? 1994

Chess summer school

This summer Exeter Chess Club has started a weekly coaching/discussion

session for its members. The programme is organised by Alan Pepler with support from the current club champion, Ken Hills, and the junior coach, Dave Regis. At the moment Dave and Ken take alternate weeks, with Dave going through master games and Ken providing more concrete tasks for the group to go through. Here's an example of each: a game where a positional weakness created by Black leads to his downfall, and a combinational challenge - can you find the continuation played by Alekhine in a simultaneous display?

 Here's the game: Chekhover, V.-Rudakowsky, I. USSR Championship, Moscow, 1945

 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O b5 A normal sort of move in this type of position, but Black risks being left with a weak pawn on c6, giving White an outpost on c5. 12. Be2 a6 13. Ne4 Bb7 14. Ne5 Rac8 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Nc5 Qc7 17. Rfd1 Rcd8 18. Rac1 Bc8 This is precisely what Black should have avoided. 19. Qe4 Nf6 20. Qh4 Qa5 21. a3 b4 22. a4 Nd7 23. b3 Nxc5 24. Rxc5 Qb6 25. Rdc1 Bb7 26. a5 Qa7 Now White can exploit his superior mobility in order to weaken the Black King's-side. 27. Bd3 g6 28. Qf6 Rd6 29. Qe7 Rfd8 30. h4 R8d7 31. Qf6 Qa8 32. Be4 Qe8 33. h5 Rd8 34. Bxc6 Bxc6 35. h6 Kf8 36. Rxc6 Rxc6 37. Rxc6 Rd7 If instead 37... Qxc6 38. Qxd8+ Qe8 39. Qd6+ Kg8 40. Qxa6 {threat Qb7} 40... Qe7 41. Qb6 and the a-pawn wins for White. 38. Rc8 Qxc8 39. Qh8+ 1-0

 A superb win for White, who never once let Black get his head above water.

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