Sunday 18 May 2008

Congratulations White Rose

Congratulations to the White Rose Team which has won promotion to Division 1 for next years 4 Nations Chess League (in the UK). The Yorkshire based team (hence the name) is managed by my PNG Olympiad team mate Rupert Jones. They lead division 2 from Day 1, and despite a hiccup on the final weekend against Pride & Prejudice, won the division by 2 clear points (Match points were the scoring system).
Here is a game from one of the lower boards which saw a very early Bc4 against the Sicilian, and ended with a very early mate.

Adams,D (2203) - Franklin,S (2001) [B50]
4NCL/Div2/WRO vs. BARY Wokefield Park ENG (5.7), 12.01.2008

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.e5 dxe5 5.Nxe5 e6 6.Qe2 Bd6 7.f4 0-0 8.b3 Qc7 9.Bb2 Nd5 10.g3 Nc6 11.Nxc6 Qxc6 12.Rf1 b6 13.Nc3 Bb7 14.0-0-0 a6 15.Ne4 Be7 (D)
16.f5 b5 17.f6 bxc4 18.Qg4 Nxf6 19.Nxf6+ Bxf6 20.Bxf6 g6 21.Qg5 1-0

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

David M Adams is a retired solicitor who has played for both York and Sheffield teams in past years. Has played in the British regularly this last few years and appears to be playing some of the best chess of his life!

Brian Jones

Anonymous said...

what's the link to the 4ncl website again?