C h il l in g h a m A r m s , N e w c a s t l e U p o n T y n e . 28th A u g u s t September 1996

Annotations by •. Tim Wall, Leon Pliester, and the players CHESSBASE OPERATOR: MARK HOUL5BY EDITOR 1ST NORTHUMBRIAN MASTERS The Chillingham, Newcastle upon Tyne 28 August - 1 September 1996

After the successful all-play-alls and Scheveningen team events held in Newcastle over the past year, I felt it was time to hold a bigger Swiss event which aimed to give opportunities to a broader group of players. Not knowing quite what sort of response to expect, I was very pleased when we attracted 40 players from 8 different countries, including International Masters Leon Pliester (Netherlands), Steffen Pedersen (Denmark), Douglas Bryson and Jonathan Rowson (Scotland), Graeme Buckley and Andrew Whiteley (England) as well as English IM Elect Simon Ansell.

In the end, out of the various contenders, two players stood out by their consistency and professional approach: Leon Pliester, in contrast to some of the other faltering IMs, kept himself at the top of the table and didn't look back. From the moment he arrived at Newcastle Airport and took out his laptop, Leon was a picture of concentration throughout, clearly relishing the challenge and getting a well-deserved tournament victory. In second place was young Londoner Danny Gormally (19), registering his first IM norm (with half a point to spare!), who demonstrated quick thinking and alevel-headed approach that augurs well for the future.

Other notable performances were achieved by John Shaw (Scotland),Gavin Wall and James Cobb (both England) who all narrowly missed EM norms. I understand that John has come very close once or twice before, so like Robert the Bruce and his spider. I'm sure he’ll succeed in the end!

Juniors also did well, with FM Karl Mah finishing 3rd equal and some very young players making bold progress in the world of International chess: Kanwal Bhatia (Newcastle) aged 15, completed a full International rating of 2024; Martyn Jones (Durham) aged 11, made a part rating of 2100; Tania Sachdev (New Delhi, India) aged 10, made a part rating of 2060; and Gawain Jones (York) aged 8 (!), scored 2/9 in his first ever International event.

Flying the flag for the North-East on 5/9 were Charlie Storey (Newcastle) and Chris Ray (Cramlington) with very good performances, Charlie defeating top seed Jonathan Rowson in an exciting battle. As for yours truly... ? Well, I must confess that I’m not really "Wonderwall" and I did find the pressure of trying to play and organise a bit too much this time, but I still enjoyed the chess and the friendly atmostphere as always.

A lot of good work by several people is always needed if any event is going to run smoothly and this tournament was no exception. In particular, the Arbiting team of Simon GiUam and Lara Barnes were exceptional, with Lara also putting in many hours at the computer, sending out invitations, preparing for the tournament, printing out results and inputting games. Simon even helped out by playing a game in the tournament, thereby making it possible for "KC’Joshi to complete his full rating. We were helped by the computer expertise of Mark Houlsby (Games Editor) and John Tumock (Computerised Pairings Mastermind) who enabled us to understand the workings of "Protos" and produce fast, accurate pairings in time for the next round. Working behind the scenes to make sure that things happened was our Treasurer, Nigel Johnson, helping me to stay on budget and guiding me through the maze of forecasting and cashflow problems.

I would also like to thank the following people for their support: The British Chess Federation The Friends of Chess Chess Events Limited Northumberland Chess Association Durham County Chess Association Tynebridge Office Equipment Bill Penny, Clive Waters, Lara Barnes, Stefan Hartman, Mark Houlsby, Dave Ledger and Jonathan King for being such generous hosts to visiting players -and- (last but not least!) The staff at the Chillingham Arms for their warm welcome!

We hope to run the 2nd Northumbrian Masters at the same time next year (9 rounds in 6 days, in the last week of August) with maybe a new Tournament Director (if I am otherwise engaged!) Till then, happy hacking and best wishes!

Tim Wall Tournament Director September 1996

(Many apologies for the late appearance of the bulletin. This was due to technical problems with computer disks, but happily GM Julian Hodgson came to the rescue to supply a back-up copy when all else failed! Many thanks, Jules and Lizette ...!) 1st Northumbrian Masters 2

A96 B08 23.Re1 Kf7 24.Kc2 c6 25.Kd3 g5 □ Ledger, D.J. □ Ray,C. 26.hg6+ Ng6 27.Re8 Nf4+ 28.Ke3 ■ Williams,S. ■ Young,J.J. Ng2+ 29.Kf3 Ke8 30.Kg2 Kf7 31.Kg3 1st Northumbrian Masters (1) 1996 1st Northumbrian Masters (1) 1996 Kf6 32.f4 c5 33.Kh4 Kg6 34.Kg3 c4 35.Kh4 b5 36.a3 l.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Be3 lA-'A 5 Nf3 d6 6.0-0 0-0 7.Nc3 a5 8.Qc2 Nf6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Qd2 Bg4 7.Ng5 e5 Nc6 9.e4 e5 10.de5 de5 11.Rd1 Qe8 8.de5 de5 9.Qd8 Rd8 10.Bc4 Rd7 12.Nb5 Qh5 13.h3 fe4 14.Ng5 Nb4 11.h3 h6 12.Nf7 D97 □ Pedersen,S. ■ GormallyJO. 1st Northumbrian Masters (1) 1996

l.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dc4 6.Qc4 0-0 7.e4 Na6 8.Be2 c5 9.d5 e6 10.0-0 ed5 11.ed5 Bf5 12.Rd1 Nd7 13.Bg5 Ne5 14.Qf4 Qd6 15.Nb5 Nf3+ 16.Qf3 Qe5 17.Rd2 Nb4 18.Bf4 Qf6 19.Nd6 h5 20.Nf5 Qf5 21 B e3 Qf3 22.Bf3 c4 23.Bc5 c3

15.Qa4 h6 16.Ne4 Ne4 17.Be4 Bc5 b5 13.Nb5 Rdl+ 18.Be3 Be3 19.fe3 Qh3 20.Bg2 Qg3 1-0 21 Kh1 Rf2 22.Nc7 Qg2# Dave must have thought: why prolong the agony? 0-1 COO □ Sachdev,T. ■ McMlchael,R. A20 1st Northumbrian Masters (1) 1996 □ Jones, G. ■ Campbell, E.S. l.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.Ngf3 1st Northumbrian Masters (1) 1996 Be7 5.g3 b6 Black delays 0-0 because he suddenly recognises a position familiar l.c4 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.Bg2 e5 4.Nc3 d6 to him, but from White's point-of-view. 24.Bf8 Rf8 25.bc3 Bc3 26.Rad1 Bd2 5.Nf3 f5 6.d3 Nf6 7.0-0 0-0 8.Bg5 (I.b3 often leads to this kind of position.) 27.Rd2 b6 28.h3 Rd8 29.d6 Na6 Nbd7 9.Qd2 c6 10.Rfe1 Rf7 11.a3 6.Bg2 Bb7 7.e5 Nfd7 8.0-0 c5 9.Re1 30.Re2 Qf8 12.b4 h6 13.Bf6 Nf6 14.h4 Be6 Nc6 10.Nf1 Usual but effective, 'A-'A 15.c5 e4 16.Nh2 dc5 17.bc5 Qc5 especially if Black ca3tles short This £) oft 18.de4 fe4 19.Rac1 Qa3 20.Ne4 Kh7 en finds a good home on g4. Qc7 11 .Bf4 21.Nc5 Bc8 22.Nf3 Nd5 23.Ne4 Bf5 h6 12.h4 0 -0 -0 ...going for it! Black A80 plans to open O g & » h . 13.Ne3 [A£)d5] □ OkosiemeJ. Nf8 14.h5 g5 15.hg6 Ng6+ ■ Bhatia,K.S. [A h5-h4; Xe5] 16.C3 hS 17.Ng5? 1st Northumbrian Masters (1) 1996 Giving up a &, but the White position looks somewhat uncomfortable in any 1.d4 f5 2.Bg5 Nf6 3.e3 c6 4.Nd2 d5 case. Nf4 18.gf4 Bg5 19.fg5 Ne5 5.Ngf3 Be6 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Ndf3 g6 20.d4 Ng6 21.Q13 Nh4? 8.c3 Ne4 9.Bf4 Bg7 10.Bd3 Ndf6 [Q 21...1dg8->] 22.Qg3 Qg3 23.fg3 11.h4 Qc8 12.Qe2 Ng4 13.Ng4 fg4 Ng2 24.Ng2 Rhg8 25.Re5 Rg7 14.Ne5 Rf8 15.f3 gf3 16.gf3 Rf4 26.Nf4 Rdg8 27.g6! Black missed this 17.fe4 Rf8 18.ed5 Be5 19.de6 Bg3+ move when he swapped ®s. White's pieces 20.Kd1 Qe6 21.Qd2 Rf2 22.Be2 become very active. fg6 28.Re6 Rf8 0 -0-0 23.Qd3 c5 24.h5 Qc6 25.e4 29.Rd1 Rf5 30.Rde1 h4 31.Rg6 Rg6 cd4 "Fe Fi Fo Fum!" roared the Scottish giant 32.Ng6 Rg5 33.Nh4 Rg3+ 34.Kf2 to our plucky little hero. " I smell the bloo Rg4 35.Nf3 a5 36.Re7 Ba6 37.Re5 d of an Englishman!" Bb7 38.Re7± It’s hard for White to find a Suddenly the room was silent until a plan. Black went astray with 21...£lh4 Knight whizzed through the air and little when continuing the attack was a much Gawain cried "Check!" more promising alternative. "Oops!" cursed big Eoin under his breath. 'A~'A "Another blooming McShane/Macaulay Culkin/ child megastar - don't you just love'em!" A80 24.Neg5+! hg5 25.Ng5+ Kg8 26.Nf7 □ Jones, M. Bc3 27.Nh6+ Kh7 28.Qg5 Be1 ■ King,J. 29.Nf5 gf5 30.Qf5+ Kg7 31.Re1 Qe7 1st Northumbrian Masters (1) 1996 32.Bd5 cd5 33.Qd5 a5 34.Rb1 Rc8 26.Qg3 dc3+ 27.Ke1 Re2+ 28.Ke2 35.Rb7 Rc7 36.Qd4+ Kh7 37.Qd3+ I. d4 e6 2.Nf3 f5 3.Bg5 Nf6 4.Nbd2 Qe4+ 29.Kf2 Rd2+ 30.Kg1 Qd4+ Kg7 38.Qc3+ Rc3 39.Re7+ Kg6 Be7 5.c3 b6 6.Bf6 Bf6 7.e4 fe4 31.Kf1 Qc4+ 32.Kg1 cb2 33.Re1 Qc1 40.Ra7 Rc5 41.Kg2 Kh6 42.Kh3 8.Ne4 0-0 9.Bd3 Ba6 10.Ba6 Na6 34.hg6 b1Q 35.Qg4+ Kd8 Kg6 43.f3 Kh6 44.Ra6+ Kh7 45.g4 II. Qd3 Nb8 12.h4 Qe7 13.0-0-0 Nc6 0-1 Kg7 46.g5 Kh7 47.Kg4 Kg7 48.f4 14.Kb1 Qf7 15.h5 d5 16.Neg5 Bg5 Kh7 49.Ra7+ 17.Ng5 Qf5 18.Qf5 ef5 19.Ne6 Rf7 1-0 20.Rde1 Re7 21.Nf4 Rae8 22.Re7 Ne7 1st Northumbrian Masters

B26 instead of h6. Therefore he was now better) 16.b4! (A very clever idea - with the □ Shah,A. satisfied with a draw. 36.Nf5 Nd3 threat of b5 Jonathan leverB open the Q— ■ Mah,K. 37.Bd3 ed3 38.Rd1 Ra7 39.Nd6 Kd6 side and disrupts Black's usual attacking 1st Northumbrian Masters (1) 1996 40.Rd3 Ra2 41.Rf3 Ke5 [ 41...Kd5 ambitions on the kingside) 42.Rf6 b5 43.Rf5+ Kc4 44.Rh5 b4 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 45.Rh8 b3 46.Rc8+ Kd3 47.Rd8+ Kc2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Be3 Rb8 7.Qd2 b5 48.Rc8+ Kbl 49.Rb8 b2 50.Ke2 Kc2 8.Nge2 Nd4 9.0-0 e6 10.Nc1 b4 51.g4 blQ 52.Rbl Kbl+ 53.Ke3 Kc2 11. Nd1 Qb6 12.c3 bc3 13.bc3 Nc6 54.g5 Kc3 55.f4 Kc4 56.Ke4 Kc5 14.Ne2 Ba6 15.f4 Nge7 16.Rc1 0-0 57.Ke5 Kc6 58.Ke6 with a draw] 17.g4 f5 18.gf5 ef5 19.Ng3 fe4 42.Rb3 Rd2 20.Ne4 Nf5 21.Ng5 Nd8 22.Bf 2 Bb7 'A-'A 23.Ne4 Ne6 24.Ne3 d5 25.Rb1 Qc7 26.Rb7 Rb7 27.Nd5 Qa5 28.Ndf6+ B21 □ Storey,C.H. ■ Joshi,K.C. 1st Northumbrian Masters (1) 1996 Ng4? (Trying in my usual subde way to hack the top seed off the board in the first 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 round, this just decentralises for an attack 5.Bc4 e6 6.d3 Nge7 7.a4 0-0 8.0-0 that doesn't work!) [ 16...Nb4 17.Nb5! Nd4 9.Nd4 Bd4+ 10.Kh1 d5 11.Bb3 ab5 18.Bf6 leaves White clearly better but Bg7 12.f5 gf5 13.ef5 Nf5 14.Rf5 ef5 Black could try; 17.Nd4 Bd4 15.Nd5 Be6 16.Qf3 Qh4 17.Be3 Kh8 18.ed4 Nb4 with a reasonable position. 18.Bc5 Rg8 19.Bf2 Qg4 20.Bc4 Be5 Rowson suggested another energetic move 21.Re1 Bb2 22.Qg4 Rg4 23.h3 at this point: 19.d5 but after Nbd5 20.Nd5 Nd5 21.Bf3 Rad8 22.Rfdl Nf4 23.Rd8 Kh8 29.Ng5 Ng5 30.Bb7 Nh3+ Rd8 24.Rd8+ Qd8 25.Bb7 Ba2 26.Qal 31. Kg2 Nf2 32.Nd7 Ng4 33.Nf8 Ne6 27.Ba6 Bd5 the position peters out Nge3+ 34.Kg1 Nf1 35.Kf1 Bf8 to a draw] 17.b5 Na5 18.Nd5 Bd5 36.Qe1 Qc7 37.Qe4 Qe7 38.Qc6 Nd6 19.Rd5 Nc4 [ 19...Ne3? 20.fe3 Re3 39.Ba6 Qe3 40.Qa8 Qf4+ 21.Bd4 Re2 22.b6 wins. This was the 0-1 point I’d missed at move 16. I tried to gain some positional compensation for the pawn, but Jonathan's position was rock □ PUester,Leon solid] 20. Bc1! Nf6 21.Rd3 Ne4 22.ba6 ■ Whlteley,Andrew ba6 23.Qc2 Rac8 24.Rdd1 Ned6 1st Northumbrian Masters (1) 1996 25.Bd3 Qa5 26.Qe2 Qh5 (Trying to hover around the kingside menacingly, but l.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 Rc4 24 dc4 Rc8 25.c3 Rc4 26.Rb1 there are no concrete threats) 27.Nd4 Qh4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bf6 Qf6 7.e3 g6 8.Bd3 Bd5 27.Rb2 Ra4 28.Rd2 Be4 28.Qf3 Ne5 29.Qd5 Bb8 30.g3 Bg7 9.0-0 0-0 10.Qc2 dc4 11.Bc4 29.Bd4+ f6 30.Bf6+ Kg8 31.Kh2 Kf7 (Now the White Queen can always come Nd7 12.Rac1 b6 13.Rfd1 Bb7 14.e4 32.Bd4 a5 33.Kg3 Rc4 34.Kf4 Kg6 back to g2 to defend) Qh3 31.Ba6 Rc3 Rad8 15.Qa4 [O l5.e5 Qe7 16.Qe2 35.g4 Bc6 36.gf5+ Kf7 37.Rd 1 a4 32.Be2 Ng6 33.Qg2 Qc8 (Run away! c5 17.d5 ed5 18.Bd5 Bd5 19.Rd5 ] 38.Rg1 a3 39.Rg7+ Kf8 40.Rh7 a2 Brave Sir Tim turned and fled ...) 34.Bb2 15...a6 16.Be2 e5 17.d5 Nc5 18.Qc4 41.Rh8+ Kf7 42.Rh7+ Ke8 43.Rh8+ Rc5 35.Rc1 Ne4 36.Rc5 Qc5 37.Bd3 a5 19.b4 [ 19.dc6 Ba6 ( 19...Rdl+ Kd7 44.Rh7+ Kd6 45.Rh6+ Kd5 Nd2 One last lunge into enemy territory! 20. Rdl Ba6 21.Nd5) 20.Rd8 46.Re6 Bc4 Rd4+ 47.cd4 a1Q 38.Rd1 Qb4? 39.Qc6! Rd8 40.Qc3 21.Rf8+ Kf8 22.c7 Qc6 23.Bc4 Qc7 0-1 Qc3 41.Bc3 Ouch! Black goes down 24.Nd2 and White has some compensation without landing a punch ... for the material deficit] 1-0 D41 □ Rowson,J. ■ Wall.TJ*. B30 1 st Northumbrian Masters (1) 1996 □ RlzoukjR- ■ Ray,C. l.d4 Nf6 2.c4 a6 (Aiming for a 1 st Northumbrian Masters (2) 1996 transposition into the Benko after 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 b5, this isn't so daft as it looks) 3.e3 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 e6 4.d4 d5 c5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Nc3 d5 (Transposing into 5.ed5 ed5 6.Bb5 Bd6 7.dc5 Bc5 a Tarrasch. Hopefully I'd move-ordered 8.0-0 Nge7 9.Nbd2 0-0 10.Nb3 Bd6 Jonathan into unfamiliar territory, but as us 11.Nbd4 a6 12.Bd3 Qc7 13.h3 Bd7 ual he comes up the latest idea) 6.cd5 ed5 14.Re1 Na5 15.Ng5 g6 16.Ngf3 Nec6 7.Be2 Nc6 8.0-0 Bd6 9.dc5 Bc5 17.Bh6 Rfe8 18.Qd2 Nc4 19.Bc4 dc4 19...cd5 20.Nd5 Bd5 21.Rd5 Rd5 10.b3 0-0 11.Bb2 Re8 12.Rc1 Ba7 20.Nc6 Bc6 21.Qd4 Re1+ 22.Re1 Bf8 22.ed5 ab4 23.Qb4 Ra8 24.Qd2 e4 13.Rc2!? (Looks awkward, but aims at the 23.Bf8 Rf8 24.Nh2 Re8 25.Re8+ Be8 25.Ne1 Qd4 26.Qd4 Bd4 27.Nc2 Be5 d5 pawn with Rd2, Qbl and maybe Rfdl) 26.Ng4 h5 27.Nf6+ Kf8 28.Nd5 [27...Bb2 28.Rbl Ra2 29.Bc4 Ra4 Be6 [ 13...d4!? 14.ed4 (Not 14.Rd2 dc3! 1-0 30.Bb5 Ra2 31.Bc4 would lead to a and White loses material after 15.Rxd8 repetition of moves] 28.Bc4 Ra7 29.Ne3 Rxd8) Nd4 15.Nd4 Qd4=] 14.Rd2 Qc7 Rb7 30.g3 Kf8 31.Kf1 Bd6 32.h4 (Maybe the Queen should be on e7 to avoid Ke7 33.h5 gh5 34.Nf5+ Kd7 35.Nh6 White's rooks. I hoped to use the Queen f6 Here my opponent realised he had against h2 and leave open the possibility suffered from a hallucination; in his head of rook sacs on the e file) l5.Qb1 h6?! my knight would now have been on h5 (Worried about Ng5 - but 15... Rad8 is 1st Northumbrian Masters

B23 A26 □ Bisby,D. □ Young, J.J. ■ Jones,M. ■ Storey, C.H. 1st Northumbrian Masters (2) 1996 1st Northumbrian Masters (2) 1996

I. e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.g3 e5 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.d3 g6 6.f4 Bg7 7.Nf3 Bd7 Nc6 5.d3 d6 6.Nf3 f5 7.0-0 Nf6 8.0-0 Qc8 9.Bd2 Rb8 10.Nh4 Ng4 8.Bd2 0-0 9.Ne1 f4 10.Nc2 g5 11.b4 II. Khl Bd4 12.Qel bS 13.h3 Nf6 Qe8 12.Nd5 Nd5 13.cd5 Ne7 14.Na3 14.Kh2 h6 15.Ndl Nh5 16.c3 Bf6 Bd7 15.Rc1 Rc8 16.e4 Rf6 17.Bc3 17.NO e5 18.Nf2 Kf8 19.Rcl Qe8 O g4 18.Re1 Qh5 19.h4 f3 20.Bf1 Ng6 20.Be3 ef4 21.gf4 gS 21.Nc4

Rc1 55.Rc1 Rc1 56.Kc1 Ka3 57.Kb1 a4 58.Ka1 b3 0-1

C44 □ Cobb,C. ■ Brooke,J. 1st Northumbrian Masters (2) 1996

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.ed5 Qd5 4.d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6.Be3 cd4 7.cd4 Bg4 22.e5 gf4 23.Bc5 dc5 24.ef6 Nf6 8.Nc3 Qa5 9.Bb5 e6 10.h3 Bf3 Nh4 22.gh4 Qh4 23.Bd2 g3 2S.Qd2 NdS 26.c4 Ne3 27.cbS N fl+ 11.Qf3 Rc8 12.0-0 Be7 13.a3 a6 0 -1 28.Rfl Rb5 29.a4 Rb7 30.Qc3 Rg8 14.b4 Qd8 15.Ba4 0-0 16.Rfd1 b5 31.Rel Ne7 32.Ng5 Bc6 33.Nh7# 17.Bb3 Nb4 18.ab4 Rc3 19.Rdb1 1-0 Qa8 20.Qe2 Rfc8 21.Bd2 R3c7 A45 22.Bf4 Rd7 23.Be5 Nd5 24.Qg4 Bf8 □ Buckley,G. 25.Bd5 Rd5 26.Rb3 g6 27.Qf4 Bg7 ■ Jones, G. B07 28.Rf3 Rd7 29.h4 Be5 30.de5 Rc4 1st Northumbrian Masters (2) 1996 □ Dunworth.C. 31.Qf6 h5 32.Rfa3 Rc6 33.Kh1 Qc8 ■ Rowson,J. 34.Kh2 Rd2 35.Rf3 Qb7 36.Raa3 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bh4 d5 4.f3 1st Northumbrian Masters (2) 1996 Rc4 37.Ra6 Rh4+ 38.Qh4 Qa6 Nf6 5.c4 c6 6.Nc3 e6 7.e4 Be7 8.e5 39.Qe7 f5 Nfd7 9.Be7 Qe7 10.f4 0-0 11.Nf3 f6 l.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 12.c5 fe5 13.fe5 b6 14.cb6 ab6 Nbd7 5.Bc4 Be7 6.0-0 0-0 7.a4 c6 15.Be2 Ba6 16.0-0 Rf5 17.Rc1 Nf8 8.a5 Qc7 9.Re1 Rb8 10.Bg5 b5 ll.ab6 18.Qb3 Nbd7 19.Ba6 Ra6 20.Na4 b5 ab6 12.d5 b5 13.dc6 bc4 14.cd7 Qd7 21.Nc3 Nb6 22.Nb5 cb5 23.Qb5 Qa7 15.Bf6 Bf6 16.Ra2 Bd8 17.Qd5 Qc7 24.Rc6 18.Rd1 Rb6 19.Qd2 Qb7 20.Ne5 de5 21.Qd8 Bg4 22.f3 Rb2 23.Qa5 Ra2 24.Na2 Be6 'A-'A

E81 □ Williams,S. ■ Nay lor, J. 40.Qe6+ Qe6 1st Northumbrian Masters (2) 1996 0-1

1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.d4 Nf6 4.e4 d6 5.f 3 0-0 6.Bg5 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Qd2 B26 ed5 9.cd5 h6 10.Bh6 Ne4 11.Ne4 □ Shaw,J. h6 25.a4 Nfd7 26.b3 Kf7 27.Rfc1 Qh4+ 12.g3 Qh6 13.Qh6 Bh6 14.Nd6 ■ Dealing^;. Kg8 28.Rc7 Qa8 29.Rd7 Nd7 Nd7 15.f4 Nb6 16.0-0-0 Rd8 1st Northumbrian Masters (2) 1996 30.Qd7 Kh7 31.Rc8 17.Nc8 Rac8 18.Bh3 f5 19.Nf3 Nd5 1-0 20.Rhe1 c4 21.Re6 Bf4+ 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Be3 e6 7.Qd2 Nge7 (Diagram) 8.Bh6 0-0 9.Bg7 Kg7 10.f4 b6 B01 11.Nf3 Nd4 12.Nd4 cd4 13.Nb5 e5 □ Ansell,S. 22.gf4 Nf4 23.Rg6+ Ng6 24.Rg1 Kf7 14.Qb4 Qd7 15.Qd6 Qb5 16.Qe7 Re8 ■ Cobb.J. 25.Bf5 Nf4 26.Rf1 Nd3+ 27.Kb1 Rc5 17.Qa3 Bb7 18.0-0 Rac8 19.Rac1 ef4 1st Northumbrian Masters (2) 1996 28.Be4 Ke7 29.Nh4 Rb5 30.Ng6+ 20.Rf4 Rc7 21.c4 dc3 22.Rc3 Rec8 Ke6 31.Rd1 Rb2+ 32.Ka1 Rh2 23.Qd6 Rc6 24.Qe7 R8c7 25.Rf7+ 1.e4 d5 2.ed5 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nd5 4.Bc4 33.Bd3 cd3 34.Nf4+ Ke7 35.Nd3 1-0 Nb6 5.Bb3 Nc6 6.Qf3 e6 7.Nge2 Be7 Rdh8 36.Re1+ Kd6 37.Re4 Rg2 8.d3 0-0 9.h4 Na5 10.Bg5 Bd7 38.Rd4+ Kc7 39.Rc4+ Kb8 40.Nc1 11.Qg3 Bc6 12.Be7 Qe7 13.Nd4 Bd5 Rh1 41.Kb1 b6 42.Rc3 Kb7 43.Rc4 14.0-0 Nb3 15.ab3 a6 16.Rfe1 Qf6 a6 44.Rc3 Rd2 45.Rg3 b5 46.Rg7+ 17.Nd5 Nd5 18.c3 Rad8 19.Re4 c5 Kb6 47.Rg6+ Ka5 48.Rc6 b4 20.Nf3 Qh6 21.Qg5 Qf6 22.d4 cd4 49.Rc5+ Kb6 50.Rc8 a5 51.Rc4 Kb5 23.Rd4 h6 24.Qf6 Nf6 25.Rad1 Rd4 52.Rc8 Ka4 53.Rc5 Rdd1 54.Kb2 26.Rd4 Rc8 27.Ne5 g6 28.b4 Nd5 1st Northumbrian Masters

29.Nd3 Rc7 30.c4 Ne7 31.Ne5 f6 40.KO Qgl 32.Rd7 Rd7 33.Nd7 Kf7 34.Nc5 b5 0-1 35.b3 Nc6 36.Na6 Nd4 37.Nc5 Ke7 38.f3 Kd6 39.Kf2 Nc2 40.Nd3 Nd4 41.Nc5 f5 42. f4 e5 43.Nd3 ef4 C19 44.c5+ Ke7 45.Nf4 g5 46.hg5 hg5 □ Bryson,D. 47.Ne2 Nc2 48.Nc3 Nb4 49.Ke2 Na6 ■ Whlteley,A. 50.Nb5 Nc5 51.Nd4 Kf6 52.b4 Nd7 1st Northumbrian Masters (3) 1996 53.b5 Ke5 54.Nf3+ Kf4 55.g3+ Kg3 56.Ng5 l.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 'A-'A S.a3 Bc3+ 6.bc3 Qc7 7.Nf3 Ne7 8.a4 b6 9.Bb5+ Bd7 10.Bd3 Nbc6 11.0-0 h6 12.Rel 0-0 13.Ba3 Na5 14.Nd2 A80 Ba4 15.dcS bc5 16.Qg4 Bd7 17.NO □ Mah,K. 1-0 fS 18.ef6 Rf6 19.Ne5 Nb7 20.c4 Nf5 ■ Pedersen,S. 21.cd5 Bc8 22JSg6 1st Northumbrian Masters (2) 1996 A41 l.d4 f5 2.Bg5 g6 3.Nd2 Bg7 4.e4 fe4 □ Houska,M. 5.Ne4 d5 6.NcS b6 7.Nb3 Nf6 8.13 ■ Campbell,E.S. Qd6 9.Qd2 e5 10.0-0-0 0-0 ll.B f6 1st Northumbrian Masters (3) 1996 Qf6 12.de5 QeS 13.QdS+ Qd5 14.Rd5 Be6 lS.Rdl Nc6 l6.Rel Bf7 l.d4 d6 2.N13 Bg4 3.BgS Bf3 4.gf3 17.Nh3 aS 18.Kbl a4 19.Ncl a3 Nd7 S.e3 Ngf6 6.Nd2 g6 7.f4 Bg7 20.b3 Bc3 21.Rdl Rad8 22.Bd3 Bf6 8.c3 0-0 9.Qf3 Rb8 lO.fS bS U.h4 23.Nf2 Nb4 24.Ne4 Bb2 25.Be2 NdS cS 12.Bd3 cd4 13.cd4 QaS 14.hS 26.Bc4 Ne3 27.Bf7+ Kf7 28.Rd8 Rd8 Nb6 15.Bf6 Bf6 16.hg6 fg6 17.fg6 29.g3 h6 30.Nd3 Bg7 31.Rel NfS 32.Rdl Kg8 33.Ndf2 Rdl+ 34JSdl Nd4 35.Nd2 b5 36.c3 Nc6 37.b4 gS e5 23.Ne5 Nbd6 24.Qa4 aS 25.C4 38.Kc2 Be5 39.Kb3 Kf7 40.Ka3 hS Nd4 26.Bb2 BfS 27.Bd4 cd4 28.Bf5 41.Ne4 Kg6 42.Kb3 Ne7 43.Ne3 c6 RfS 29.Qc6 Qc6 30.Nc6 Kf7 31.Ra5 44x4 Bd4 45.Nfl NfS 46.cbS cbS 1-0 47.a4 ba4+ 48.Ka4 Ne7 49.KbS Bgl 50.Ka6 NdS 51.bS Kf5 S2.Nd6+ Ke5 53.Ne8 h4 S4.Kb7 hg3 55.hg3 Bf2 A48 S6.Nc7 Nc3 57.Kc6 □ Okosleme,I. ■ Young,J.J. 1 st Northumbrian Masters (3) 1996

l.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.h3 Bg7 4.c3 d6 1-0 5.Bf4 0-0 6.e3 b6 7.Nbd2 Bb7 8.Qc2 c5 9.Bd3 Qc8 10.Bg5 Ba6 ll.Be4 Nc6 12.d5 Nb8 13.Bf6 Bf6 14.g4 Bg7 C61 15.g5 Nd7 16.h4 f5 17.gf6 Nf6 18.h5 □ Storey,C^H. Ne4 19.Qe4 Qf5 20.Qe7 Qd5 21.hg6 ■ Rizouk,R. hg6 22.e4 Rae8 23.Qd7 Re4+ 24.Ne4 1st Northumbrian Masters (3) 1996 Qe4+ 25.Kd2 Qe2+ 26.Kcl Rf3 27.Qd6 Bd3 28.Qd5+ Rf7 29.Qb3 Be5 l.e4 eS 2.N13 Nc6 3.BbS Nd4 4.Bc4 30.Rh4 Qf2 31.Qa4 Qe3+ NbS 58.KbS Bg3 59.Nd5 Kd5 c6 S.Nd4 ed4 6.0-0 Nf6 7.eS dS 0 -1 60.Ng3 KeS 61.Ne2 g4 62.fg4 Kf6 8.ed6 Bd6 9.Rel+ Be7 10.Qe2 bS 'A-'A 11 .Bb3 a5 12.a4 Ra7 13.ab5 D40 □ Pedersen,S. B07 ■ King,J. O WaU,G. 1st Northumbrian Masters (3) 1996 ■ Blsby,D. 1st Northumbrian Masters (3) 1996 l.d4 e6 2.NO Nf6 3.c4 d5 4.Nc3 c5 S.e3 Nc6 6.a3 Ne4 7.Bd3 Nc3 8.bc3 I. e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.h4 Bg7 Be7 9.0-0 0-0 10.Qc2 h6 ll.R d l S.Be2 h5 6.Bg5 Nc6 7.Qd2 0-0 Qa5 12.Rbl a6 13.e4 8.0-0-0 a6 9.Bf3 e5 10.Nge2 ed4 II. Nd5 Be6 12.Nd4 Nd4 13.Qd4 (Diagram)

(Diagram) cd4 14.cd4 eS 15.edS Nd4 16.Nd4 0-0 14.bc6 Bd6 15.d3 Re7 16.Qf1 ed4 17.Qe2 BcS 18.Bb2 b5 19.cb5 NdS 14.Bd8 Bd4 15.ed5 Bf5 16.Rd4 Re1 17.Qe1 Re8 18.Qf1 Ng4 19.g3 ab5 20.Bb5 Ba6 21.Ba6 Ra6 22.Bd4 Rad8 17.Rc4 Rd7 18.Rel Rc8 19.Rf4 Nh2 20.Kh2 Qh4+ 21.Kg2 Bh3+ Bd4 23.Rd4 Qa3 24.Rbdl Qd6 2S.g3 c6 20.dc6 bc6 21.BhS Bc2 22.Bg4 f5 22.Kg1 Qg4 23.Nd2 Bf1 24.Nf1 Re1 Ra7 26.Rc4 Ra6 27.Rg4 Rb6 28.Qe3 23.Bh3 Bd3 24.Kd2 Rb8 2S.Kd3 25.Bd5 Qe2 26.Bg2 Qc2 27.Bf4 Ra1 Rd8 29.Re4 Rbb8 30.Kg2 Ra8 31.h4 Rb2 26.Re2 Rdb7 27.Ra4 R2b5 28.Bd6 Rf1+ 29.Bf1 Qc6 30.Ba3 h5 Rab8 32.Re7 Qf6 33.Rd4 Rbl 28.g3 R7b6 29.Bg2 Kf7 30.Rc4 d5 31.Be2 g6 32.Bf1 Kg7 33.Bg2 Qc1+ 34.Rf4 Qal 35.Re8+ Re8 36.Qe8+ 31 .Rcl Ra5 32.Rec2 Ra3+ 33.Kd4 34.Bf1 Kf6 35.Kg2 Ke5 36.Be2 Qd2 Kh7 37.Qe4+ Kg8 38.d6 Rgl + 37.Kf1 Qc1+ 38.Kg2 Qe1 39.f4+ Kf5 1st Northumbrian Masters

A31 B93 □ Coathup,R. □ Rowson,J. ■ Bhatla,K.K. ■ Gorma1ly,D. 1st Northumbrian Masters (3) 1996 1st Northumbrian Masters (3) 1996

l.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 cd4 4.Nd4 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.Nd4 e5 5.Nc2 Nc6 6.Nc3 Bc5 7.e3 0-0 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 Qc7 7.Qf3 g6 8.Be2 b6 9.a3 Bb7 10.b4 Be7 8.Be3 Bg7 9.h3 e5 10.fe5 de5 11.Bh6 11.Nd5 Re8 12.0-0 Qc8 13.Bb2 Bd8 Bh6 12.Qf6 0-0 13.Nd5 Qa5+ 14.b4 14.f4 d6 15.R c1 b5 16.Nf6+ Bf6 17.cb5 Ne7 18.Nd4 Qd8 19.fe5 de5 20.Nf3 Nd5 21.Qb3 Qb6 22.Rc5 Rac8 23.Rfc1 e4 24.Bf6 39.Kh2 Rel 40.d7 1-0

B22 □ Ray,C. ■ Buckley,G. 1st Northumbrian Masters (3) 1996

I. e4 c5 2.c3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.f3 cd4 Bg7 [ 14...Qd8 15.Ne7+ Qe7 16.Qe7 5.cd4 e5 6.de5 de5 7.Qd8+ Kd8 ed4 17.Bc4± Ivanchuk-Kasparov, 8.Bc4 Be6 9.Be6 fe6 10.Be3 Bb4+ Amsterdam 1994] 15.ba5 Bf6 16.Nf6+ II. Nd2 Bd2+ 12.Bd2 Nc6 13.0-0-0 Kg7 17.Nh7 Kh7 18.Nb3 With an extra Ke7 14.Ne2 Rhc8 15.Kb1 Rc7 ef3 25.Bc4 f2+ 26.Kf1 Ne3+ 27.Qe3 pawn and supposedly a big advantage to 16.Nc1 Rd8 17.Bc3 Rcd7 18.Rd7+ Re3 28.Bd4 R e1+ 29.Re1 fe1Q+ White. Unfortunately for Jonathan, he Rd7 19.Nb3 b6 20.Kc1 g5 21.Rd1 30.Ke1 Re8+ 31.Kf1 Qg6 seems to lose his way soon after this (co­ Rc7 22.g4 b5 23.a3 a5 24.Kb1 a4 0-1 incidentally, at the end of "theory". I'm sur 25.Nc1 Nd7 26.h4 e we’ve all done this at some point; followed the latest recommendation only D55 to be stuck for a plan when the book □ Jones,M. temptingly says"clear advantage White") ■ Waters,C.L. Be6 19.Nc5 Nc6 20.Ne6 fe6 21.Bc4 1st Northumbrian Masters (3) 1996 Rf4 22.0-0-0 Re4 23.Rd7+ Kh6 24.Be6 Nd4 25.Bg4 Rf8 26.c3 Nb5 I. d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 27.Rd3 Ra4 28.Be6 Ra5 29.Re1 Nc7 Be7 5.Bg5 0-0 6.e3 h6 7.Bf6 Bf6 30.Bb3 Rc5 31.Kd2 b5 32.Re4 Rf2+ 8.cd5 ed5 9.Bd3 c5 10.Bc2 cd4 33.Re2 Rf6 34.Ke1 a5 3S.Re4 a4 II. Nd4 Nc6 12.Qd3 g6 13.Nc6 bc6 36.Bd1 Nd5 37.Rh4+ Kg7 38.a3 Nc3 14.0-0 a5 15.Rfd1 Ba6 16.Qd2 Bg7 The young Londoner has been steadily 17.Rac1 Qe7 18.Ba4 Rac8 gainig ground and outplaying his opponent. Now Jonathan falls for "the Nd4 27.Bd4 ed4 28.hg5 Ne5 29.f4 mother of all pins”... 39.B f3 e4! 40.Be4 Ng4 30.Rd4 e5 31.fe5 Nf2 32.Ne2 Re6 41.Re3 Rc4 Nh3 33.Nc3 Rb7 34.Rb4 Ng5 3S.Kc2 0-1 h5 36.Kd3 h4 37.Ke3 h3 38.Kf2 Ke6 39.Rb5 Ne4+ 40.Kg1 Rg7+ 41.Kh2 Nf2 42.Rb6+ Ke5 43.Rb5+ A45 Kd6 44.Ne4+ Ne4 4S.Kh3 Nc5 □ Clarke,T. 0-1 ■ Ansell,S. 1st Northumbrian Masters (3) 1996

A45 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.e4 h6 4.Bf6 O Pliester,L. Qf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Qd2 g5 7.h4 Bg7 ■ Mah,K. 19.Bc6 Rc6 20.Nd5 Qh4 21.Rc6 Bb7 8.0-0-0 g4 9.f4 Qe7 10.h5 0-0 1st Northumbrian Masters (3) 1996 22.Rcc1 Be5 23.f4 Bg7 24.Qa5 Bb2 11 .Be2 Nc6 12.Qe3 d5 13.Bg4 de4 25.Rb1 Qg4 26.Rd2 Bd5 27.Qd5 14.d5 Nd8 15.Nge2 f5 16.Bh3 ed5 l.d4 Nf6 2.g3 d6 3.Bg2 Nbd7 4.Nf3 Ba3 28.Qe5 Qc8 29.Rbd1 Qa8 17.Nd5 Qf7 18.Qc5 Nc6 19.g4 fg4 g6 5.0-0 Bg7 6.c4 0-0 7.Qc2 e5 30.Rd5 Bb4 31.Qd4 Be7 32.a4 Rc8 20.Bg2 Bf5 21.Ng3 Rae8 22.Kb1 Bh7 8.de5 de5 9.Rd1 Re8 10.e4 c6 11.h3 33.Rd7 Rc2 34.Qd5 Qd5 35.R7d5 23.Rh4 Ne7 24.Rg4 Nd5 25.Qd5 Qc7 12.Be3 b6 13.a3 Nc5 14.Nc3 Ba6 Bc5 36.Rc5 Rc5 37.Ra1 Ra5 38.e4 Qd5 26.Rd5 Rd8 27.Rd8 Rd8 15.b4 Ne6 16.Qb3 Red8 17.Rac1 Bb7 Kg7 39.Kf2 Kf6 40.Ke3 Ke6 41.Kd4 28.Kc1 e3 18.c5 bc5 19.bc5 Nd7 20.Qc4 Ndf8 Kd6 42.Kc4 Kc6 43.Kb4 Kb6 21.Na4 Rd1+ 22.Rd1 Rd8 23.Rd8 Qd8 44.Rd1 Ra8 45.Rd6+ Kc7 46.Rf6 (Diagram) 24.Nb2 Nd7 25.Bf1 Bf8 26.Na4 Qe7 Rb8+ 47.Kc5 Rb2 48.Rf7+ Kb8 27.Qb4 Bc8 28.Qb2 f6 29.Bc4 Kg7 49.Rg7 Rg2 50.f5 Rc2+ 51.Kd6 gf5 29.Be4 Be4 30.Ne4 Kf7 31.Rg2 Rd4 30.Be6 Qe6 31.g4 Qc4 32.Qb4 Ba6 52.ef5 Rh2 53.f6 Rd2+ 54.Ke7 Kc8 32.Nc5 Rd5 33.Nb7 Rh5 34.c3 Bf6 33.Nd2 Qc1+ 34.Kg2 Bb5 35.Qa5 Kf7 55.f7 Re2+ 56.Kf6 Rf2+ 57.Kg6 Kd8 35.a4 Ke6 36.Re2 Kd7 37.a5 Kc6 36.Qa7 Ke6 37.Nb6 Nb6 38.cb6 Bc5 58.Rg8+ Kd7 59.f8Q 38.a6 Rh3 39.Kc2 Kb6 40.Kd3 Be7 39.Bc5 Qc5 40.Qc7 Qd6 41.Qc8+ Ke7 1-0 41.b4 Ka6 42.Nc5+ Bc5 43.bc5 Kb5 42.b7 Ba6 43.Nc4 Qd4 44.Qc7+ Ke6 44.Kd4 Kc6 45.Ke5 Kd7 46.Kf6 Rg3 45.Qc6+ 47.f5 Rf3 48.c6+ Kd6 49.c4 a5 1-0 1st Northumbrian Masters

Kg4 37.Bg2 Rc2 38.Rf1 Rd2 39.Bf3+ Kh3 40.Bg2+ Kh4 41.Bc6 Kg5 42.Bd7 Kf6 43.Bb5 e5 44.Rf3 Kg5 45.Bd7 Bf4 46.Rh3 Kg4 47.Rh8 Kf3 48.Ba4 Ra2 49.Bd1+ Kf2 50.Rg8 Ke3 51.Rg2 Rg2 52.Kg2 Kd3 53.h4 e4 54.Ba4 Ke2 55.Bd7 d3 56.Bf5 e3 57.h5 d2 58.Bg4+ Ke1 0-1

O B24 □ Klng,J. 50x5+ Kd5 51.Rel Ke4 ■ Storey,C.H. 0-1 1st Northumbrian Masters (4) 1996 E36 □ Mah,K. l.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 A56 ■ Jones, M. Bg7 5.d3 Rb8 6.Nf3 b5 7.a3 d6 O Whiteley,A. 1st Northumbrian Masters (4) 1996 8.0-0 Nf6 9.h3 0-0 10.Be3 a5 ■ Brooke, J. 11.Qd2 b4 12.ab4 ab4 13.Ne2 e5 1st Northumbrian Masters (4) 1996 I. d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 14.Bh6 Ne8 15.Bg7 Kg7 16.Nh4 f6 d5 5.a3 Bc3+ 6.Qc3 Nbd7 7.Bg5 dc4 17.c3 Qb6 18.d4 cd4 19.cd4 Ba6 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 d6 4.Nf3 e5 8.Nf3 h6 9.Bh4 b5 10.Ne5 c5 20.d5 Be2 21.Qe2 Nd4 22.Qa6 Nc7 5.Nc3 e4 6.Ng5 Bf5 7.Qc2 Qe7 8.g4 11. 0-0 -0 Qc7 12.Nd7 Nd7 13.Bg3 23.Qb6 Rb6 24.Ra7 Rf7 25.Nf3 Ncb5 Bg6 9.Bg2 h6 10.Nge4 Ng4 11.Bf4 Qd8 14.Qf3 Ba6 15.Qc6 Qc8 16.Qd6 26.Rf7+ Kf7 27.Ra1 Nf3+ 28.Bf3 f5 Qd7 12.Bh3 f5 Bb7 17.e4 Be4 18.d5 Bd5 29.ef5 gf5 30.Ra4 Nd4 31.Bh5+ Kf6 32.f4 Rb5 33.Ra7 Rd5 34.Rf7+ Ke6 35.Rh7 Rc5 36.b3 Kd5 37.Rb7 Rc1+ 38.Kf2 Rc2+ 39.Kf1 Rc3 40.Kf2 Rb3 41.Bf7+ Kc6 42.Bb3 Kb7 43.Bd5+ Kc7 44.h4 Kd8 45.h5 Ke7 46.fe5 de5 47.g4 fg4 48.Kg3 Nf5+ 0-1

D44 O Gormally,D. ■ Bryson,D. 1st Northumbrian Masters (4) 1996 13.Nc5 dc5 14.Bg4 Be7 15.Bh3 0-0 19.Rd5 ed5 20.Bc4 f6 21.Re1+ Kf7 16.0-0-0 Kh8 17.Rhg1 Bh7 18.e4 22.Re7+ Kg6 23.Bd3+ Kh5 24.Rg7 l.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 Nf6 Na6 19.Be5 Bf6 20.Bf6 Rf6 21.e5 Qe8 25.Qd5+ Ne5 26.Be2# 5.Bg5 dc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 Rff8 22.f4 Nc7 23.Ne4 Qd8 24.Qg2 1-0 9.Ng5 hg5 10.Bg5 Nbd7 11.g3 Qa5 Rg8 25.Nc5 b6 26.Nb3 a5 27.Nd4 12.ef6 b4 13.Ne4 Ba6 14.Qf3 0-0-0 Qd7 28.d6 Qa4 29.b3 Qa3+ 30.Qb2 15.Be2 Nb6 16.Nc5 Bb5 17.Be3 Bc5 Qb2+ 31.Kb2 Na6 32.Bf5 Bf5 33.Nf5 A02 18.dc5 Nd5 19.0-0 c3 20.bc3 Nc3 Nc5 34.Ne7 Rgd8 35.f5 a4 36.e6 a3+ □ Williams,S. 21.Bb5 Qb5 22.Kg2 Rd5 23.Qg4 a5 37.Kc2 Kh7 38.d7 Rf8 39.Rgf1 ■ Cobb,J. 24.h4 Qd3 25.Rh1 Qe4+ 26.Qe4 Ne4 1-0 1st Northumbrain Masters (4) 1996 27.Kf3 Nf6 28.g4

1.f4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.e3 c5 4.Be2 Nf6 B33 5.0-0 0-0 6.d3 Nc6 7.Qe1 d6 8.e4 □ Sachdev,T. b5 9.f5 Nd4 10.Nd4 cd4 11.Qh4 ■ Ray,C. Bd7 12.Bh6 Rc8 13.Bd1 e6 14.Bg5 1 st Northumbrian Masters (4) 1996 ef5 15.Nd2 h6 16.Bh6 Ne4

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cd4 4.Nd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Bf6 gf6 10.Nd5 f5 ll.Bd3 Be6 12.Qh5 Bg7 13.0-0 f4 14.c4 bc4 15.Bc4 0-0 16.Rac1 Rb8 17.b3 Qd7 18.Rfd1 Kh8 19.Qh4 f5 20.Nf4 ef4 21.Be6 Qe6 22.Rc6 fe4 Rd3 29.h5 Nd5 30.Ke4 Ra3 31.g5 23.Rcd6 Qf5 24.R1d5 Qf7 25.Rh5 e3 Ne3 32.fe3 Rc3 33.g6 fg6 34.hg6 26.Rh7+ Kg8 27.Rdh6 Rg8 35.Rag1 Rc5 36.g7 Rd5 37.Rh8 O Rdd8 38.Rg8 Rg8 39.Ke5 Kd7 (Diagram) 40.Kf6 c5 41.Kf7 Rg7+ 42.Kg7 a4 43.Kf6 Kd6 44.Rd1+ Kc6 45.Ke5 Qf5 28.Rh8+ Kf7 29.Rf8+ Rf8 17.Qd8 Rfd8 18.Ne4 Bh6 19.Nd6 Kb5 46.Ke4 c4 47.Rg1 b3 48.a3 e5 30.Ra6 Qe5 31.Nc2 Rc8 32.fe3 Rc2 Rc7 20.a4 a6 21.ab5 ab5 22.Bf3 Rc2 49.Ke5 33.Qf4+ Qf4 34.ef4 Bd4+ 35.Kf1 23.Ra7 Be6 24.Nb5 Rb2 25.Nc7 1-0 Rf2+ Rdb8 26.Ne6 fe6 27.Bc6 Be3+ V4-V4 28.Kh 1 Rb1 29.Ra1 Rf1+ 30.Rf1 Kf7 31.g4 Rb2 32.gf5 gf5 33.Bf3 Kf6 34.Rd1 Kg5 35.Bg2 Kh4 36.Bf1 1st Northumbrian Masters

B07 C41 43. de5 Ne5 44.Rf1 Ra6 45.Rfa1 Rd6 □ RizoukJR. □ Shaw,J. 46. Ra3 d4 47.cd4 Rd4 48.Kg3 ■ Houska,M. ■ Wall,G. White is probably still a little better 1st Northumbrian Masters (4) 1996 1st Northumbrian Masters (4) 1996 41...Nd6 42.Rfa1 Nb5 43.Nf1 Nc3 44. Ra3 Ra3 45.Ra3 Nb5 46.Ra8 Nd4 l.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3..Nc3 c6 4.Bg5 l.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Be7 4.d4 ed4 47.Ne3 Nc6 48.c3 Kf7 49.Rh8 Ke7 Nbd7 5.f4 Qa5 6.Qd2 b5 7.Bd3 e5 5.Nd4 Nf6 6.Nc3 0-0 7.0-0 a6 8.a4 50.Kg3 Kd6 51.Kf2 e5 52.Rh7 8.Nf3 h6 9.Bh4 b4 10.Ne2 ef4 Nc6 9.Re1 Nb4 10.Nd5 Nbd5 1 1 .ed5 [ 52.R18 would be more persistant: Ne7 11 .Bf6 Nf6 12.Nf4 d5 13.ed5 Nd5 Ng4 12.Be2 Ne5 13.f4 Ng6 14.Be3 53.Rf6+ Be6 54.Ke2 Kd7 ] 52...Ne7 14.Qe2+ Be7 15.Qe5 Kf8 Bf6 15.Qd3 Re8 16.c3 Re7 17.Bf1 53.Re7 [ 53.Rf7 ] 53...Ke7 54.Nd5+ Qe8 18.g3 h5 19.a5 h4 20.Bf2 Bg4 Kd6 55.Nb4 Bf5 56.Na2 Bb1 57.Nc1 21.Bg2 Re1+ 22.Re1 Qd7 23.Be4 hg3 Ke6 58.Ne2 Kf5 59.Kf3 Be4+ 24.hg3 Ne7 25.Nf3 Bf5 26.Bd4 Be4 0-1 27.Qe4 Bd4+ 28.Nd4 Kf8 29.Qh7 Qg4 30.Kf2 Rc8 31.Re4 c6 32.dc6 bc6 33.Re1 c5 34.Nf3 Ng6 35.Nh4 E76 Ne7 36.Nf3 Rb8 37.Re2 Rb5 38.Qh8+ □ Buckley,G. Ng8 39.Ng5 f6 40.Qg8+ ■ Ledger,D.J. 1-0 1st Northumbrian Masters (4) 1996

l.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 C18 5.f4 0-0 6.Nf3 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Be2 ed5 □ Nay lor, J. 9.cd5 Bg4 10.0-0 Nfd7 ll.Kh1 Na6 16.0-0 Qd8 17.Nh5 Nf6 18.Nf6 Bf6 ■ PUester,L. 12.e5 Bf3 13.Bf3 de5 14.d6 Rb8 19.Qf4 Be6 20.Ne5 Rc8 21.Rae1 Kg8 1st Northumbrian Masters (4) 1996 15.Bd5 Nb4 16.f5 Kh8 17.Be3 b6 22.Kh1 h5 23.Be4 Qd6 24.Bf5 Bf5 18.Be4 Nf6 19.a3 Ne4 20.Ne4 gf5 25.Qf5 Rd8 26.c3 bc3 27.bc3 Rh6 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 21.Rf5 Nc6 22.Qf3 Nd4 23.Bd4 ed4 28.Qf3 c5 29.Qb7 Rf8 30.Nd7 Rd8 5.a3 Bc3+ 6.bc3 Ne7 7.Qg4 0-0 24.Rf1 Qd7 25.Qf4 Rbd8 26.Rf3 31.Nc5 Rg6 32.Ne4 Qa3 33.Nf6+ gf6 8.Bd3 Nbc6 9.Qh5 Ng6 10.Nf3 Qe8? Rde8 27.Rh3 Qe6 28.Rh4 Qg6 29.h3 34.Qe7 Qa5 35.Rf6 Rg7 36.Rh6 Rf8 [ 10...Qc7 ] 11.0-0 [ ll.dc5 would have Re6 30.Ng5 Bh6 37.Qe3 Qa2 38.Rg1 Qa5 39.Qh3 given White the advantage] 11...c4 Rg5 40.c4 Kg7 41.Rc6 Qd2 42.d5 a5 12.Bg6 [ 12.Be2 f6 13.ef6 Nf4 14.f7+ 43.Qa3 Kh7 44.Qf8 Qf7 15.Qf7+ Rf7 ] 12...fg6 13.Qh4 1-0 Bd7? [Ol3...h6 14.Nel g5 15.Qg3 Qh5 ] 14.Nel Qf7 15.a4 Qf5? Still it wasn't too late for 15... h6 16.g4 B01 Qf7 [ 16...Qe4? 17.f3 Qe2 18.Bg5 h6 □ Ansell,S. 19.Rf2 and the Queen is trapped] 17.Ba3 ■ Dunworth,C. Rfc8 18.f4 a5! 19.Ng2 Nd8 20.Bd6 1st Northumbrian Masters (4) 1996 Qe8 21.Ne3 Ra6 22.Rf3 h6 23.Raf1 Nf7 24.Ba3 Ba4 2S.Qg3 Bd7 26.h4 1.e4 d5 2.ed5 Nf6 3.d4 Bg4 4.Be2 Nd8 27.Kh2 Kh7 28.Rg1 Rc7 29.Bd6 Be2 5.Qe2 Qd5 6.Nf3 e6 7.0-0 Bd6 Rd6 30.ed6 Rc6 31.f5 a4 32.f6 Qf8 8.Nc3 Qh5 9.Qb5+ Nc6 10.Qh5 Nh5 31.d7 Bg5 32.Rg5 Qf6 33.Rf5 Qe7 11.Nb5 0 -0 -0 12.Nd6+ Rd6 13.Be3 34.Rfh5 Kg8 35.Rh7 Re1+ 36.Kh2 Nf6 14.c4 Rd7 15.a3 Ng4 16.b4 a6 Qe5 37.Qe5 Re5 38.Rh8+ Kg7 17.h3 Ne3 18.fe3 f6 19.Nd2 e5 20.d5 39.Rf8 Ne7 21.e4 c6 22.Rac1 b6 23.Nb3 1-0 Kb7 24.a4 cd5 25.ed5 Ka7 26.a5 Rb8 27.ab6+ Rb6 28.Nc5 Rdd6 29.Rb1 Ng6 30.Rf2 Nf4 31.Ra2 f5 A ll 32.b5 □ Houlsby,M. ■ Okosleme,I. 1st Northumbrian Masters (5) 1996

l.c4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.cd5 cd5 4.d4 Nf6 33.Rgfl White could have won with the 5.Bg5 e6 6.e4?! de4 7.Bf6 Qf6 8.Ne4 following fantastic variation (and probably Bb4+ 9.Nc3 0-0 10.Nf3 Rd8 ll.Q a4 go on to win the tournament, get an IM Nc6 12.0-0-0 Bd7 13.Bb5 Qh6+ norm and change the course of world 14.Kb1 Qg6+ 15.Kc1 Bc3 16.bc3 Qg2 history ... ah, such is life ... ! -Ed.): 17.Nd2 Qf2 18.Rdf1 Qe3 19.Rf3 Qh6 [ 33.g5! h5 34.f7 a3 35.Rgfl a2 20.Bf1? Ne5! 21.Rh3 Qd2+!-+ 22.Kd2 36. Ng4! hg4 37.Qg4 Ra6 38.h5 alQ Ba4 39.hg6+ Kg6 40.Rf6+ gf6 41.gf6+ 0-1 Kh7 (41...Kh6 42.R/3 ) 42.Qh5+ Qh6 Nd5 33.cd5 Rd5 34.Ra6+ Ra6 43.f8N+! Kg8 44.Qh6 and Black will be 35.Na6 Kb6 36.Nb4 Rb5 37.Nd5+ mated] 33...a3 34.fg7 [ o34.g5 h5 COO Kc5 38.Rb5+ Kb5 39.Nc7+ Kc4 35.f7 ] 34...Qg7 35Jlal Ra6 36.g5 h5 □ Storey,C.H. 40.Ne6 g6 41.Kf2 Kd3 42.Nf8 Kd2 37. Qf4 Kg8 38.Ra2 [ 38.Rafl Ra8 ■ Williams,S. 43.Nh7 e4 44.Ng5 e3+ 45.Kg1 e2 39.Qf8+ Qf8 40.Rf8+ Kg7 41.Rlf7+ 1st Northumbrain Masters (5) 1996 46.Nf3+ Ke3 47.Ne1 g5 48.g3 g4 Nf7 42.Ra8 Nd6 43.Ra3 Nb5 44.Ral 49.h4 f4 50.Ng2+ Ke4 51.gf4 g3 Nc3 l.e4 e6 2.d3 c5 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 g6 52.h5 Kf5 53.Ne1 Kf4 54.h6 Ke3 with an approximately equal position] 5.f4 Bg7 6.c3 Nge7 7.Be3 b6 8.Nf3 55.h7 Kd2 56.Ng2 38. JNT7 39.Qf6 Qf6 40.Rf6 Kg7 d5 9.e5 Bb7 10.Bf2 Qc7 11.0-0 0-0 1 -0 41.RH?? [41.Ng2 e5 42.Ne3 Ra5 12.Ng5 h6 13.Nh3 Rfd8 14.Nd2 Rd7 1st Northumbrian Masters

15.g4 d4 16.c4 f5 17.ef6 Bf6 18.Qe2 A45 B07 e5 19.Bg3 □ Clarke,T. □ Rowson,J. ■ Shah,A. ■ Shaw,J. 1st Northumbrian Masters (5) 1996 1st Northumbrian Masters (5) 1996

I.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.h4 Ng5 4.hg5 l.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.f3 e5 4.Ne2 Be7 g6 5.c4 Bg7 6.Nc3 d6 7.Qd2 Na6 5.c4 0-0 6.Nbc3 Nh5 7.Be3 Bg5 8.0-0-0 c5 9.Nf3 Bg4 10.d5 Qa5 8.Bg5 Qg5 9.h4 Qd8 10.g4 ed4 11.Kb1 0 -0 -0 12.Rh4 Bd7 13.e3 h6 11 .Qd4 Nc6 12.Qf2 Nf6 13.0-0-0 14.Nb5 Qd2 15.Rd2 Kb8 16.a3 hg5 Be6 14.Ng3 Nd7 lS.g5 f6 16.g6 h6 17.Rh8 Rh8 18.Ng5 Rh1 19.Rd1 17.Nh5 Kh8 18.Nd5 Bg8 19.Qe3 Re8 Be8 20.Be2 Rd1+ 21.Bd1 Bh6 20.Bh3 Re5 21.Ng3 Nb6 22.b3 Nd5 22.Ne4 Bb5 23.cb5 Nc7 24.a4 f5 23.cd5 Nb4 24.Qd2 a5 25.Nf5 c6 25.Nc3 Bg7 26.Bb3 Bc3 27.bc3 Ne8 26.Nh6 28.Kc2 Nf6 29.Kd3 Kc7 30.a5 b6 Rf8 20.fe5 Be5 21.Rf8+ Kf8 31.a6 Kd7 32.f3 Ke8 33.Ke2 Kf7 22.Rf1+ Kg8 23.Qf2 Nc8 24.Qf8+ 34.Kf2 Nd7 35.Kg3 Kf6 36.Kh4 Ne5 Kh7 25.Ne4 Rg7 26.Be5 Qe5 37.c4 Nd3 38.Bd1 Ne5 39.Be2 Nf7 27.Nf6+ 40.g4 e6 1-0

B77 O Bryson,D. ■ Mah,K. 1st Northumbrian Masters (5) 1996

l.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.Nd4 cd5 27.Ng8 Kg8 28.ed5 f5 29.Kb1 Nf6 S.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 0-0 Qe7 30.Rhe1 Rc8 31.Bf5 Re8 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.h4 Ne5 32.Be6+ Kh8 33.Re5 de5 34.Qg5 11 .Bb3 h5 12.0- 0-0 Rc8 13.Bh6 Nc4 1-0 14.Bc4 Rc4 15.Bg7 Kg7 16.g4 hg4 17.h5 Rh8 18.hg6 fg6 19.Nd5 e5 41.de6 Ke6 42.gf5+ gf5 43.f4 d5 20.Nb3 Rh3 21.Ne3 Rc6 22.Rh3 gh3 44.Bd3 dc4 4S.Bc4+ Kf6 46.Kg3 E61 23.Na5 Ra6 24.Nac4 Bb5 25.Ne5 Nd6 47.Be2 Ke6 □ Pedersen,S. Ra2 26.Nf5+ 0-1 ■ Naylor,J. 1st Northumbrian Masters (5) 1996

C02 I. d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Bg5 □ Wall,G. d6 S.e3 0-0 6.Nf3 h6 7.Bh4 Nbd7 ■ Whiteley,A. 8.Qc2 c5 9.Be2 cd4 10.Nd4 a6 1st Northumbrian Masters (5) 1996 II.0 -0 Nc5 12.b4 e5 13.bc5 ed4 14.ed4 Bf5 15.Qb3 dc5 16.dc5 Qd4 l.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 17.Bg3 Nd7 18.Nd5 Qd2 19.Rae1 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.a3 Bd7 7.b4 cd4 8.cd4 Rae8 20.Bf4 Qa5 21.Bd6 Nc5 Rc8 9.Be3 Nge7 10.Bd3 Nf5 11.0-0 22.Qd1 Kh8 Ne3 12.fe3 g6 13.Qe1 Bg7 14.Nc3 Ne7 lS.b5 0-0 16.Na4 Qc7 17.Rc1 Qc1 18.Qc1 Rc1 19.Rc1 Rc8 20.Rc8+ Kg8 27.Kb1 Qa5 28.Qa5 Ra5 Bc8 21.b6 Nc6 22.Bb5 ab6 23.Nb6 29.Nd6 Be2 30.Re1 h2 31.f4 Re5 Na7 24.a4 Bf8 25.e4 32.fe5 Ng4 33.Nb7 Bf3 34.Nc5 Ne5 3S.Kc1 g5 36.Kd2 g4 37.Ke3 g3 38.Nd3 g2 0-1

C16 □ Brooke,J. ■ King,J. In a nice piece of judgement by Steffen, he 1st Northumbrian Masters (5) 1996 refrains from grabbing the exchange and forces play into a won endgame: 23.Bf3 l.Nc3 d5 2.e4 e6 3.d4 Bb4 4.e5 b6 Re1 24.Qe1 Qe1 25.Re1 Rc8 26.Nb6 S.f4 Qd7 6 .Nf3 Ba6 7.Bd3 Bd3 Nd3 27.Nc8 Ne1 28.Bb7 Bd4 29.Ne7 S.Qd3 Ne7 9.0-0 Bc3 [q 10.®c3] de4 26.Nd2 Be7 27.Kf2 Kf8 Nd3 30.Nf5 Bf2+ 31.Kf1 gf5 32.Ba6 10.bc3 Qa4 ll.B d2 □ Nbc6 12.Ng5 28.Ndc4 Bd8 29.Ke3 Ke7 30.Ke4 Bb6 33.Bc8 Kg7 34.Bf5 Nc5 3S.Be5+ [A £ )h 3 -f2 -d 3 -b 2 -c 4 ] h6 13.Nh3 Nb5 31.Nc8+ Kd7 32.ab5 Kc8 f6 36.Bd4 0-0-0 14.Rfb1 Kb7 15.Nf2 Qa6 33.Nd6+ Kd7 34.Nf7 Ba5 35.d5 ed5+ 1-0 16.Qf3 Na5 17.Nd3 [A§c5-t-] Ka8 36.Kd5 Be1 37.Nd6 b6 38.e6+ Kd8 18.Nb2 h5 19.Be3 Nf5 20.Bf2 c6 39. Nf7+ Ke7 40.Ne5 Bb4 41.Nc6+ 21.a3 Nc4 [O 21...Sc8 avoiding the text.] 1-0 22.Nc4 dc4?? [A blunder.] 1- 0 1st Northumbrian Masters

C51 B92 ll.cd4 f6 12.0-0 fe5 13.Ne5 Ne5 □ Bisby,D. □ Pliester,L. 14.de5 0-0 15.a4 Be5 16.Ra3 Rf7 ■ Wall,T.P. ■ GormallyJD. 17.Qh5 Qb2 18.Kh1 Raf8 19.f3 Rg7 1st Northumbrian Masters (5) 1996 1st Northumbrian Masters (5) 1996 20.g3

I. e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 I.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.Nd4 Bb6 S.a4 a6 6.0-0 Nf6 7.Nc3 0-0 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Nd5 Nd5 9.ed5 e4 10.dc6 ef3 8.0-0 0-0 9.a4 Be6 lO.Ng5 Bc8 II. Qf3 dc6 12.Ba3 Be6 13.d3 Re8 II. Bc4 h6 12.Nf3 Nc6 13.Be3 Be6 14.Bb2 Bd4 15.c3 Be5 16.Be6 Re6 14.Bd5 Rc8 lS.Re1 Bd5 16.ed5 Na5 17.d4 Bd6 18.b5 Rf6 19.Qe4 Rf4 17.Nh4 Qd7 18.Qf3 Qg4 19.Nf5 20.Qd3 Qh4 21.ba6 ba6 22.h3 g5 Rfe8 20.Rad1 Qf3 21.gf3 Bf8 22.Re2 23.Rae1 g4 24.Re3 Rf6 25.c4 Rg6 Kh7 23.Ne4 Ne4 24.fe4 g6 2S.Ng3 26.Rfe1 Rf8 27.d5 Bc5 28.Bd4 Bb4 Nc4 26.Bc1 h5 27.b3 Nb6 28.c4 Nd7 29.R1e2 f5 30.c5 29.Ba3 b6 30.Rb2 a5 31.Ne2 f5 32.Nc3 Nc5 33.ef5 gf5 34.Nb5 e4 35.Bc5 bc5 36.Re2 Rcd8 37.Nc7 Re7 38.Ne6 Rb8 39.f3 Bh6 40.fe4 fe4 Bg3 21.hg3 Qc2 22.Qh2 Ba4 23.Qh6 41.Re4 Rb3 42.Rf1 Ra3 43.Rf6 Rb7 Rg6 24.Qh4 d4 25.Qd4 Rh6+ 0-1

B07 □ Rizouk,R. ■ Bisby,D. 1st Northumbrian Masters (6) 1996 ...

I.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Bg5 cd5 31.Re8 Qg5 32.Rf8+ Kf8 Bg7 5.Qd2 c6 6.f4 0-0 7.Bd3 b5 33.Qb1 gh3 34.g3 Qh5 35.Qd3 h2+ 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.0-0 Qb6 10.Ne2 Nbd7 36.Kh1 f4 37.Re5 fg3 38.Rf5+ Kg8 II.K h1 d5 12.e5 Ne4 13.Qe3 f6 39.fg3 Qh3 40.Qf3 14.Bh4 fe5 15.fe5 Ne5 16.Ne5 Be5 1-0 44.Nf4 Bf4 4S.Ref4 Rb1+ 46.Kg2 17.Be4 Rf1+ 18.Rf1 Be2 19.Qe2 Qd4 Rb2+ 47.Kg1 20.Bd3 Qb2 21.Be7 Kh8 22.Qf3 a6 V4H4 23.Qh3 Rg8 24.Qe6 Qc3 25.Bf8 Qd4 A45 26.Bh6 Rb8 27.Qe7 Rg8 28.Rf7 Qa1+ □ Buckley,G. 29.Bf1 Bg7 30.Bg7+ Rg7 31.Qe8+ ■ Ansell,S. B40 Rg8 32.Qc6 1st Northumbrian Masters (5) 1996 □ Wall,G. 1-0 ■ Pedersen,S. I. d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bh4 d5 4.f3 1st Northumbrian Masters (6) 1996 Nf6 S.Nc3 c5 6.e4 de4 7.dc5 Qa5 A48 8.Qd2 e3 9.Qd3 Be6 10.0-0-0 Nbd7 l.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 d5 4.Nbd2 □ Okosieme,!. II.Qb5 Qb5 12.Bb5 a6 13.Ba4 Nc6 5.g3 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.0-0 Nge7 ■ Sachdev,T. 0-0-0 14.b4 g6 15.Bg5 Bg7 16.Nge2 8.Qe2 b6 9.e5 h6 10.Re1 g5 11.c4 1st Northumbrian Masters (6) 1996 Ne5 17.Nd4 Bc4 18.Rhe1 Nd5 g4 12.Nh4 Ne5 13.cd5 ed5 19.Nd5 Rd5 20.a3 Rd4 21.Rd4 Nf3 l.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 22.Rc4 Ne1 23.Rg4 f5 24.Rg3 e5 d6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 0-0 7.c3 c5 25.Re3 Ng2 26.Rd3 h6 27.Be7 e4 8.Qc2 cd4 9.ed4 Qc7 10.h3 e5 11.0-0 28.Rd2 Nf4 29.Rd7 Be5 30.Bd6 Bd6 ed4 12.Nd4 Nd5 13.Qb3 N5f6 14.Nb5 31.cd6 Rd8 32.Rd8+ Kd8 33.c4 g5 Qc6 15.Qa3 Nc5 16.Be2 Be6 17.Bf4 34.Kd2 Ng2 35.Bc2 Nh4 36.Bd1 f4 Rfd8 18.Rad1 Bd5 19.Nf3 Bf3 20.Nd4 37.c5 Nf5 38.Bc2 e3+ 39.Ke1 Nd4 Qa4 21.Qa4 Na4 22.Bf3 Nb2 23.Rb1 40.Be4 Na4 24.Bb7 Nc3 25.Rbe1 Nfd5 26.Bg5 Bd4 27.Rd1 Nd1 28.Bd5 Nc3 29.Bb3 Re8 30.Kh2 Re2 31.f4 Rae8 32. f5 Re1 33.Rf3 Bg1+ 34.Kg3 Ne4+ 35.Kh4 Ng5 36.Kg5 h6+ 37.Kh4 R8e4+ 38.g4 R1e3 39.Rf1 g5+ 14.d4 cd4 15.f4 gf3 16.Ndf3 Nf3+ 0-1 17.Nf3 0-0 18.Qe7 Qe7 19.Re7 Be6 20.Bf4 Rfc8 21.Rd1 d3 22.Ne5 Bf8 23.Rb7 d2 24.Nd3 Rc2 25.Rd2 Rd2 A44 26.Bd2 Bd6 27.Bf4 Bc8 28.Rf 7 O Dunworth,C. 1-0 ■ Storey,C.H. 1st Northumbrian Masters (6) 1996

Kc8 41.a4 h5 42.Kf1 g4 43.d7+ Kd7 C02 l.d4 c5 2.d5 f5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.g3 g6 44.Bb7 e2+ 45.Kf2 f3 46.Be4 h4 □ Bhatla,K.K. 5.h4 Bg7 6.Nh3 b5 7.Bg2 [ 7.Nb5 47.Ke1 g3 48.hg3 hg3 49.Bf3 Nf3+ ■ Clarke,T. Qa5+ 8.Nc3 Ne4 9.Bd2 Nc3 10.bc3 S0.Ke2 g2 1st Northumbrian Masters (6) 1996 (lO .Q cl!?) 10...Bc3«> ] 7...b4 8.Nb1 0-1 d6 9.Nf4 Na6 10.h5 Nh5 ll.N h5 l.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 gh5 12.Rh5? [ ol2.e4! with a sharp 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.a3 Nh6 7.Bh6 gh6 struggle, eg: 12... fxe4 13.Qxh5+ Kd7 8.Ra2 Bg7 9.Bd3 Bd7 10.Bc2 cd4 (very unclear!) Now White has no attack 1st Northumbrian Masters

and is woefully behind in development] B07 A31 12...0-0 13.a3 Qe8 14.Bf3 Qg6 15.e3 □ Shah,A. □ Gormally^). Rb8 16.c3 bc3 17.Nc3 c4 ■ Houska,M. ■ Cobb,J. Black threatens to invade, Benko-style 1st Northumbrian Masters (6) 1996 1st Northumbrian Masters (6) 1996 with Nc5-d3. Suddenly the Croydon midfield supremo is playing with a 1-9-1 I. e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Bd3 e5 4.c3 c6 l.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 ed5 formation as he desperately tries to defend 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.0-0 Be7 7.Re1 0-0 5.cd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Nd2 Bg7 8.Nc4 against the Newcastle hordes... ! 18.Be2 8.Nbd2 Re8 9.Nc4 Bf8 10.a4 h6 0-0 9.g3 b6 10.a4 Ba6 ll.Nb5 Ne8 Nc5 19.Rh4 Ne4 20.Ne4 fe4 21.Qc2 II.h3 g6 12.Be3 d5 13.Nce5 de4 12.Bg2 Qe7 13.Bf4 Bb5 14.ab5 Nd7 14.Bc4 Nd5 15.Nd7 Bd7 16.Ne5 Be6 15.0-0 Ne5 16.Be5 Be5 17.Ra3 Bg7 17.Qb3 Rb8 18.Qc2 Ne3 19.Re3 Bc4 18.e3 Nc7 19.Qb3 Qd7 20.Rfa1 Qb5 20.Nc4 f5 21.Ne5 Kh7 22.Qb3 Re7 21.Qb5 Nb5 22.Rb3 Nc7 23.Nd6 b5 23.Rg3 Rg7 24.a5 Qd5 25.Qd5 cd5 24.Ra2 c4 25.Rba3 a6 26.b4 Rad8 26.a6 g5 27.h4 g4 28.Ra5 ba6 29.b4 27.Ra6 Na6 28.Ra6 Bc3

Be7 30.h5 Bh4 31.Re3 f4 32.Re2 f3 '/ 2 - '/ 2 33.Rea2 g3

B21 □ Wall,T.P. ■ Dearing,E. 1st Northumbrian Masters (6) 1996

c3! 22.Rb1 [ 22.bc3 Qf6 23.Bd2 l.e4 c5 2.d3 Nc6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 Qf2+ 24.Kdl Bf5 would leave Black 5.Be2 d6 6.0-0 e6 7.Qe1 Nge7 8.Nc3 with a strong position, but the text move f5 9.Kh1 0-0 lO.Bd1 Rb8 11.a4 a6 isn't much Kop either ...] 22...Be5 12.Qh4 d5 13.e5 d4 14.Ne2 b5 threatening to win the house with ...Bxg3 15.ab5 ab5 16. Bd2 Qd7 17.Be1 Bb7 23.Rf4 [ 23.Rh2!? ] 23...Bf4 24.ef4 e3! 18.Bf2 Ra8 19.Rb1 Rfe8 20.h3 Nc8 25.Qg6+ hg6 26.Bd3 [ 26.b4 Bf5 21.Kh2 Nb4 22.Nc1 Nd5 23.Nb3 Bf8 27.Ral ef2+ 28.Kf2 Be4-+ ] 26...ef2+ 34.Ng6 gf2+ 3S.Kf1 e3 36.gf3 Bg5 24.Bg1 Be7 2S.Qg3 Ncb6 26.Bf2 Ra2 27.Kf2 Bf5 28.Ke3? c2 29.Ra1 Rb3 37.Rd5 Rc7 38.Ra6 Rb4 39.Ra1 27.Nc1 Ra4 28.h4 Rb4 29.Nd2 Na4 The Clarendon Court in Charlie's hands is Rbc4 40.f4 Rc3 41.Rc5 R3c5 42.dc5 30.Ncb3 c4 31.Nd4 Rb2 32.dc4 bc4 indeed a danderous weapon Bf6 43.Rc1 Kg8 44.Ne5 Be5 4S.fe5 33.Ra1 Nac3 34.Bf3 Rc8 3S.h5 Kf7 0-1 Rg7 46.Ke2 Rg1 47.Rf1 Rf1 48.Kf1 36.Rh1 Rg8 37.hg6+ hg6 38.Kg1 Kf7 49.c6 Ke6 Rg7 39.Rh6 Bc5 40.Nc4 Rb4 0-1 41.Nd6+ Bd6 42.ed6 Nb5 A41 □ Mah,K. ■ Rowson,J. C69 1st Northumbrian Masters (6) 1996 □ Shaw,J. ■ Ledger,D.J. I.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 1st Northumbrian Masters (6) 1996 Nbd7 5.Bc4 Be7 6.0-0 0-0 7.Re1 c6 8.a4 b6 9.d5 cd5 10.Nd5 Nd5 I. e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 a6 4.Bc6 II.Bd5 Rb8 12.a5 ba5 13.Nd2 Nb6 dc6 5.0-0 f6 6.d4 ed4 7.Nd4 c5 14.Nb3 Qc7 15.Na5 Bd7 16.Re3 Nd5 8.Ne2 Qd1 9.Rd1 Bd6 10.Bf4 Bf4 17.ed5 Rfc8 18.c4 f5 19.Rea3 Bf6 II.Nf4 Ne7 12.Nc3 0-0 13.Rd2 g5 20.Rb1 a6 21.b4 Be8 22.Bd2 Qa7 14.Nfd5 Nd5 15.Nd5 Rf7 16.Re1 b6 23.Be1 Qb6 24.Rbb3 e4 25.Bd2 Qd4 17.e5 fe5 18.Re5 h6 19.Re8+ Kg7 26.Qc1 Bb5 27.Bc3 Rc4 28.Nc4 Qc4 20.Rd8 Bb7 21.Nc7 Rd8 22.Ne6+ 43.Rg6 Rg6 44.Bh5 Nd4 45.Qg6+ 29.Qa1 Rc8 30.h3 Bh4 31.Bb2 Qe2 Kf6 23.Nd8 Re7 24.Rd6+ Kf5 25.f3 Kf8 46.c3 Nf4 47.Qh6+ Kg8 48.Bd4 32.Rg3 Rc2 33.Bg7 Qf2+ 34.Kh2 f4 Ba8 26.Kf2 h5 27.c4 Re8 28.Nf7 Rd4 49.cd4 Qd6 50.Qg5+ Kh7 Rf8 29.Nh6+ Ke5 30.Rb6 g4 31.Ra6 51.Rd1 Qd5 52.Rd2 Qe4 53.Kh2 gf3 32.Nf7+ Nh5 54.Qh5+ Kg7 55.Qg5+ Kf7 56.Rb2 e5 57.Rb6 Bc6 58.Rc6 Qc6 59.Qf5+ Kg8 60.Qg5+ Kf7 61.de5 Qe4 62.Qf6+ Ke8 63.e6 Qh7+ 64.Kg3 Qd3+ 65.Kh4 Qe4+ 66.g4 Qg4+ Vi-*A

A01 □ McMlchaeLR. ■ Buckley,G. 35.Rg4 Kf7 36.Bh6 Bf6 37.Rg7+ 1st Northumbrian Masters (6) 1996 Bg7 38.Qg7+ Ke8 39.Qg8+ Kd7 40.Bf8 Kc7 41.Qg7+ Bd7 Kd4 33. Rd6+ Kc4 34.Ne5+ Kb4 Rick's favourite Nimzo-Larsen opening 35.gf3 c4 36.Rb6+ Ka4 37.Nc4 Rf3+ may not promise much in the way of an 38.Ke2 Bd5 39.b3+ Rb3 40.ab3# advantage, but it certainly leads to interest 1-0 ing positions ... I.b3 e5 2.Bb2 d6 3.e3 Nf6 4.c4 Nbd7 5.Nf3 c6 6.Nc3 g6 7.d4 Bg7 8.Be2 0-0 9.h3 Re8 10.Qc2 a6 11.0-0-0 b5 Usually around here Black would be closing things up with 11... 1st Northumbrian Masters e4 with a standard Kings Indian Attack (Secrets of Chess Tactics) both obviously 19. Qel Qh7 20.Bg5 (a 2 0 .Q g 3 ) position. Graeme decides to keep the think it’s a mad hacker’s move. White 20...Rh8 21.Ng3 Qh2+ 22.Kf2 e4 central tension going a bit longer, but the d wants to tear Black's king limb from limb, 0 - 1,Dvoretsky-Dolmatov (1988 Training ynamic nature of the position is a double and Black is intent on obliterating the game); B) ll...N e5(!) 12.fe5 dc3 13.Kf2 edged sword 12.g4 bc4 13.Bc4 ed4 White centre, so maybe MAD is apt — Be5 (13...de5 14.Be3 Qd6 !5.Rh4 cb2 [ Ol3...e4 ] 14.Nd4 Bb7 15.g5 c5 Mutually Assured Destruction! c5 16.Rbl Rd8 17.Qhl led to a draw in De 16.Nf5! gf5 17.gf6 Qf6 lS.Rhg1 Kf8 [ 8...de5 9.de5 Ndc5 and Black should be Firmian-Van der Wiel,Wijk aan Zee [ 18...Ne5 19.f4 ( 19.Nd5>? ; OK, even though the g7 bishop is slightly 1986j 14.Be3 e6 15.Ke2 when Black 19.Rg7+f?) 19...Ng6 20.Na4 Qe7 buried.] 9.h5 cd4 10.hg6 looks relatively safe (and 3 pawns up!); would be better. Now Rick’s attack, C) ll...Ndc5?! 12.Kf2 Nd3+ perfected down the King's Head with (M2...dc3 13.Rh8+! Bh8 14.Qhl) fellow l.b3 fan Steve Berry, storms 13.cd3 Re8 14.Nce4^ ] ll.N g5! Ne5 through ...] [ ll...bg6? 12.Bg6! ] 12.Qh5 The walk come tumbling down! Dougie's been on the Irn Bru again... [ 12.fe5? hg6 13.Bg6 fg6 14.Qd5+ e6 ] 12...h6 [ 12...Nd3+ 13.cd3 h6 14.gf7+ Kh8 15.Qg6 ] 13.fe5 Be6 14.gf7+ Bf7 15.Bh7+ Kh8 16.Nf7+ Rf7 17.Q17 Dougie's a rook ahead with his attack still r aging! cb2 18.Bd3 bclQ+ 19.Rcl Qg8 20. Qg6 dc3? Poor Daniel plays the losing move 1- 0 (on move 10!). Alternatively he could have entered the Byzantian maze ... : [ 10...hg6 1 l.Ng5 is the main line given COO 19.Rg7! Qg7 20.Nb5 Re5 [ 20...f6 by Dvoretsky & Nunn, and whilst I know □ Sachdev,T. 21. Nc7 ; 20...Ne5 21.Nd6] 21.Nd6 Bf3 it's the annotator’s cardinal sin just to cop ■ Williams,S. 22. Nf7! Black's hapless pieces are like y what you’ve seen elsewhere, I have my 1st Northumbrian Masters (7) 1996 rabbits caught in the headlights on the excuses ready: W atcrship Down bypass ... Rae8 A) This bulletin has to come out in 2 l.e4 e6 2.d3 c5 3.Nd2 Nc6 4.Ngf3 [22...Bdl 23.Qdl Qg6 24.Ne5 weeks, not 6 months; g6 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 Nge7 7.0-0 0-0 or 24 Qxd7 is pretty hopeless for Black] B) If you're playing Mr. Bryson I strongly 8.c3 d6 9.Nb3 e5 10.Nfd2 b5 11.a4 23. Ne5 Re5 24.Be5 Ne5 25.Qf5+ Nf7 suggest you check out (critically, of b4 12.c4 f5 13.f4 Bb7 14.ef5 Nf5 Marvellous play! Anyone for l.b3 ? course) these two erstwhile analyses or 15.Ne4 ef4 16.Rf4 Rb8 17.Rf1 Ncd4 1-0 prepare to get whacked; and 18.g4 Nb3 19.Qb3 Bd4+ 20.Kh1 Nh4 C) You wouldn't get me touching this 21.Bh6 Rf1 + 22.Rf1 Ng2 23.Rf8+ position with a bargepole for either side! Qf8 24.Bf8 Ne3 25.Bd6 Re8 26.Bf4 A80 A) 1 l...de5 12.f5 A l) 12...gf5 □ Gormally^). 13.Nce4!! ( 13.QH5 Nf6 is reckoned to be ■ Wall,G. OK for Black by the Doc) 13...fe4 14.Ne4 1st Northumbrian Masters (7) 1996 and Black has a difficult defence ahead (Dolmatov and Yusupov get in on the act l.d4 f5 2.Bg5 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.h4 h6 here with 14... Re8 15.Bb6!); A2) 5.Bf4 Nc6 6.Nf3 d6 7.e4 fe4 8.Ne4 12...Nf6 13.fg6 Bg4! 14.gf7+ Rf7 Bg4 9.c3 e5 10.de5 Ne5 U.Be5 Be5 15.Ne2 12.Qa4+ Bd7 13.Bb5 Bg7 14.0-0-0 a6 15.Bd7+ Qd7 16.Qc4 b5

Re4 27.de4 Be4+ 28.Kg1 Ng2+ 29.Kf1 Nf4 30.Qg3 g5 31.Ke1 Bb2 32.Kd1 Bd4 33.h4 h6 34.hg5 hg5 35.Qe1 Nd3 36.Qd2 Bf6 37.Qe3 b3 38.Kd2 Bg6 39.Qe6+ Kg7 40.Qd7+ Kh6 41.Qd6 Be5 42.Qf8+ Bg7 43.Qf1 Be4 44.Qe2 Nf2 45.Qf2 b2 46.Qh2+ Kg6 47.Qd6+ Bf6 48.Qf8 A2a) 15...Qd5 16.Bg6 Rff8 17.Qd3 e4 b1Q 49.Qg8+ Kh6 50,Qf8+ Bg7 A 2al) 18.Nc3! Qe5 ( 18...dc3? 51.Qd6+ Kh7 52.Qh2+ Kg8 19.Bh7+ ; 18...ed3 19.Nd5 Rfd8 20.B/7+ 0-1 1-0 Kfi 21.N/4 Bp 22.Be6±; 18...Qa5 19. Qd4 Rad8 20.Qc4+ e6 21.Be3±) 19. Nce4 Nc5 20.Qg3 Qg3+ 21.Ng3 E41 B09 Ne6 22.Nf5 Bf5 23.Bf5 Ng5 24.Bg5 D Buckley,G. □ BrysotijD. with a very active position for White; ■ Cobb,C. ■ Bisby,D. A2a2) 18.Qd4?! Qd4 19.Nd4 Rad8 1st Northumbrian Masters (7) 1996 1st Northumbrian Masters (7) 1996 20. Be3 Nb4 21.Rcl? (2 l.Nge6=) 21...Nbd5 22.Bf2 Nf4 23.Bf5 Rd4 I. d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 l.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 24.Bd4 Bf5 25.g3 Ne6 26.Ne6 Be6 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Nge2 cd4 7.ed4 d5 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Bd3 Na6 7.e5 Nd7 8.h4 27.Ba7 Ng4 28.Bc5 Bb2 8.cd5 Nd5 9.0-0 0-0 lO.Bb1 Be7 I'm not sure how to annotate this m ove- 0-1, Borkowski-Nunn,Euro Jr Ch II.Q d3 g6 12.Bh6 Re8 13.a3 Nc3 probably !? - deserving attention - though (Groningen 1974/75); A2b) 15...Nc5! 14.bc3 Bf6 lS.Ba2 e5 16.d5 e4 Nunn (The Complete Pirc) & Dvoretsky 16.Bc4 e6 17.NT7 Kf7 18.0-0 Qh8 17.Qb5 Ne5 18.d6 Bd7 19.Qb7 Bc6 1st Northumbrian Masters

20.Qb4 Rb8 21.Qc5 Qd7 22.Rab1 54.Ke2 b6 55.a6 Nc8 56.Nd3+ Ke4 Rb1 23.Rb1 Qg4 24.Ng3 g5 2S.h3 57.Nf2+ Kf5 58.Nd3 h3 59.gh3 gh3 Qh4 26.Nf5 Qf4 60.Kf3 h2 61.Kg2 Ke4 62.Nf2+ Ke3 63.Ng4+ Kd2 64.Kh2 Kc3 65.Ne5 Kd4 0-1

E81 0 Rowson,J. ■ Storey,C.H. 1 st N orthumbrian Masters 1996

l.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 S.f3 0-0 6.Nge2 Nc6 7.Be3 e5 More usual is 7... a6 and 8 ... Rb8, 27.Ne7+ Be7 28.de7 Qf6 29.Rd1 preparing ... b5 and keeping Black's Re7 30.Rd6 Qf4 31.Rd8+ Be8 A45 options open in the centre. Instead Charlie 32.Qe3 Qe3 33.fe3 Nc6 34.Ra8 □ Mah,K. opens the centre immediately, aiding 1-0 ■ Rizouk,R. White's development 8.Qd2 ed4 9.Nd4 1st Northumbrian Masters (7) 1996 Nd4 10.Bd4 c6 11.0-0-0 [ll.Be2 followed by 0-0 should lead to a nice A56 I.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 c5 4.f3 position for White. It's not possible to brea □ Pedersen,S. Nf6 5.d5 Qb6 6.Bc1 Qa5+ 7.Bd2 k with d5 12.cd5 cd5 13.ed5 Nd5 ■ McMichaelJR. Qd8 8.e4 g6 9.Nc3 d6 10 Nge2 Na6 14.Bg7+- This would be a much safer 1st Northumbrian Masters (7) 1996 11.Qc1 h5 12.Nf4 Nc7 13.a4 Bg7 option against Charlie (regardless of the’ 14.Bc4 0-0 15.Nd3 e6 16.Bg5 ed5 theoretical status of 0 -0 -0 ) because of his l.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5 4.Nc3 d6 17.Nd5 Ncd5 18.Bd5 Qa5+ 19.Bd2 liking for opposite-side castling,do-or- 5.e4 Be7 6.h3 0-0 7.Bd3 Ne8 8.Nf3 Qa6 20.Ba2 d5 21.Nc5 Qd6 22.Bb4 die type of positions] ll...Be6 12.g4 c5 Nd7 9.Be3 a6 10.Qe2 g6 ll.g 4 Ndf6 Qb6 23.Nd3 Re8 24.Bc5 Qc6 25.0-0 13.Be3 Qa5 14.Kb1 a6 15.h4 b5 12.Bh6 Ng7 13.0-0-0 Bd7 14.Rdg1 de4 26.fe4 Re4 27.Be3 b6 28.Bg5 16. h5 Rfb8! A traditiona1 race has b5 15.Nd2 Nfe8 16.h4 Nc7 17.f4 f6 Bb7 29.Rf3 Rae8 30.Bf6 Bf6 31.Qh6 developed with, if anything, Black having 18.f5 bc4 19.Nc4 Nb5 20.Nd1 Nd4 Rg4 the more dangerous attacking chances. 21.Qe3 Rf7 Okay, Jonathan is a very good player and a potential GM, but Charlie must have played hundreds of similar positions using King's Indian and Dragon-type set-ups ... 17. hg6 fg6 18.Qd6 Bf7 19.Nd5 bc4 20.Nf6+ Bf6 21.Qf6 c3 Suddenly everything is clear: unless White lands the big one, he's dead. The following sacrifice must have been planned several moves ago, but does it lead to anything more than a draw?

32.Bf7+ Kf7 33.Qh7+ Ke6 34.Re1 + 22.g5 fg5 23.hg5 Ngf5 24.ef5 Nf5 Re4 35.Nf4+ Kd6 36.Rd3+ Kc5 25.Qd2 Rb8 26.Nde3 Ne3 27.Qe3 37.b4+ Kb4 38.Rb1+ Ka5 39.Rb5+ Qc8 28.Rf1 Bf5 29.Bf5 Rf5 30.Qd3 Ka6 40.Nd5 Re1 + Rf1+ 31.Rf1 Qg4 32.Kb1 Rb4 33.b3 0-1 a5 34.Ne5 de5 35.d6 Qe6 36.de7 Rd4 1-0 C23 □ Shah,A. ■ King,!. A46 1st Northumbrian Masters (7) 1996 □ Okosleme,I 22.Qf7+!D Kf7 23.Bc4+ Ke8 24.Rh7 ■ Bhatia,K.K. I.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d3 Rb2+ 25.Kcl Rd2 26.Bf7+ [ 26.Rh8+ 1st Northumbrian Masters (7) 1996 Na5 5.Nge2 Nc4 6.dc4 d6 7.Qd3 c6 Ke7 27.Rh7+ Kd6 28.Bf4+ Kc6 8.0-0 Be7 9.b3 0-0 10.Ng3 g6 29.Bd5+ Rd5 ( 29...Kb5? 30.Rb7+ Ka4 I. d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.c3 e6 4.Bg5 d5 II. Kh1 Ne8 12.f4 ef4 13.Bf4 Be6 31.Bd2 cd2+ 32.Kb23-) 30.ed5+ Kb5 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Nbd2 Be7 7.Bd3 0-0 14.Rad1 Qa5 15.Bd2 Qc7 16.Nce2 Bf6 31.Rb7+ Kc4 32.Kbl Re8T ] 26...Kf8 8.Bf6 Nf6 9.Ne5 Qc7 10.g4 Ne8 17.Nd4 Bg4 18.Rde1 Be5 19.Bf4 Rd8 27.Bh6+ Ke7 I I . h4 f6 12.Nef3 e5 13.Bf5 ed4 20.Qe3 Qb6 21.Be5 de5 22.Qg5 Rd4 14.ed4 Nd6 15.Bc8 Rac8 16.dc5 Nf7 23.Qg4 Ng7 24.Qg5 Qc7 25.h4 Qd8 (Diagram) 17.Nb3 Bc5 18.Qd5 Rfe8+ 19.Kf1 26.Qe5 Qh4+ 27.Kg1 Qd8 28.Re2 Rd1 Bb6 20.Nfd4 Rcd8 21.Qf5 Nd6 29.Ref2 Rf1+ 30.Nf1 Re8 31.Qf4 Qe7 28JBg5+? [ 28.Bd5+ Kf6 29.Rf7+ Ke5 22.Qf3 Nc4 23.g5 32.Ng3 Ne6 33.Qg4 Qg5 34.Qg5 Ng5 30.Bg7+ Kd6 3l.Rf6+= would force a 35.Re2 f6 36.Rd2 Kf7 37.Rd7+ Re7 draw. Jonathan however presses for the (Diagram) 38.Re7+ Ke7 39.Kf2 Ke6 40.Ke3 Ke5 elusive w in ...] 28...Kd6 29-Bf4+ Kc6 41.b4 h5 42.a4 h4 43.Ne2 Ne4 44.b5 30.Bd2 cd2+ 31.Rd2 Qc3+ 32.Rc2 fg5 24.hg5 g6 25.Qh3 Qf7 26.Rb1 c5 45.a5 g5 46.Nc1 f5 47.Nd3+ Kd6 Qel + 33.Kb2 Rb8+ Now Black is Rd5 27.Qf3 Ne3+ 28.fe3 Rf5 29.Nf5 48.Ne1 Ke6 49.Nd3 Kf6 50.Nb2 Nd6 winning comfortably ... 34.Bb3 Qe3 51.Kf3 Ke5 52.c3 g4+ 53.Ke3 f4+ 35.RT7 a5 36.Rc3 Qd2+ 37.Rc2 Qd4+ 15t Northumbrian Ma5ter5

12.Nd5 fe4 13.Ne7+ Qe7 14.de4 f5 15.c3 Nc6 16.Bg5 Bf6 17.Bf6 Rf6 18.ef5 Rf5 19.Qg4+ Qg7 20.Qc4+ Kh8 21.Be4 Rf1+ 22.Rf1

38.Kcl Rh8 39.Bd5+ Kd6 40.e5+ 42.Qf6 Qe5 41.f4 Q al+ If you thought thi5 1-0 game wa5 akin to a 5aturday night boxing match, you 5hould have 5een the po5t­ mortem! By all account5 thi5 wa5 a B52 d5 23.Bd5 Bh3 24.Re1 Rf8 25.Qc5 te5to5terone-fuelled Mohammed Ali meet5 □ Wall,G. Qf6 26.Bg2 Nd4 27.Qe5 Qe5 28.Re5 Mike Ty5on pre55 conference where ■ Dearing^E. Nf3+ 29.Bf3 Rf3 30.Re1 b5 31.Rc1 fanta5tic variation5 and counter-claim5 15t Northumbrian Ma5ter5 (8) 1996 Kg7 32.b3 Kf6 33.c4 b4 34.Rd1 flowed freely. We look forward to the Ke5 35.Rc1 Kd4 36.Re1 Kc3 37.c5 rematch on 5ky 5port5/ GM Video... ?! l.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.a4 Kd2 38.Rb1 Kc2 39.Re1 Kb2 0-1 Nc6 5.d3 Nf6 6.0-0 e6 7.Re1 Be7 40.Re2+ Kb1 41.Rf2 Rf2 42.Kf2 8.Nbd2 0-0 9.Nc4 a6 10.Bc6 Bc6 Ka2 43.Kf3 h5 11.e5 Ne8 12.a5 Bf3 13.Qf 3 d5 0-1 B23 14.Nb6 Rb8 15.c4 Nc7 16.Qg4 Kh8 □ Shaw,J. 17.Bf4 Na8 18.Re3 Nb6 19.ab6 Qb6 ■ AnSell,5. 20.Qh5 g6 21.Qh6 f5 22.ef6 Bf6 C12 15t Northumbrain Ma5ter5 (7) 1996 23.Rh3 Rf7 24.Bb8 Qb2 25.Rf1 Bd4 □ Rizouk,R. 26.Qg6 Bf2+ 27.Kh1 Rg7 28.Qe8+ ■ Plle5ter,L. 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Rg8 29.Qh5 Kg7 30.Be5+ 15t Northumbrian Ma5ter5 (8) 1996 Bg7 5.d3 e6 6.Be3 d6 7.Qd2 Qa5 1-0 8.Nf3 Nd4 9.0-0 Ne7 10.Nh4 Bd7 I.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 1 1.f4 f5 12.Rf2 0-0 13.Nd5 Qd8 Bb4 5.Nge2 de4 6.a3 Be7 7.Bf6 gf6 14.Ne7+ Qe7 15.ef5 gf5 16.c3 Bc6 B21 (TW) Compared with the 5imilar Burn 17.Re1 Bg2 18.Rg2 Nc6 19.Nf3 Rae8 □ Hartmann, 5. variation ( 4... dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 20.d4 cd4 21.Nd4 Qd7 22.Rge2 Nd8 ■ Jone5, G. gxf6) White'5 king'5 knight i5 placed on e2, 23.Nb3 b6 24.Bd4 Rf7 25.Bg7 Rg7 15t Northumbrian Ma5ter5 (8) 1996 hindering the plan of: NO, Bc4, Qe2 and 26.Nd4 Rge7 27.Qd3 Nb7 28.Qc4 d5 0-0-0. 5o, by analogy, Black i5 probably 29.Qc6 Nc5 30.Qd7 Rd7 31.Ne6 Re6 l.e4 c5 2.d4 cd4 3.c3 dc3 4.Nc3 Nc6 OK here. 8.Ne4 b6 9.Nf4 f5 10.Ng3 32.Re6 Ne6 33.Re6 d4 34.cd4 Rd4 5.Nf3 d6 6.Bc4 e6 7.0-0 Nf6 8.Qe2 [ Ol0.Nc3 preparing d5 (LP)] 10...Bb7 35.Kf2 Kf7 36.Re2 Rd3 37.Rc2 Rd7 a6 9.Rd1 Qc7 10.a3 Be7 11.Bg5 0-0 II . Bb5+ c6 12.Bc4 Qd6 13.Nfh5 38.Ke3 Ke6 39.Rc6+ Kf7 40.b4 Re7+ 12.Rac1 Rd8 13.Ba2 Qb8 14.Na4 Nd7 14.Ng7+ (TW)Otherwi5e Black will 41.Kd3 Rd7+ 42.Kc4 h5 43.Kb5 h4 Qc7 15.Be3 Nd7 16.b4 b5 17.Nc3 ca5tle long with a clear edge, but the5e 44.gh4 Rd4 45.Rc7+ Kg6 46.Ra7 Rf4 Bb7 18.Nd5 ed5 19.ed5 Nde5 20.Bf4 knight manouvre5 are co5ting time without 47.Rb7 Rh4 48.Rb6+ Kg5 49.Rc6 f4 Nf3+ 21.Qf3 Rac8 22.dc6 Bc6 producing anything tangibleKf8 50.a4 f3 51.a5 Rh2 52.a6 Re2 53.Rc1 23.Qh5 g6 (LP) Probably 14... Kd8 would have been Kf4 54.a7 Re5+ 55.Ka6 Re6+ 56.Ka5 better, tran5ferring the king to the Queen 5i Re2 57.b5 f2 58.Rf1 de 15.N7h5 Rg8 16.0-0 [ 16.Qd2 Bg5 1-0 17. f4 Be7 ( 17...Bh6!7) 18.0-0-0 Rd8 19. Kbl i5 another rea5onable way of playing, but Black ha5 plenty of play on D ll the d and g file5 and a potentially good □ Dearing,E. bi5hop on b7 (TW)] 16...C5 17.d5 ■ Whiteley,A. [ 17.dc5 Qdl (17...QC6!?) 18.Radl 15t Northumbrian Ma5ter5 (7) 1996 Nc5 i5 fine for Black (TW)] 17...Ne5 18. Ba2 Rd8 19.Qe2 [ 19.de6? Qc6 l.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cd5 cd5 4.Nf3 Nf6 (TW)] 19...C4!? (TW) Leon'5 working 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 e6 7.e3 Be7 8.Bd3 hard to get hi5 piece5 working, even it'5 0-0 9.0-0 Nh5 10.Bg3 Ng3 11.hg3 going to co5t him a paw n... [ 19...Bd5? Bd7 12.Rc1 Rc8 13.a3 Bd6 14.b4 24.Bf7+ Kf7 25.Qh7+ Kf6 26.h4 20. Bd5 Qd5? 21.R ad l4 -; 19...f4 Qe7 15.Nd2 Rfd8 16.Nb3 Be8 17.f4 Rh8 27.Bg5+ Ke6 28.Re1+ Kd5 20.Nf4 Ng4 21.QG ed5 22.Nf5 g6 18.Qf3 a5 19.b5 Na7 20.a4 Ba3 29.Qf7+ Kd4 30.Qf4+ with chance5 for both 5ide5 (LP)] 20.Rael 21.Rc2 1-0 [ 20.Bc4 Nc4 21.Qc4 Bd5+] 20...f4 [ 20...Ng6 21.de6 Qd5 22.G f4 23.ef7 (Diagram) Rh8 24.Bc4 Qd4+ 25.Khl fg3 B20 and White ha5 enough compen5ation for Rc3 22.Rc3 Qb4 23.Rc7 Qb3 24.Bc2 □ 5 torey, C.H. the bi5hop (LP)] 21JNf4 Ng4 22.Qc4 Qa2 25.Bb1 Qd2 26.g4 Bf8 27 Rd1 ■ Gormally,D. [ 22.Nfh5 i5 a rea5onable alternative Qb4 28.Rb7 Nc8 29.f5 Nd6 30.Ra7 15t Northumbrian Ma5ter5 (8) 1996 (TW)] 22...ed5 23.Qe2 Rd7 24.QG ef5 31.gf5 Qa4 32.fg6 hg6 33.Rf1 [ 24.Nfh5 and it'5 not really clear where Qb5 34.Bg6 Rd7 35.Ra8 Re7 36.Qf6 l.e4 c5 2.d3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 the compen5ation i5. Black i5 fairly active, Qd7 37.Bf5 Qc7 38.Rf4 Bg7 39.Rg4 5.f4 d6 6.Nf3 e5 7.0-0 Nge7 8.Nc3 but White ha5 no w eakne55e5 (TW)] Nf5 40.Qf5 Qc1+ 41.Kh2 Qe3 0-0 9.f5 gf5 1O.Ng5 f6 11.Nh3 Nd4 24...d4 25.Ne4?? [ 25.Ne6+ Ke8 15t Northumbrian Ma5ter5

26. Nc7+ Kd8 27.Qf7 Nf6 28.Ne6+ 18.Rd2 f4 19.gf4 Bh3 20.Nd1 Bg4 B52 i5 winning for White (LP) (Oop5! Mi55ed 21.Nf2 Be2 22.Re2 Kf7 23.Nh3 Bh6 □ An5ell,5. that one... - Ed)] 25...Qh6 26.Nh3 24.Reh2 Rh8 25.Qg2 Nf5 26.Ng5+ ■ Mah,K. [ 26.h3? Nf6 ] 26...Nf6? [ 26...Bd6 Kg7 27.Rg1 Bg5 28.Qg5 Ne7 29.Rgh1 1 5t Northumbrian Ma5ter5 (8) 1996 27. Qf5 Qh3 28.gh3 Ne3+ 29.Qg5 Qf5 30.Rh8 Rh8 31.Rh8 Kh8 32.Qh4+ Rg5+ 30.Ng5 Nfl 31.Kfl Rc7 Kg7 33.Ng3 Qe6 34.Bc3 Nf5 35.Qh3 I.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bd7+ i5 a little better for Black (LP)] 27.Qf5 Qd7 36.Nf1 Qe6 37.Qh1 Qe7 38.Ba5 Qd7 5.c4 Nc6 6.d4 cd4 7.Nd4 Nf6 Rc7 28.Ng3 [28.Nhg5 Qg6 ( 28...Rg7 b6 39.Bb4 Qb7 40.Kb2 Qa6 41.Qg2 8.Nc3 g6 9.0-0 Bg7 10.Nde2 0-0 29.Qf4 Be4 30.Ne6+ fe6 31.0H6 Bg2 Qd3 42.cb6 ab6 43.Qh3 Qe2+ 44.Kc1 II.f3 Rac8 12.Be3 b6 13.Qd2 Rfd8 32. Qg7+ Kg7 33.Kg2 Rc2 34~Re6 Ba3 Ng4 45.Bd2 Nf2 14.b3 Qb7 15.Rfd1 Nd7 16.Rab1 35. ba3 Ra2 36.Re7+ Kg6 37.Ra7 0-1 Re8 17.a4 Na5 18.Nd5 Ne5 19.Bd4 and White will win) 29.Qg6 Rg6 30.Bf7 Qc6 20.Qg5 Ne4 31.Bg6 Ng5 32.Bd3 Bd6 w ith an in te re 5tin g en d g am e 33.f4? B81 will be an5w ered withNh3+! (LP)] □ Hou5ka,M. 25.. .Bc8 29.Qe5 Rb7 30.Qd4 Bh3 ■ Buckley,G. 31.gh3 Qh3 32.Qc4?? (LP) In time 15t Northumbrian Ma5ter5 (8) 1996 trouble W hite mi55ed: [ 32.Re7! Re7 ( 32...Ke7 33.Rel+ Kf8 34.Qf6; I.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cd4 4.Nd4 32.. .Ng4 33.Qg4 Qg4 34.Rb7± (TW)j Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g4 a6 7.g5 Nfd7 33. Qf6 with a win] 32...Bc5 33.Qf4 8.h4 Nc6 9.Be3 Be7 10.Qe2 Nd4 [ 33.Rdl Rg3+ 34.hg3 Qg3+ 35.Khl II.Bd4 0-0 12.0-0-0 b5 13.f4 b4 Qf3+ 36.Kgl Bf2+ 37.Rf2 Qdl+ 14.Na4 Bb7 15.g6 fg6 16.Bh3 Rf4 38.Kg2 Qg4+ 39.Qg4 Ng4 with a good 17.Be6+ Kh8 18.Bd7 Re4 19.Qf1 endgame for Black (LP)] 33..Jfg4 Qd7 20.Nc5 Qc7 21.Ne4 Be4 22.Rh2 34. Ne4 Nf2+? [ 34...Ne3+ 35.Qg5 d5 23.Rf2 Bf6 24.Kb1 h5 25.Rdd2 Nb3 21.Rb3 Qa4 22.Rbb1 h6 Rg5+ 36.Ng5 Qg2# (LP)] 35JVg5 Rg5+ Bd4 26.Rd4 Qe7 27.Ka1 a5 28.Qe1 23.Qh4 Qc2 24.Qf2 Nc4 25.Bg7 Kg7 36. Qg5 Ng4+ 37.Qc5+ bc5 38.Re2 Qh4 29.c4 bc3 30.bc3 Kh7 31.c4 26.Qd4+ Ne5 27.Rb2 Qc5 28.Qc5 Re7 39.Rg2 Ne3 Rb8 32.Rf1 Qh3 33.Rd1 dc4 34.Qa5 dc5 29.Ra1 Nc4 30.Rc2 Na5 31.Kf2 0-1 Bf5 35.Rfe1 e6 32.Ne3 Red8 33.Ra5 ba5 34.Nc4 a4 35.Nc3 Rb8 36.Na4 Rdc8 37.e5 Rc7 38.Nd6 c4 39.Rc4 Rc4 40.Nc4 B14 Rb4 41.Ncb2 h5 42.Ke3 g5 43.Kd3 O Bhatla,K.K. g4 44.fg4 Rg4 45.g3 Rb4 46.Kc2 ■ 5hah,A. Re4 47.Nc3 Re5 48.Nd3 Ra5 49.Nf4 15t Northumbrian Ma5ter5 (8) 1996 Kh6 50.Kb3 Ra1 51.Ne4 e5 52.Nd3 f5 53.Nd6 e4 54.Nf4 Kg5 55.Nc4 h4 I.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.ed5 cd5 4.c4 Nf6 56.Ne3 Rh1 57.Ne6+ Kf6 58.Nd4 h3 5.Nc3 g6 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.Qb3 0-0 59.Ndf5 Kg5 60.Nd6 Rh2 61.Ne4+ 8.Bd3 dc4 9.Bc4 Nc6 1O.Qd1 Bg4 Kh5 II.d5 Ne5 12.Be2 Nf3+ 13.Bf3 Bf3 14.Qf3 Qa5 15.0-0 Rfd8 16.Rd1 Rd7 17.Rb1 Qb4 18.Bf4 Rc8 19.Be5 Qg4 20.Qe3 a6 21.f3 Qf5 22.Qd4 Ra8 36.Qe5 Ra2+ Nh5 23.Bg7 Ng7 24.Re1 Ne6 25.Qb4 0-1 Nc5 26.Qh4 Rcc7 27.Rbd1 Nd3 28.Re3 Nb2 29.d6 ed6 30.Re8+ Kg7 31.Qd4+ Qf6 C29 □ Bry5on,D. ■ 5haw,J. 15t Northumbrian Ma5ter5 (8) 1996

I.e4 d6 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 e5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.d4 c6 6.de5 de5 7.Ne5 Ne5 62.Nf6+ Kg6 63.Nfg4 Rh1 64.Ne5+ 8.Qd8+ Kd8 9.fe5 Nd7 10.Bf4 Nc5 Kg7 65.Nf3 h2 66.Nh2 Rh2 67.Kb4 II.0 -0 -0 + Ke8 12.Be2 Be6 13.Bf3 Ra2 68.Kb5 Kg6 69.Nd5 Kg5 Be7 14.h4 a5 15.Kb1 Rd8 16.Bg3 70.Ne3 Ra3 71.Nc4 Rg3 72.Ka6 Rc3 Rd1+ 17.Rd1 Bd8 18.Ne2 Bc7 19.Nd4 73.Ne5 Ra3+ 74.Kb5 Ra1 75.Kb4 g6 20.h5 Bc8 21.Bf2 Ne6 22.Ne6 Be6 Kf5 76.Nc4 Ke6 77.Nd2 Kd6 78.Nb3 23.Bh4 Rg8 24.hg6 fg6 25.Bf6 Rf8 Rb1 79.Kc3 Kc7 80.Kc2 Rh1 81.Kc3 26.g4 Rf7 27.b3 Rd7 28.Rh1 Kf8 Kb6 82.Kb4 Rh4+ 83.Kc3 a5 84.Nd2 29.g5 Kg8 30.Rh4 Bb6 31.Bg4 Bg4 Rb4 85.Nc4+ Kb5 86.Ne3 a4 87.Nc2 0-1 32.Rg4 Kf7 33.Rg3 Ke6 34.Rd3 Rd3 Rb3+ 88.Kd2 Kc4 89.Kc1 a3 90.Na1 35.cd3 Bd4 36.Bd8 Be5 37.Ba5 Bf4 a2 38.Bd8 Kd7 39.Bf6 Ke6 40.Bd8 Kd7 0-1 A01 41.Bf6 Ke6 42.Bd8 □ McMichael,R. 'A-'A ■ Row5on,J. D00 15t Northumbrian Ma5ter5 (8) 1996 □ Dunworth,C. ■ Ray,C. l.b3 e5 2.Bb2 d6 3.e3 Nc6 4.c4 g6 15t Northumbrian Ma5ter5 (8) 1996 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.d4 e4 7.Nfd2 f5 8.Nc3 Nf6 9.Be2 0-0 10.g3 h5 11.a3 Ne7 l.d4 d5 2.Bg5 h6 3.Bh4 c5 4.dc5 12.Qc2 c6 13.0-0-0 d5 14.h3 h4 Nc6 5.e3 Qa5+ 6.Nc3 e6 7.a3 Bc5 15.N f1 hg3 16.fg3 Be6 17.c5 Qd7 8.Nf3 Be7 9.Be7 Nge7 10.Bb5 a6 15t Northumbrian Ma5ter5

11.Ba4 Qc7 12.e4 0-0 13.ed5 Rd8 23.Bf8 Raf8 24.Qh6±] 20.Bf4 D20 14.0-0 Nd5 15.Nd5 Rd5 16.Qe2 Nd4 A5 you can imagine, I enjoyed playing thi5 □ Gormally,D. 17.Nd4 Rd4 18.Bb3 Bd7 19.c3 Bb5 move! ■ 5haw,J. 20.Qe3 Rd3 21.Qe4 Rad8 22.Bc2 Rd2 It’5 not clear however whether it lead5 to a 15t Northumbrian Ma5ter5 (9) 1996 23.Rfd1 Qb6 24.Qe3 Qe3 25.fe3 Bc6 win but it look5 quite promi5ing ... 26.e4 Rd1+ 27.Rd1 Rd1+ 28.Bd1 Be4 I. d4 d5 2.c4 dc4 3.e4 Nc6 4.Be3 29.Kf2 Kf8 30.g3 e5 31.Ke3 Bc6 Nf6 5.f3 e5 6.d5 Ne7 7.Bc4 Ng6 32.c4 Ke7 33.b4 Ke6 34.h4 f5 35.a4 8.Ne2 a6 9.0-0 Bd6 10.Nbc3 0-0 g5 36.hg5 hg5 37.b5 Bh1 38.c5 a5 II.a4 Qe7 12.Qd2 Bd7 13.a5 Rac8 39.Bb3+ Bd5 40.Bd1 f4+ 41.gf4 gf4+ 14.Rfd1 Rfd8 15.Kh1 Bc5 16.Nc1 42.Kd3 Kd7 43.Bg4+ Kc7 44.Bh5 Bg2 Be3 17.Qe3 Ne8 18.Nd3 Nd6 19.Ba2 45.Bg6 Bf3 46.Be8 e4+ 47.Kd4 e3 Qf6 20.Nc5 Be8 21.Rd2 h5 22.Rf1 48.Kd3 Kd8 49.Bf7 Bd1 50.Bc4 Ba4 h4 23.Nd3 Bb5 51.Ke2 Bc2 52.Kf3 Bd1+ 53.Kf4 e2 54.Be2 Be2 55.c6 b6 0-1

C02 Qd4? Hoping for 21.Bxe5 Qg4, but now □ Wall,T.P. it'5 all over. Biting the bullet wa5 better: ■ Clarke,T. [ 20...ef4 21.Rel+ A) 21...Kd7 22.Nf7 15t Northumbrian Ma5ter5 (8) 1996 Nf7 23.Qf7+ Kc6 24.b4!! (T.Clarke)-A lovely move interfering with Black'5 I.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 d e fe n d in g p ie c e 5: Bb4 ( 24...Qb4 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.Bd3 cd4 7.cd4 Bd7 25. R abl ) 25.Racl+ Nc5 26.Re6# ; B) 8.0-0 Nd4 9.Ng5 An intere5ting 21...Kd8 22.Nf7+ Nf7 23.Qf7 Nc7 alternative to Milner-Barry'5 9 Nxd4 24.Racl Bc5 ( 24...Bd6 25.Re7! Be7 24.Nb5 ab5 25.Rc2 Nf4 26.Nf2 Nh5 Qxd4 10 Nc3, which ha5 a cloudy 26. fe7+ Kc8 27.e8Q+) 25.Re7 Qd6 27.Rfc1 Rd7 28.Nd3 Nf4 29.Nf2 reputation after the be5t reply, 10...a6. 26.b4! Bb6 ( 26...b6 27.bc5 bc5 Nh5 30.Nd3 Nf4 31.Nf2 5ometime5, however, murky i5 good and 28.Rc7! Qc7 29.Qd5+3~) 27.a5 Rc8 •A-'A thi5 line, called after a Dani5h player ca1le 28.ab6 ab6 29.Reel al5o look5 fairly d 5oren5en, i5 definately w ell... unclear! T good for White, threatening Qg7 and f7] he idea i5 not 5o much to take on h7 a5 to 21.Ne6 Qb6 22.Nf8 Ng8 23.Be5 Kf8 A88 threaten a deadly pin with Be3 and to 24.Qg5 □ Jone5,G. generally menace the king5ide.Bb5 1-0 ■ Bhatia,K.5. [ 9...Nc6 A) lO.Rel A l) 10...Be7! 15t Northumbrian Ma5ter5 (9) 1996 i5 a tougher nut, threatening 10... Bxg5. Now: 1 l.Qh5 g6 12.Qf3 ( 12.Qe2 D06 I.c4 f5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nf3 N b4T ) 12...Bg5 13,Bg5 Qb2 14.Nd2 □ Buckley, G. Nf6 5.0-0 d6 6.d4 0-0 7.Nc3 c6 Ne5T; A2) 10...Bc5 ll.Qf3 Nh6 ■ Rlzouk.R. 8.Re1 Ne4 9.Qb3 Na6 10.Be3 c5 12. Nc3®; B) 10.Bf4?l B l) 10...h6 15t Northumbrian Ma5ter5 (9) 1996 II.Rad1 Qe8 12.d5 Nc3 13.bc3 Rb8 II. Nf7!? Kf7 12.Qh5+ Ke7 13.Qh4+ 14.a4 Nc7 15.Bf4 Bd7 16.Ra1 h6 (13.Nc3'?oo) 13...Kf7 14.Qh5+= 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Bf5 3.cd5 Bb1 4.Qa4+ 17.h4 a6 18.a5 Qf7 19.Rab1 Ne8 T.Wall - A.Ledger, Tyne & Wear 1995; c6 5.Rb1 Qd5 6.b4 Qd4 7.Nf3 Qd8 B2) 10...Qb2 1 l.Nd2 Ne5 12.Rbl Qd4 8.b5 Nf6 9.bc6 bc6 10.e4 e6 11.Ba6 13. Be5 Qe5 14.NdD wa5 played in C. 5torey - A.Whiteley, 2nd Tyne5ide International, 1995 when White ha5n't got enough for the 3(!) pawn5 5acrificed] 10. Be3 Qa6 [ 10...Bd3 ll.Q d3 Bc5 12.Nc3 Qa6 (12...Qb4 13.Rfdl Np 14. a34— ) 13.Qa6 ba6 14.Radl4- ] 11. Bb5+ Nb5 12.Qh5 Nh6 13.a4 Nc7D [ 13...Be7 14.ab5 Qal 15. Ne6-» ] 14.NC3 Qc4 [ 14...Qd3 15.Nb5 Nb5 16.ab5 g6 17.Qh4 Qb5 (17...NP 18.Qa4 Ne3 19.b6+ Ke7 20.Qb6 Bc3 21.Rec1 Bg7 22.Qa7 20. Q b4+ = ) 18.Ne6 fe6 19.Bh6§ ] Nf6 23.Rb7 Kh7 24.Rb8 Rc8 25.Rc8 15.Nce4! Qb4 16JMcl Na6 17.Bd2 Na6 12.Qc6+ Nd7 13.Qa6 Qc8 Bc8 26.Bd6 Ne4 27.Qe7 Nd6 28.Qd6 Qb6 [ 17...Qd4 look5 5afer; 18.Bc3 Qd3 14.Qe2 Bb4+ 15.Bd2 Bd2+ 16.Qd2 Bf8 29.Qb8 Qe8 30.Qc7+ Bg7 31.d6 19.Nf6+!? gf6 20.ef6 i5 a po55ible try: Qa6 17.Qe2 Qe2+ 18.Ke2 0-0 Qa4 32.Qc8 Qf5 21.Qe2 Qg5 (21...Nc7 22.Be5 ; 19.Rhc1 Nf6 20.Nd2 g6 21.Rb7 1-0 21...Nc5 22. Qb5+ Nd7 23.Qb7 Rb8 Rfb8 22.Rcc7 Rb7 23.Rb7 Ng4 24.f3 24 .B e5 + -) 22.Qb5+ Kd8 23.Ba5+ Ne5 25.Ke3 Kg7 26.h3 g5 27.g3 a6 but it'5 hard to believe there'5 really no de 28.f4 gf4+ 29.gf4 Ng6 30.e5 Rc8 B07 fence for Black in thi5 line] 18.Nf6+t 31.Ne4 Rc6 32.Nd6 Nh8 33.f5 ef5 □ Bhatla,K.K. A po5itional 5acrifice to keep the king in th 34.Nf5+ ■ Water5,C.L. e centre. I'm not 5ure it lead5 to a win, but 1-0 15t Northumbrian Ma5ter5 (9) 1996 it come5 clo5e ...gf6 I9.ef6 e5 [ 19...Nc5 20.Be3 Rg8 21.Ne6! l.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Bd3 e5 4.c3 c6 ( 21.Bc5 lead5 to problem5 for White. It 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.0-0 Be7 7.Nbd2 0-0 5eem5 a5 though taking the u5ele55 knight 8.Re1 b6 9.Nc4 Qc7 10.Ne3 g6 at b6 often co5t5 valuable time:f?c.5 11.Nf1 Re8 12.Ng3 Bf8 13.Ng5 Bb7 22.0h6 BP+ 23.Khl Qe3!) 21...Qe6 14.f4 h6 15.Nf3 Rad8 16.Bd2 c5 22. Be 5 Kd7 (22...QP 23.Qe2+) 17.fe5 de5 18.d5 c4 19.Bc2 Bc5+ 15t Northumbrian Ma5ter5

20.Kf1 Ng4 21.Re2 f5 22.h3 Rf8 8.e5 Nd7 9.Re1 b5 10.Nf1 a5 11.h4 23.ef5 gf5 24.Nf5 Nh2+ b4 12.Bf4 Ba6 13.Ng5 Qe8 14.Qg4 Kh8 15.Rad1 a4 16.c4 bc3 17.bc3 Bg5 18.hg5 Rc8 19.Nh2 Qe7 20.Nf3 Rfe8 21.Bc1 c4 22.d4 a3 23.Kh2 Bb5 24.Rh1 Ba4 25.Rd2 Rb8 26.Nh4 Na7 27.f4 g6 28.Qf3 Rb1 29.g4 Nb5 30.Kg3 Kg8 31.Rf2 Rb8

Nb3+ 23.ab3 Bc3 24.Rf1 Bh3 25.Rf2 Ra8 26.g4 Bf6 27.Bd3 Ra2 28.Re2 25.Ke1 Rf5 26.Bf5 e4 27.Nd4 Qg3+ Rea8 29.Rde1 Kf8 30.Ne3 Bg5 28.Rf2 Bd4 29.cd4 e3 30.Be6+ Kg7 31.Ra2 Ra2 32.Bc2 Ra5 33.Kd2 Re5 31.Be3 Qe3+ 32.Qe2 Qe2+ 33.Ke2 34.Kd3 c5 35.Bd1 f5 36.Nc2 Re1 Nf6 34.g3 Re8 35.Kd1 Nf3 36.Rf3 37.Ne1 Bf4 38.Ke2 fg4 39.Nd3 Bh2 Re6 37.de6 Bf3+ 38.Kd2 Bd5 39.Re1 40.Nc5 g3 5ervice5 above and beyond the Ne4+ 40.Ke3 Kf6 41.Kf4 b5 42.Re4 call of duty for Arbiter 5imon Gillam, but Be4 43.Ke4 b4 44.d5 b3 45.ab3 a well played game by KC - 1-0 congratulation5 on your new rating! Nc3 33.f6 Qb4 34.Kh2 Ne4 35.Ng6 0-1 hg6 36.Re2 Qc3 37.Re3 Qd4 38.Ra3 Qe5+ 39.Bf4 Rh1+ 40.Kh1 Rb1 + A01 41.Kh2 Ng5 42.Qg3 Qf6 43.Ra4 □ Bl5by,D. D ll Qh8+ 44.Bh3 Rb2+ 45.Kh1 Qh3+ ■ Dunworth,C. □ Mah,K 46.Qh3 Nh3 15t Northumbrian Ma5ter5 (9) 1996 ■ Whlteley,A 0-1 15t Northumbrian Ma5ter5 (9) 1996 l.b3 e5 2.Bb2 d6 3.e3 Nf6 4.c4 g6 5.d4 e4 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Be2 0-0 8.g4 l.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 A46 Re8 9.h4 c5 10.d5 Qa5 11.Rc1 b5 5.b3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dc4 7.bc4 e5 8.de5 □ Hou5ka,M 12.g5 Nfd7 13.Qd2 bc4 14.bc4 Na6 Ne5 9.Ne5 Qa5+ 10.Nd2 Qe5 11.Rb1 ■ Wall,T 15.Nh3 Nb4 16.Nf4 Na2 17.Ra1 Bd6 12.Nf3 Qe7 13.0-0 Nd7 14.Bb2 15t Northumbrian Ma5ter5 (9) 1996 Ne5 15.c5 Bc7 16.Ne5 Be5 17.Be5 Qe5 18.Qc2 g6 I. d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 c5 4.e3 Be7 5.Nbd2 b6 6.Bd3 Bb7 7.0-0 0-0 8.c3 cd4 9.ed4 d6 lO.Re1 Nbd7 II.Rc1 Re8 12.Bb1 Qc7 13.Nf1 Bc6 14.c4 Qb7 15.Ng3 Bf3 16.gf3 d5 17.b3 Rac8 18.Qd3 Nf8 19.h4 h6 20.Bd2 Red8 21.h5 Qd7 22.Be3 Ba3 23.Rc2 Bb4 24.Rd1 dc4 25.bc4 Bd6 26.Kg2 Qa4 27.Rh1 N8d7 28.Qb3 Qc6 29.Rcc1 Qc7 30.Rh4 Qb8 31.Rd1 Qa8 32.Rc1 Rc7 33.Qb2 Rdc8 34.Bd3 a6 35.Qd2 Qc6 Bc3 18.Bc3 Qc3 19.Ra2 Qd2+ 20.Kd2 Ne5 21.Rb1 Rd8 22.h5 Bg4 23.hg6 hg6 24.Bg4 Ng4 25.Kc3 Rd7 19.f4 Qe3+ 20.Kh1 0-0 21.f5 Bf5 26.Rg1 Ne5 27.Rb2 a5 28.Rgb1 Nf3 22.Bf5 gf5 23.Rb7 Qe4 24.Qc3 Rfe8 29.Rb8+ Rb8 30.Rb8+ Kg7 31.Ra8 25.Qg3+ Qg4 26.Qc7 Qc4 27.Rg1 Ng5 32.Ra5 Nf3 33.Ra8 Ne5 34.Ra6 Rac8 28.Qg3+ Qg4 29.Qb3 Qg6 Kf6 35.Ne2 Kg5 36.Ng3 f5 37.Ne2 30.Ra7 Re2 31.Rb7 Kg7 32.a4 Rd8 Nd3 38.f3 ef3 39.Kd3 fe2 40.Ke2 33.Qc3+ Kh6 34.Rb4 Re4 35.a5 Ra8 Kg4 41.e4 Kf4 42.ef5 Kf5 43.Ra8 36.Rb3 f4 37.Qa1 Re3 38.Rb6 Qg7 Ke4 44.Rh8 g5 45.Rh1 Kd4 46.Rc1 39.Rc6+ Re6 40.Qa4 Qe5 41.a6 Kg5 Rf7 47.Rg1 Kc4 48.Rg5 Kd4 42.Re6 fe6 43.Qc6 Qd5 44.Qb7 Kf6 0-1 45.c6 f3 46.Rf1 Ke5 47.Qc7+ Ke4 48.gf3+ Ke3 49.Qb6+ Kf4 50.Qb4+ Ke3 51.Qc3+ Kf4 52.c7 Qb5 53.Rc1 36.Bh6 Bf8 37.Bf4 Bd6 38.h6 g6 E94 Rc8 54.Qc4+ Good technique from Karl 39.Ne4 e5 40.d5 Nd5 41.cd5 Qc1 □ Glllam,5 and a w ell-de5erved 3rd= place again5t 42.Qc1 Rc1 43.Bc1 ■ Jo5hi,K good oppo5ition 1-0 15t Northumbrian Ma5ter5 (9) 1996 1-0

I.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 D53 d6 5.e4 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.de5 de5 A08 □ Row5on,J 8.Qd8 Rd8 9.Bg5 c6 10.Ne5 Re8 □ Ray,C ■ Cobb^l II.0-0-0 h6 12.Bf6 Bf6 13.Nf3 Nd7 ■ Bry5on,D 15t Northumbrian Ma5ter5 (9) 1996 14.Nd4 Nc5 15.f3 a5 16.g3 a4 15t Northumbrian Ma5ter5 (9) 1996 17.Nb1 l.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cd5 Ne4 18.Rhe1 Nc5 19.Na3 Bd7 1.Nf3 d5 2.d3 Nf6 3.Nbd2 c5 4.g3 ed5 5.Bg5 c6 6.Qc2 Na6 7.e3 Nb4 20.Nac2 Rab8 21.b4 ab3 22.Nb3 Nc6 5.e4 e6 6.Bg2 Be7 7.0-0 0-0 8.Qd2 Bf5 9 .Rc1 a5 10.a3 Na6 15t Northumbrian Ma5ter5

11 .Ba6 Ra6 12.Nge2 Be7 13.Ng3 Bg6 author5, tran5lator5 and publi5her5 tactfully 14.0-0 0-0 15.Na4 Ne8 16.Be7 Qe7 only a5 "Me55r5. X,Y,Z,A and B". 17.Nc5 Ra7 18.h4 h5 19.Ne2 Afterward5 5teffen Peder5en gave a clock 5imul where he bravely took 1 hour to hi5 2ND opponent5' one and a half. The re5ult? 5teffen won 10.5 - 2.5, with the other local heroe5 being Paul Edward5 (win) and 5teve Bartle (draw). The be5t game prize (a book called "Creative Che55") w a5 awarded for the following, quite creative, game by John AT Tumock: f5 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.h4 h6 5.Nh3 Bg7 6.e4 d6 7.Nf4 Kf7 8.ef5 Bf5 9.Bd3 Qd7 10.f3 e5 ll.N fe2 Nc6 12.d5 Nb4 13.Be4 Rhf8 26TH-315T AUGU5T 1997 14.a3 Na6 15.b4 Be4 16.fe4 Qh4 20.Nd7 Nf6 21.g3 Qh3 22.Nf6+ Thi5 Dutch i5 gradually tran5forming it5elf A nine round International gf6 23.f3 Kg7 24.Rf2 Rh8 25.Rh2. into a fully-fledged King'5 Indian, where 5wi55 tournament with Qf5 26.Kf2 Ra6 27.Rc5 Qd3 28.Qd3 Black i5 OK and 5teffen'5 early h4 now Bd3 29.Nf4 Bg6 30.b3 f5 31.Ke1 look5 mi5placed Qg4 17.Qd3 Kg8 opportunitie5 Kf6 32.Kd2 Raa8 33.Rc1 Rh7 18.Bd2 Nh5 19.0-0-0 Rf2 20.Rdg1 for IM norm5 34.Nd3 Ke7 35.Nf4 Kd6 36.Kd3 Raf8 John ha5 a clear advantage,with Rah8 37.b4 ab4 38.ab4 Ra8 39.Rc3 control of the f—file and an active Queen. Contact: Tim Wall Ra4 40.Rb2 h4 41.gh4 Rh4 42.b5 W hite i5 very p a 55ive 21.g3 R2f3 8 Whitfield Rd, Ra8 43.Rbc2 Rc8 44.Rc5 Bh5 22.Qc2 Kh7 23.Be1 R8f7 24.Kb2 Newca5tle Upon Tyne, 45.Rd5+ cd5 46.Rc8 Bf3 47.Kc3 Rh1 Nb8 25.Nd1 a5 While Black chip5 away 48.Kb4 Re1 49.Rc3 at the pawn5 in front of 5teffen'5 king, he c NEl 2 0LJ an undertake nothing active and i5 reduced Tel : 01 91 2662775 to a waiting game 26.Rh2 ab4 27.ab4 Na6 28.Nf2 Qd7 29.g4 Nf4 30.Nc1 A81 c6 31.Qd1 O PUe5ter,L. ■ Wall,G. 13t Northumbrian Ma5ter5 (9) 1996 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH l.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nh3 e6 5.Nf4 d6 6.Nc3 d5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.b3 FRIDAY, 5EPTEMBER 6, 1996 Bd7 9.e3 g5 Ma5terful victory by Nd5I? Maybe thi5 wa5 planned by John a5 a 5tunning 5acrifice - or perhap5 it ju5t Gormally happened by accident when the rook got trapped! By Malcolm Peln A nyw ay, it doe5n 't 5eem 5o bad and DANNY GORMALLY of defmately gave 5teffen problem5 over the Charlton Che55 Club 5cored board... 32.ed5 Nb4 33.Bb4 Rf2+ hi5 fir5t International Ma5ter 10.Nh5 g4 11.Nf4 Bd6 12.Nce2 Ne7 34.Rf2 Rf2+ 35.Kb3 e4 36.Rf1 re5ult at the Northumbrian 13.c4 c6 14.a4 Rc8 15.Ba3 Bb8 [ 36.Bc3 Bc3 37.Kc3 Qg7+-> ; 36.Ne2 Ma5ter5 organi5ed by Tim 16.Qd3 0-0 17.Rad1 Rf7 18.f3 gf3 cd5 37.cd5 Qb5 ] 36...Rb2+ 37.Ka3 c5 Wall at the Chillingham Arm5, Newca5tle upon Tyne. 19.Bf3 Kh8 20.Nc1 Ne4 21.Qc2 Ng6 38.Be1 b5 39.cb5 Qb5 40.Rf7 Qa6+ Gormally 5urpa55ed the 22.Ncd3 Nf4 23.gf4 Qh4 24.Be4 fe4 41.Qa4 Qa4+ 42.Ka4 After 5urviving required 5core of 6-5/9 by 25.Ne5 Be5 26.de5 Rg8+ 27.Kh1 the middlegame attack it look5 a5 though half a point and 5cored a Qh3 28.Qf2 d4 29.ed4 Rf4 30.Qe2 5teffen may e5cape, but maybe having to notable win over 5cotland’5 Rf1+ 31.Qf1 Qg4 32.Qf6+ Rg7 run from time pre55ure on one board to a top young player, IM Jona­ 33.Qf8+ Rg8 than Row5on, a5 well a5 dodgy po5ition on another wa5 having it5 defeating the 5cotti5h cham­ Yi-Vi effect Abo White'5 piece5 are not that well pion IM Dougla5 Bry5on. co-ordinated ... Rc2 43.Nb3 Kg8 The tournament wa5 al5o a 44.Re7 Be5! 45.h5 De5peration? gh5 great 5ucce55 for the junior A85 46.gh5 e3 47.Re6 c4 48.Nc5 Rc1 contingent. Gawain Jone5, □ Peder5en,5. 49.Ba5 e2 50.Nd7 R a1+ Well played eight, of York, the reigning Briti5h Under-8 and under-10 ■ Turnock,J. John! champion, 5cored two point5. Clock 5imul,Northumbrian Ma5ter5 1996 0-1 Tania 5achdev, 10, of New Delhi, 5cored three and l.d4 On the day after the tournament there achieved a partial FIDE rat­ wa5 a 5pecial event where Leon Plie5ter ing, a5 did local boy Martyn gave a talk on "My twelve year 5truggle Jone5, with 3-5. The tournament wa5 won with the Nimzo-Indian". In thi5 Leon by IM Leon Plie5ter of Hol­ de5cribed the difficultie5 the che55 author f land with an unbeaten 7-5/9 ace5 trying to get hi5 book publi5hed, referring to a motley collection of co­ 15t Northumbrian Ma5ter5 International Open

N a t Ti FIDE R () U J 1 D 5 F I D E I D i P o s P l a y e r I t y tl R t n g 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F D . o f B. I PLIESTER.Leon ...... NED im 2 3 5 0 w 2 3 = b 3 7 + * 5 + b 2 2 + * 2 = b l 7 + * 9 + bl 5+ * 8 = 8 614 2 3 0 4 4 . 4 8 2 . 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 8 1

2 GORMALLY,Dani el ...... ENG 2 3 0 0 b 6 = * 3 0 + bl 0+ * 3 + bl = * 9 = * 8 + b l 6 + * 7 = 7 9 7 2 3 1 1 4 . 3 2 2 . 6 8 4 0 6 4 6 5

3 BRYSON,Douglas ...... SCO im 2 3 8 0 * 1 8 = b 3 1 + * 2 3 + b 2 - * 5 - b 2 6 + * 2 5 + * 7 = bl 4+ 6 7 4 2 2 5 7 4 . 6 9 - 0 . 6 9 2 4 0 0 0 7 3 4 BUCKLEY,Graeme ...... ENG im 2 3 7 0 b 9 - * 3 9 + bl 4+ * 2 0 + * 1 7 - b 2 1 - * 1 8 + bl 3+ * 1 5 + 6 8 5 2 2 7 8 5 . 0 4 - 0 . 0 4 4 0 2 2 6 5 "5 H A H , K a r l ...... ENG fm 2 2 4 5 b 3 4 + * 6 = b l - * 4 0 + b 3 + * 1 0 = * 1 5 - bl 7+ * 2 3 + 6 8 5 2 3 3 3 3 . 0 4 1 . 9 6 4 0 4 3 8 1 6 PEDERSEN,Steffen ...... DEN im 2 4 1 5 * 2 = b 5 = * 1 9 + b 2 7 = * 2 2 + b 8 - * 2 1 + b 9 = * 1 6 + 6 9 6 2 2 4 7 6 . 4 8 - 0 . 4 8 1 4 0 1 4 9 1 7 S H A W , J o h n ...... SCO f m 2 3 3 5 b 2 9 = * 1 1 + b 9 = * 8 + b l O - * 2 0 + * 1 7 + b 3 = b 2 = 6 9 6 2 3 0 4 4 . 8 6 1 . 1 4 2 4 0 0 5 5 3 8 W A L L , G a v i n ...... ENG 2 3 0 5 * 1 7 = b 2 1 + * 2 5 + b 7 - * 2 3 + * 6 + b 2 - * 1 1 + b l = 6 9 6 2 2 9 6 4 . 5 9 1 . 4 1 4 0 1 9 4 2

9 COBB, James ...... , ENG 2 2 6 0 w 4 + b l 7 = * 7 = b 2 4 + * 1 5 + b 2 = b l - * 6 = b l 0 = 5 4 9 514 2 3 7 2 3 . 1 5 2 . 3 5 4 0 3 5 6 3 10 ROWSON,Jonathan ...... SCO im 2 4 2 5 * 2 7 + bl 2= * 2 - b 3 6 + * 7 + b 5 = * 1 6 - b 2 1 + * 9 = 514 8 414 2 2 7 6 5 . 6 0 - 1 . 1 0 2 4 0 0 5 6 1

11 DEARING,Eddie ...... SCO 2 1 8 5 * 3 6 = b 7 - * 1 8 = b 3 7 + * 3 3 + b 2 7 = * 2 3 + b 8 - * 1 7 = 5 6 214 2 3 1 6 1 . 9 2 0 . 5 8 2 4 0 0 7 3 1 12 DUNWORTH.Christopher .... ENG f m 2 3 3 5 * 3 8 + * 1 0 = b 2 2 = b ! 7 - * 2 8 + * 1 6 - b 2 0 + * 1 4 - b 2 5 + 5 9 5 2 2 4 9 5 . 5 8 - 0 . 5 8 4 0 2 8 0 0 13 HOUSKA,Miroslav ...... ENG 2 2 6 5 b y e = b y e = * 2 8 + bl 5- * 2 1 - b 3 4 + b 3 5 + * 4 - * 2 7 + 5 6 3 2 2 2 5 3 . 3 6 - 0 . 3 6 4 0 3 5 3 9 14 R A Y , C h r i s ...... ENG 2 2 0 0 * 3 5 + b l 5 - * 4 - b 3 3 = * 3 6 + b 2 4 = * 2 7 + bl 2+ * 3 - 5 6 214 2 3 5 7 1 . 7 4 0 . 7 6 4 0 3 1 4 8 15 RIZOUK.Ryad ...... ALG f m 2 3 8 5 b 2 2 - * 1 4 + b ! 6 + * 1 3 + b 9 - * 2 5 + b 5 + »!- b 4 - 5 9 5 2 2 6 4 5 . 9 4 - 0 . 9 4 7 9 0 0 2 7 9 15 STOREY.Charles ...... ENG 2 2 1 5 * 3 t - b 3 5 + * 1 5 - b l 9 + * 2 4 + bl 2+ b ! 0 + * 2 - b 6 - 5 7 4 2 3 3 2 2 . 3 8 1 . 6 2 4 0 6 6 8 6

17 ANSELL,Simon ...... ENG 2 4 2 0 b 8 = * 9 = b 2 9 + * 1 2 + b 4 + * 1 - b 7 - * 5 - bl 1 = 414 9 414 2 2 9 1 6 . 0 3 - 1 . 5 3 4 0 2 1 4 1 18 COBB.Charles ...... ENG 2 2 6 0 b 3 = * 2 6 - b l 1= * 3 4 + b 2 0 - * 3 1 + b 4 - * 3 5 + b 2 4 = 414 6 2% 2 2 5 9 3 . 0 0 - 0 . 5 0 4 0 3 6 0 1 19 KING,Jonathan ...... SCO 2 1 1 5 b 4 0 = * 2 9 = b 6 - * 1 6 - b 2 6 - * 3 9 + b 3 4 + * 2 2 = b 3 0 + 414 6 3 2 2 1 2 2 . 2 2 0 . 7 8 2 4 0 1 0 6 1 20 LEDGER,David ...... ENG fm 2 2 3 5 * 2 4 - b 3 6 + * 3 7 + b 4 - * 1 8 + b 7 - * 1 2 - b 2 8 + * 2 1 = 414 7 214 2 2 7 0 3 . 1 5 - 0 . 6 5 4 0 1 9 8 6 21 MCMICHAEL,Richard ...... ENG 2 2 0 0 b 3 3 = * 8 - b 3 4 = * 3 9 + bt 3+ * 4 + b 6 - * 1 0 - b 2 0 = 414 7 3 2 2 9 3 2 . 5 9 0 . 4 1 4 0 0 9 6 3 22 NAYLOR.John ...... ENG 2 2 6 5 * 1 5 + b 2 4 + * 1 2 = * 1 - b 6 - b 2 3 - * 2 8 = bl 9= * 3 2 + 414 9 414 2 2 5 6 4 . 5 9 - 0 . 0 9 4 0 3 1 7 2 23 WHITELEY,Andrew ...... ENG im 2 2 5 5 b l = * 3 3 + b 3 - * 2 6 + b 8 - * 2 2 + bl 1- * 3 0 + b 5 - 414 7 214 2 2 6 3 3 . 4 3 - 0 . 9 3 4 0 0 8 3 1 24 WILLIAMS,Simon ...... ENG f m 2 3 5 0 b 2 0 + * 2 2 - b 2 6 + * 9 - bl 6- * 1 4 = b 3 3 + b 2 5 = * 1 8 = 414 7 214 2 2 3 4 4 . 6 2 - 2 . 1 2 4 0 4 4 5 4

2 5 BISBY,Daniel ...... ENG 2 2 0 5 b 2 6 = * 4 0 + b 8 - * 3 1 + * 2 7 + b 15 - b 3 - * 2 4 = * 1 2 - 4 6 114 2 3 4 6 1 . 8 6 - 0 . 3 6 4 0 4 5 8 6 26 BROOKE,John ...... USA * 2 5 = b l 8 + * 2 4 - b 2 3 - * 1 9 + * 3 - b 3 0 - b 3 8 + * 2 8 = 4 9 4 2 2 1 7 2 1 7 4 27 W A L L , T i m ...... ENG 2 3 2 0 b l O - * 3 2 + b 3 9 + * 6 = b 2 5 - * 1 1 = b l 4 - * 2 9 + b ! 3 - 4 8 3 2 2 4 8 4 . 8 0 - 1 . 8 0 4 0 1 6 4 1

28 CAMPBELL,Eoin ...... SCO 2 0 4 0 b 3 9 - * 4 4 + bl 3- * 2 9 + bl 2- * 3 0 = b 2 2 = * 2 0 - b 2 6 = 314 6 2 2 2 4 0 1 . 4 4 0 . 5 6 2 4 0 0 7 4 0 29 C L A R K E , T o m ...... IRL 2 2 3 0 * 7 = b l 9 = * 1 7 - b 2 8 - * 3 4 - b 3 6 + * 3 7 + b 2 7 - b 3 5 = 314 6 1 2 2 1 1 3 . 1 8 - 2 . 1 8 2 5 0 0 3 0 2 30 COATHUP,Roger ...... ENG 2 1 1 0 b v e = b 2 - * 3 6 - b 3 5 = * 3 7 + b 2 8 = * 2 6 + b 2 3 - * 1 9 - 314 4 14 2 1 7 8 1 . 6 4 - 1 . 1 4 4 0 7 0 6 2 31 JOSHI,Ki shanchand ...... IND bl 6+ * 3 - b y e = b 2 5 - * 3 5 = b l 8 - * 3 8 = * 3 2 - b 4 3 + 314 7 2)4 2 2 2 6 2 1 2 4 32 OKOSIEME,IozeDh ...... ENG 2 0 5 5 * 3 7 - b 2 7 - * 3 5 - b 3 8 = b 4 4 + * 3 3 - * 3 6 + b 3 l + b 2 2 - 314 3 h 2 2 7 3 0 . 6 6 - 0 . 1 6 4 0 6 3 1 7 33 SACHDEV,Tania ...... IND * * 2 1 = b 2 3 - b v e = * 1 4 = bl 1- b 3 2+ * 2 4 - b 3 7 = * 3 4 = 314 7 214 2 1 8 3 2 0 8 1 2 0 / 0 8 / 8 6 34 S H A H ,A r p i ...... IND * 2 0 3 5 * 5 - b 3 8 = * 2 1 = b l 8 - b 2 9 + * 1 3 - * 1 9 - b 3 6 + b 3 3 = 314 7 2 2 2 2 1 1 . 8 2 0 . 1 8 5 0 0 4 9 3 4 35 YOUNG,J Joseph ...... SCO b l 4 - * 1 6 - b 3 2 + * 3 0 = b 3 1 = b 3 8 + * 1 3 - b l 8 - * 2 9 = 314 8 3 2 1 9 6 2 1 0 9

36 BHATIA,KanwaI ...... ENG * bl 1= * 2 0 - b 3 0 + * 1 0 - bl 4- * 2 9 - b 3 2 - * 3 4 - * 3 8 + 214 9 214 2 1 9 0 2 0 2 4 2 2 / 0 4 / 8 1 37 BHATIA,Ku1 want ...... ENG b 3 2 + * 1 - b 2 0 - * 1 1 - b 3 0 - * 4 4 + b 2 9 - * 3 3 = b 3 9 - 214 6 1 2 1 9 4 1 9 2 1 1 9 / 1 2 / 7 9 38 WATERS,Clive ...... ENG 2 2 3 5 bl 2- * 3 4 = b 4 0 - * 3 2 = b 3 9 + * 3 5 - b 3 1 = * 2 6 - b 3 6 - 2)4 3 l :2 1 4 2 1 . 8 9 ■- 0 . 8 9 4 0 7 3 3 0

39 JONES,Gasain ...... ENG * 2 8 + b 4 - * 2 7 - b 2 1 - * 3 8 - bl 9- * 4 2 - b 4 1 - * 3 7 + 2 7 l 2 2 0 2 1 8 9 3 1 1 / 1 2 / 8 7

40 JONES,Martyn ...... ENG * 1 9 = b 2 5 - * 3 8 + b 5 - b y e b y e b y e b y e b y e 1)4 4 1)4:2 2 0 0 2 1 1 3

41 HARTMAN,Stefan ...... ENG b y e b y e b y e b y e b y e b y e b y e * 3 9 + b y e 1 0 0 42 WALTON,Colin ...... ENG 2 1 3 5 b y e b y e b y e b y e b y e b y e b 3 9 + b y e b y e 1 0 0

43 GILLAM,Simon ...... SCO 2 2 3 5 b y e b y e b y e b y e b y e b y e b y e b y e * 3 1 - 0 0 0 44 HOULSBY,Mark ...... ENG b y e b 2 8 - b y e b y e * 3 2 - b 3 7 - b y e b y e b y e 0 2 0