Round 5

 

1 Phillips (3 1/2) 0 - 1 Baker (3 1/2)
2 Wall (3 1/2) 1 - 0 Cole (3)
3 Thompson (3) 1 - 0 Beaumont (2 1/2)
4 Rudd (2 1/2) 1 - 0 Sharp (2 1/2)
5 Borkowski ( 1/2) 1/2 - 1/2 Dilliegh (2 1/2)
6 Humphries (2 1/2) 1 - 0 Haydon (2)
Having hauled themselves back in touch with wins in the previous round, Phillips and Cole couldn't maintain the momentum and lost to Baker and Wall respectively, who thereby continued to force the pace. Thompson, too, keept his challenge alive by beating Beaumont.

 

White: G. Wall.
Black: R. Cole.

1. e4 c5

2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. a4 Nc6 5. d3 g6 6. 0-0 Bg7 7. Re1 Nf6 8. Nbd2 0-0 9. Nc4 Nd4 10. Bxd7 Nxd7 11. Ng5 Nb6 12. Ne3 e5 13. Nh3 Qh4 14. a5 Nd7 15. Nd5 f5 16. c3 Ne6 17. Qb3 Rf7 Black offers the b pawn..

 

18. Qxb7 .....which white accepts.

 

 

 

18...Raf8 19. exf5 Nb8 20. Qb3

  The queen naturally beats a hasty retreat to b3 from where it soon comes to wield great influence on the white square a2-g8 diagonal, whereas the knight on b8 plays no further part in the game.

  `20. ....gxf5 21. Ne3 Nf4 22. Nxf4 exf4 23. Nxf5 Qg4 24. Ne7+ Kh8 25. h3 Qh4 26. Nd5 f3 27. Ra4 Bd4! 28. Rxd4 White is forced to give up the exchange to avoid a king side annihilation. [28.cxd4 fxg2 and white's defences are burst asunder.]

 

 

28. ....cxd4 29. Re4 Qh5 30. Qc4 fxg2 31. Qxd4+ Rg7 32. Rg4 Rfg8 33. Nf4 Qe5 34. Be3 Rxg4 35. hxg4 Rxg4? [35...Nc6 36.Qa4 Rc8 holds things together for Black much better than the text.]

 

 

36. Qxa7 Nc6 [36...Qe8 37.Bd4+ Kg8 38.Qg7+]

37. Qa8+ Rg8 38. Qxc6 Rg7 39. Qc8+ Rg8 40. Qh3 Rg7

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|-+-+-+-k|
|+-+-+-rp|
|-+-p-+-+|
|P-+-q-+-|
|-+-+-N-+|
|+-PPB-+Q|
|-P-+-Pp+|
|+-+-+-K-|
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  Final position.

  Time control reached and Black calls it a day in view of the threat of 41.Ng6+ Rxg6 42.Bd4 Kg8 43.Bxe5 dxe5 44.Qxg2 Rxg2+ 45.Kxg2 Kf7 46.a6

 

White: I. D. Thompson
Black C. Beaumont.
English Opening

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nge2 0-0 7. 0-0 d6 8. d3 a6 9. h3 Rb8 10. a4 Ne8 11. Be3 Nc7 12. d4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 b5 16. cxb5 axb5 17. a5 b4 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Bb7 20. h4 Qd7 21. Kh2 Qb5 22. Rfe1 Rfe8 23. h5 Ra8 24. h6 f6 25. a6 Rxa6 26. Rxa6 Qxa6 27. Qxb4 Kf8 28. Qd4 Rc8 29. Be4 Rc4 30. Qd3 Qb6 31. Kg1 Rb4 32. Bxg6 Rxb2

  [32...hxg6 33.Qxg6 Rxb2 34.Qg7+ Ke8 35.h7]

33. Re3 Rb1+?? In the time scramble Black seems to have had a mental block about the power of white's bishop; it may be en prise, but until it's actually taken it still exerts its power on b1.

34. Qxb1 Resigns

 

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