Club Championship round 4 results
Thursday 22 October, 2020
The leadership of the club championship changed hands in anticlimatic fashion
this evening, as Robert Kender defaulted his game, losing his perfect score and
allowing Andrew Medworth to leapfrog into first place.
In brighter news, we welcome Tony Artman to the tournament! He started on a
score of ½/3, having been granted a single half-point bye for the missed rounds.
This round was a clean sweep for players of the Black pieces! Thankfully a
couple of the games had interesting finishes, to make up for the disappointment
on top board. See below for details.
Thanks once again to the players, and to Adam Raoof for organising! The next
round is next Thursday, 29th October.
Games
| 1 |
Robert Kender |
1713 |
0 - 1 |
Andrew Medworth |
1788 |
| 2 |
Gul Kapur |
1480 |
0 - 1 |
David Amior |
1819 |
| 3 |
Stanley Jacobs |
1400 |
0 - 1 |
Nick Murphy |
1470 |
| 4 |
Tony Artman |
|
0 - 1 |
David Lewis |
1420 |
| 5 |
Dev Ranka |
|
0 - 1 |
Eric Eedle |
1788 |
Standings
- 1: Andrew Medworth (3½/4)
- 2: Robert Kender (3/4)
- 3-5: David Amior, Nick Murphy, David Lewis (2½/4)
- 6: Eric Eedle (2/4)
- 7: Gul Kapur (1½/4)
- 8: Stanley Jacobs (1/4)
- 9: Tony Artman (½/4)
- 10: Dev Ranka (0/4)
Withdrawn
- Eugenia Karas (1½/2)
- Chris Rogal (1/2)
[Event "Hendon Chess Club Championships 2020 - Open"]
[Site "on Zoom"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Stanley Jacobs"]
[Black "Nick Murphy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1470"]
[ECO "D02"]
[FEN "2b2rk1/2p2qpp/pp1b1r2/8/3PQ3/P1N1P1BP/1P3PRK/2R5 b - - 0 23"]
[SetUp "1"]
{ Here Nick uncorked the pleasing sacrifice } 23...Bxh3 $1 24.Kxh3 Rh6+ 25.Bh4 Be7 26.Rg4 Qxf2 $2 { Allowing an unexpected reprieve. } ( 26...Bxh4 $1 27.Rxh4 Qxf2 $19 ) 27.Rc2 $2 ( 27.Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 28.Qxe7+ { leads to perpetual check } 28...Kh8 29.Qe5+ Rff6 30.Qe8+ Kg7 31.Qe7+ Kh8 32.Qe8+ Kg7 33.Qe7+ $10 ) 27...Rf3+ $1 { The killer blow. } 28.Qxf3 Qxf3+ 29.Kh2 Qxg4 0-1
[Event "Hendon Chess Club Championships 2020 - Open"]
[Site "on Zoom"]
[Date "2020.09.24"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Artman, Tony"]
[Black "Lewis, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A17"]
[FEN "1k5r/pp4Q1/8/2Nb4/1Pn5/P3r1Pq/1B3R1P/3R2K1 b - - 0 34"]
[SetUp "1"]
{ This position, with White having just played Qxg7, could appear in a tactics book under "Black to play and win"! } 34...Rg8 $2 ( 34...Rxg3+ $1 { was the killer blow, with the mate threat on h1 being the point } 35.Qxg3+ ( 35.hxg3 Qh1# ) 35...Qxg3+ 36.Kf1 ( 36.hxg3 Rh1# ) 36...Qh3+ $19 { The White king is soon cut down by the rampaging Black pieces on the open board. } ) 35.Qd7 $4 { Giving Black a second chance... } ( 35.Rf8+ $1 Rxf8 36.Qxf8+ Kc7 37.Qg7+ Kc8 38.Qh8+ $18 { would trade off the queens, eliminating the danger, when the extra pawns should win } ) 35...Rgxg3+ $1 { ...which was taken! } 36.hxg3 Qh1# 0-1
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