SPRAGGETT ON CHESS
One of the strongest championships in recent years--with 12 gms and 7 ims. Mickey Adams and Nigel Short topped their competitors, scoring 8.5 points in 11 rounds. Tomorrow morning will be a play-off to decide which gets the title. (Adams is defending Champion). You can follow the games LIVE at the link given above.
The (2-game) play-off between Mickey and Nigel will commence immediately after the prizegiving. Two Rapidplay games of 20 minutes each + 10 seconds per move will be played. Should there still be a tie; an Armageddon game will then be played.
[Event "British Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.8.4"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Wells, Peter K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "A01"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 c5 3. e3 a6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d4 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nbd2
Rc8 9. c4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bc5 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14.
cxd5 exd5 15. Nf3 O-O 16. Rad1 Rfd8 17. Rd3 d4 18. exd4 Bxd4 19. Qe4 Bb6 20.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Qxb7 g6 22. b4 Rd3 23. a4 Qd6 24. a5 Bc7 25. g3 Rb3 26. Rc1
Bd8 27. Re1 Bf6 28. Re4 Qd1+ 29. Ne1 Kg7 30. Kg2 Rb2 31. Qxa6 Bc3 32. Qc4 Qd2
33. Nd3 Rc2 34. Re7 1-0
[Event "British Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.8.3"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Palliser, Richard J D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "B92"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Re1 Be6 10. Bf3 Qc7 11. a4 Rc8 12. h3 Nbd7 13. Be3 h6 14. Nd2 Qc6
15. a5 b5 16. axb6 Nxb6 17. Ra5 Nc4 18. Nxc4 Bxc4 19. Qa1 Bd8 20. Ra4 a5 21.
Rd1 Rab8 22. Qa3 Bb5 23. Rxd6 Bxa4 24. Rxc6 Bxc6 25. Bc5 Bc7 26. Be7 Nd7 27.
Bg4 Bb6 28. Bd6 Rb7 29. Bxe5 Bc5 30. Qa2 Re8 31. Bg3 Ne5 32. Qxa5 Bd4 33.
Bxe5 Bxe5 34. Qc5 Rc7 35. Nb5 Bxb5 36. Qxb5 Ree7 37. c3 Rb7 38. Qe2 Rb6 39.
Qd2 Bc7 40. Qc2 g6 41. Be2 Rbe6 42. Bd3 Bb6 43. Kf1 Rf6 44. f3 Ra7 45. Bc4
Ra1+ 46. Ke2 Bc7 47. Kd3 Rb6 48. Bd5 Bf4 49. Qf2 Rba6 50. g3 Bd6 51. f4 R6a5
52. Qb6 1-0
Will Nigel be telling us fishing stories tomorrow evening?
