8/8/2013 – David Howell defeated Danny Gromally, while his main rival Mark Hebden drew in round nine. That puts the younger GM a full point ahead of Hebden, with eight players following up half a point behind. With two rounds to go things are looking very good for David. In today's historical review we look at another very young champion, actiaööy the youngest ever. Recognise him in the thumbnail?
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A record-breaking number of over 1000 players are taking part in the 2013
British Championships, attracted by a combination of the beautiful venue
and the fact that it’s the 100th in a series stretching right back
to 1904. This year it is taking place in the Riviera International Centre
in Torquay. There are 23 different sections at the 2013 British Championships,
catering for all ages and abilities, but the main focus of interest is on
the Championship itself. There are 106 players taking part, of whom 33 are
titled players, including thirteen grandmasters. The Championship runs from
29th July to 10th August 2013.
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Game of the day by Andrew Martin
Rd 9 Game of the Day GB Ch Torquay 2013
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To really appreciate how far the event has come in its 100 years,
one needs to take the opportunity to look back at some of the milestones
on the way – the great characters, the champions and their games.
To do this, IM Andrew
Martin is using his computer skills to pick out some key games from
the past and run his expert eye over them. Similarly, Bob Jones, local chess
history writer, is compiling a set of ten pages, each on a past champion
and one of his/her games. These will appear, one at a time, in the daily
championship bulletins.
British Champions & Their Games - No. 9
1989 – Plymouth
The Penrose era of dominance ended in 1969, and even though he continued
to play most years throughout the 1970s his par score was six points. The
fact was that a new generation of players was rapidly emerging, inspired
by the Fischer phenomenon; Keene, Hartston, Mestel, Speelman, Nunn, Miles,
Short – all burst on to the scene, each winning the title once or
twice. But none could dominate as Atkins and Penrose had done. Also, with
the chess calendar exploding world-wide and their GM titles securing invitations
to play abroad for bigger prize-money, it was more difficult to fit in “the
British”.
And then came another, from the depths of rural Cornwall, who wasn’t
even born when Ray Keene won in 1971, namely Michael Adams.
After passing a number of chess milestones in his early teenage years, the
event came to the borders of his home county. After some early draws, he
finished WWW to come clear first, ahead of the 20-somethings, King, Mestel
and Norwood. At 17 he was the youngest champion and his GM title was confirmed.
[Event "British Championship 1989"] [Site "?"] [Date "1989.07.23"] [Round
"10"] [White "Plaskett, Harold James"] [Black "Adams, M."] [Result "*"]
[ECO "A30"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2013.07.15"] [SourceDate "2013.07.17"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. c4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Be7
8. Nc3 d6 9. Rd1 a6 10. e4 Nbd7 11. Qe3 Qc7 12. b3 O-O 13. Bb2 Rac8 14.
Nd4 Rfe8 15. Rac1 {My opponent has problems in selecting the best squares
for his rooks. In this slow manoevring type of game I felt that I would
be happier than my opponent as I had the clear cut plan of redeploying
my black-square bishop.} Bf8 16. h3 Qb8 17. Re1 g6 18. Rcd1 Bg7 19. f4
{Opening up the game, which must be a mistake as my forces were better
placed than his.} ({He should continue manoevring e.g.} 19. Qd2 {In any
case, my position was entirely successful and this was the reason for
White deciding on direct action.}) 19... e5 20. fxe5 Nxe5 21. Rf1 Bc6
{With the idea of ...b5. Althpough White can capture it, he is loath to
do so, due to its ineffectual counterpart on g2.} 22. a4 Ba8 23. Rf2 Nfd7
24. Rdf1 ({Correct is} 24. Nd5 {when} Nc5 25. Nf6+ {could not be played
because of}) 24... Nc5 25. Rd1 {Diagram [#]} Nxb3 {This simple but effective
tactic allows me to make a decisive material gain.} 26. Nxb3 Nxc4 27.
Qf3 Nxb2 28. Qxf7+ Kh8 29. Rxb2 Rc7 (29... Rxc3 {was tempting but this
accurate move driving White's queen from its advanced post is more effective.
Although only a pawn up the powerful black square bishop makes it difficult
for White to put up much resistance..}) 30. Qf2 Rxc3 31. Nd2 Rf8 32. Qe1
{ Diagram [#]} Bd4+ 33. Kh1 Re3 34. Qg1 Rd3 {Diagram [#] The double attack
on rook and queen decides the game.} *
Adams won again in 1997 (with Sadler), 2010 and 2011.
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