Exeter Chess Club:

For:	Fri. 11 ^th Feb. 2000

Devon made few mistakes in their annual match against Cornwall at Saltash on Saturday, and won 10 - 6, to maintain their 100% record. Both teams were without certain key players, but Devon were able to

call on strong replacements, especially University students, Nick Lee and Jim Parkin. It was far from easy however, as 4 Cornishmen scored wins over much stronger opposition,and at the end, they were only two wins short of parity.

Full details (Devon names first)

D. Hodge 1/2 -1/2 J. Menadue;
J. Parkin 1 - 0 D. Saqui;
N. Frost 1 - 0 R. Grime.
N. Lee 1/2 -1/2 P. Williams;
B. Hewson 0 - 1 R. Sefton;
M. Cox 1 - 0 G. Trudeau;
A. Brusey 1 - 0 S. Bartlett;
J. Morrison 0 - 1 N. Clifford;
P. Brooks 1/2 -1/2 J. Hooker;
P. Trussler 0 - 1 R. Woods;
J. Walker 1 - 0 G. Lakeland;

12. C. Bellers 1 - 0 C. Sellwood;

13. W. Ingham 0 - 1 D. Lucas;

14. M. Abbott 1 - 0 K. Brewer;

15. J. Gorodi 1 - 0 S. Lever;

16. A. Roderick 1/2 -1/2 D. Cooke.

Jim Parkin has recently moved down to Exeter from Aberdeen, where he represented Scotland in the Glorney Cup. The quality of his play showed through in his game on Bd. 2

White: D. Saqui.

Black: J. Parkin [A48]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.e3 Bg7 4.Nbd2 0–0 5.Bd3 d6 6.c3 Nc6 7.b4 e5 8.b5 Ne7 9.Qc2 Nfd5 10.Qb3 Be6 11.c4 exd4 12.Nxd4 Nf4! Exploiting the overloading of White's e-pawn. 13.Bf1 d5 14.c5 Nf5 15.N2f3 Nxd4 16.exd4 Nh5 17.Bg5 Nf6 18.Bd3 All White's pieces are poorly placed, and his bishop on g5 now falls victim to a 'pawn storm'. 18...h6 19.Bh4 Qe8 20.0–0 Ne4 21.Rad1 f5 22.Nd2 Nxd2 23.Rxd2 g5 24.Re1 Qf7 25.Rde2 Rae8 26.g4 gxh4 27.gxf5 Bd7 28.Qb1 Rxe2 29.Rxe2 Bxf5 30. Resigns . Either more pieces come off, increasing Black's margin of material superiority, or Qg6+ spells even greater danger.

The key to last week's position was 1. Qc8! This week's 2-mover first appeared in this paper back in 1927.