Michael Adams entry boosts British Championships

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Michael Adams entry boosts British Championships

IM Malcolm Pein - Tuesday 1st June 2010

This year's British Chess Championships have benefited from the entry of England's number one Michael Adams.

There was good news and bad news for the ECF at the end of last week. I feared an uncompetitive British Championships this year but Adam Raoof, the Director of Home Chess, has secured the participation of Michael Adams at this year's event being staged at the University of Canterbury from 25th July to 11th August. Unfortunately chess fell victim to the first round of government cuts and the DCMS grant for 2010/11 to the ECF will be reduced from £60,000 to £45,000. This will hit an already impoverished federation hard and represents a cut in total income of over 10%.

My thanks to Peter Gibbs for informing me that IM Colin Crouch of Harrow has been selected for the International Braille Chess Association 2010 Olympiad team.

C Crouch - P Stimpson

4NCL Hinckley Island 2009

Fremch Defence

1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Qd5 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.Qe2! Qxd4

(6...Nxe4!? 7.Bxe4 Qxd4 8.Nf3)

7.Nf3 Qd8 8.Bd2 Be7 9.0-0-0

(With a huge lead in development for the pawn)

9...Nbd7 10.Neg5! 0-0

(10...h6 11.Nxe6 fxe6 12.Bg6+ Kf8 13.Qxe6)

11.Bc3 Qe8 12.Rhe1 h6

P Stimpson