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A game which some club members might find interesting was sent to me earlier this week by Matthew Parsons of Huddersfield Chess Club. He was on the Black side of a Ruy Lopez against Greg Eagleton in this year’s Huddersfield Chess Club Summer Competition. The notes are provided by the winner
Greg Eagleton v Matthew Parsons
Huddersfield Summer Tournament 2008
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At the Doncaster Major 2008 which took place over the weekend I managed to score 3.5 points. Not from playing good chess but from having good fortune. Take the following position from round three. I was playing with the Black pieces and was totally outplayed from the opening by Robert Clegg of Huddersfield who had played a very good English Attack against my feeble attempt at a Nadjorf. I had played so badly that in the position below Robert went straight for the kill with 18.Nd5? As the diagram suggests the simple 18. Qb6 was winning.
I was already a pawn down with no compensation and a losing position. The blunder which Robert played allowed me to turn the tables with the counter sac 18...Nd3!
I was even luckier in my fourth round game against Ken McIntosh from Sheffield. I was already in a lost position with the Black pieces again at move 18 when I play a blunder which allows White a quick win. I’m sure you can see it immediately or in a few minutes. I blundered with 18...Bg5+?? in the position below
Ken had used up an enormous amount of time to reach this winning position which was fortunate for me because he played 19.Kc2?! quickly. He is still in a winning position but only having about 10 mins to reach move 42 makes things difficult. He could have won immediately with 19. Nxg5!
I hope that if I play better at my next congress that my opponents will not be as lucky as I was at this one.
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Members Games
Peter Gayson v Mike Denison This game was played on board 2 of the Woodhouse Cup match Wakefield A v Bradford A on the 29th of September 2007.
Peter Shaw v Matthew Webb This game was played on the top board in the last round of the Open Section of the 1st Bradford Rapidplay held at the Bradford Latvian Club on the 6th of May. Matthew was on 4 out of 4 and peter was on 3 out of 4
Peter Shaw hiding from the camera before being presented with the Siver Knight Trophy for winning the 2007 Lightning Tournament
Peter Shaw v Almar Kaid This game was played on the top board, in the Woodhouse Cup Match, Wakefield A v Sheffield A, on the 3rd of February 2007. Almar Kaid was graded 211 ECF at the time and was Peter’s biggest scalp at this time.
GM Murray Chandler v Mike Denison Simul at Batsford’s Chess Roadshow, Leeds around March 1984
GM Jonathan Speelman v Mike Denison Simul at Batsford’s Chess Roadshow, Leeds on the 22nd of February 1984. Another instructive miniature from Mike. This Batsford Chess Roadshow was held at Greenheads Bookshop with GM Speelman score: Won 50 Drawn 4 Lost 5 of which 2 of these were to Mike.
Greg Eagleton v Pete Shaw This game was played in the first round of the Huddersfield Open 2007. Peter has annotated it extensively, but it is a very exciting game and worthy of the study.
Leo Keely v Patrick Senior This game was played in the Watkinson section of the Huddersfield Evening League, Chartist v Holme Valley. It is my first, and probably last, ever win against Leo.
Mike Denison v Luke Mcshane This is another miniature by Mr D against a famous British Grandmaster to be. This game was played at Dundee in 1993. GM Luke Mcshane was born in 1984 so you can work out how old Luke was when this game was played
Mike Denison v Stewart Haslinger Played at Norwich 1994
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