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Fri. 18 th Feb. 2000

 

 

 

The 15 th South Hams Championship resulted in a 4-way tie between Bill Ingham (Teignmouth), Chris Collins (Paignton), Bill Moffat (Plymouth) and Ivor Annetts (Tiverton), all on 3/4 pts. The Grading Prize was won by the junior Daniel Spurling.

The first of Devon's local league championships was decided on Monday when Exmouth beat Isca Juniors, to win the Exeter & District League Div I with a 100% record, the first time they have done this for a number of years.

The next big event in the area is the 25 th East Devon Congress to be held at St. George's Hall, Exeter, starting a fortnight today. Entry forms have been around for some time, but in case of difficulty, contact the Congress Secretary, Alan Maynard on 01363-773313.

The publishers, Gambit, have brought out 3 more titles to add to their already impressive list. They are Play The Open Games As Black by John Emms (224pp £15.99); The Botwinnik Semi-Slav by Steffan Pederson (224pp £14.99) and 101 Attacking Ideas In Chess by Joe Gallagher 128pp £12.99). In the latter, the writer devotes one page to each of his "ideas", each page having 3 diagrams on the left side and analysis on the right. The ideas don't seem to follow any logical sequence, so a page on Tal's attacks might be followed by a page on the theme "Be Flexible" or "Sacrifices in the Sicilian". This makes it ideal for anyone wanting to pick up a book at odd moments, and yet still derive value from it.

The solution to last week's problem was 1. Qe7! This week's position is from actual play, and the challenge is to work out the 3-move combination that will destroy Black's position. Kolorov - Peev Plovdiv

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