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Nine
members and three associate members gathered at the Midland
Hotel, Derby, on 9th august 2008 for a five round rapid-play
tournament. We were pleased to welcome Bruce Birchall and Michael
McGuigan to their first B.C.A. event. We got off to a shakey
start when we discovered only five of the eight who use Braille
Chess clocks brought their clock and the organiser, who is also
your reporter, failed to inform our two new members, who each
use sighted sets, that they should bring along their set.
The
shortage of sets was, to some extent, resolved when Chris Ross
offered his set and played his games blindfold [without a chess
set]. Chris, who was on the last leg of his journey of 4700
miles from Nirobi, says he was finding jet lag more of a problem
than the lack of a chess set! This reporter, nevertheless, was
impressed with his 100 percent score. Here is a neat miniature
played by newcomer to B.C.A. events, Bruce Birchall, against
experienced campaigner, John Gallagher:
White:
B. Birchall
Black: J. Gallagher
B.C.A.
Rapid-Play, Midland Hotel, Derby, 9th August 2008
1.
e4 c5
2. nf3 d6
3. d4 cxd4
4. nxd4 nf6
5. nc3 g6
6. f4 bg7
7. e5 dxe5
8. fxe5 nd6
5
9. bb5+ kf8
10.0-0 nxc3
11. ne6+
Black resigned
Very neat!
Leading
scores were:
C.
Ross 5 from 5
D. Hodgkins 3.5 from 5
B. Birchall, T. Cole and G. Walsh [who also controlled the event]
3 from 5
Stan
Lovell
Stan
Lovell
Tel: 01642 775 668
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