Exeter Chess Club:

For:	Fri. 4 ^th Feb. 2000

The message of Cornwall's excellent start to the season, in beating Hampshire and Wiltshire, was clearly not lost on Chris Ambrose, the Dorset captain, who assembled a strong team for their encounter at Exeter recently. A wise precaution too, as it turned out, for Cornwall were only just headed 9 - 7. However, this was another valiant Cornish performance, considering they were outgraded by between 20 - 30 points on every board, and their next opponents next Saturday, Devon, can take nothing for granted.

Cornish winners were D. Saqui, G. Lakeland, C. Sellwood and D. Lucas, while draws were secured by Messrs Grime, Trudeau, Bartlett, Hooker, Brewer and Manton (jr.)

David Lucas certainly wasn't overawed by the prospect of playing a West of England veteran, and played with great bravura.

White: David Lucas. (121)

Black: Frank Kingdon (151)

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1.d4 e6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 exd5 4.cxd5 d6 5.e4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.f4 a6 9.a4 Qc7 10.Nf3 0–0 11.0–0 Re8 12.b3 Bf8 13.Ra2 g6 14.Re2 Bg7 15.Qc2 Nb6 16.Nd1 Bg4 17.h3 Bxf3 18.Rxf3 Rac8 19.a5 Nbd7 20.Bd2 Re7 21.g4 Rce8 22.Nf2 Nxd5 23.g5 Qc8 24.Qc4 Nc7 25.Bc3 Bxc3 26.Qxc3 Nb5 27.Bxb5 axb5 28.Ng4 White leaves his e-pawn, knowing it shouldn't be taken - but Black overlooks the danger. 28...Rxe4?? 29.Nh6+ and Black resigned as everything has collapsed. Play might have continued 29...Kf8 30.Qh8+ Ke7 31.Rxe4+ Kd8 [31...Ne5 32.Qxh7 Kd8 33.fxe5 dxe5 34.Nxf7+] 32.Rxe8+ Kc7 33.Rxc8#

The solution to last week's position was R1c7, leaving the Black Knight on d4 helpless, in spite of its great mobility. Richard Nash, Barnstaple, was another correct solver of the Christmas problem.

This week's position is a 2-mover by W. L. Barclay (1960)

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