Three Woodseats players, Shane Frith, Dave Toft and Bill Ward are going to the Scarborough Chess Congress . I hope that we’ll get some report of their activities over the chess board: I’m not sure I’m very interested in what they get up to in Chinese and Italian restaurants (and ten pin bowling alleys!).
Here’s an interesting attacking game by one of the prospective combatants. A fluctuating affair! A draw was a fair result.
[Event "div 3"]
[Site "Red Lion"]
[Date "2018.09.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bill Ward"]
[Black "Snowden, Mick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A02"]
[Opening "Bird: 1..c5 2.Nf3 Nc6"]
1.f4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.e3 g6 4.Be2 Bg7 5.O-O Nf6 6.d3 O-O 7.e4 d6 8.Qe1 Be6 9.f5 $5 { White is playing this <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird%27s_Opening"> Bird’s Opening</a>(a famous Woodseats Opening-played by Bird, who had a connection with Sheffield-see previous post-Littlewood and Ward . . .) like the Grand Prix attack again the Sicilian. This is a typical Grand Prix pawn sacrifice. There’s a famous Bobby Fischer Game, in which he plays a similiar set up as Black against the English-it’s in a book by Gary Lane. } 9...gxf5 10.Ng5 fxe4 11.Qh4 Qd7 $2 12.Rxf6 $1 Bf5 13.dxe4 { Better is } ( 13.Rxf5 Qxf5 14.dxe4 Qg6 15.Nc3 Qh6 16.Qxh6 Bxh6 17.Nd5 Bg7 18.c3 Rad8 19.Bd2 e6 20.Nf4 Bh6 21.Nf3 d5 22.exd5 exd5 23.Rf1 Rfe8 24.Bd3 d4 25.Rc1 ) 13...exf6 14.exf5 Qxf5 15.Bd3 fxg5 16.Qh5 $2 ( 16.Bxg5 Qxd3 17.cxd3 Bd4+ ) 16...Bd4+ 17.Kh1 $2 ( { Better is } 17.Be3 $10 Qg6 18.Bxg6 Bxe3+ 19.Kh1 fxg6 20.Qd1 Bf4 21.Nd2 Kg7 22.g3 Bxd2 23.Qxd2 Rae8 24.Re1 Rxe1+ 25.Qxe1 Rf6 26.Qe8 Kh6 27.Qd7 Ne5 28.Qxb7 Rf2 ) 17...Rae8 $1 { Black is now winning } 18.Bd2 Re4 $1 19.Nc3 Bxc3 20.Bxe4 Qxe4 21.Bxc3 Qg6 22.Qe2 f5 23.Re1 d5 24.Qb5 b6 25.Qa6 d4 26.Bd2 f4 27.Qe2 Qf5 28.Qe6+ Qxe6 29.Rxe6 Nb4 30.Bxb4 cxb4 31.Rd6 f3 $2 ( 31...Rc8 32.Rxd4 Rxc2 33.h3 a5 34.Rd5 h6 35.b3 Rxa2 36.Rd6 Ra3 37.Rxh6 Rxb3 38.Rxb6 Kf7 39.Rb5 a4 40.Rxg5 a3 41.Rf5+ Kg6 42.Ra5 Rb1+ ) 32.gxf3 Rxf3 33.Kg2 Re3 34.Kf2 Rh3 35.Kg2 Rh4 36.Rd8+ Kg7 37.Rd7+ Kg6 38.Rxa7 Re4 39.Kf3 Re6 40.Rd7 Re3+ 41.Kf2 Re4 42.Kf3 Re3+ 43.Kf2 1/2-1/2
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