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For:	Fri. 24 th March. 2000

 

The Evans Gambit, developed in 1827 by the doughty seaman, Capt. W. D. Evans, is a bold attempt by White to seize the initiative early at the cost of a pawn. It leads to very lively play, and 173 years later, we are no nearer a conclusion as to its basic soundness. The following example was played recently by the Scottish Junior International James Parkin in Devon's match against Hants.

White: J. Parkin. (Devon)

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Black: W. Purkiss (Hants) [C52]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.d4 d6 7.Qb3 Qd7 8.0–0 Bb6 9.Bb5 Nf6 10.d5 Nxe4 11.Qc2 Nf6 12.dxc6 bxc6 13.Bd3 h6 14.Nbd2 0–0 15.Nc4 Qe6 16.Nxb6 axb6 17.Re1 c5 18.Nd2 d5 19.c4 e4 20.Bf1 Bb7 21.cxd5 Bxd5 22.Bb2 Rfe8 23.Bc4 c6 24.Qc3 Qg4 25.Re3 Re6 26.Rae1 Rae8 27.a4 Nh5 28.Be2 The black queen is now overloaded, trying to protect the knight and fend off mate on g7. The knight must fall leaving Black two pieces down. 1–0

Devon's Under-11 team, under the leadership of Team Manager Tim Onions, started their annual bid for the National Championship recently with a small tournament for West of England teams. 1 ^st were Somerset (451/2 pts) 2 ^nd Devon (36 pts) 3 ^rd Wiltshire (281/2 pts) 4 ^th Glamorgan (10 pts). This was followed by the EPSCA Zonal Tournament at Swindon, where Wiltshire did well, winning it with 41 pts., just half a point ahead of Hants. 3 ^rd were Somerset (361/2 pts); 4 ^th Bucks (321/2 pts) 5 ^th Devon (27 pts) 6 ^th Cornwall (20 pts).

Devon's Junior Championships start tomorrow at the John Stocker School, Exeter, sponsored by Exeter City Council. Late enquiries to the organiser, Dave Scott on 01392-437968

The solution to last week's problem was 1. Qb3! This week's position is from Chigorin - Caro 1898. Black has just played Rh7 to defend his g-pawn, but White's reply forces his immediate resignation anyway. What was that winning move?

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