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Games
Speed chess played
with style
Here's a nice
example of how to start a lightning game, maintain the
initiative and then finish off your opponent in style. Luke
Boumphrey's energy and opening knowledge was no match here for
Black
at the recently held
MCA lightning event at the Adelphi Hotel on 18th June.
If there was a best
game prize for this event then this one would surely be in with
a shout.
John Carleton
(Atticus) beats
IM Sam Collins.
Round
four
of
the
Four
Nations
Chess
League
saw
a
match
between
Northwest
Eagles
and
Barbican
4NCL
two
of
the
main
challengers
to
the
hegemony
of
Guildford
ADC.
Despite
being
out-rated
by
an
average
of
nearly
80
points
per
board
Northwest
Eagles
drew
4-4
to
stay
second
in
the
table
with
7/8
match
points.
Barbican
won
on
top
and
bottom
board
thanks
to
GM
Jonathan
Parker
and
Ingrid
Lauterbach
while
Northwest
Eagles
kept
the
match
level
with
wins
on
boards
five
and
six
where
Stefan
Macak
and
John
Carleton
overcame
higher-rated
opposition.
John
Carleton
is
one
of
the
founder
members
of
Atticus
Chess
Club
in
Liverpool
and
achieved
great
success
in
Correspondence
Chess.
In
the
following
game
he
outplays
an
International
Master
and
Irish
International.
John Carleton
(2306) - Sam
Collins (2396),
4NCL Div1,
NWE1-Barb1
1.d4 d5 2.c4
c6 3.Nc3 Nf6
4.cxd5 cxd5
5.Bf4 Nc6 6.e3
a6 7.Bd3
(Just because
White plays the
Exchange Slav
creating a
symmetrical pawn
structure does
not mean he
wants a draw.
This prevents
Bf5 and is more
accurate that
Nf3) 7...Bg4
8.f3 Bh5 9.Nge2
Bg6 10.e4! e6
(10...dxe4
11.fxe4 Nxd4
12.Nxd4 Qxd4
13.Bb5+)
11.e5 Nd7
(Although White
has an advantage
in space Black's
position is
fine, he has the
'bad bishop' out
of the pawn
chain on g6
while the Bf4 is
misplaced and
the c file
should give him counterplay)
12.Be3 Be7 13.f4
Bxd3
(13...Nb4
14.Bxg6 hxg6
15.a3 Nc6 16.0-0
Rc8) 14.Qxd3
f5
(Otherwise f4-f5
could be
awkward)
15.exf6 Nxf6
(diagram)
16.0-0 g6
(16...0-0 17.f5
exf5 18.Qxf5 and
d5 is weak but
there is also
17...Nb4 18.Qd2
Ng4!?) 17.Nd1
0-0
(17...Ne4=)
18.Nf2 Rc8 19.a3
Qb6
(19...Na5 20.b3
Qb6 was also
reasonable)
20.b4 a5?!
(This leads to
the Nc6 being
misplaced)
21.b5 Na7 22.a4
Rc4 23.g4!
(The manoeuvre
Nd1-f2 prepared
this possibility
a long way back)
23...Ne8
(23...Nc8 24.f5
gxf5 25.gxf5 Kh8
26.Kh1)
24.f5!
(Carleton times
this break well,
the Na7 and Qb6
are needed on
the kingside)
24...gxf5
25.gxf5 Ng7
(If 25...exf5
26.Nf4 Qd6
27.Kh1 with good
play or
25...Rxf5
26.Ng4! Rxf1+
27.Rxf1 and
Black is
defenceless)
26.Ng4! exf5
(26...Nxf5
27.Nh6+ Nxh6
28.Bxh6 Rxf1+
29.Rxf1 wins)
27.Ne5 Rcc8
28.Kh1 Rcd8
29.Rf3!
(This is one of
those rare
positions where
an attack can be
conducted with
all the pieces)
29...Nc8
30.Rg1 Bf6
31.Nf4 (Now
the possibility
of an attack on
h7 with Rh3 and
Qd1-h5
overwhelms
Black's
defences)
31...Kh8 32.Rh3
Bxe5 33.Ng6+ Kg8
34.Nxe5 Rde8
(34...Nd6
35.Rxg7+ Kxg7
36.Bh6+ Kh8
37.Qg3 Ne8
38.Bxf8)
35.Bh6 Re7
36.Bxg7 Rxg7
37.Rxg7+ Kxg7
38.Qg3+ Kh8
39.Ng6+ Kg7
40.Nxf8+ Kxf8
41.Qe5 1-0
(report
originally
featured by IM
Malcolm Pein,
Daily Telegraph,
21st Nov 2006)
John
Carleton wins at 4NCL (game played 13th Jan 2007)
Atticus captain John
Carleton playing for North West Eagles 1 in Division 1 of the Four Nations
Chess League (4NCL) beat IM Malcolm Pein in fine style with a courageous
kingside attack. Malcolm, an
experienced International Master playing for Wood Green, is
founder and proprietor of
The
London Chess Centre.
John Carleton
(2306) - Malcolm
Pein (2401),
4NCL Div1,
NWE1-WGR1.
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 c5
4. e5 h6 5. Bc1 Nh7 6. f4 cxd4 7. Nf3 Bb4+ 8. Nbd2 Nc6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. a3
Be7 11. Ne4 d5 12. Nf2 f5 13. Qe2 Bd7 14. Bd2 Qb6 15. O-O Na5 16. b3 a6
17. Kh1 Rac8 18. a4 Nc6 19. g4 Nb4 20. Bxb4 Bxb4 21. gxf5 exf5 (diagram) 22. Rg1
Qd8 23. Rg3 Rc7 24. Rag1 Bc8 25. Nd1 Kh8 26. Qg2 g5 27. fxg5 f4 28. Rh3
Bxh3 29. Qxh3 Be7 30. g6 Rg8 31. Qxh6 Bf8 32. Qxf4 Bg7 33. Ng5 Bh6 34.
Nf7+ Rxf7 35. Qxf7 Rg7 36. Qf5 Ng5 37. Qf6 1-0
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