YORKST{IRE *v CHESS buililctnn A ASSOCIATION No 213 September 1982

EDITORIAL

Yorkshire are Champions ! In an exclting match played ln Leeds on JuIy lrd, Yorkshire beat Lancashire 1'l-9 to win the Engllsh Countles Chess Championship. This is only the thircl tlme that Yorkshire has won thls championship, the previous occasions belng 1921, when a Yorkshire team headed by F.D.Yates and. H.E.Atkins beat warwickshire 11*-B* in the final, and i974, when Yorkshlre beat Cambridgeshlre ln the flna1. On paper lancashlre looked much the stronger on the top boards, wlth the current British Champlon (as he was then) paul littlewood on top board aad. Nigel Short on board. two. The Yorkshire players thus d.ld. well to keep the score fo 4t-5t on the first ten bbards. It was on the mitldle boards that the Yorkshire strength shoyed. itself and the mateh was decid.ed. Much credit for this vletory must go to the Ftrst rean captain, llerek Markham, who worked very hard to assemble what was almost the etrongest posslble team. tliie glve elsewhere in this lssue the ful1 results of thls match, and the top board game ln shicb John Hal1 defeated. paul Llttlewood. YORKSHIRE STAYS IN BRITAIN The main item on the agenda of the YCA Annual- General Meeti-ng in June was a proposal from Davitt Milton that the YL:A should secede fron the Britlsh Chess Federation. As the Secretazy reports ln his eolumn, thls proposal was carrled by one vote, but didntt get the two-thirds naJority needed for a change 1n the constitution. As Geoff Sunderland says there wasntt a single reason for thls vote, but whereas he seems to see mueh substaace in many of the critl-cisms oi the tsc-l', it seened to me that many of the complalnts were very petty, and that there was a eertain narrow minded.ness about mueh of the oppostlion to the BCF. A number of people came along with a stock of smarl resentments that have built up over the years, Geoff Sund.erland.ts own story of Ann Hoptonrs crlticisms of the BCF organi-sati-on shows how long memorLes are. No doubt it was only an overslght that caused hlm to omli the fact that desptte the alleged nstifling of adverse criticism'r, the BCF has responded to these crltieisms by completery refornlng its management strtrcture.

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page 'lhe Secretaryrs 2 County Match Results 9 !O Years Ago ) F:.nal league [ables 10 Congresses 4 Woodhouse. Cup Matches 1 1 Games Pages 5 1 . M..Browa Shf eld ilatches 1 1 Two New Books 7 A.G.Sund.erland Cup Matches rfBatti-ng 12 County Averages'r 8 Notlceboard 12 -2-

THE SECRETARY'S PAGE Elsewhere my co-edltor gives a summarTr of the Yorkshire Chess Assoclatlon Annua1 General Meetlag but there is one area Itd Ii ke to touch upon whieh carrles more Lnterest than usual in that a resolution was proposed to seeede from the BCF, ancl it was lost only because a two-thlrds najority was needed.. the flgures being: for 1{, agalnst 11, abstentions 7. I dontt believe that there is a single cause to have warranted such a d,rastic motion but rather aa accumulation of factors such as, for example, the false clalm that the BCF provides the grading flgures which is patently untnre; the lneffectiveness of the policies over the raislng of ineome fron the rank and flle player; the grasping nature of the last three yearfs increase ln the levy rate of 25/,, 29% and ?5%; the elltlsm shown ln the red carpet treatment of the countryrs top players; the total dopendenee on the counties who are the workhorses of the BCF; the southeru bias ia BCF policy decistons etc. A11 these factors, to some extent, aIIled. to the generous support glven to the BCF over the years have played a part in the growlng dlsenchantment with the BCF, but where wB go from here is elouded. They appear to be pinning thelr flnanclal salvation more and Irore on sponsorship in common with other sports ancl lt may well be the way forward. Prior to our Annual General Meeting the county officials and club secretaries recelved a clrcular letter fron the BCF Presldent expressing hls disnay at our posslble secesslon, BesLdes ertolling the virtues and ad.vantages of BCF membershlp, errors of fact and mistaken assumpttons, there was an allusion to criticism from the sma1I band of critics w1thln the county who wrlte on these matters and whlch he appears to resent. I mention thLs because l-t remind.s me of the most vlrulent crlticlsu of the reglstration scheme that I can recall and lt came from their own secretarT, M:s Ann Hopton nas the newly appoi-ntetl seeretary Ia 197) and a very capable one too. In her flrst annual report she cond.emned. the registration scheme ia such terms that the question arose whether or not it should be published as lt didnrt represent official BCF poIlcy, Eventually 1t ras publish.ed after she added. a rider that the views.expressed. were her personal ones. The follor3"ng year she dropped the rlunatic state of affalrsfr blt but retalned. the "cumbersome, tlme wasting and expensiverr phrase. In her third annual report she waded in ;nabashed, with an attack on the excessive number of meetlngs which were considered necessary and she "couldntt und.erstand. how any group of grown men could continue to condone the systemn. She was rlght, of course, but frankness 1s not a quallty the BCF ad.mire and it was probably in mutual thankfulness that she aad they parted. company after her three year spe11. A pity. She had style. The BCF hierarchy should. have recovered by now but the stlfllng of adverse criticism is still hlgh on the agenda" With the "payment for grading'f seheme on its last legs the BCF have offlclally aclopted a new ldea known as the League Afflliatton Scheme 1n an endeavour to reverge the decline ln registrations. It ls to be 'rtreated as a propaganda warr which lmplies a straying from the whole t:rrth and nothing but the tmth, so bear in mind, gentremen, that they wonrt be on oath. trrom enquiries I have made wlthl-n the NCCU support for the scheme ls vlrtually non-existent. An iten from the BCI'annual accounts catches the eye. the Morecombe congress of last year shows a surplus of 02BBB.B1 compared. to a *55 surplus of the prevlous year at Brighton. No explanatlon was of,fered. at their July 1?th 19g2 neeti-ng though thelr new treasurer has probably not had tlme to analyse the figures following on the sudden resignation of peter Ezra. A. G. S. -)-

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It was agreed to invLte a BCF Offlcer to next yearrs AGU to listen to and respond to Yorkshlre crltleLsn of the BCF. Perhaps lt ts an 111 omen that even thls proposal had nany votes agalnst it. ADJUDICATIONS OR FAST FINISHES? Another proposal that stl-mulated a keea debate wag from Mr Butterworth of Dewsbury Chess Club. This was for fast flnlshes'.for games in the league prog?amme, to replace the present system of atlJudications of unflnlshed games. The argument here is largely one between the stronger and less strong players. AdJuttlcators have to be strong players, grading leve1 190 or hlgher. Bhere ls a slight absurdity in judglng games between much weaker players on the assumption that thereafter the play will be perfeet, or at least as perfect as the strong adJucticator ean manage. On the other haad, on the htgher boards of the Woodhouse Cup the standard of play ls very hlgh, and strouger players do not like the gamble of fast flnishes, whieh places a prernlum on rapid. superfleial chess. The adJudlcatlon system 1s not ldeal, but the neetlng clearly judgecl it to be the best of the avallable options for games unflnished after fou,r hours. fhe proposal for a change ln the rules was d.efeated by 10 votes to 17. FINANCIAL AFFAIRS After the proposal for secesslon from the BCF ras d.efeated., Mr Appleby wlthdrew hls proposal to replace the requirement for reglstratlon by a system of raising money by flxed. entry fees for the league conpetitlons. The treasurer explained. that slnce the obltgatlon to pay the BCF levy paymeat renained, thig proposal would requlre very hlgh club entr'5r fees. It ls unfortunate that this matter wssrrtt elarifiecl before the proposal was mad.e. The result is that a meeting which w&s on the whole hostile to the BCF has allowed, the present reglstratlon system, whereby we pay to the BCF more than we are obliged to cto by the levy system, to eontinue for another year. The treasurer was able to report a small surplus of e2O for the 1981-2 season, but he recoumend.ed an lncrease in fees, the flrst for two yearsrto take account of lncreased costs. Details of lnereases in club fees w111 be sent to club secretarles. The combl.ned registration fee goes up from 81.90 to fi2.14, the BUILETIN subscription is now e1.50, but there yas no increase in the Couaty Match board. fee of *2.5O. A. B. S.

OBIIUARY We regret to have to record the death of Frank Warren, freasurer of the HuI1 YPI Club, who d.led on April 15th aged 4? after a heart attack. We offer our sympathies to the members of hls family.

50 YEARS AGO From the Brltlsh Chess Magazine of 0ctober 1932: rYorkshire stock ls very htgh Just at present. Not content wLth taking (quite heavily) the Crieket Chanplonshlp tor'tg)2, they have add.ed the County aad. Distrlct Correspond.ence Chess Chanplonship to thelr bag. This was a convincing vlctory, for they were 2 whole points ahead. of the next entrant, lancashJ.re, and 1n this competition half a polnt ls a hlgh flgure and often makes all the d.ifference. tr Yorkshlre chess ts stlll at the top; if only the same were true of Yorkshlre crieket! -4-

CONGRESSES SIRST IIAIIFAL CHESS CONGRESS The Frrst HaIrYsx Chess Corrgress playett over the weekend of May 1st-3rd attracted. 1!8 players. Open Tournament 1st J.Howeil (Harogate) 5*t6; 2nd= S.Baruett (Brad.ford.), r.c@l;{tnC.P.[innr1nsqRossendare)4*.(38entrants) Maior Tournament 1st= C.Chln (Bradford), D.E.Hardy (Otanam), P.Madd.en (snffion(o1d.ham);5th=P.Greenroya(Hati:.ax),R..tsroadbent (gattfax), G.Farrar (ttat-fax), K.J.Moran (wa11send) q*. (55 entrants) IJIlnor Touryr4me!& 1st T.tII.Mclntyre (ttat:-fa:r) 5*/6; 2nd= R.Bornmran (Bradford), .l.cffi5;4th=M.C1aircy(Hu11);D.G.craggs(Leeds),K.A.Dar1ing (grttish Postal C.C. ), G.A.Hargreaves (nrtgtrouse), I.lewyk (Brad,ford), D.Toulson (watefield) 4*. BRADFORD CHESS CONGRESS The Bradford Congress which took place over the weekend of May 29th-31st was the sixth in the serles of Brad.ford Congresses and attracted 18{ players. oben [ournament 1st s.Barrett (Bradford) *lA; 2nd R.Britton (Hurr); 3rd= J.C.Ilowell (Harrogate), P.J.Romi1ly (leeds) 4*. (28 entrants) Ma,ior Tournament 1st [l.Gactd (Bradford) 5*/5; Znd,= R.Grover (Nelson), P.Rowntree (sunderrand) 5; 4th= M.collinson (Hutt), A.Dyba1l (watetiera), M.Gordoni (London Unlversity), C.P.Tlmmins (Rossendale) 4*. (54 entrants) Minor Tournament 1st= P.Bawden (gutt), D.craggs (Alwoodley), M.Hlekllng (scffic (Leeds) 5/5. (61 entrantl) Junior Tournament 1 st R.Akehurst (Hartlepool) 5t/6; 2nd= R.A.Naylor (strffiose Forgrove) 5; 4th= M.A.Brown (Netherton), J.Akehuist (Hartlepool) 4+. (29 entrants) FIRST BRIDI,INGTON CHESS CONGRESS ?he First Bridllngton Chess Congress took place in the Three Bees Theatre Bar' Brldlington, over the weekend June 18th-zOth was a great sucgess, attracting sone 200 players for the five tournaments. The Howarth Open resulted. 1n a tle between Grandmaster Tony Ml1es and Richard. Brittoa of llull with 4*/5. '1st= _Howarth Open. R.Britton (Hu1I), A.J.Miles q*/1t 3rd= M.Hebden (telcester), P.large- (Iondon) 4. Danby Ma.ior 1st= G.Bolt, A.Foster, M.Mann, p.Rowntree, E.vorsa 4/5. Hgoson InternedLate 1st P.Costello (waI1send), 2nd= P.Cowan, G,Glbson, P,Maddea 4. Davprint.Minor 1st= S.Barrable (Hutt Unlversity)r' M.Clancy (uutt), M.Hlck1ing (Scunthorpe) 4*/5, Novlce louqrrament 1st B.Suteliffe (st .A.ndrews) 5/5; 2nd.= E.Johnson (North rerffiipley) 4. The chief organJ.sers of this venture, which lt ls hopect to repeat next year, were David. and Kath Mlltoa. Two of the games from the Open Tournament are given on our Games ?age.

SCARBOROUGH CONGRESS The 6th Scarborough Congress takes place from October 22nd to 24th. Details and, entry forms can be obtained from Mr D.C.G.McGregorn 15 Pinewood Drive, Scarborough, Y012 5JP (te1: A7T 78196). -5-

GAMES PAGES We give first the top board game fron the Counties Championship Final match against lancashire. At the time the game was played Paul Llttlewood was the relgnlng British Chess Champion. The notes are by the winner. White: Paul T,lttlewood Blaek: John Hall July lrtl 1982 1 ar4 Nf6 17 Rc1 Na6 33 dxe6 Re? 2c4c5 18 Bhz Nc? 34 Ne4 Qa1 )d5e5 19 s4 Be6 35 Qe2 Bd4 4 Nc3 excl5 20 Bxg6 fxg5 36 Rb3 bxc4 5 cxd5 d6 21 b3 Qf6 37 Qxe4 Rg1+ 6e4 96 22 a3 Rb5 38 Kh2 Rh1+ 7 Nf3 Be7 23 Rc4 RfB 39 KeZ Rg1+ I Be2 0-0 24 Re3 Rf? 4O Kh2 Rh1+ 9 O-0 Re8 25 Qd3 Kh? 41 KeZ Qg'l + 1O Bg5?!ah6 26 Rce4 Ra5 42 Kf3 Qd1+ 11 Bh4 e5 h 27 a4 c4! 43 KgZ Rg1+ 12 Be3 Nxe4" 28 bxc4 Rxa4 44 Kh2 Rh1+ 1) Nxe4 Rxe4 29 Be3 b5! 45 KA2 Rg1+ 14 Bd3 Rb4c 30 Nat2 Ra1+ 46 Klaz R*e3 t 15 Rel Be4 31 Ke2 Rd.1tl 47 Nxg3 Bxf2 16 h3 Bh5 )2 Re5 NxeS 48 Ne2 and reslgns"6 Not es a) A d.ubious paiyn sacriflce although Whlte obtains some compensatlon. b) 12 ... Nh5 i-s safe and. transposes to the usual Bg5 line and even though Black has wasted a move with Re8 chances should" be even. c) If 14 .., Re8; 15 Nd2 intending Ne4 is strong but now Whitefs klngts knlght must keep control of cl4. d) tnreatenlng Qal anongst other moves. e) Slnce 48... d5; 49 Qb5 a5; 5O Qb4 Bc5! 51 Qxc5 Qxe2+ and Qxe6 ls an easy wln.

The next garne was subnltted. by Peter Gibbs, the former Yorkshlre player who moved. to the Mlcllands some years ago and now plays for Farwlckshlre. Peter rrote to ask whether Stanley Wllkinson ls going to folIow up his historlcal reminlscencec, rhich he favoured us with in the Bulletin a year ago. Ea can only say that re have had the promise of hi-storLeal articles from more than one source, but none has so far materlallsed. The game comes from the Yorkshl"re Easter Congress of 1955 rhich Peter Gibbs won wlth 4/5 ahead of John Beaty, Mlchael Haygarth, John Povey and. the late Derek Paffley, and S.lTilkinson. Peter aays he cannot remember tf thts was stanley wllrlnson or another player of the same namo. tiYhlte: P. C. Gibbs Black: S.Wilkinson Aprll 9th 1955 1 P-Q4 N.KB3 14 QR-81 NxN 27 Q-84 P-N4 2 P-QB4 P-K3 15 BxN P-83 28 BxBP K-81 3 N-KB3 P-QN3 15 B-B4 Q-K3 29 BrB+ KxB 4 P-KN3 B-N2 17 P-N3 QR-B1 30 Q-K4+ K-81 5 B-N2 B-Kz 18 kP ?:rP 3'l QxP R-Q8+ 6 0-0 0-0 19 Q-R5 P-QR] 32 K-N2 R-QB8 7 N-83 N.K5 20 B-K3 Q-Q3 33 P-KR4 PxP I Q-Bz P-Q4 21 R-Qe B-R1 34 PxP RxP 9 PnP NxN 22 BxP+ BxB 35 P-R5 R(7)-a7 10 QxN PxP 23 R(1)-Q1 I{B:Q1 36 Q-li6 K-Kz 1 1 B-84 P-QB4 24 RtB QxR 37 P-R6 R(7)-a4 12 KR-Q1 Q-81 25 RxQ ExR 38 P-84 R-QR4 1) N-K5 N-Q2 25 QxRP R(1)-a1 j9 p-85 Resigns -6-

Next two games from the Brldlington 0pen. Itlhite: B.A.Jones B1ack: R.D.Ilestra June 19th 1982

1 d4 Nf6 16 85 Be? 31 Rg1 Rb8 2 c4 eG 17 Qe1 f6 12 Bf1 Bf8 ) Nf3 b6 18 Qe3 Nc? T Bd3 e4 4 s) BbT 19 e4 b5 )4 Bb1 a5 5 Bg2 Be? 20 h4 Bc8 ), a) Nb3 6 o-o o-o 21 t5 b4 36 Be1 bxa3 7 d5 exd5 22 Ne2 Ba5 )7 bxa3 RcbT I Nh4 Na5 2) Rf2 Bxe2 38 Be3 Nc5 9 cxd5 NeB 24 Rxe2 Nb5 39 e5 Rkbl 10 Nf 5 Nd.6 25 Qe4 Qd? 40 exf5 Rxgl+ 11 Nxtl6 Bxd5 26 Qh5 Nd4 41 Kxgl Rb1+ 't2 Nc3 Be5 27 Re3 RfcB 42 Kh2 Qe4 1) Bd2 c5 28 Re3 Rc7 4) f7+ Kh8 14 f4 Bf5 29 Kh1 Qe8 44 Qxh6mate 15 84 d6 30 s6 h6 Ithite: B. A. Jones Black: A.J.Mi1es June 2oth 1982 1rr4Nf5 1) 0-o-0 Qf6 25 Ne4 Nc2+ 2 Nf3 d6 14 t) Be6 26 Kb1 NeJ 3 Bf4 e6 15 Kb1 RadS 27 QeT RfB 4 h3 Be? 16 Be2 Qe5 28 Nf5+ Ke7 5 Nbar2 o-o 17 84 Qf4 29 NeB+ RxeB 6 e4 Nc6 18 Kal d5 30 QxeB Rxb2+ 7 Bh2 Nd? 19 Rhfl d4 )'t Kxbz Qb4+ Bc3e5 20 cxd4 Nc6 32 Kc1 Qc3+ g dxe5 Nrtxe5 21 d5 Bxtl5 )3 Kb1 Nc4 1O Nxe5 Bxe5 22 exd5 Nd4 resigns 11 Bxe5 Nxe5 23 Qc4 b5 12 Qc2 Re8 24 Qc5 Rxe2 *

Our final game won the Best Game Prize in the 1981 Calderdale Timeforq Championship. Notes by the wlnner. lThlte: C.A.Hunt @!,: D.HoImes 1 P-Q+ N-KB3 otdart Ilke the position arising 2 P-KN3 P-Q4 from 9 ?-Q5 N-82 (uxft;10 NrBP); 3 B-N2 P-KN3 10 N0)xP NQ)xP or alternatlvely 4 N-KB3 B-Nz 10 P-K4 P-QN4. 5 P-QB4 PxP 9 P-86 Thls weakens Black ln tha 10 P-B6 centre, P-QB] fsllowed by prepa- P:cP NxP lttthiters ratlon for P-K4 se6ms better. 10 leaves queen-slde parrn structure weak. 0-O 6 N-K5 h(NP 7 0-o N-R3 10 8 N-R3 11 BxP Q-82 thought the exchange This move is of dubious value Here I of queens followed by QR-N1 - I wisherl to pick up Blaekrs offeredl nore chances than thls bishop pawn wlthout movlng extra move. the rel1 placed knight at K5 and obvlously QN-Q2 or Q-82 would 12 QR-BI Q-N1 lose the queen's pawa - however 13 Q-82 PxP looks QN-83 more natural. As lt Forcecl as N-N5 loses to P-Bb while turns never troves out the knlght If N-Bz then 14 B-R1 followed bY Px? again. rins a pieee (brit not hrP stralght 8 P.B4 away beeause BxB;14 QxN BxB and Black 9kP escapes because the bishop on N2 is loose Here f nad intended P-Q5 but ). 14 NxP q-82 The only alternatLve is QxN but 1' B-K5 then 19 RxQ BxR; 20 R-81 antl the immetllate loss of more material can Stronger than 15 N-N, Q-N2; only be prevented by N-N1 (:-f tfre 15 P-QR4 (intendiug B-R3) n-Qs4 ana bishop moves, Q-N7 or N5 if it moves Black is getting out of difficulties. to Q4 wins) which leaves Black ln a 15 Q-Q2 nopelass position. 16 KR-Q1 Q-K3 19 NxP+ K-R1 17 Q-N2! 20 BxN R-KN1 Thi-s puts Black in virtual 21 NxR RxN zugszwang and. threatens a nasty trap. 22 BxB+ Rx-u 2) R-BB+ resigns 17 B-Qz H-Qd mate. 1 I B-R3: QxB If BxR; 24 Ls

TWO NEW BOOKS W.Heidenfeld, Draw! , edited with a foreword. by John l{unu, Allen & Unwin, 1982, 216pp, C8.95 Jon Speelman, Best Chess Games 1970-80, A1len & Unrin, 1982, 328pp, A9.95.

In the last decad.e, since the Fischer-Spassky match increased. interest in chess, there has beea an enormous boom in the publlshLng of chess books. It often seems that every other ehess book that appears these days is devoted to openJ.ngs, and that it wonrt be long before every page of Mod.ern Chess Onenings has an entlre book devoted to the same few llnes of p1ay. This welter of openings I books surely reflects a serious lack of judgement by the chess book buying public. The way to lmprovement is through study of the best games that are played. That thls 1s also much more enJoyable than studying openings may be of secondary consideratLon to the asplring youngster, but urlll be of greater weight to the more mature player, li9ith thts in mi-nd., the latest chess books from Allen & Unwln are verTr welcome, as each promises many enJoyable winter evenlngs aheacl. Sad1y, Wolfgang Heidenfeld did not live to see his latest book publlshett. The manuscript has been editeti and seen through the press by Grandmaster Nunn. Drawn games do not often flgure in the anthblogiesrbut as the t1tIe suggests, I{eidenfeld has put together a collection of flghtlug draws, His intention ls to include only games ln which nelther player misses I qSlLo11gtra!}g wln, a bold aim whj-ch Nunn says he has not quite aehieved tn alT:lh@;mes given (with six more in the lntroduction). fhe games cover over a hund.red years of ehess, the latest being the Gufeld-Espig game played at Letpzlg in 198O. Each game has an lntroduction and Ls well annotated. Not all Bullettn readers w111 like the fact that algebraic notation ls iised throu[ilFT have only one minor complalnt, the moves of the games are given in itaIlc, with the annotations in roman type, a practice which does not make the actual game moves stand out clearly on the page. It has to be admitted. that there is not much specifie Yorkshire tnterest in this book. But there is one 6ane which Yates drew against RubinsteLn at Hastings tn 1922. We give the moves, but donrt have space for Heidenfeldfs comments, for rhlch you will have to buy the book! tlthite A. Rubinstein Black: F. D.Yates Kingts Gambit 1e4e5 8 Bd3 s5 15 c4 Qxg4: Bf5 hxe5 f*e5 2 f4 exf4 9 Qe2 16,17 3 Nfl Nf6 1O Bxf5 Qxf5 d5 Nb4 ! 4 Nc3 d5 1 1 e4t Qd7! 18 QxeT Ntl3+ 5 exd5 Nxd5 12 Bd2 Nc6 19 KcZ exf3 6 Nxd5 Qxd5 13 O-0-O 0-O-0 20 Qe6+ KbB 7 d4 Be7 14 h4 f6 21 Rh3 Qxdl+! -8-

22 Kxall I{f2+ 28 Bd4 RdeE+ 34 Qxtl4 gZ 23 Ke1 Nxh3 29 Kdz RefB 35 Qs1 Re3 24 Qxtr3 h5 30 d5! exd6 36 b4 ab 25 Bc3 e4 31 Qh6 KaB 37 Ke2 f3+ 26 RheB Rd8! Qh4 32 Qxcl6 drawa* 27 Qxh5 E3 33 Qc5 Rxd4+! * After 38 Kf2 Rh3; 39 Qd1 Rh1; 4o Qd8+, the game is drawn by perpetual check.

Jon speelmanrs book contains hts selectlon of the best games prayed from 1970 to 1980. Bhere is plenty of room for argument the best as to what were Sames of a decade that si,*,o=e grandmasier chess than any previoue decad'e, but there is no tloubt that speelmia has put together a collectioa of 4? very interestlng games whlch ti; ;;;;tatea 1n detail, It is good to note that the 47 games lnclude 10 won by British players. When the author ls hlmself a Brltish grand.master, some bias towards ganes played by Brltlsh players is perhaps to be expected, but I doubt whether any other period of chess history wourd produce so Iaany games prayed by Britlsh players ln an anthology of the best games of the tlme. Whitewinsoutnumber black wins by 29 to 15 with Just two draws. The book is well produced and again usas algebralc notation. Thls tiuoe the aetual moves of the game are prlnted in a roman typeface as well as the annotations, but again the game moves dontt staad out very clearfy on the page froa moves ln the notes. Bold type would have been better, Both these books are publlshed l-n hardback at prices that nay seem rather hLgh, even by the standards of 1992. But both offer hours of entertalnment and. rill be of interest long after "z) hj in the Ruy Lopez Exchange Varlation, .End.less1y Deferred'r and books of its kind have long slnce heen forgotten. A.B.S.

COUNIY XBATTING AVERAGES'I tf,e glve the results of all those players who played at least four games for the County -E'lrst Team over the last season.

D L /, *::ffi-" R. van Kemenade 7700 100 1),4 R. Brltton 4)10 88 3.0 J. G. Cooper 7520 86 17.6 J..F,'.Vickery 8530 81 10.9 J.Ha11 74)o 79 1.4 P. Roml11y 422A 75 4.5 R.IrTcGinnls 4)01 75 15.5 A, C. lr. Dyson 961? 72 4.3 D. Firth 9450 72 14.0 D. R. Markham 7r02 72 15,4 M. J.Haygarttr 9360 67 5.8 G. Serior 6: 21 67 1 1.9 S. C. Brown 7412 64 7.7 R. D.Westra 8341 63 6.6 A. J.Dunnlngton 5302 50 11.9 P.D. Rooney 7241 57 12,6 B, Eley 4121 ,a 2,5 J. C.Howell 7313 50 4,9 C. Shephard 5212 50 5.8 P.Botto_4112 38 5.9 -9- RESUIIS FROT'I THE ENGITSH CJUNTIES CHESS CHAIdPIONSIfiP

Quarterfinal Playec1 at Bromsgrove, Aprll 24th 1982 YoRKSHIRE 13 DEVoN 4j

w2 A.C.L.Dyson (188J) 1 A.R.B.Thomas (tg:) O J M.J.Haygarth (194) 1 J.whee1er (t9t ) 0 4 C.Shephard (203) 0 P.1talden (187) 1 5'P.Botto 0 I.D.Thompson (189) 1 5 g.t.Jones (zot ) 1 G.W.tlrtheeler (t88) 0 ? N.Ilttlewood (199) 1 D.Newhouse (lA5) 0 I R.D.Y[estra (199) 1 s.Dl-r].eieh (182) o 9 G.Senior (181 ) 0 M.Rosselnsky (taO) 1 10 J.E.Vickery (tgO) 'l B.w.R.newson (tZe) o 11 R. van Kemeneae (te?) 1 c.J.v.Be11ers (tZe) o 12 ?.D.Rooaey (tse) 1 t.F.Thynne (172) 0 1) D. Firth ( 1 B? ) 1 R.llngham (t7l) 0 14 R.McGlnnis (192) 1 C.Rigby (157) O 15 J.G.Cooper (174J) t C.Lowe (159) 0 16 D.R.Markham (191) t R.Cotton (1521 O Seml-Fina1 Played at Nottingham, June 19th 1982 YORKSHIRE 11* WARWICKSHIRE 8* w1 J.flall * K.!.Escott * b2 J.C.Hawksworth * R.S.McFarland * 3 A. C. T,.Dyson 0 M. Kerri"dge 1 4 P. J. Roml1-1y '1 C. P.WebIey 0 ,t 5 M.J.Haygarth * S.K.Fishburne T 5 p.trotto 0 P,C.Raynes 1 7 J.Buruett * w. ctut:.n * I S.C.Brown 0 P.0. Gibbs 1 t J. E.Yickery * D" R. Joi:nson * 1O R.van Kemenade 1 W.R.Morrey 0 1 1 P.D.Rooney | .T"Hari * 12 D.Flrth * K.P.tngram * 13 S.Barrett 1 P"Webster 0 14 A.J.Dunnington 0 J.F.Green 15 G.Senlor 1 J.Hawthorne O 16 ABSENTEE 0 H.Brockbank 1 '17 D.A.Fletcher 1 G. rri.r.I 0 18 R.McGLnnls 1 R"C.Drury 0 19 D.H.Markham 1 M. Burt O 2A A,Woch 1 J.Smith Flnal ?Iayecl at leeds, July 3rd 1982 YORKSHIRE 11 LANCASHTRE 9

w2 R.Britton (215) * N,D.short (zlg.t) + 3 J.c.Hawksworth (211)* J.Horner (ZZz) * 4 J.c.Howe11 (zlz,t ) o J.E.r,ittlewood (222) 1 5 A.c.T,.Dyson (2o5J) o tt.Holloway (ztl) 1 5 P.J.RomrI1y (210) ! N.IvelI (210) * 7 M.J.Haygarth (tg+l * u.,l.Conroy (zoz) * I B.A.Jones (201 ) O M.J.OrHara (199) 1 9 f.Botto * A.A.smith (zozl * 10 N.Littlewood (199) 1 D.Lees (tge) 0 11 C.Shephard (203) 1 P.Brooks (191) O 12 J.Burnett ( 192 ) O R. McMicrrael ( e03 ) 1 13 S.C.Brown (195J) t H.Eughes (tat,) o 14 R.D.Westra (199) 1 G.Ellison (tee) o 15 J.E.vlckery (190) * a.e.cooper (tgf) * 15 R.van Kemenade (ta7) 1 B.Lund (188) o 1? P.D.Rooney (185) | A.Bearcisworth (189/ * 18 D.Flrth (18?) | a.nauulawlcus (tef) * 19 c.Senior (181 ) | R.Doney * 2o J. G. cooper (J 74J ) * P.wrretaon * -1 0- Final Leaque Tables tor the tq81-ee season

trOODHOUSE CUP Gane PfDLPointsPoints 1 Leeds 11 10 0 1 70 20 2 leetle Universlty 11 9 0 2 74 '18 3 Bradford 11 7 O 4 50* 14 4 HuII 11 7 A 4 59 14 5 Rotherham 11 7 0 4 571- 14 6 Doncaster Chess Soclety 11 6 0 5 52 12 7 Sheffield 11 5 0 6 61 10 B WakefLelcl 11 3 2 6 46 B 9 Huddersfieltt 'r1 4 0 7 57 I 10 Bradford Central 11 3 1 7 4512 7 1 1 Doncaster Central 11 2 0 9 )5 4 12 Hul1 YPI 1111942* 3

I.M.BROWN SHIEID Game P I1 D L Points Points 1 Haruogate 1010007o?.20 2 Hallfax League 10 7 1 2 46 15 3 Rose Forgrove 10 7 A 3 4r* 14 4 Sheffleld B 10 5 2 3 43* 12 5 KeighJ-eY 10 5 a , 33t 10 5 Bradford B 10 4 1 5 36* 9 7 Dewsbury 10 3 2 , 35t B B York '10 3 0 7 )5* 6 9 HuIl B 10 3 O 7 3) 6 1O leeds B 10 3 0 7 31* 6 1 1 St Andrews 10 2 0 8 29 4

SILVER ROOK TROPHT Game P lY D I Points PgLgLE- '1 Scarborough 10 9 0 1 fi* 18 2 Bratlforat DCA 10 I 1 1 51* 17 3 Hudtlersfleld B 10 7 0 ) 48i, 14 4 Leetls ECL 10 6 1 ) 41+ 13 5 Wakefield B 10 4 2 4 42 10 6 Pontefract 10 4 0 6 41t I 7 York B 10 ) 2 5 36* I ., Doncaster Chess Society B 10 3 1 5 34* 7 " Halifax league B 10 3 1 6 )4* 7 10 Salts 10 2 2 6 )7 6 11 Bradford Central B 10 'r 0 9 17 2

A. G. SUNDERI,AND CUP Game' PWDIPoi-ntsPolnts 1 Bradford latvlans 11 I 3 O 57 19 2 Bratlford DCA B 11 7 2 2 50 15 I Worksop 11 6 3 2 54t 15 4 Hallfax league C 11 5 1 4 4e* 13 5 HuII YPI B '11 4 3 4 44 11 6 Boston Spa 11 O 6 37+. 10 7 St Anclrews B 11 4' 2 5 35 10 8 Doncaster Central B 11 ) 3 5 45t 9 t Ilamogate B 11 3 2 6 37*. I 10 Rose Forgrove B 11 3 1 7 4A 7 11 Netherton 11 3 1 7 38 7 12 York C 11 2 1 I 31+ 5 The Hull YPf B - Boston Spa match which wasntt pJ-ayed has been scored as a 0-O loss for both sides es decided at the AGM, -1 'l-

WOODHOUSE CUP MATCHES

?layed Hsrch 27tb 19A2 DOI{CASTER CS 6} HUII TPI 1* r,EEps g* Huil _ * bi C. x. Brown 0 S.C.Browa 1 w1 P.J.Romilry * R,D.Westra * w2 S. Tatlow 1 D.Eambly 0 b2 A.C.L.Dyson 1 J.W.Atklnson O ) G.Wri.ght O D.Hellewel1 1 3 M.J.Haygarth 1 C.Loagthorpe O 4 J, Davles * a.slinger * 4 J. Vlcke:y 1 P. Gemmell 0 5 S. J" Sml-th 1 A. N. Sh.epherci o I A.Dunnlngton 1 G.Byeroft 0 b N. Lowther * r.c.Ber1 t 5 G.Senior 1 H.Smith O 7 T. Glover * D.H.Mllton * 7 R,McGinnis 1 P. TayJ.or O I M. LindJ.ey 1 D.?hlrlp 0 I D.R.Markham 1 H.J.Claney 0 I D.Mason 1 ABSENIEE 0 9 A.B.Slonson 1lY.J.l[ill-1ams O 10 J. tseaeock 1 ABSENTEE o '10 Y. Craven 1B.Ifli.1son O luros uNrvaHsmv ?* z* ROTHERHAIT 5+ WAKEFIELIJ 4* b] J"Hall- * O.ptrtl * b1 ts.A.Jones O D.M.Denlson 1 wZ P.Botto 1 R.van Kemenade 0 wZ A-tsSENTEE 0 J. A.$Ioch 1 I M,Makrigiorgos 1 M.Eke 0 ) P.Blackman 0 J.H.Beaty 1 4 ii.I,lIossong 1 f.Pogson O 4 J. P. Ballard 1 S. K. Rober.ts 0 $ $.Mcuann '! M. Forward O 5 S.J.Mann l J.M.Haigtr 0 6 M.Taylor 1 F.Brosn U 6 C.tJlillians l B.Famow 0 J t'. Coughlln 0 E.Priestley 1 7 N.Cunningham 1 n.Hampshire o J ItTiman l- I " 1 M.I{er1ewel1 0 I C.Wl11ey * n.S.Co11ey 9 G.Greea 0 M.Mann 1 9 F.Wi-lson i A.Ilereminsky * 10 B.HalliwelI 1 N. uuest 0 10 D.Hare * R.Eastwood * SHEFFIELD O* TNNOPORO 3} Played April 1?th 1982 WAKEFTEID 4 DONCASfER CS 6 w2 P.Hempson I H.Baxter * bl D.M.Denlson 0 C,R.Brown 1 3 A.Mor* 1 A.Toothill 0 w2 J. A.rrYoch ! s.Tatlow * 4 M.A"Lee 1 D.Chln O 3 J.H.Beaty O G.Wright 1 5 R.liughes 0 D.Holmes 'l 4 S.K.Roberts 1 J.Davies 0 6 J.N.Mills * A.t.Deighton * ! J.A.Beck 0 W.J.Smlth 1 7 R. Cannell 0 D.Barker 1 6 J.M.Haigh 1 N. Lowther 0 I I{, Rayson ! M.Knapton t 7 B.Farrow ! D.Mason * 9 M.Johnson 1 P.tf,ind.1e O I R.Hampshire 1 T. Glover 0 10 M.Ruck 1 C.Chln 9 ABSEI'ITEE 0 P" Catt 1 Played May 8th '1982 10 T.Metcalfe 0 J.Beaeoek rEElq_uNIyEgs:rTY 4* rEEpS 5+ b1 J.HaII t.C.l.Dyson i SUBSCRIBE TO THE BUIJLETIN! + * t * + w2 P"Botto * P.J.Romi1ly L * A subscrlptlon to the .Bulletin costs + 3 G. Green * tt..l. Haygarth * only 81.50 a year. This covers S"Deighton i four * { * J. E.vlckery * I Lssues and also the Dlary of .Eiveats + $ H.Mossong 0 A.DunnLngton 1 t publlshed in September. Send your + 6 G"McGann * G. Senlor 1, i subscriptron to AIan Slomson, + ? P. Coughlin 0 D.Markhaa 1 I + * 1 Chestnut Avenue, Ieed.s, l,S5 1AZ. + E i!1. Taylor 1 G.Nixon * Please nake cheques and postal + J"Nlman 1 9 O R.McGlnnis i orders payable to the YCA. + 1O B.Halliwell 1 V.Craven 0 * +

T.M.BROWN SHIELD MATCHES ?layed Aprll lrd 1982 HUIT B 2 ROSE FORGROVE 6 YORK 3} SHEFFIETD B 4* III. 1 S.Healeas 0 P. M, Swallov 1 b1 I. Lamble 0 K.Hogan 1 2 R.S.0x1ey 0 I. W. Smith 1 12 N.W.B1ades O A.McIntosh 1 3 C.Matthews o A. G. Cochrane 1 3 E.lYinn * P.SwaLlow * 4 B. J. Hoocl 0 T.1. Spenee 1 4 R.Parks * D.B1ackburn * 5 P.Brown t B. E. Spenee t ! H.Lockwood 1 K.Stendall o 6 P.Bawden 0 I. M. Arnoltl 1 5 S.P.lorson ! J.Farkas * ? S.Culkin 1 D.lV, Smith 0 7 D.Bridle 0 K.Mclntosh ,l a 8 J.Shle1ds * T. Pawson , I D.W.Findlay 1 ABSENTEE 0 -12-

T,.G.SUHDERLAITD CUP UATCHES

P1-ayetl April 17th 1982 Playetl Aprll 24+h 1982 poNCA$tER bosror spl 5* nnmnnrow z1 trETEERToI{ ? cEI{t.B ? ffiEK.ttersome 0 1u.K.Newsone lu.DavieE * 12 R.Malcoln O J.B.Newsome 1 2 J.C.I.Marsh { D.Woodhouse * 3 G.PrLee 1 S.u.Browa 0 3 J.B.Newsome t J.Cattle * { D.Nugeut * M.A.Brorn * 4 S.M.Brorn 1E.Bukal.ders O 5 B. She::wood 1 I'I. G. Scott O 5 trfl. A. Brown ] P. Micklethwalte * 6 D. Bractley 1 J.V. Newsome O 6 M. E. Hoyland 0 I. Drabble 1 ? R.BeaitneLl 1 P. C.Sturney O ? S.E.Howbottom 1 H.Burke O 8D.Postill OS.E.Rowbottom 1 SJ,V.Newsome lP.Burke

NIOTICEBOARD At the Annual General l'leeting of the Yorkshire Chess Assoclation no replacements were made for the posltions of County Second [eam Captain and Correspondeuce Chess Controller followlng the resignatlons of Gary Coulson and Tonl Blnns from these posltions, As it is !.mperative that these posltione are fllled as soon as posslble the Geaeral Secretary would. be grateful to hear from anyone wlIllng to undertake some responsiblllty ln these areas.

Our new Conpetltlons Controller, follorlng the reslgnation of Cedric Blnns, is Slmon Delghton, I Carrholm Vlew, l,eeds, lS? zNG. Tel: 694604"

The County GRADfNG LISt is expectetl to be available about a reek after the publlcattou of thls Bulletln, at a cost of 60p per copy, inelusive of postage. Every affiliated club and all county officisils wtl1 be entitled to a free copy, Coples are available from tha General Secretary, A.G.Sunderland., 23 Manston Gard.ens, Leed.s 1!. Cheques and postal orders should be nade payable to the Yorkshlre Chess Assoelation.

Our eongratulatlons go to Grandrnaster Tony Mlles on hts vietory ln the British Chess Champlonship whtch he won for the flrst tlme this year wlth 9/11. Before givlng up hls studies for fuII tlme chess, Tony was brlefly a student at Sheffl-eld Universlty whom he represented. several tlmes ln the Woodhouse Cup eompetition. Thus we can add Mlles to the previous 1lst of seven rrloodhouse Cup players who have been Britlsh Champions. For the ful1 list see YCA Bulletin rlo. 2O1 of May 1979, Several current Yorkshlre players also took part ln the Chanplonshlp, most notably John Hawksworth who did extremely well to score 6t/,tl in such a strong tournament.

Just as we were about to go to press we received news of the V{orltt Under 16 Chess Championshlp whlch has Just ended ln Ecuador, lVe congretulate James Howell of Harrogate ln comlng second equal with 7* points scored. Ln a 1O round swlss tournament. The rinner, with whom James d.rew, was Eugene Bareev of the Soviet Unlon who scored B*. James had the benef,it of John Littlewoocl as his second..

Items for inclusion in our next lssue - games - D€rvS - letters - should be sent to either of the Jolnt editors: A.Slomson, 1 Chestnut Avenue, Leeds IS6 1 AZ or A.G.Sunderland, 23 Manston Gardens, leeds, I,S15 8EY. the deadline for our next lssue which we hope wtll appear by the begl-nnlng of December ts November lOth 1982, The YCA Bulletln is d.lstributed to subscribers, YCA Officlals, afftligted club secretarles, the NCCU President and Secretary, the BCF President and SecretarXr, and chess columnlsts.