Exeter Chess Club: 100years\100y_105.htm

@@Game Richards,DJ - Gray,DJP, 1965

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Throughout the 'sixties Denis Gray and I enjoyed a very invigorating mixture of co-operation and competition, spending hours both discussing all manner of chess matters and playing numerous games. The following is one of my favourite wins against Denis — who I'd first met at Southern Counties Boys' Championship in 1948! (an event won by Peter Clarke). — DJR

King's Indian, Petrosian Variation

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7

I'd had many battles against Denis' King's Indian and was always looking for fresh twists in the opening. In this game it comes on move 11. 

4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. h4! Nxg3 12. fxg3 g4 13. Nd2 h5 14. O-O

+-----------------+
|r+b1.4k+|
|0p0n+pg.|
|.+.0.+.+|
|+.+P0.+p|
|.+P+P+p)|
|+.H.+.).|
|P).HB+P+|
|$.+Q+RI.|
+-----------------+

White has gained an open f-file and hopes to occupy e4 with a Knight if Black makes his usual break with ...f5. He can also push up on the Queen's-side. 

14...Nc5? This doesn't look right. The Knight soon finds itself on its original square. 

[Peter Lane suggests 14...Bh6, as in Keres-Matanovic, 1963]

15. b4 Na6 16. a3 f5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Nde4 Bh6 19. Bd3 Nb8 20. Qc2 Nd7 21. Ng5 Bxg5 22. Bxf5 Be3+ 23. Kh1 Bf4

+-----------------+
|r+.1.4k+|
|0p0n+.+.|
|.+.0.+.+|
|+.+P0B+p|
|.)P+.gp)|
|).H.+.).|
|.+Q+.+P+|
|$.+.+R+K|
+-----------------+

White stands well, but has Black nothing better than this somewhat desperate ploy? But Denis hated defending!

24. Bxd7 Qxd7 25. Qg6+ Qg7 26. Qxg7+ Kxg7 27. gxf4 exf4 28. Ne4 It was nice to play the second Knight to that key square! 28...Kg6 29. Ng5 Rf5 30. Ne6 f3 31. gxf3 gxf3 32. Rg1+ Kf6 33. Raf1 c5 34. bxc5 dxc5 35. Rg5 1-0

[Notes by David Richards]

Richard Hall writes:

I was at Exeter University, reading law, from 1964-1967, The University team was very strong, with myself, B.D. Dabulawicus, M.B. Sage and D.E.Brown all in the same year.

I believe I joined the Exeter City Club for only one year, 1966-67. This was predominantly so that we could enter a strong Exeter team in the National Club Championship. Brian Dabulawicus, Martyn Sage and myself joined together; A.R.B. Thomas was also a member. That year I also won the Devon Championship, beating D.J. Richards in the final, having beaten Andrew Thomas in an earlier round.

Exeter had a very good run in that year, as follows:

1 st Round bye

2 nd Round 6-0 vs. Barnstaple

3 rd Round 3-3 vs. Torbay (won on board count)

4 th Round 31/2 — 21/2 vs. Islington and North London

¼ Final 3-3 vs. Cambridge Univ. (won on board count)

1/2 Final 1-5 vs. Bradford

Bradford went on to win the final against Manchester.

I effectively gave up over-the-board chess in the 1970s and took up postal chess. I am currently the British Correspondence Champion, a correspondence IM elect, playing in a world Championship semi-final and playing on Board 3 for England in the correspondence chess Olympiad.

 

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