Sport

Chess checks in

7 Mar 1997 — 1 min read

Imperial College played Crowthorne in the national handicapped rapid play championships. With an Average ELO of 2250 we were heavily outgraded, and therefore needed only 2.5 / 8 to win. Imperial College scored exactly 2.5 / 8 and so go through to the next stage. The results were:

Matt Piper 1.5 /2 vs. ELO 2370

Dom Goodwin 1/2 vs. ELO 2270 Dave Tang 0 /2 vs. ELO 2225

Lloyd Kilford 0 /2 vs. ELO 2145

Below is the win scored by Dom Goodwin playing his favourite Sicilian defense

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nge2 g6 4.d4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Be3 d6 7.Qd2 Nf6 8.f3 0-0 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.0-0-0 Rc8 11.Bb3 Ne5 12.h4 h5 13.Bh6 Bxh6 14.Qxh6 Rxc3!? 15.bxc3 QaS 16.Kbl

refer to diagram

b5!! 17.g4 Nc4 18.gxh5 Qxc3 19.Qcl Nxh5 20.Rd3 Qb4 21.Rgl e5 22c3 Qc5 23.Ne2 Rb8 24.Rg5 a5 25.Qgl Qa3 26.Qcl Qc5 27.Rdl? a4 28.Bxc4 bxc4+ 29.Kal a3 30.Rxh5 gxh5 31.Rgl+ Kf8 32.Qh6+ Ke7 33.Qxh5 Qb6 34.Qg5+ f6 35.Qcl Qb2+ 36.Qxb2 Rxb2 37.Ng3 Rh2! 38.Rhl Rg2 39.Nf5+ Bxf5 40.exf5 Kf7 41.h5 Kg7 42.Kbl Kh6 43.Rd1 Rb2+ 44.Kcl Rxa2 45.Rxd6 Rf2 46.Kbl Rxf3 47.Rxf6+ Kxh5 48.Rc6 Rxc3 0-

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