NOVEMBER 21, 1994

Exeter show well at Torbay Congress

At the annual Torbay congress Exeter players put up a good collective

performance in each section. In the strong Open we saw a cracking pace being set by Oxford's Dr.John Nunn, opening expert and by his own admission a grandmaster "coffee house player", and London-based International Master Aaron Summerscale. They met in the last round, with Nunn as White, and drew after Summerscale's simplifying opening 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5!? 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8, thus tying for first/second place. Exeter player Agust Karlsson tied for third on 4/5, and Ben Beake achieved a solid 31/2 points.

 Exeter players who must have gone home proud included competitors in the Major Mark Abbott and Ian Taggart each with 3/5, in the Intermediate Jim Rossiensky with 31/2, and in the Minor Eric Soper 31/2, and young Stuart Cooke who, playing in his first ever tournament, scored 4/5 and won a share of £100.

 There were a sprinkling of Exeter and other local juniors taking part: Philip Morgan (age 16) took 3 in the Open, Nick Frost (10) took 21/2 in the Major, Robbie Scott (10) 21/2 in the Intermediate, and David Butler (9) 21/2 in the Minor (also his first adult tournament).

 The tournament ran as smoothly as ever, and on behalf of myself and other players offer sincere thanks to Phil Short and the other organisers and controllers.

 Agust explained to me in the car on the drive over to Torquay on Friday night, that whatever the books say about the King's Indian Attack, White's practical chances are very good because they are aiming at the King. His first round game was a perfect example of that:

 Karlsson,A (2350) - George,IM (2000) Torbay Open #1, 1994

 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 d5 4. Nbd2 Nc6 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O Bd6 8. Re1 Nge7 9. Ng5 O-O 10. Qh5 h6 11. Ndf3 Nd4 12. e5 Bc7 13. Nxd4 cxd4 Black has no counterplay yet and White re-arranges his attack. 14. Nf3 Nf5 15. g4 Ne7 (DIAGRAM) 16. Bxh6 Ng6 17. Bd2 Qb8 18. Ng5 Rd8 19. Bb4 Nf8 20. Qxf7+ Kh8 21. Bxf8 1-0

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