Delancey UK Chess Challenge 2012 (Final)
Clarke wins the 2012 Delancey UK Chess Challenge
IM Malcolm Pein - Thursday 23rd August 2012
Brandon Clarke won the 2012 Delancey UK Chess Challenge after victory in a speed chess playoff over Jean-Luc Weller. Tournament founder IM Michael Basman favours the three points for a win system and the pair ended with five wins and a draw for a score of 16/18, ahead of William Foo on 15/18. In the last round, Clark defeated Adam A Taylor and Weller overcame Richard Weaving.
In the following game, Weller reaches a perfect kind of Torre Attack position from a Trompovsky move order. Black cannot get her minor pieces into the game. Compare the knights and bishops in the board below after 12 moves.
JL Weller - A Wang
Delancey UK Chess Challenge
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 d5 4.e3 e6 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.Nf3 Bd6 7.Bg3 0-0 8.Nbd2 c5 9.c3 Nc6 10.Ne5 Bxe5 11.Bxe5 Nxe5 12.dxe5 Nd7
A Wang
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Jean-Luc Weller
Position after 12...Nd7
13.f4 c4 14.Bc2 Qb6 15.0-0! Qxe3+ 16.Kh1 f6
(16...g6 17.Rf3 Qc5 18.Qe1 Qe7 was a better defence)
17.Rf3 Qc5 18.Rh3 f5 19.Qh5 h6 20.Qg6 Kh8
(20...Rf7 21.Rxh6 Nf8 was forced)
A Wang
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Jean-Luc Weller
Position after 20.,,, Kh8
21.g4
(21.Nf3 Coming to g5 also works)
21...d4
(21...Qc6 22.Rxh6+ gxh6 23.Qxh6+ Kg8 24.Qg6+ Kh8 25.gxf5 wins)
22.g5 Nxe5 23.fxe5 Qxe5 24.gxh6 Kg8 25.Rg1 d3 26.hxg7 1-0
Today's puzzle is a nice finish from the Riga Open
A Fier - I Rausis,
2nd Riga Tech Open
Caro Kann
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nc3 a6 5.Be3 e6 6.g4 Bg6 7.Nge2 f6 8.Nf4 Bf7 9.Nd3 Nd7 10.f4 h5 11.g5 Bg6 12.gxf6 gxf6 13.Bh3 Qe7 14.Rg1 Bf7 15.Qe2 0-0-0 16.0-0-0 Nh6 17.Na4 Ng4 18.Bd2 Bg6 19.Nb4 Nb8 20.Rg3 Qc7 21.exf6 Bf5 22.Nd3 Nd7 23.Qe1 Ngxf6 24.Ba5 b6 25.Nxb6+ Nxb6 26.Bxf5 exf5 27.Ne5 Re8 28.Rb3 Nfd7 29.Bxb6 Nxb6 30.Qa5 Kb7
Igors Rausis
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Alexandr Fier
White to play and win
Answer: 31.Nd7!
1-0 31.Nd7 Qxd7 32.Qxb6+ Ka8 33.Qxa6+ Qa7 34.Qxc6+ Qb7 35.Qxb7#
