a half-point to secure the match and that was quickly obtained by Mark, playing on board. 3.

Tyson had an interesting game on top board, but after some scary-looking tactics by his opponent, the simple win of the white queen meant immediate destruction for the opponents.

Board 2 was extremely lucky to get away with a draw when Guy Whitehouse offered it when he was winning at least the exchange.

Mark Kirkham lost a silly pawn in the opening, won it back and was getting into a winning ending when team captain Tyson requested him to offer the draw to secure match points.

Games

[Event "4NCL/DIV-4/ATH2 vs. BCA"]

[Site "Nottingham, ENG"]

[Date "2007.03.25"]

[Round "8.1"]

[White "Wilson, David"]

[Black "Mordue, A. Tyson"]

[Result "0-1"]

[ECO "B80"]

[WhiteElo "1740"]

[BlackElo "2290"]

[PlyCount "88"]

[EventDate "2007.03.25"]

[WhiteTeam "Athenaeum 2"]

[BlackTeam "Braille Chess Association"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bd3 a6 7. O-O Be7 8. Be3

O-O 9. Qd2 Qc7 10. f4 b5 11. Nf3 Nbd7 12. Bd4 e5 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Bf2 Bb7 15.

Rae1 Nc5 16. Bxc5 Bxc5+ 17. Kh1 Rfe8 18. Nh4 Re6 19. Rf3 Rd8 20. Qg5 h6 21. Qf5

Bb4 22. Ng6 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Bc8 24. Ref1 Ree8 25. Nh4 Bxf5 26. Rxf5 Qxc3 27. R5f3

Qc6 28. Rg3 Nh5 29. Rg4 Nf4 30. Nf5 g6 31. Nxh6+ Kh7 32. Rh4 Kg7 33. g3 Rh8 34.

Nxf7 Kxf7 35. Rxh8 Rxh8 36. gxf4 exf4 37. Rxf4+ Kg7 38. Kg1 Rxh2 39. Rg4 Rh3

40. e5 Qh1+ 41. Kf2 Qh2+ 42. Ke1 Qxe5+ 43. Kd2 Rh2+ 44. Kc1 Qa1# 0-1

[Event "4NCL/DIV-4/ATH2 vs. BCA"]

[Site "Nottingham, ENG"]

[Date "2007.03.25"]

[Round "8.2"]

[White "Whitehouse, Guy"]

[Black "Foster, James"]

[Result "1/2-1/2"]

[ECO "D05"]

[WhiteElo "1655"]

[BlackElo "1665"]

[PlyCount "73"]

[EventDate "2007.03.25"]

[WhiteTeam "Braille Chess Association"]

[BlackTeam "Athenaeum 2"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 Nbd7 5. b3 c5 6. O-O Bd6 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Ne5

cxd4 9. exd4 Qc7 10. Re1 Ne8 11. Qh5 h6 12. Nd2 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Bb4 14. Re2 Bc3

15. Bxc3 Qxc3 16. Rae1 Nc7 17. Nf3 Bd7 18. Re3 Qb2 19. a4 f6 20. exf6 Qxf6 21.

Qe5 Rac8 22. Qxf6 gxf6 23. Nd4 e5 24. Nf5 e4 25. Ne7+ Kh8 26. Nxc8 exd3 27.

Rxd3 Rxc8 28. Re7 Re8 29. Rde3 Rd8 30. Rf3 Ne8 31. Rd3 Bf5 32. Rc3 d4 33. Rc5

d3 34. cxd3 Bxd3 35. f3 Nd6 36. Rcc7 a6 37. Red7 1-0

[Event "4NCL/DIV-4/ATH2 vs. BCA"]

[Site "Nottingham, ENG"]

[Date "2007.03.25"]

[Round "8.3"]

[White "Sant, Maria"]

[Black "Kirkham, Mark"]

[Result "1/2-1/2"]

[ECO "C00"]

[WhiteElo "1420"]

[BlackElo "1570"]

[PlyCount "52"]

[EventDate "2007.03.25"]

[WhiteTeam "Athenaeum 2"]

[BlackTeam "Braille Chess Association"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. Bb5 a6 8.

Ba4 b5 9. Bb3 c5 10. a3 Ba5 11. d3 Qd6 12. Bg5 Nfd7 13. Re1 Nc6 14. Bxd5 Bxc3

15. Bxc6 Qxc6 16. bxc3 Bb7 17. Qc1 Rfe8 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. Qd2 Ne5 20. Qe2

Nxf3+ 21. Qxf3 Qxf3 22. gxf3 Bxf3 23. h4 Re2 24. Rc1 c4 25. dxc4 bxc4 26. Kh2

h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "4NCL/DIV-4/ATH2 vs. BCA"]

[Site "Nottingham, ENG"]

[Date "2007.03.25"]

[Round "8.4"]

[White "Ross, Chris"]

[Black "Default"]

[Result "1-0"]

[WhiteElo "2135"]

[PlyCount "0"]

[EventDate "2007.03.25"]

[WhiteTeam "Braille Chess Association"]

[BlackTeam "Athenaeum 2"]

 1-0

[Event "4NCL/DIV-4/ATH2 vs. BCA"]

[Site "Nottingham, ENG"]

[Date "2007.03.25"]

[Round "8.5"]

[White "Default"]

[Black "Hilton, Stephen"]

[Result "0-1"]

[BlackElo "2015"]

[PlyCount "0"]

[EventDate "2007.03.25"]

[WhiteTeam "Athenaeum 2"]

[BlackTeam "Braille Chess Association"]

 0-1

[Event "4NCL/DIV-4/ATH2 vs. BCA"]

[Site "Nottingham, ENG"]

[Date "2007.03.25"]

[Round "8.6"]

[White "Armstrong, William G"]

[Black "Default"]

[Result "1-0"]

[WhiteElo "1951"]

[PlyCount "0"]

[EventDate "2007.03.25"]

[WhiteTeam "Braille Chess Association"]

[BlackTeam "Athenaeum 2"]

 1-0

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