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Here
is a new game played by Jaimie Wilson (white) against
Peter Rayment, with a truly amazing finish. Was white
correct in sacrificing his rook on move 25?
1.
e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6.
Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Bd7 8. Bc4 Nc6 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Rc8
11. Bb3 Na5 12. h4 h5 13.
Bg5 Nxb3+ 14. Nxb3 Be6 15. Kb1 Nh7 16. Nd5 f6 17. Bh6
a6 18. g4 hxg4 19. fxg4
Bxg4 20. Rdg1 f5 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. h5 g5 23. exf5 Bxf5
24. Rxg5+ Kh8 25. Nd4
Nxg5 26. Qxg5 e6 27. Qh6+ Bh7 28. Nxe6 Qd7 29. Nxf8
Qf5 30. Ng6+ *
The
second is a board 2 match played on October 4, 2005,
Chichester B against Fareham A, versus Joe Coburn (white)
with a far from clear ending.
1.c4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 e6 4.e3 Bb4 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.a3 Bxc3+
7.bxc3 Ne4 not good as white can
take control 8.Qc2 Nd7 9.Bd3 Ndf6 10.Ne5 good
for white 10...h6 black
weakens his position 11.f3 Nd6 12.0-0 0-0 13.a4
dxc4 14.Nxc4 Nxc4 15.Bxc4 Qc7 16.e4 b6 17.f4 white
releases the pressure with f4 17...c5 18.d5 exd5
19.exd5 Bxd5 is much better as
c4 will be possible sooner 19...Bb7 now
it is black who is better 20.Qf5 Rad8 21.Rd1
Rfe8 is much stronger 21...Rd6
22.Ba2 Re8 23.c4 Re4 the game
is now completely equal 24.Bb2 Bc8
looks good but white's next move is forced 25.Qe5
a draw was agreed but is anyone
winning after RxQ ? 1/2-1/2
The
position after 25. Qe5 is the interesting one.
The
third game is a game Keith drew with John Wilkinson
(white, 160) in the 2003 Portsmouth Major - but it should
have been a win
1.d4
d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nbd2 Be7 6.Bd3 b6 7.0-0
Bb7 8.b3 Na6 9.Bb2 c5 white has
slight advantage 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Bb5+ Kf8 12.Rc1
Nc7 13.Be2 Ne6 14.Qc2 Rc8 .Qb1 h5 16.Rfd1 cxd4 17.Rxc8
Bxc8 18.Nxd4 Nxd4 19.Bxd4 Bd6 20.Nf3 Ne4 21.Qb2 Rg8
22.Be5 Bxe5 23.Qxe5 Nf6 24.Rc1 Be6 25.Nd4 Bd7 26.Bxh5
white wins a pawn 26...g6
27.Bf3 Qe7 28.Qb8+ Kg7 29.Qxa7 black
is now two pawns down 29...Qb4 30.Bxd5 now
3 pawns down 30...Rc8 31.Rf1 Qd2 32.Bf3 Rc1 now
black is getting somewhere 33.Be2 Rxf1+ 34.Bxf1
Ne4 35.Ne2 Qe1 36.Ng3 h3 is necessary
36...Qxf2+ black can force
mate in 9 moves 37.Kh1 Nxg3+ 38.hxg3 Qxf1+ 39.Kh2
Bc6 should have been played but
with a second or two on the clock black played ... 39
queen f5 which led to a draw by repetition 40.Kh3
Qxg2+ 41.Kg4 Qf3+ 42.Kg5 Qf6+
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