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May / June 2006 NEWSLETTER OF THE ENGLISH FEDERATION £1.50 2nd World School Chess Championship Kallithea, Halkidiki 24th April – 2nd May 2006

Team Photo 300 players were registered for the World School Championship 2006, coming from 30 countries representing 4 continents, Asia, Africa, America and Europe. This was a 50% increase on last year. & South Africa had huge representation with coming next. The status of this tournament is now established so I was pleased again to organise a team as an extra event to the ‘normal’ junior funded schedule. Hopefully in the future this championship will be supported and organised as one of the core activities under the Junior Chess Directorate. On this occasion sincere thanks to BCF Youth Chess Trust & Certificate of Excellence (ECF) for financial assistance. The party consisted of 12 players, 3 coaches, 17 assorted siblings/parents/grand parents and 2 managers (this subsequently grew to at least 12 as everyone got involved). We had an early morning flight from Gatwick, Maggie Kilpatrick’s feeble attempt to be refused boarding by throwing her boarding pass away in order to stay asleep in the airport lounge was thwarted by an eagle-eyed fellow traveller. Continued on page 8 Editorial To move away from chess news my son Andrew was married on Saturday 13th May. After many requests from my ECF News friends out there I attach a photograph At the Board Meeting on Saturday 13 May (for which the of me in a hat. Editor of ChessMoves was not in attendance due to a previous engagement) the Board agreed to appoint Cyril Johnson as Acting Chief Executive due to the ill health of Roy Heppinstall. We all extend our best wishes to Roy for a speedy recovery. All emails for Roy should be directed via the ECF Office. Extraordinary Meetings Extraordinary Meetings have been called for 24 June 2006 at CCPR, Francis Street, London. They are as follows: ECF Board Meeting 11:00 – adjourning at 12:30 BCF Extraordinary Council Meeting 13:00 Don’t I clean up well! ECF Extraordinary Council Meeting 14:00 It was a wonderful time, even the ECF Board Meeting resumes 17:00 weather didn’t let us down, rain had been forecast but the sun shone all day. ECF Finance Director Please note that Robert Richmond has resigned, with immediate effect, as ECF Finance Director from 16 May 2006. This position is now vacant. Please direct all enquiries to the ECF Office. England Teams for World Turin 19 May to 5 June 006 At the time of going to print the England Teams’ were leaving for Turin to compete in the World Chess Olympiad 2006. The Teams include a combination of experience and impressive ability, featuring many of the country’s top players. The venue was the chapel of Herstmonceux Castle a beautiful setting Men’s Team for a fantastic day. Board 1 Michael Adams – England’s strongest ever player and previous world title challenger (Libya 2004) and the nation’s number one since the late 1990’s. Mickey has To add to our joy Andrew qualified as a been established in the world’s top twenty for many years. Adams has represented solicitor on Monday 15th May. England in every Olympiad since 1990 (9 times). Thank you to all our well wishers. Board  – Former world title challenger to Gary Kasparov in 1993 and a We have changed the colour of the since 1984. Nigel Short received the MBE in 1999 in recognition of his print of ChessMoves from blue to contribution to the Royal game. Nigel is also an active chess journalist. black (photographs are reproduced Board 3 – Former World Championship candidate and three more clearly). There is a story about times British Champion, in a rich vein of form and fresh from his most impressive the origination of the blue print tournament performance in several years, in Gibraltar 2006. Jon made his debut for – apparently blue was the colour of a England in the European Team Championship of 1977. This is Jon’s 14th consecutive former editors football team. Olympiad since Malta in 1980. Jon is also a chess journalist. Cynthia Gurney, Editor Board 4 Danny Gormally – England’s newest Grandmaster achieving his title Contents in Gibraltar in 2005, Danny is a welcome addition to the Olympiad team. Danny World Schools ...... FC&8 performed impressively on his England debut at the European Team Championships ECF News ...... 2-3 in Gothenburg. International News ...... 5-7 Board 5 – Former World under 16 Champion, Stuart is an England Junior News ...... 8-9 regular and plays a brand of exciting crowd pleasing double-edged chess. Stuart is Book Reviews ...... 10 an accomplished linguist speaking French, German and Spanish fluently. Stuart also Results Round-Up ...... 10-11 represented England in the Olympiads held in Erevan 1996 and Bled 2002. Grand Prix ...... 12 Calendar ...... 12 Board 6 Nick Pert – One of our most promising young Grandmasters and World under-18 Champion in 1998. Nick performed excellently on his debut at the European Copy Deadline 10th July 2006 team championships in Gothenburg scoring an unbeaten 5/8. This will be Nick’s first Olympiad appearance.

 CHESSMOVES – MAY / JUNE 2006 Team Captain is the richly experienced and respected Allan Beardsworth. Allan, 44, also captained the England team in Majorca in 2004 and is a considerable contributor BBC Question Time to the game. A special edition of the BBC’s The teams are funded by a financial contribution formthe English Chess Federation premier political programme was ws and the attendance of Michael Adams and Nigel Short is aided by the generous held in Moscow on 30 March. contribution of , who is thanked for his personal generosity and David Dimbleby was joined for support. the interactive debate by chess champion-turned-politician Garry Women’s Team Kasparov. Board 1 – England’s latest International Master, the only English Woman to have qualified for the Women’s World Chess hampionshipC 2006, a former Go to www.bbc.co.uk/questiontime European Girls Under 20 Champion, and a regular in the England Women’s Team, for then search for Kasparov. which she was captain at the European Team Championships in 2005. Board  Jessie Gilbert – The youngest member of the team and one of England’s STOP PRESS – ENGLISH most promising juniors, Women’s World Amateur Champion 1999 and bronze medallist in the European Under 14 Girls’ Championship, 2001. This will be the second SUCCESS IN EUROPE time she will play for the team. WGM Jovanka Houska, WIM Heather Board 3 Jana Bellin – Awarded the Women’s Grandmaster title in 1982 and eight Richards and WFM Sabrina Chevannes times British Women’s Champion, Jana has played many times for the national team to represented England at the European which she now makes a welcome return. Women’s Rapid Chess Championship, 2006, on 13th and 14th May, in Znojmo, Board 4 Sophie Tidman – A former England junior international in team and the Czech Republic, and returned as individual events, Sophie captained the Oxford Varsity team in 2005. She is making her debut for the England Women’s Team. prizewinners. Jovanka came second, Heather came equal second (4th on Team captain and coach is the highly respected Grandmaster, , a tiebreak), and Sabrina won the Under member of the Men’s Team at the Olympiads in 1998 and 2004, and coach for the BCF 2100 rating prize. at World and European junior and youth championships 2000-2005. For a full report, see the next issue. Official site: www.chessolympiad-torino2006.org/eng National Club Rapidplay London Marathon Our very own Manager of Women’s () Controller Chess compete in the Flora London Marathon to raise money for a The ECF is seeking a controller for the National Club Rapidplay (Handicap). This is a children’s charity. one-day team event held annually. Claire writes “The marathon was Job Description – Reports to Director of Home Chess great. My sports therapist said a The Jobholder is required to: couple of weeks before the event 1. Ensure the smooth running of the National Club Rapidplay (Handicap) that I definitely shouldn’t run it, Championships. but walk the course, as I picked up an injury that he said could do me 2. This requires the jobholder to permanent damage if I ran. I walked • Prepare entry forms and liaise with the ECF Office toarrange circulation of it. By mile 18 I was in agony. the same. This is probably too much • Assist with publicising the event as required. information, but by mile 23 there • Accept entries from and liaise with clubs. had been a rather unpleasant • Forward any monies and contact details for entrants to the ECF Office. explosion in my right shoe. • Organise and liaise with the venue (note: a central venue to be used). I limped across the line with an old • Arrange for equipment to be provided at the venue. chap called Edward, who I’d picked • Arrange for a control team to run the event on the day. up on mile 24. • Be present on the day to supervise the smooth running of the event. 6hr 50min 01sec. I’m still wearing • Provide a report of the event for the ECF website and for ChessMoves. my medal and intend to do so for the rest of the week (at least). Yeah me! • Arrange for the event to be Graded. • Keep the Director of Home Chess informed of the progress on organising I overtook the Darlek (eventually). the event. I’m glad I did it, but never again. • Review the format of the event (including the basis of the handicap Claire” adjustment) from time to time in consultation with the Home Chess Director. Editors note: Claire was joined in her endeavours by Cathy Warwick a well Note: financial matters for the event, e.g. the budget are the responsibility of the know chess player. Home Chess Director.

CHESSMOVES – MAY / JUNE 2006 3 Across the Board Come and see the Around the World in 18 Games exhibition, investigate - A British Museum Exhibition the games, learn the rules, explore the Across the Board, an exciting and fascinating exhibition exhibition and have fun from the British Museum, will open to the public at THE playing the many replica COLLECTION, Art and Archaeology in Lincolnshire, Danes games. Terrace, Lincoln LN 1LP on Saturday 7 May. Throughout the course Games have been played throughout the world since Ancient of the exhibition, Times. The Roman game Duodecim Scripta was scratched there will be a lively onto seats in amphitheatres, evidence of which was found by programme of events archaeologists thousands of years later. In Egypt, as shown on for all ages. To find out burial papyri, the dead played Senet with the gods as a test to more about the events see if they were worthy to pass into the afterlife. Snakes and programme, please visit ladders is an ancient game that originates from and was www.acrosstheboard.org.uk from the 10th May, or call into THE used to teach morality. Good behaviour led up the ladders COLLECTION, we look forward to welcoming you. while bad behaviour meant moving down the bad snakes. Across the Board explores these games and many more Across the Board opens at THE COLLECTION on Saturday 27 including mancala, pachisi, ludo and more familiar family May and will run until the 3 September. The museum is open favourites such as Monopoly. seven days a week from 10.00am - 5.00pm with the last entry at 4.30pm. Admission to the exhibition is £1.00 for adults £0.60 for The highlight of the concessions and a family ticket costs only £2.60. exhibition is a number of Lewis chessmen, 12th Across the Board is funded by the Department for Culture, century, delicately carved Media and Sport (DCMS) and the Department for Education walrus ivory chess pieces and Skills (DfES) under the national/regional museum found on the Isle of Lewis partnerships programme for education 2004-06. It is in . They were used made available through the British Museum’s Partnership as inspiration for the chess programme. pieces in the famous film If you have any queries relating to the exhibition, please Harry Potter and The contact Kathy Holland Keeper of Visitor Services: Philosopher’s Stone. The Lewis chessmen were recently voted one of the top ten treasures in the British Museum. Kathy Holland, Keeper of Visitor services, To our knowledge it will be the very first time these unique THE COLLECTION Art & Archaeology in Lincolnshire, Danes and world famous chess pieces have been on public display Terrace, Lincoln LN2 1LP. in Lincolnshire, so make sure you don’t miss this wonderful Tel: 01522 550956, Email: [email protected] opportunity to see them. Fax: 01522 550991 Chessmen Feel The Draught(s) ! The final scores, after an entertaining evening were - - Lancashire 7.5, Bury 0.5 As part of the Bury 50th Anniversary Frank Bednall 1 - Mick Norris 0 ; Ron Taylor 1 - Bernard celebrations, the club accepted a challenge from the Sharples 0 ; Lancashire Draughts Association to a combined chess Anthony Boyle 1 - Jim Litherland 0 ; Fred Gill 1 - John and draughts match on nd May 006. Grindrod 0 ; The Draughts Association can trace its history back to the Philip Jackson 0.5 - Martin Bryant 0.5 ; Steve Duffy 1 - Peter 19th century, so that they were by far the senior party. They Logan 0 ; also had an advantage in having two county chess players in John Reade 1 - Brian Forrest 0 ; Keith Rogers 1 - Lee Baron 0. their line-up. Chess - Lancashire , Bury 6 The evening took the form of one game at each discipline, Ron Taylor 1 - Mick Norris 0 ; Anthony Boyle 0 - Bernard with 25 minutes each on the clock for each game. The Sharples 1 ; draughts match went very much as expected, with only Bury’s Martin Bryant, himself a former county draughts Fred Gill 0 - Jim Litherland 1 ; Philip Jackson 1 - John Grindrod player, able to salvage half a point. 0 ; Steve Duffy 0 - Peter Logan 1 ; John Reade 0 - Brian Forrest 1 ; The teams adjourned briefly for drinks and sandwiches, and Keith Rogers 0 - Lee Baron 1 ; Frank Bednall 0 - Steven Press 1. then set off to play chess! A rematch is intended for 2007, although whether the chess This produced a closer contest, and on top board Bury’s players will be any better at draughts by then is doubtful! Mick Norris was taken to the time limit by an experienced Mick Norris, Chairman Bury Chess Club opponent, and lost on time.

4 CHESSMOVES – MAY / JUNE 2006 of 79 Grandmaster and 38 International Masters in a field of 138 players from 36 countries. International It was a very enjoyable event and I would like to sincerely thank Cynthia and Rupert News Jones for organising my entry and making it possible for me to go. Also Gerry Walsh for invaluable encouragement during the 7th European Individual Championship event. Kusadasi – Turkey 3-17th April 006 Kovacevic,Blazimir (2468) - by Richard Almond Almond,Richard (2093) [D45] Perhaps like me you have only ever thought of such grand events being for strong 7th Europ.Ch Men Kusadasi / Turkey titled professionals? I found out about a year ago that actually the Championship (.65), 05.04.006 rules for both Individual and Women’s are that member Federations can 1.c4 c6 .d4 d5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Nf3 nominate as many players as they like and there isn’t a minimum rating. The only Bd6 Not being familiar with the position restriction is that all players have to be entered by their Federation. However I from the Black side, I somehow forgot assume the ECF would enter any Member that would be a fitting representative the normal move is Nbd7. Perhaps the of English Chess in terms of conduct and not necessarily chess skill. faux pas worked to my advantage as it is playable if unusual. 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 Of course as an amateur it is on a self-financing basis. However apart from taking part in 8.Be Nbd7 9.0–0 0–0 10.b3 Bb7 11.Bb the premier European individual competition there is some opportunity to experience a6 1.Qc Rc8 13.Ne4 Nxe4 14.Qxe4 the host country and culture. The rating prizes are quite generous, with several prizes Qe7 15.Rad1 f5 White perhaps under- in each band and a less than 2000 category. I had the good fortune to be the only estimated this plan when he opted for competitor in the 2000-2200 category and won 900 euros simply by completing the 13.Ne4. The minor pieces well co-ordinated event. Doesn’t seem a bad deal that I had 2 weeks in a 5 star hotel in Turkey for about the with the structure already suggest same cost as a one week tournament in the UK! So if you are 2100+ strength, why not possibilities of Black launching a side give it a go? attack. 16.Qb1 c5 17.a4? c4 White’s move tempted this advance which partially Both the Individual Championship and Women’s Individual Championship took place closes the centre, and gives the immediate together at the Korumar Hotel in Kusadasi, Turkey. Where the players, officials and other threat of c3-c2 to be dealt with. 18.bxc4 delegates were extremely well looked after by the Hotel staff and the Turkish Chess bxc4 19.Bc3 Bd5 Completing the closure Federation. of the centre in preparation for an attack. Otherwise a later d4-d5 may have been a My aim was to try to play my best in every game and lose because of my opponent’s possible counter thrust for white. 0.Nd? superior ability rather than mistakes I shouldn’t make. Although of course I did make Bxh+! The instant it was clear the knight mistakes, I was happy with most of my games. My losses in rounds 4 and 5 were the most would touch down on d2, I was thinking disappointing as I badly collapsed from OK positions after 20 odd moves. However of sacrificing a bishop! Either for a win or a the other 4 games that I lost were by narrower margins. As it turned out, I more than ! 1.Kxh Qh4+ .Kg1 Bxg! 3.f3 achieved my target as I had some of my best results ever. Securing two wins and a draw [23.Kxg2 Qg5+ 24.Kh1 Rf6 25.Nf3 Rh6+ against IMs with black, as well as a draw with GM Winants. Regrettably in the latter I 26.Nh2 Qh4 wins] 23...Qg3 24.Ne4!? An agreed a draw under the false impression my opponent had perpetual check. He didn’t ingenious return of the piece with the idea and I probably should have won having held the advantage for most of the game. I of white’s next. As of course 24.Rf2 loses finished with 4/11 which by far surpassed my expectations having played 3 GMS and 6 to Bh3+. 4...fxe4 5.Be1 Qg5 6.f4 Qg6 IMs. 7.Rf Bf3+ 8.Kf1 Qh5 9.Bxf3 exf3 30.Kg1 The only move. 30...Rf6 31.Rh On the rest day there were organised guided excursions of either a boat trip or to Rg6+ 3.Kh1 f! Rendering white helpless Ephesus. I visited Ephesus, which is a Roman City dating back to 1500 BC. It was a great to Black’s several threats. 0–1 experience to walk around such an extensive ancient site. In the afternoon we were taken up into the mountains to the house were it is reputed the Virgin Mary spent her final GREAT NEWS FOR CHESS CLUBS . . . years. On the day of the closing ceremony, the remaining chess was tie break play-offs for ECF CLUB and medals and World Championship places. That provided also the opportunity of a free CONGRESS INSURANCE day and a privately arranged Anglo (myself, Jessie, Jovanka)-Lithuanian boat trip to the nearby Greek Island of Samos, which is very beautiful. Cover for Club Equipment The only other English representative in the Individual, Simon Williams finished with (new for old) 4.5/11. He made a good start by drawing with GM Kotronias (2598) but finished a point Public Liability and a half below his expected score and therefore a backward step as regards reaching (up to £5,000,000) 2500. However the Championship is so tough, it is hard to imagine that he hasn’t gained much extra knowledge and experience to put him in good stead for forthcoming events. Contact the ECF Office for further details: At the top, the Gold medal was won by an outsider.,17th seed GM Zdenko Kozul with tel: 01424 775222 8.5/11. He managed to maintain a lead over top seed Vassily Ivanchuk in the final rounds. email [email protected] Who perhaps paid the price for drawing his first two ames.g So silver GM V Ivanchuk 8/11 ECF is an appointed representative under FSA regulations and after tie break matches, bronze went to GM Kiri Georgiev 7.5/11. They headed a total CHESSMOVES – MAY / JUNE 2006 5 Eckhardt,C (2260) - Gilbert,J (2144) [A41] 7th European Individual Women’s International Kusadasi, Turkey (5), 08.04.006 1.d4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.g3 c5 4.d5 d6 News 5.Bg2 b5 6.a4 b4 7.c4 bxc3 8.Nxc3 Nf6 9.0-0 0-0 I was happy with my position here, feeling that I had come out of European Individual Championships the opening with equal chances. 10.h3 Kusadasi, Turkey 006 Na6 11.Nd2 Nb4 12.Nc4?! A slightly dubious move by White, allowing me to by Jovanka Houska & Jessie Gilbert put some pressure on her position. [12. This year the 7th European Individual Championships were held in the Turkish Nb3 followed by just developing the dark-squared bishop would be fine for equivalent of Southend-on-Sea, Kusadasi, the only exceptions being the White.] 12...Ba6 13.Nb5 Rb8 Increasing weather, the people and the local ancient city of Ephesus. The English contingent the pressure along the a6-f1 diagonal. of ourselves (Jovanka Houska and Jessie Gilbert), Simon Williams and Richard 14.e4 Nd7 [14...Qd7 might have been Almond arrived late on Monday 3rd April to the sound and sight of fireworks, better, although I was worried about only to realise that we had narrowly missed the opening ceremony. 15.e5 but needn’t have been if I’d seen We quickly adapted to the 5 star lifestyle of the Korumar Hotel and got stuck in to the correct continuation! 15...Nfxd5! the chess! The Women’s Event was relatively strong with former World Champion (15...dxe5 16.Nxe5) 16.exd6 (16.Bxd5? heading up the field. The tournament was full of surprises with Nxd5 17.Qxd5 Bb7! 18.e6 Bxd5 19.exd7 the top players not meeting expectations and lower-ranked players dominating the Bxc4) 16...e6 would give me a slight field, in particular 14-year-old (2172) from the racing into edge.] 15.Re1 Bxb5? Giving up my edge. the lead. However, it was the Turks who had good reason to celebrate, with newlywed [15...Nb6 is much better] 16.axb5 Rxb5 Ekaterina Atalik, formerly of , now of Turkey, taking home the Gold medal. [Delaying capturing the pawn with 16... Qc7 is an improvement on the game.] Silver went to the ferocious Tea Bosboom-Lanchava of Holland and after 7 hours of 17.Rxa7 Ne5 18.Nxe5 Bxe5 19.Qa4 White tie-breaks, Lilit Mkrtchian of Armenia won the Bronze in a sudden death blitz play-off has a lot of control on the a-file. 19...Qb8 against Inna Gaponenko of Ukraine. 20.Bh6 Rc8? [20...Bg7 is my only move, Jovanka, seeded 26th, was looking to repeat her previous strong performances and but the position is very nice for White qualify for the Women’s World Championship again. It was Jessie’s debut and seeded after 21.Bxg7 Kxg7 22.Rxe7±] 21.Rxe7? a lowly 79th she was relishing the opportunity to take some scalps home! Things [21.Ra1! is a killer. 21...Bg7 22.Bxg7 Kxg7 started according to plan, with Jovanka racing to an unbeaten 5 points out of 7 and 23.Rxe7+-] 21...Nd3 22.Rb1 Nxb2 23.Qa6 Jessie raking in the rating points! However, a bad dose of sunburn on the rest day Rb6 24.Qe2? Rc7? [24...Bf6 would allow slowed down Jovanka, but an excellent final round game (annotated below) meant me to pick up the after 25.Rd7 Nc4 that she came close to qualifying and ended on a very respectable 16th place with 26.Ra1 Bxa1 27.Qxc4-+] 25.Rxc7 Qxc7 6.5/11. 26.Kh2 c4 27.Be3 Rb8 28.f4 Bg7 29.e5 Nd3 30.Rxb8+ Qxb8 31.e6 White’s e- Houska,J (2378) - Andriasian,S (2237) [C45] pawn is currently much stronger than European Championships, 15.04.006 [Houska,Jovanka] my c-pawn and with us both short of 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.c4 Nb6 time it was a tricky position to play. 31... 9.Nc3 Qe6 10.Qe4 g6 11.Bd2?! a little inaccuracy that allows black an equal game 11... f5 [31...Bf6 holds things together a little Bg7 12.f4 d5! after this move black should in theory have no problems 13.cxd5 cxd5 better.] 32.e7 Qe8 33.Bb6 Bf6 34.Bd8 Nc5 14.Qb4 c6 15.Be2 Bf8 16.Qd4 Bg7 17.Qc5 Nd7 [17...Bf8 18.Qf2 Bg7 19.0-0 0-0 20.Be3 f6 35.g4?! [35.Qxc4 White’s best option is to 21.exf6 Qxf6 22.Bc5=] 18.Qa3 f6?! trying to open the position whilst undeveloped is go in for the superior endgame with 35... normally a sure fire way of how to lose quickly. I aveh a ready made attack - castle and Bxe7 36.Bb6] 35...Kf7 36.gxf5 c3 37.fxg6+ attack down the e-file 19.exf6! Nxf6?! [19...Bxf6! 0.0-02 Be7 21.Qa4 0-0 22.Rae1 is about hxg6 38.f5 Be5+ 39.Kh1 Kg7 40.fxg6 Qxg6 41.Qf3?? The losing move. [41.Ba5 equal ] 20.0-0 Kf7? [20...Bf8 would still save the black pieces from disaster 21.Qa5 Bd6 c2 42.Bd2=] 41...c2! 42.e8N+ [42.Qf8+ 22.Rae1 0-0 and black is slightly worse] 21.Rae1 Qd7 22.f5! blasting my way through Kh7 43.e8Q c1Q+ 44.Qf1 Qxf1+ 45.Bxf1 black’s position 22...Qc7 23.Bf4 Qb6+ 24.Kh1 gxf5?? the losing mistake. black could Qe4+ 46.Kg1 Bd4+ 47.Kh2 Qf4+ 48.Kh1 still grovel with [24...Bf8 25.Qa4 gxf5 (25...Bxf5 26.g4! wins a piece) 26.Be5 is extremely Qxf1+ 49.Kh2 Qg1#] 42...Qxe8 [42...Kg8 pleasant for me] 25.Bh5+! Nxh5 26.Qe7+ Kg8 27.Qe8+ Bf8 28.Bd6 I spent my time is better.] 43.Bg5 Qg6 44.h4? [44.Qg4 considering my choices. I felt [28.Qxh5 was also winning but black can drag the game is an improvement but is still lost for on for a while] 28...Kg7? [28...Bd7 sets one last problem for me 29.Qxd7 (29.Qxa8?! Kf7 White.] 44...Qxg5 45.hxg5 c1Q+ 46.Bf1 30.Na4 Qa6 31.Qd8 black is lost but the win is not as easy as in other lines.) ] 29.Bxf8+ Qxg5 47.Bh3 Qg3 48.Qxg3+ Bxg3 49.Kg2 Rxf8 30.Re7+ Kg8 31.Qxh5 mate is unstoppable 1-0 Bh4 50.Kf3 Kf6 51.Ke3 Ke5 52.Bg2 Bg5+ Jessie played well above her rating, holding many strong players to draws, to secure 53.Ke2 Nd7 0-1 her final Women International Master . Her final nkingra of 69th ensured that The tournament was very well organised she took home a rating prize in addition to her norm. One of her favourite games was and the spectacular closing ceremony, this very interesting duel, where she outplayed the experienced Claudia Eckhardt of with Turkish dancers and the singing Germany: Grandmaster , more than

6 CHESSMOVES – MAY / JUNE 2006 made up for missing the opening ceremony! We would especially like to thank the ECF for their support and assistance in playing Chess Sets to Africa this event. We both found the tournament a very positive experience and a great The ECF (BCF) was contacted several training ground for the Olympiad. Bring on Turin! months ago by a British teacher working in a School in Eritrea (Africa). Chinese Victory at the Women’s He mentioned that as a chess player he would like to give the children World Championship! some chess teaching to improve the by Jovanka Houska quality of their lives as they have very little. We were able to send a few Yekaterinburg, the fifth largest city in Russia was het host to the Women’s World chess sets and this is his reply: Championship from March 10th to March 27th. The event followed the knock-out “You may remember I wrote to you some format with 64 women from all over the world competing for the prestigious title of Women’s World Champion. time ago about your possible donation of some chess boards to the school I am Right from the beginning the tournament threw many surprises, the biggest upsets working at in Halhal, Eritrea. Well I am coming in the first two rounds when the heavy favourites were eliminated by some of pleased to say after lots of emails, postal the lower ranked players. European Champions Kateryna Lahno and Nadezdha were problems and indeed a long period of knocked out in round one whilst most shocking of all was the elimination in round time the boards have arrived safely to a two of the top three seeds. World Champion Antoaneta Stefanova and Grandmasters welcome home. Humpy Koneru and Pia Cramling were knocked out by Iweta Radziewicz (), Marie Sebag () and Peng Zhaoqin () respectively. I am therefore writing on behalf of the school to let you know how grateful we The tournament continued in a similar vein with many of the big favourites leaving are for the extremely kind donation. You the tournament prematurely, hotly tipped Russian talents such as Alexandra will be pleased to know the boards are Kosteniuk and the Kosintseva sisters did not make it past the third round. being used constantly and I am in the After a thrilling two weeks Xu Yuhua from was crowned the 11th World process of setting up a school based Champion after defeating Alisa Galliamova from Russia 2½ - ½ in the final match. Xu competition, which I am looking forward played some great positional chess winning all of her matches in an efficient manner to establishing as a yearly event. to emerge the deserved champion. Impressively, not only did she go through the tournament undefeated but she also revealed at a press conference that she was also Your generosity in this matter has been pregnant. much appreciated by a school and students who have very little in the way However, Xu Yuhua was not the only star for the Chinese delegation; mention must be of educational tools, let alone extra made of two Chinese girls barely in their teens that had tremendous results. Twelve curricular activities. I appreciate the year old made it to the third round after defeating 6th seed Nadezdha British Chess Federation is not a charity Kosintseva and former European champion Natalia Zhukova before being knocked and understand this was above and out by Nino Khursidze from . Fourteen years old also made a beyond your call as an organisation. I strong impression; it took six games before she could defeat the would therefore like to thank all who youngster in the third round of the Championship. were involved in the process of this very The World Championship was an especially exciting opportunity for me, as England’s kind donation. only participant I was relishing my chance to play in such a prestigious event. Having Many many thanks. had training beforehand with English grandmaster and with International master Andrew Greet as my second I was quietly confident as to my chances. Phillip Kerry (on behalf of Omer Ezaz Junior The first round went smoothly with a 1½ - ½ victoryover France’s . School, Halhal) In the second round I was paired against the strong positional player Qin Kanying from China who had returned to chess after a five year break. After two hard fought draws the match had to be decided on tie-break, this was played at 9.30 in the evening after the second game which was a very tough schedule indeed. OBITuARy A in the second game (played very late into the night) proved to mark the end of my world championship challenge as I lost the tie-break 1½ -½. Neil Arthur Howe Neil suddenly but peacefully died on This tournament was a fantastic opportunity for me to compete at one of the most 28th April 2006, aged 65. Neil was a prestigious events in the chess calendar and I would like to give special thanks to well respected Congress player who the ECF, the clubs, private sponsors and everyone else whose financial and personal played in most of the Northern circuit support proved invaluable. Congresses, especially Scarborough, York, Hull and Doncaster. He was for many years a St. Andrews (Hull) player ECF EMAIL ALERT and he also played for Hull Chess Club Register your email address at in the YCA Woodhosue Cup and later www.englishchess.org.uk for St Andrews in the I.M.Brown Shield. He will be sadly missed in both Hull to receive news items as soon as they are known to us and Yorkshire.

CHESSMOVES – MAY / JUNE 2006 7 Now if you have got this far you are perhaps thinking, “What about the chess …?”. I have a very important message. Please, please go to www.englishchess.org. uk/events and follow the links from the home page to Junior the ‘World Schools Chess Championship’. You will enjoy reading Matt Hunt’s ‘wacky’ reports. There are lots of photographs and links to the tournament site. This must represent one of our best overall result in News international competition – well done everyone! Of special note is: Jessica 1st= in Girls Under 15, Sam Franklin Under 12 Champion & best result by an 2nd World School Chess unrated player and with George 3rd= in the Under13s. Daniel Hunt in the lead for a while, going out live on the internet and very, very close to a spectacular Championship continued … result. It was just fantastic stuff. Many thanks ot all the Arriving mid-afternoon competitors, parents, coaches, organisers and ECF Office at Pallini Beach Hotel was for processing reports so quickly, together we made this a familiar sight for some a most successful and enjoyable occasion. as we have competed on 3 previous occasions in Halkidiki. Booking in went very smoothly, with an unexpected surprise in my room: flowers, basket of fruit, various traditional Greek on the patio Easter foods and opened bottle of wine & two glasses - all very mysterious! Mystery solved later when, in reception, a gorgeous beaming young lady manager greeted me with, “Mister Turner, how lovely to see you again. Did you like the room I booked for you ….!!”. Now that’s what I call room service. We established a team base on the patio by the café /pool and the team soon settled to the coaching, preparation relaxing & eating routine. Tennis, table tennis, problem solving, pool, jogging along the beach and of course chess were favourite leisure activities. Some seriously Trophy winners/presentation photos from Matt H Ed V-R at coaching good tennis from Sue & Noel P.S. To acknowledge the status of this event FIDE are Quinn, Adam Hunt & Ed V-R began to attract quite a crowd. Then recommending partial rating to all the competitors. ‘Mr. catastrophe, the courts are locked. Soon sorted by my lady manager Chips’ is in recognition of my former profession & not my ‘friend’, “Mister Peter for you it is unlocked. For England it is free”. eating habit – I think. Peter ‘Mr. Chips’ Turner, The Players’ final set of results and standings: ECF Honorary Life Vice-President & Head of Delegation Section The Player Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Rd 8 Rd 9 Total Position U15 Callum Kilpatrick 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 0 1 1 6 6th = Sharan Soni 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 4 35th = Harry Streeter ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 0 ½ 2½ 54th = Jessica Thilaganathan 1 0 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 5½ 11th = Edward Venmore-Rowland ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 1 0 4½ 27th = U13 Samuel Franklin 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 6½ 3rd = George O’Toole 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 ½ 1 6½ 3rd = Patrick Stevens 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 1 3 57th = Ben Wetherfield 1 0 1 0 1 1 ½ ½ 1 6 8th = U11 Daniel Hunt 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 0 0 1 6½ 4th Polly Lambert 1 ½ 0 1 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 4 38th = Joseph Quinn 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 1 1 6 9th = TOTAL 9 6½ 6 6 5 8½ 3½ 7 9½ 61

8 CHESSMOVES – MAY / JUNE 2006 Peterman, Michail - games. When I was under time pressure, players to those with little or no O’Toole, George (1934) I just switched backwards and forwards tournament experience. The event is Round 9, World Schools Chess going ahead with my score sheet and more than a competition; it is a Festival Championships, Halkidiki, Greece then catching up on the Monroi when I of Chess that showcases the talents of 01.05.006 had time. our young female chess players. 1.e4 e5 .Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 At home, all of my grandparents were The National Girls’ Team Championships Nf6 5.d3 b5 6.Bb3 d6 7.c3 or 7.a4 are sitting at their computers, awaiting will be held in the historic grounds of the more popular choices for white the next move, whooping with joy, or Claremont Fan Court School (www. but he played 7.0–0 giving me the two anguish every once in a while. When I claremont-school.co.uk). Set in 97 acres of rolling parkland, this fabulous venue bishops. 7.0–0 Na5 8.c3 Nxb3 9.Qxb3 got back they all told me all their stories will ensure that this is a great day out for Be7 10.Re1 0–0 11.Bg5 h6 1.Be3 Ng4 of the waiting. all the family. Facilities will include: 13.Nbd Be6 14.Qc f5 with a subtle I would recommend the Monroi system

threat of 15... f4 15.Nf1 g5 16.h3 Nxe3 to any buyer thinking of getting one. It • Live video matches 17.Nxe3 fxe4 18.dxe4 Bxh3 19.gxh3 is fun to use, impressive, and if on the • A parallel chess competition [19.Nxe5 dxe5 20.gxh3 Bc5 would have internet fun for other people to watch. • Refreshments been better for white] 19...Rxf3 0.Nf5 Daniel Hunt (Aged 11) • Picnic facilities Kh7 [20...Rxh3 21.Qb3+ Kh8 22.Qe6 Bf8 23.Nxd6 Bxd6 24.Qxh3 is better for Junior Chess • Tours of the house and grounds white] 1.Kg Rf4 .Qb3 Kg6 3.f3 h5 • A screen for world cup football 4.Rh1 Bf6 5.Rad1 Qg8 6.Rd5… Changes • A prize for every team �������� Because of taking on extra duties, I • Special school team prizes have brought forward my planned Online entry forms and further details are �������� departmental changes. Scott Kenyon on: becomes the Home Junior Chess www.chessuk.com/nationalteam.html �������� Manager with immediate effect, and or you can contact Claire Summerscale, Harriet Hunt becomes the International ECF Manager of Women’s Chess on 020 �������� Junior Chess Manager, both will remain 8874 0135. in post until the AGM in October. �������� My thanks to both of them for their �������� assistance. WHY NOT VISIT THE NEW Cyril Johnson �������� ECF WEBSITE �������� ECF National www.englishchess.org.uk At this position, I turned down a draw Girls’ Team offer and instead played the aggressive Championships 26... g4 Saturday June 10th at ECF BATSFORD 6...g4 7.hxg4 hxg4 8.Rh6+ Kg5 Claremont Fan Court School COMPETITION 9.Qd1 gxf3+ [29...Rxf5 30.Qh1 Rxf3 Congratulations to the March/April Winner 31.Qc1+ Rf4 32.Qh1 Rf3 33.Qc1+ would Mr E B Sandercock from Chalfont St Giles end in a draw] 30.Kg3 Bg7 31.Qh1 Qf7 for spotting that this problem is a ‘cook’ with two solu- 3.Rh7 f 33.Rd1 Rg8 34.Rxg7+ Qxg7 tions in our special April Fools edition! 35.Nxg7 Rxg7 36.Qh3 Rgf7 37.Qh8 The Correct Answers are: 1. Ng6 and 1. Nc2. (back to normal for this edition – there should only be one answer!) Rg4+ [37...Rg4+ 38.Kh3 38.Kh2 would Tadashi Wakashima end in the same way 38...Rf3+ 39.Kh2 ��������Problem Paradise, 2000 Rh4+ 40.Qxh4+ Kxh4 41.Kg2 f1Q+ White to play and mate in  42.Rxf1 Rxf1 43.Kxf1 Kg3 44.Ke2 Kf4 �������� 45.Kd3 c5+-] 0–1 �������� �������� Monroi in Action Are you and your friends the �������� I have recently returned from Greece, best chess team in Britain? the World Schools Chess Championships Well now you can find out! �������� (U11). During the tournament, I played This prestigious team tournament is �������� three times on board 1 and got to test open to female chess players up to the the Monroi system. I was a little anxious �������� age of 18. County sides, school teams, at first, but as I started using it, it turned Please send your answer (just the first move groups of chess-friends and individuals, out to be quite fun. The only annoying is sufficient) on a postcard to the all are welcome. thing was that it took a while to type in ECF Office, The Watch Oak, Chain Lane, Battle, East Sussex TN33 0YD the moves and keep a score sheet at the This unique team event brings The first correct entry drawn on 10th July 2006 same time. I wanted to do this so my together girls of all ages and all levels will win a Batsford voucher for any book on coach Adam Hunt IM could analyse my of experience, from top international their current list.

CHESSMOVES – MAY / JUNE 2006 9 Book Reviews by Gary Lane Why Lasker Matters by published by Batsford £15.99 A standard pub quiz question is who was the longest reigning World Chess champion? Well, full marks for those who answered who reigned from 1894-1921. The truth is that a vast majority of players would struggle to come up with more than a handful of his games so Soltis seeks to set the record straight. There are over one hundred annotated games in a friendly style that seeks to illustrate Lasker’s mastery while at the same time pointing out how his style can help improving players. There were some who would argue that his great success as champion owed much to his ability to avoid any tough matches but he still played a galaxy of stars such as Alekhine, Botvinnik and Capablanca. The author does a good job of updating our knowledge of the games by pointing out mistakes as well as brilliancies while at the same time making allowances for the lack of opening knowledge at the time. It seems that for a new generation Lasker will emerge with more fans.

Bird’s Opening by Timothy Taylor published by Everyman £14.99 There is one thing a beginner learns quickly that a reasonable opening helps but 1 f4 is hardly featured in the books. This might change now because Taylor gives a convincing argument for playing the opening named after the English player Henry Bird. The introduction does the job well by providing some one sided entertainment including a terrific win by Emanuel Lasker and by theend of it you might wonder why Black doesn’t just resign to save time. I used to play the line as a teenager but never forgot an exasperated Jon Speelman remarking to me that it is just a Dutch with an extra move. Now that might interest those who already know that opening but having to play it with colours revered is not perfect. However, Taylor aided by his own games guides the reader through potential traps and strategies to play the opening with confidence. This is an opportunity to play something a little bit different.

The Classical Sicilian by Alex Yermolinsky published by £1.99 The success of Batsford’s series of opening books with the word ‘explained’ in the title seems to have prompted Gambit into also creating a similar set of books cunningly called “Chess Explained’. Still, the winner is the reader who no longer has to have two heads to try and remember the vast amounts of opening theory normally contained in one of the heavyweight Gambit books. The former US Champion presents a series of games to illustrate one of his favourite openings. The only snag is that the author proudly says in the introduction that he frequently does not give the source of variations. This means that you don’t know whether he is showing you analysis, a game by Garry Bloggs, or so why should you trust it? The majority of the book is entertaining and has lots of guidance on how to handle the opening. An impressive way to learn an opening.

Chess Fact and Fables published by McFarland £9.99 The chess historian Edward Winter is well known for his quest for the truth. This collection of questions and answers from his website ‘Chess Notes’ provides a fascinating insight into the history of the game. There are plenty of photos to help identify the old masters and enough news on the lesser known players to keep anybody thoroughly absorbed. A delight to read.

U171: Jason M Dilley, Lincolnshire, 155, 6; Golders Green Rapidplay Andrew Legge, Wallasey, 157, 4; Charles Van Der 8 April 2006 Westhuizen, Nuneaton, 140, 4; David A Cutmore, The full crosstables are available at www. Results Wood Green, 149, 3½; Kaiser Malik, , goldersgreenchess.blogspot.com Round-Up 123, 3½; John K Robinson, Braunstone, 167, 3½; Open: Grzegorz Osipiak, 179, 4; John Pigott, 202, Michael W Salisbury, Braunstone, 136, 3½ 3½; Alexander Cherniaev, 228, 3½; Colin A McNab, U136: Thomas R Whitaker, Rotherham Juniors, 124, 229, 3 U160: Yaro Orishco, e153, 4; Daniel Ellis, 154, 3½; British Blitz 5½; Dean M Hartley, Amber Valley, 130, 5; Dani 26 March 2006 Chris R A Clegg, 147, 3½; Subin Sen, 145, 3 Malik, Checkmate, 128, 5; David Pritchard, Walsall, IM Simon Williams, Hilsmark, 225, 14/16; GM Daniel U130: Paul Hannigan, 114, 5; Paul Kendall, 114, Gormally, Charlton, 224, 12½/16; Ameet Ghasi, 129, 4½; Thomas D Robinson, Redditch, 127, 4½; 4½; Ti Chen, 124, 4½; Tom J Rixon, 104, 4½; Paul Hilsmark, 229, 12/16. Iqbal S Dhesi, Sutton Coldfield, 125, 4½; Jamie Blackwell, 112, 3½; Dipak Shah, 107, 3½ Adcock, Reading, 111, 4½ U100: Greg Breed, 95, 5½; Peter F Anderson, 79, 5; 4th Leicester Rapidplay U101: Paul Evans, Littlethorpe, 97, 5½; Kush Bajaria, Walter M Thorpe, 86, 3½; Finlo Rohrer, 95, 3½; Peter 2 April 2006 LPSCA, 56, 5; Howard W Phillips, Littlethorpe, 99, R Scott, 98, 3½ Open: Ankush Khandelwal, Nomads (Notts), 174, 4½; James P Jackson, Red Dragons, 100, 4½; Kieran 4½; Andrew J Ledger, Sheffield, 217, 4½; Martin P M H Brown Rapidplay Burrows, Wigston, 176, 4; L Alan Edwards, Wigston, Child, King Edwards School, 0, 4½; Geoffrey C 9 April 2006 183, 4; Watu Kobese, Braunstone, 210, 4; Taka Rosser, Wolverhampton, 95, 4½; Fay Birch, Coventry, Open: John Cooper, Hull, 6; Mike Surtees, Bolton, 5; Chipanga, Braunstone, 192, 3½ 85, 4½ Richard Britton, London, 5

10 CHESSMOVES – MAY / JUNE 2006 Major: T Whitaker, Rotherham, 5½; Dean Hartley, Southend Easter Congress Challengers (U160): Adrian Matthews, Hemel Amber Valley, 5; John Thackray, St Andrews (Hull), 14-17 April 2006 Hempstead, 4½/5; Jason Dilley, 4/5; Peter Tart, 4½; B Marshall, York R.I., 4½; Bill Ward, Woodseats Jack Speigel Memorial: H , Barbican, Camberley, 3½/5; Andrew Brocklehurst, Stevenage, (Sheffield), 4½; Mark Bettley, St Andrews (Hull), 3½; 228, 5½/7; Daniel W Gormally, Charlton, 241, 5; 3½/5; Mark Josse, Surbiton, 3½/5; Harvey Birch, King Duko Westra, Hull, 3½; Shaun Taylor, Willows (Hull), Lawrence Trent, Bishops Stortford, 228, 4 Henry 8th School, Coventry, 3/5 Major (U130): Neil Chedd, Stamford, 4½/5; Jeffrey 3½; John Jackson, Hull, 3½ Golden Jubilee A: R Alan Barton, , 176, 6/7; Levicki, Magdalen College school, 4/5; Russell Minor: Peter Moss, Halifax, 6; D Colledge, Halifax, John A Feavyour, Saxmundham, 157, 5; Trevor D Coote, Writtle, 165, 3½ Goodfellow, Tunbridge Wells, 4/5; Ken Groce, Roding 5; W Pinder, Pontefract, 5; N C Clayton, St Andrews & Loughton, 3½/5; David McNish, Edmonton, 3½/5 (Hull), 4½; J Skinner, Kenilworth, 4½; G Blackhall, St Golden Jubilee B: David G Cannan, Southend, 118, 3½/5; Hugh C Tanton, Billericay, 96, 3; Charles Minor (U100): Colin Tart, 5/5; Manibharathi Andrwes (Hull), 4; Amanda Hipshon, Alwoodley, 4; JD Newman, Billericay, 108, 2½; Ronald T Gooch, Periasamymanjula, Ashstead, 4½/5; Joan Gardner, S Milson, Louth, 4; A Littlewood, Rotherham, 4; M Westcliff, 110, 2½ Aylesbury, 4/5; Paul Redman, 4/5 Littlewood, Rotherham, 4; J Bowler, Leeds, 4 Southend Open: Andrew N Greet, 4NCL Hilsmark Bishops (U15): James Foster, Aylesbury Grammar West of England Kingfisher, 223, 6/7; Simon JB Knott, Hertford, 219, School, 5½/6; Chris Jones, St.Albans, 4½/6; Robert 6; David J Ledger, Bedford, 201, 5½; Dagne Ciuksyte, Lobo, Tubbenden, 4½/6 Championship & Congress Ipswich, e218, 5½; Colin S Crouch, Pinner, 212, 5½; Pawns (U11): Benedict Craft, Letchworth, 5/6; 14-17 April 2006 Alexandros N Ethelontis, Drunken Knights, 171, 5; Jonathan Phillips, St. Albans, 4½/6; David Colebourn, Open: M Turner, Millfield School, 6/7; T Mordue, Stephen C Ledger, Bedford, 178, 5; Dana Hawrami, Ilford, Early Knights, 4/6; Isaac Craft, Letchworth, 4/6; Chris Keynsham, 5; S Dilleigh, Bristol Horfield, 4½; P 182, 5; Edmund C Player, Bury St. Edmunds, 172, 5 Dickinson, Bury Knights, 4/6; Darius Faiz-Mahdavi, Roberson, Basingstoke, 4½; A Minnican, Edinburgh, 5 Round A: Ivor BN Smith, Writtle, 172, 3½/5; John Aldenham School, 4/6 4½; I Ponter, Bristol Downend, 4½ Dodgson, Rye, 170, 3½; Maurice J Staples, Nuneaton, KJCA Tunbridge Wells Junior Rapidplay 175, 3; Geoff C Elliston, Thetford, 145, 3; Stephen Major (U-160): P Andrews, Bank of England, 6; 30 April 2006 Macdonald-Ross, Wimbledon, 158, 3; Aidan T Corish, Heather Lang, Cowley, 5; B O’Gorman, DHSS, 5; Under 8: Jamie Stimpson, Ilford CC, 7/7; Alexei Davis, Upminster, 150, 3; Andrew R Brett, Writtle, 149, 3 S Pride, Cambridge, 5; C Sellwood, Camborne, 5; Mottingham, 6/7; Patrick Smith, Chipstead, 5/7 5 Round B: Maurice Siegel, Westcliff, 114, 4/5; Luke Sarah Hegarty, Millfield School, 5 Under 10: Eugene Daley, Dulwich, 5/6; Baven M Styles, Southend, 102, 4; Douglas M Forbes, Balendran, Beckenham, 43, 5/6; Nicholas Clanchy, Minor (U-15): A Papier, Bristol Clifton, 6; R Gerrards Cross, 106, 3½; Peter JB Wilson, Mushrooms, Balham, 6, 4½/6; Gautham Reddiar, Orpington, Desmedt, Barnsley, 5½; G Harrison, Gosforth, 5; P 125, 3½; Mustapha Rahaman, Upminster, 131, 3; 16, 4½/6; Siddharth Basetti, Ashtead CC, 49, 4½/6; Errington, Kinson, 5; D Woodruff, Keynsham, 5; J David Hutchings, Wickford, 117, 3 Raunak Rao, Beckenham, 4/6; Christopher Craven, Ariss, Teignmouth, 5 5 Round C: Roger Mugridge, Wickford, 82, 4/5; Tunbridge Wells, 4/6 Caroline J Robson, Enfield, 91, 4; Phil T Foley, CCF Easter Congress Under 1: Victor Jones, Lewisham CC, 81, 5½/6; Ben Upminster, 67, 4; Terry E Barnell, London E, 94, 3½; 14-15 April 2006 Silverstein, East Grinstead CC, 24, 5½/6; Charlie Mills, Mike G Ingram, Perkins, 87, 3½; Roy T Middleton, Storrington, 48, 4½/6; Jack Roose, Eltham, 35, 4/6; Open: Martin R Taylor, Rainham, 205, 5/6; Marcus Canvey Island, 74, 3 Osborne, Coulsdon, 196, 4½/6; Tim Seymour, Duncan Bell, Beckenham, 54, 4/6 Staines, 170, 3½/6 Nottingham Congress Under 14: Sheila Dines, Sanderstead, 123, 5/5; Joe Kidson, Dulwich, 91, 3½/5; Tim Weaver, Maidstone Under 170: Mark Josse, Surbiton, 149, 4½/6; Peter 22-23 April 2006 CC, 84, 3½/5; Sunil Parthiban, Beckenham, 3½/5 A Williams, Coulsdon, 133, 4/6; Paul Shepherd, Open: Mark Hebden, (Leicester), 4½/5; Andrew Greet, (Hillsmark Kingsfisher), 4/5; Paul Cumbers, Under 16: Matt Bunn, Snodland CC, 84, 4½/5; Epsom Area, U, 4/6 Dunstan Rodrigues, Lewisham CC, 101, 3½/5; Samuel Under 145: David McNish, Edmonton, 124, (Sheffield Univ), 3½/5; Don Mason, (Shirley, Birmingham), 3½/5; Ankush Khandelwal, Woolacott, Ashford CC, 3½/5 4½/6; Paul Seymour, Staines, 121, 4½/6; Peter (Nottingham Nomads), 3½/5 Under 18/Adult: Alex Galliano, East Grinstead CC, Szabo, Metropolitan, 122, 4/6; Alex Galliano, East Major: Donny Muter, (Richmond), 4½/5; Amisha 85, 4½/5; William Jones, Lewisham CC, 91, 3/5; David Grinstead, 93, 4/6; Adrian Waldock, Ashtead, 127, 4/6 Parmar, (West Notts), 4/5; Ian Kingston, (West Notts), Grant, East Grinstead CC, 114, 3/5; Paul Stimpson, Ilford CC, 3/5 Under 10: Simon McCullogh, Camberley, U92, 5/6; 4/5; Derek Jarvis, (Breadsall), 4/5; Robert Dean, David Langridge, Brighton, 97, 5/6; Howard Curtis, (Pudsey), 4/5 Coulsdon, 106, 4½/6 Frome Chess Congress Minor: Anjali Lakhani, (Long Eaton), 4½/5; Arturo 5-7 May 2006 Under 90: Alan Fraser, Beckenham, 81, 5½/6; Ivor Gonzales, (Ireland), 4½/5; Alan Papier, (Bristol), Open: A Greet, 4NCL Hilsmark Kingfisher, 223, 5; C Kelly, Camberley, 78, 5½/6; Radha Jain, Pinner, 39, 4/5; Daniel Lim, (West Notts), 4/5; Lateefah Tipplestone, Northampton, 184, 4; P Girdlestone, 4½/6 Messam-Sparks, (West Notts), 4/5; Gary Hopkinson, Trowbridge, e165, 3½; P Helbig, Bath, 183, 3½; A Bolton Easter Congress (Nottingham Gambit), 4/5; Christopher Lewis, Mordue, Downend & Fishponds, 195, 3½; M Yeo, (Newport), 4/5 Lymington, 186, 3½ 14-16 April 2006 Major: Mark Abbott, Exmouth, 152, 4; R Everson, Open: Jeff Horner, Bolton, 213, 13½; Adam Ashton, Brighton Rapidplay Dartford, 148, 4; P Stephenson, PKA Merseyside, 148, 22 April 2006. 3C’s, 203, 12; Nigel Davis, 237, 12; D Brett Lund, 4; Leslie Allen, Southampton, 145, 3½; Paul Carlucci, Major U175: Richard Almond, 167, 5/6; David Preston, 203, 12; Richard Palliser, Alwoodley, 223, 12 Morley College, 143, 3½; Chris Carr, Ashtead, 148, Cutmore, 149, 4½/6; Chino Atako, 142, 4/6 Major (U160): Chris Vassiliou, Chorlton, 148, 9; 3½; B O’Gorman, DHSS, 151, 3½; Dave Wood, Intermediate U130: Russell Goodfellow, 116, 5½/6; Paul Evans, Blackpool, 157, 8; K Tom Rose, Holmes Glastonbury, 146, 3½; Otto Hardy, Loughborough, Warwick Silber, 116, 5/6; Ian Brooke, 108, 4/6; Mick Chapel, 156, 7; Allan Drost, Newcastle-U-Lyne, 147, 7 137, 3 Plumb, 90, 4/6; Andrew Sutton, e115, 4/6 Knights (U10): Lawrence Harold, , Intermediate: Richard Desmedt, Netherton, 119, Minor U90: Thanurshan Mahenthran, 88J, 4½/6; 4½; Rod Langham, Wantage, 119, 4½; K Atkins, 94, 4½; Liam Rabbitte, Heywood, 117, 4½; David Peter Roger, 88, 4½/6; David Everitt, 84, 4½/6 Bucknell, Nelson, 113, 4; Warren Derbyshire, Sedgemoor, 124, 4; Stuart Hay, Frome, 115E, 4; D Chorley, 99, 4; Roger Walker, Belper, 103, 4; Matthew Letchworth & Hitchin Macarthur, Keynsham, 116, 4; K French, Weston- super-Mare, 93, 3 Parsons, Huddersfield, 118, 4; Keith Evans, Bury, – One-Day Congress Minor: G Gammon, Downend & Fishponds, 84, 4½; 118, 3½ 30 April 2006 Steve A Mullins, Yate & Sodbury, 78, 4½; Robbie Busy Persons (blitz): D Brett Lund, Preston, 203, Premier (Open): Paul Kemp, Royston, 4/5; Andreas Coats, Brown Jack, 95, 4; Chris Kenward, Salisbury, 7½; Ankush Khandelwal, Nomads, 177, 6½; David Bruhl, Altenkirchen, Germany, 4/5; Reiner Schmidt, 98, 4; Roy A Ludlow, Trowbridge, 85E, 4; Patrick Latham, Chesterfield, 177, 6; Paul Hopwood, York, Altenkirchen, Germany, 3½/5; Ankush Khandelwal, Sartain, Keynsham, 87, 4; Mark Stone, Petts Wood & 165, 6; Jim Vickery, Leeds, 167, 6; Jeff Horner, Nomads, Nottingham, 3½/5; Ankush Khandelwal, Orpington, 75, 4; Sarah Thomas, Brown Jack, 84, 3½; Bolton, 213, 6; Richard Palliser, Alwoodley, 223, 6 Nomads, Nottingham, 3½/5 N Purry, Southbourne, 93, 3½

CHESSMOVES – MAY / JUNE 2006 11 ECF GRAND PRIX Calendar of Events Leader Boards (For a more comprehensive list of events visit our website at www.englishchess.org.uk) 19th May 006 * denotes English Chess Federation Grand Prix @ denotes FIDE Rated Event # denotes British Championship Qualifying Tournament ~ denotes ECF Graded Event Players’ names in bold have already reached the maximum possible score and ~* 2-4 Jun - 10th South Lakes Open Congress ~ 6-7 Jul - ECF National Schools Championship Cumbria Grand Hotel. T Blower (Tel: 01229 472100, Email: trevor. Uppingham School, Rutland to increase their score must replace a lower [email protected]) ~* 8 Jul - CCF Rapidplay scoring event with a higher scoring event. ~ 3 Jun - MCCU Junior Championships Coulsdon. H Curtis & S Freeman (Tel: 020 8645 0302, C Johnson (Tel: 0116 260 9012, Grand Prix (max 50pts) Email: [email protected]) 1 Greet, Andrew, Hilsmark K ...... 229.5 Email: [email protected]) 8-9 Jul - British Land UKCC Northern Gigafinal 2 Hebden, Mark, Leicester ...... 227.5 4 Jun - 3rd AMCA Grand Prix UMIST, Manchester. M Basman (Tel: 07715 041320, 3 Gormally, Danny, Guildford ...... 189 Crowthorne. D Archer (Tel: 020 8645 0302, Email: david@ andrewmartinchessacademy.com) Email: [email protected]) 4 Williams, Simon, Hilsmark K ...... 142 ~ 4 Jun - CCF Junior Rapidplay Grand Prix 4 5 Ansell, Simon, Hackney ...... 134.5 *#@ 8-13 Jul - 3rd South Wales International Coulsdon. H Curtis & S Freeman (Tel: 020 8645 0302, Caerleon. K Staveley (Tel: 01443 772750, Female Prix (max 15pts) Email: [email protected]) Email: [email protected]) 4 Jun - KJCA Family & Friends’ Tournament 2 Parmar, Amisha, West Notts ...... 99 ~* 9 Jul - 66th Richmond Rapidplay Amherst School, Sevenoaks. Sue Maguire (Tel: 020 8656 6420, Hampton. Richard James (Tel: 020 8898 0362, 1 Dines, Sheila, Old Palace ...... 98.5 Email: [email protected]) 3 Houska, Jovanka, Slough ...... 94 Email: [email protected]) ~* 9-11 Jun - 5th Yeovil Summer Congress 4 Chevannes, Sabrina, Checkmate ...... 91 Parcroft School. J Rudd (Tel: 0797 3887123, ~* 9 Jul - Walsall Kipping Rapidplay 5 Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan, Edinburgh ...... 88 Email: [email protected]) King Edward VI School, Lichfield. M Savin (Tel: 01922 456240, Email: [email protected]) Junior Prix (max 15pts) ~ 10 Jun - Champions’ League Chess 05/06 - Finals Coulsdon. H Curtis & S Freeman (Tel: 020 8645 0302, ~* 14-16 Jul - Manchester Summer Congress 1 Khandelwal, Ankush, Nottingham ....100 Email: [email protected]) 2 Franklin, Samuel, Crystal Palace ...... 97 Allen Hall Manchester. Harry Lamb (Tel: 01204 63374, ~ 10 Jun - County Championships - Semi Finals Email: [email protected]) 3 Poobalasingam, Peter, Richmond...... 94 ~* 10 Jun - Golders Green Rapidplay * 14-16 Jul - South Wales Summer Congress 4 Dines, Sheila, Sanderstead ...... 86 St Alban’s Church Hall NW11. A Raoof (Tel: 020 8202 0982, The University of Wales, Caerleon. K Staveley (Tel: 01443 772750, 5 Eggleston, David, Durham ...... 84 Email: [email protected]) Email: [email protected]) Senior Prix (max 15pts) ~ 10 Jun - National Girls’ Team Championships Claremont Fan Court School, Esher. C Summerscale ~ 15 Jul - CCF Junior Grand Prix -Round 3 1 Desmedt, Richard, Netherton, ...... 112.5 (Tel: 020 8874 0135, Email: [email protected]) Coulsdon. H Curtis & S Freeman (Tel: 020 8645 0302, 2 Hjort, Helge, Hendon ...... 103 10 Jun - Sussex Closed U7 Tournament & Training Day Email: [email protected]) 3 Kearsley, Raymond, Wimbledon ...... 98 Fonthill Lodge, East Grinstead. S Fraser ~* 15 Jul - Golders Green Rapidplay 4 Sherwin, James, Bath ...... 81.5 (Tel: 01342 318918) St Alban’s Church Hall NW11. A Raoof (Tel: 020 8202 0982, 5 Sandercock, Barry, Chalfont St Giles ....90.5 ~* 11 Jun - Leek Rapidplay Email: [email protected]) St Edward’s School CE (A) Middle School. R Milner 15 Jul - Richmond Master Group Disabled Prix (max 75 pts) (Tel: 01782 550112) East Twickenham. Richard James (Tel: 020 8898 0362, 1 Rudd, Jack, Bristol ...... 56 * 11 Jun - Stewarton Allegro Email: [email protected]) 2 Hartley, Dean, Amber Valley ...... 56 Stewarton. J Montgomery (Tel: 01294 221486, 3 Blencowe, Ian, Gloucester ...... 41.5 Email: [email protected]) 15-16 Jul - British Land UKCC Southern Gigafinal 4 Lilley, Graham, Aigburth ...... 39 17 Jun - Richmond Master Group Tidworth Leisure Centre. M Basman (Tel: 07715 041320, 5 Whitefield, John, Ottery St Marys ...... 32 ETNA Community Centre. Richard James (Tel: 020 8898 0362, Email: [email protected]) Email: [email protected]) *~@ 15-23 Jul - Bandanachess.com 3rd Saturday Gm Norm Event Graded Prix (174-150)(max 15pts) ~*# 17-18 Jun - EACU Congress . C Storey (Tel: 0191 230 0613, 1 Muter, Donny, Fulham ...... 110 Turner Hall, Newmarket. V Rumsey (Tel: 01908 568332, Email: [email protected]) Email: [email protected]) 2 Kobylka, Michael, Wood Green ...... 94 ~@ 18-23 Jul - NCJS FIDE Rated Event ~# 17-18 Jun - 1th Heywood Congress 3 O’Gorman, Brendan, London ...... 66.5 Millfield School, Somerset. A Webster (Tel: 020 8642 2605, 4 Round, Michael, Rose Foregrove...... 52 Civic Centre. Bill O’Rourke (Tel: 01706 627874, Email: [email protected]) Email: [email protected]) 5 Plater, Ron, Kings, Northumberland ...... 44 23-25 Jun - Hawick Congress ~ 21-23 Jul - Bristol Summer Congress Graded Prix (149-15)(max 15pts) Hawick Town Hall. M Keen (Tel: 01835 870311, Redland High School. G Mill-Wilson (Tel: 01454 880162, 1 Goodfellow, Russell, Tunbridge Wells ..110 Email: [email protected]) Email: [email protected]) 2 Fallowfield, Jeremy, Stourbridge ...... 71.5 ~ 24 Jun - All England Gold Finals ~ 22-23 Jul - NCJS Weekend Event Nottingham. Claire Summerscale (Tel: 020 8874 0135, Millfield School, Somerset. A Webster (Tel: 020 8642 2605, 3 Lord, Peter, Hayes ...... 60 Email: [email protected]) 4 Clegg, Robert, Huddersfield ...... 56 Email: [email protected]) ~ 24 Jun - English Chess Challenge: Finals ~* 23 Jul - Central London Rapidplay 5 Campbell, Eoin, Edinburgh ...... 53.5 Coulsdon. H Curtis & S Freeman (Tel: 020 8645 0302, Email: [email protected]) International Students House, London. C Todd Graded Prix (14-100)(max 15pts) (Tel: 020 8381 4406, Email: [email protected]) 1 Eckloff, Colin, Birmingham ...... 111.5 * 24-25 Jun - nd Cardiff Congress Park Inn Hotel, Llanedeyrn. Norman Went (Tel: 01708 551617, ~* 29-30 Jul - Chester Charity Congress 2 Curtis, David , Haywards Heath ...... 82 Email: [email protected]) Freemasons’ Hall, Christleton. Jim McPhillips (Tel: 01829 770762, 3 Blackburn, John, Holmes Chapel ...... 74.5 ~ 1 Jul - County Championships - Finals Email: [email protected]) 4 Ince, Darran, Mansfield ...... 50 ~* 2 Jul - KJCA Kent Junior Grand Prix Final ~* 29-30 Jul - The Weald Congress 5 Jaworski, Leszer, Slough ...... 48.5 Tunbridge Wells. Sue Maguire (Tel: 020 8656 6420, Copthorne Prep School. Sue Maguire (Tel: 020 8656 6420, Graded Prix (U100)(max 15pts) Email: [email protected]) Email: [email protected]) 1 Barker, Michael, Ashton-under-Lyme .... 59 ~* 2 Jul - Frodsham Rapidplay Frodsham Community Centre. M Regan (Tel: 01625 586675, ~*#@ 6-19 August 2 Strickland, Ian, Leeds ...... 54 Email: [email protected]) 3 Derbyshire, Warren, Chorley ...... 42 Smith & Williamson British Championship ~ 2 Jul - Richmond Junior Championships University of Wales, Swansea 4 Dunne, David, Nottinghma ...... 40 White House Community Association. Richard James (Tel: 01424 775222, Email: [email protected]) 5 Colledge, Dave, Calderdale ...... 37.5 (Tel: 020 8898 0362, Email: [email protected]) The views expressed in ChessMoves are those of the Editor and Contributors they are not official policy of the ECF unless specifically stated . For details of Advertising Rates please contact the ECF direct at THE WATCH OAK, CHAIN LANE, BATTLE, EAST SUSSEX TN33 0YD tel: 01424 775222 fax: 01424 775904 email: office@englishchess .org .uk website: www .englishchess .org .uk