Devon County Chess Association: Press Release
Western Morning News
Fri. 26 th Nov. 1999
Correspondent: Bob JonesThe local weekend congress scene is supported by a core of grass-roots regulars, whose names and faces are familiar to the organisers. Occasionally, however, an unexpected visitor appears, like an exotic migrant bird, blown off-course. This happened at the Torbay Congress, recently, when the US Master, James T. Sherwin, played in the Open. In his heyday, 40 years ago, he played all the legendary names of US chess, Bobby Fischer, Sammy Reshevsky, Larry Evans, Benko, Rossolimo and the Byrne brothers, to name but a few. Because he was active at a time when the young Fischer stole all the headlines, he is an under-rated, almost forgotten figure. Yet his record of coming 3 rd four times and fourth three times in the US Championships in such company, speaks for itself.
A confirmed Anglophile and recently retired to a westcountry village, after a career in international finance, he is getting back to active play, but not finding it easy. At Torquay, he found it a struggle to find winning ways, and by Round 5, facing David Saqui of Penwith, was just hoping for a respectable score.
White: David Saqui
Black: James T. Sherwin [A48]
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6
3.Bg5 Bg7 4.e3 h6
5.Bf4 d6 6.h3 Nbd7
7.Bc4 0-0 8.c3 Qe8
9.g4 e5 10.Bg3 Ne4
11.Rg1 Nb6 12.Bb3 Bd7 13.Nbd2 Nxg3 14.Rxg3 exd4 15.cxd4 c5 16.Nc4 Nxc4
17.Bxc4 Rc8 Black starts to put on the pressure, exploiting White's King, stuck in the centre.
18.Rc1 cxd4
19.Nxd4 Bxd4 20.Qxd4 b5 The point of Black's exchanges on d4, winning a piece.
21.Qxd6 bxc4 22.h4 Qe4
23.h5 Bxg4 24.hxg6 Rcd8 White is forced to give up more material in view of the mating threats on h1. 25.gxf7+ Kh7 26.Rxg4 Qxg4 27.Qf6 Rd7 0-1
Last week's solution was Qc5! This is a 2-mover by Philip Klett
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