British Championships: Two GM with perfect scores

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8/2/2013 – After four rounds in the beautiful Torquay venue, GMs David Howell, and Stephen Gordon are in the lead with 4.0/4 points each. Four players follow half a point behind. We bring you a selection of interesting games to watch, plus a round three Game of the Day video lecture by Andrew Martin. An an historical review of the 1926 British Championship in Edinburgh, which was won by Fred Dewhirst Yates.

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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.

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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.

We brough you the results and pairings of round three in our previous report. Here now are selected games and Andrew Martin's video commentary of the Game of the Day.

Selection of games from round three

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1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Nc3 c5 4.e3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 f5
5...d6 6.e4 Ne7 7.Bd3 Nbc6 8.Be3 e5 9.Ne2 b6 10.d5 Nb8 11.f3 Nd7 12.h4 Nf8 13.h5 h6 14.Ng3 Nh7 15.f4 exf4 16.Bxf4 f6 17.Be2 0-0 18.0-0 Ng5 19.Bg4 Nf7 20.Qe2 Kh8 21.Rf2 Bd7 22.Nf1 Qc8 23.Ne3 Bxg4 24.Nxg4 Qd7 25.Ne3 Rae8 26.Qd3 Nc8 27.Nf5 Ne5 28.Qe2 Qa4 29.Ne3 Re7 30.Nf5 Ree8 31.Ne3 b5 32.Bxe5 Rxe5 33.Rf4 Rfe8 34.Qd3 bxc4 35.Nxc4 Rxh5 36.Ne3 Ne7 37.Rg4 Rg5 38.Rxg5 hxg5 39.Nc4 Qd7 40.e5 fxe5 41.Rf1 1-0 Stojanovic,M (2552)-Kosic,D (2516)/Niksic 2008 6.e4!? 6.Bd3 Nf6 7.Nf3 d6 8.0-0 0-0 9.Bb2 Nc6 10.Qc2 Qe7 11.e4 e5 12.Nd2 f4 13.f3 g5 14.h3 h5 15.Kf2 Kf7 16.Rh1 Rg8 17.Rag1 Bd7 18.Ke1 Rg7 19.Kd1 Rag8 20.Kc1 Ke8 21.Qd1 Kd8 22.Kb1 Kc8 23.Nb3 Kb8 24.Bc1 Rc8 25.Qe2 Nd8 26.Bd2 Ne6 27.Qf1 Ba4 28.d5 Nf8 29.Nc1 N8d7 30.Ne2 h4 31.Qc1 Nb6 32.Qa3 1/2-1/2 Gretarsson,H (2516)-Arkell,K (2470)/ Hastings 2012 6.g4 Nf6 7.gxf5 exf5 8.Bd3 d6 9.Qf3 0-0 10.Ne2 Nc6 11.Bd2 Qe8 12.Rg1 Ne4 13.Rb1 b6 14.Nf4 Bb7 15.Qg2 Rf7 16.Nd5 Qe6 17.Bc1 Re8 18.f3 Nf6 19.Nf4 Qd7 20.Qh3 Bc8 21.Rg5 Ne7 22.Rb2 Qa4 23.Rbg2 Ba6 24.Qg3 g6 25.h4 Bxc4 26.h5 Rg7 27.Bxf5 h6 28.Nxg6 hxg5 29.Nxe7+ Rexe7 30.h6 Rgf7 31.e4 Nxe4 0-1 Matuszewski,M (2325)-Arkell,K (2432)/Coulsdon 2011/CBM 144 Extra 6...d6? 6...fxe4 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Qxc5 Nc6 9.Nh3 d6 10.Qa3 Nf6 11.Be2 e5 7.dxc5 dxc5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Bg5+ 9.exf5 exf5 10.Bf4 Nf6 11.0-0-0+ Nbd7 12.Bd3 g6 13.Nf3 9...Ke8 10.0-0-0 Nc6 11.exf5 exf5 12.Be2 12.Nh3 h6 13.Be3 b6 14.Nf4 Kf7 15.Nd5 Nf6 16.Nxf6 gxf6 12...Nge7?
12...Kf7 13.Bf3 13.Nh3 h6 14.Be3 Nf6 15.Bxc5 g5 16.Rhe1 Be6 13...Nf6 14.Bd5+ Nxd5 15.cxd5 Ne5 16.f4 Ng4 17.Nf3 Nf2 18.Ne5+ Kf8 19.d6 Nxh1 20.Rxh1 13.Bh5+ g6 13...Kf8 14.Nh3 14.Bf3 h6 14...Kf7 15.Nh3 h6 16.Bxe7 Nxe7 17.Rhe1 a5 18.Nf4 Ra6 19.Nd3 15.Bf6 Rh7 16.Nh3 Rf7 16...g5 17.Rd6 Kf8 18.Rhd1 f4 19.Bxe7+ Nxe7 19...Kxe7 20.Bxc6 bxc6 21.Rxc6 19...Rxe7 20.Rxh6 20.Rd8+ Kg7 21.Re8 17.Rd6 Bd7 18.Re1 Rc8 19.Bd5 19.Nf4 19...Rc7 19...Rh7 20.Bg8 20.Nf4 Kf8
21.Bxe7+ 21.h4 21...Nxe7 21...Rxe7 22.Nxg6+ 22.Nxg6+ Nxg6 23.Rxg6 Be8 24.Rxh6 Kg7 24...Rh7 25.Rf6+ Kg7 26.Rxf5 Bg6 27.Rg5 Kf6 28.Rxg6+ Kxg6 29.Be4+ Kf6 30.Bxh7 Rxh7 31.h3 Rh4 32.Kb2 Rxc4 25.Bxf7 Bxf7 26.Rh4 Kf6 27.Rf4
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Palliser,R2453Arkell,K24441–02013A40British Championship3.7
Ward,C2432Howell,D26390–12013E32British Championship3.1
Eggleston,D2363Gormally,D24960–12013B65British Championship3.3
Hebden,M2555Mason,D22041–02013D00British Championship3.9
Hawkins,J2517Rayner,F21861–02013B68British Championship3.10
Lalic,B2489Jaunooby,A21701–02013E90British Championship3.11

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Game of the Day Round three GB Ch 2013

GM David Howell, rated 2639, vs IM Yang-Fan Zhou, 2469: 1-0 in 73 moves!

GM Stephen Gordon, 2521, vs IM Daniel Howard Fernandez, 2346: 1-0 in 49

GM Daniel Gormally, 2496, vs GM Anthony Kosten, 2458: 0-1 in 21 moves

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1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 d5 4.c4 Bb4+ 5.Nc3 dxc4 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.0-0 0-0 8.Re1 Rb8 9.e4 b5 10.e5 Nd5 11.Ng5 h6 12.Nge4 Be7 13.Qh5 Nxd4 14.Bxh6 gxh6 15.Rad1 c5 16.Rxd4 cxd4 17.Qxh6 Re8 18.Nd6 Bf8 19.Qh5 Bxd6 20.Re4 Bxe5 21.Rxe5 dxc3 0–1
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Gormally,D2496Kosten,A24580–12013A46100th ch-GBR 20134.3

IM Richard Palliser, 2453, vs GM Mark Hebden, 2555: 0-1 in 40 moves

Top 25 ranking after round four

Rnk Name
Score
Rating
TPR W-We
1 GM Howell, David
4.0
2639
3090 +0.69
2 GM Gordon, Stephen
4.0
2521
3010 +0.84
3 GM Hebden, Mark L
3.5
2555
2611 +0.23
4 GM Wells, Peter K
3.5
2479
2527 +0.14
5 IM Ghasi, Ameet K
3.5
2459
2547 +0.31
6 GM Kosten, Anthony.
3.5
2458
2557 +0.43
7 IM Hawkins, Jonathan
3.0
2517
2420 -0.36
8 GM Gormally, Daniel
3.0
2496
2481 +0.02
9 GM Lalic, Bogdan
3.0
2489
2392 -0.36
10 GM Williams, Simon
3.0
2481
2410 -0.25
11 IM Zhou, Yang-Fan
3.0
2469
2506 +0.28
12 IM Lane, Gary W.
3.0
2401
2441 +0.26
13 IM Bates, Richard A
3.0
2375
2283 -0.36
14 FM Eggleston, David
3.0
2363
2356 +0.10
15 IM Fernandez, Daniel
3.0
2346
2487 +0.78
16 FM Chapman, Terry
3.0
2308
2430 +0.75
17 IM Kolbus, Dietmar
3.0
2288
2510 +1.13
18 IM Rudd, Jack
3.0
2280
2376 +0.50
19 Mackle, Dominic
3.0
2216
2393 +0.87
20 Weaving, Richard
3.0
2196
2417 +1.11
21 GM Jones, Gawain
2.5
2643
2363 -1.12
22 IM Palliser, Richard
2.5
2453
2385 -0.18
23 GM Arkell, Keith C
2.5
2444
2317 -0.55
24 GM Ward, Chris G
2.5
2432
2380 -0.17
25 IM Knott, Simon J B
2.5
2318
2234 -0.32

Relaxing in the beautiful Torquay setting of the British Championship 2013

The English Riviera Wheel, which takes you 60m hight over Torquay

Photos provided by Brendan O'Gorman and Keverel Chess


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. 3

1926 – Edinburgh

Just as Atkins’ promotion to college principal forced him into a long withdrawal from tournament chess, his mantle alighted on a Yorkshire trainee accountant. However, unlike Napier and Atkins, Fred Dewhirst Yates [Note: the well-known British author Leonard Barden informed us that is the correct name, while the popular rendering as “Frederick Dewhurst Yates” is erroneous] forsook formal training to become a chess professional. In international tournaments he tended to beat the best players but lose to the back-markers, which often kept him out of the prizelists. Two tournament wins and four draws against Alekhine speaks for itself, and there were many others who felt the sharp edge of his combinative sword; Reti (4), Bogoljubov & Tartakower (3 each).

Yates (above) won the British Championship six times, in 1913 (Cheltenham), 1914 (Chester), 1921 (Malvern), 1926, 1928 (Tenby) and 1931 (Worcester). The fact that Atkins, in a short return to the event in 1924 & ’25, regained his title including two head-to-head wins against Yates, points up the unfulfilled potential Atkins always had.

It is well-known that he died of carbon monoxide poisoning in his Bloomsbury lodgings at the age of 48. His best games collection was unfinished and completed by W. Winter under the original title 101 Of My Best Games of Chess.

Andrew Rowland Benedick Thomas (right) had much in common with Atkins; maths teacher, pianist, vacation chess-player, and inevitably his chess suffered as a consequence. This was his first tilt at the event, and he went on to amass 113 points in the British Championship over the years. A much fuller biography may be found here.

 

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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Yates was not fond of playing against the Petroff Defence and almost invariably adoted this move in his tournament practice. Nc6 4.Bb5 Bc5? an inferior defence. Either the usual 4...Bb4 or Rubinstein's 4...Nd4 are preferable. 5.0-0 0-0 Or 5...d6 6.d4 exd4 7.Nxd4 Bd7 8.Nf5 Bxf5 9.exf5 0-0 10.Bg5 is also favourable to White. 6.Nxe5 Re8 7.Nf3 Nxe4 8.d4 Nxc3 9.bxc3 Bf8 10.Bg5! Be7 10...f6 seems slightly better. 11.Bf4 Bf6 12.Qd2 a6 13.Bd3 d6 14.Rae1 Ne7? This loses quickly. 14...Be6 should have been played. 15.Bg5! Bxg5 16.Qxg5 Bd7 17.Qh5 f5 If 17...h6 18.Ng5 hxg5 19.Qh7+ Kf8 20.Qh8+ Ng8 21.Bh7 with mate to follow. or 17...g6 18.Qh6 f6 to prevent Ng5 19.Nh4 followed by Re3 oe Nxg6 leavesd Black helpless. 18.Ng5 h6 19.Qf7+ Kh8 20.Ne6 Bxe6 21.Rxe6 A remarkable position. Although the forces are level, Black has no moves left. White threatens Rfe1 winning the N and if Ng8 or 21...Nc6 22.Qxf5 forces mate in a few moves. 1–0
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Yates,F-Thomas,A-1–01926C48British Championship Edinburgh

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