OUR CHAIRMAN – BILL TRACEY
..has just put together a report on a successful tournament our members took part in at Tunbridge Wells. His report follows :
“Here is a brief report on the recent Tunbridge Wells Chess Congress:
Over the weekend of 11th, 12th and 13th July 4 members of our club took part in the Tunbridge Wells Chess Congress.
In the Open section Luke Chapman was only able to play 3 of his 5 matches as he had other sporting commitments on the 13th. As has become his norm he played very well and won 2 of his 3 games only losing to the top seed who was rated 2286. Although down 6 pawns to 5 in the endgame, Luke did have have a chance of a draw but as is so often the case in a tight endgame one wrong move can be enough to settle the game.
Michael Hayward, Bill Luxton and myself entered the u1900 section
Michael Hayward had a very solid tournament scoring 2.5 from a possible 5.
In one game his analysis showed that he had played at 96% accuracy over 23 moves for a fine win. He eventually finished in 16th place after starting the tournament in 26th place.
I had one of my better tournaments. Based on my ECF rating I started in 28th position in a field of 31 and ended in joint 5th. I had one win, three draws and a bye which, given my opponents ratings, meant I had a performance rating of 1878 some 340 points above my ECF grade.
Bill ended with 2 points including a fine draw with an opponent who out rated Bill by 220 points. Unfortunately for Bill he lost the battle of Bexhill when he was beaten by Michael!
All 4 of us would definitely recommend this congress to anyone looking to play in a very well run tournament based in a quality facility and only a 45 minute drive from Bexhill.”
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Well Done all who took part ( Editor)
So, by way of giving a wider attention to our members I thought I would feature one of Bill’s wins from the 2023-4 season against me, below
I’m experimenting with a Fritz 19 program which I find very difficult to master. But I’m making some progress. This is also an experiment on my part to feature individuals’ actual play from time to time, incorporating both Fritz’ basic analysis and a diagram. The comments on the game and evaluation at the end are entirely Fritz’! Lert me know what you think of the format, so far. I hope to improve at this, even if my chess doesn’t ( as you will see from the flaws in the real world of club matches)
Event – Bexhill Club Challengers
Date 5/3/2024
- e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 e6 5. Nc3 Ne7 6. Bb3 Nd7 7. Bf4 e5 (7… a6 ) 8. dxe5 {White is clearly better.} dxe5 9. Bg3 (9. Be3 O-O 10. h4) 9… O-O 10. O-O (10. Qd2 ) 10… b6 (10… Nc6 ) 11. Qe2 a5 12. Rad1 Ba6 13. Bc4 {White has more active pieces.} Bxc4 14. Qxc4 Qc8 (14… c6 15. a4 Qe8) 15. Nb5 c6
(15… g5 16. Nxg5 (16. Nxc7 Ra7 ) (16. Qxc7 Qxc7 {Remove Defender} 17. Nxc7 Rad8 ) 16… Nc5) 16. Nd6 18 Qc7 17. Rd2 Rad8 (17… Nc8 {keeps fighting.) 18. Rfd1 Nc8 (18… Bf6 19. a3 Nc8) 19. Bh4 (19. Nxf7 Intending Nh6+ and mate.} Rxf7 20. Ng5 {Pin) 19… Bf6 (19… Nxd6 $16 20. Rxd6 Nf6 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8) 20. Bg5 (Better is 20. Nxf7 b5 21. Qe6 (21. Nxd8+ bxc4 22. Ne6 Qb6 ) 20… Bxg5 (Black should play 20… Nxd6 21. Rxd6 Nc5 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 (23… Qxd8 24. Bd2 ) 21. Nxg5 Nxd6 22. Rxd6 {Hoping for a4!. )Nc5 (22… b5 23. Qxc6 Qxc6 24. Rxc6 Nb8) 23. Rxd8
Black resigned
Weighted Error Value: White=1.00/Black=1.52 Loses game: — Black=3 Missed win: White=1 — Mistake: White=2 Black=6 Inaccurate: White=3 — OK: White=3 Black=4 Best: White=1 – 1-0
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