History of Chess in Brighton (Chapter 13) - Brighton and Hove Chess Club

BRIGHTON CHESS

A HISTORY OF CHESS IN BRIGHTON
1841-1993

Chapter 13
1986-1993

CHESS IN BRIGHTON TODAY

In 1986 chess was no longer as popular in Brighton as it had once been. Many of the younger generation had other hobbies, and in the schools the standard of the game had declined. As fewer people mastered the basic skills of the game it became harder and harder for the main chess club to find new members. The situation was not helped by the fact that local players no longer had a base that was open on almost every day of the year. When the main chess club began to meet only three times a week (this was later reduced to twice a week) the committee was in effect forced to make a new start. It could no longer expect to have a large membership, and to be successful it would have to return to basics, to actively seek out every hidden talent and develop it to its fullest potential. In the next section we shall see how the Brighton Chess Club coped with the problems of the modern age.

The Fourth Brighton Chess Club, 8 March 1986 to 31 December 1993
After nearly 34 years at 4 Pavilion Buildings the Brighton Chess Club moved to the Co-op Social Club at 86 London Road on 8 March 1986. Lord Oram’s welcome was cordial and the club was not obliged to pay rent or rates, though from time to time donations were made to the Co-op. Initially when the club moved to the new premises the membership total fell, but it was not long before the shortfall was made up. In fact the club now entered a more secure phase with prospects for long term consolidation. Although the premises could not be used throughout the whole week, the Saturday meetings usually brought a good attendance while the members could also play on Wednesday evenings and Sunday afternoons.

A notable bonus for the club was the arrival of Lolla Izzard, who commenced classes for juniors. The overall membership total increased quite sharply for a while when the names of several of these juniors were added to the club’s roll. On 13 June 1987 the young players had a special treat when International Master Stuart Conquest visited the club to play them in a simultaneous display.

In the last chapter mention was made of the help that the club received from Bob Cristofoli, the Mayor of Brighton. In May 1986 he volunteered to take a board at the Sussex Jamboree which was held at Dorothy Stringer School. His appearance brought valuable publicity to the club and to chess in Sussex as the local Evening Argus newspaper was present. In June 1986 he was made an Honorary Life Member of the club together with Lord Oram and Nicholas Brat, a former Dutch diplomat who had been a member for several years. In October 1986 the club joined with the Sussex Chess Association to hold a dinner at the Imperial Hotel in Hove and Lord Oram and Bob Cristofoli were invited as guests. The dinner honoured the memory of George Self.

In 1987 Bob Taylor sponsored a new tournament called the Challenge Shield. It ran throughout the year and entry was generally restricted to players graded below 140. It soon proved popular and was of particular benefit to newcomers to the club, who were thus able to develop their skills more quickly. By 1993 there were so many entries for the Challenge Shield that it was felt necessary to create a second competition to be run on similar lines. As a result, the Denman Cup came into being for players graded below 80. The Challenge Shield continued to be contested, but its entrants now had to be graded between 80 and 139.

Some of the juniors were allowed to enter the Challenge Shield. An attempt was also made to revive the Junior Championship. Competitions for juniors were held from 1987 to 1989, though the names of the winners were not painted on the championship board. Sadly this promising situation with the juniors was not to last. Complaints were received about the behaviour of one or two of the youngsters, and there was a fear that the club’s tenancy at the Co-op could be in danger. As a result the committee decided that as a general rule no-one under the age of 14 should be allowed to join the club. In special cases this restriction could be waived, but in the circumstances it was clear that any future youth policy would be limited.

On the playing side the club was unable to regain the McArthur Cup in 1986 and lost 4½ to 1½ against Hastings in the final. More encouraging was the club’s achievement in reaching the final of the National Club Championship Plate Competition before going down to the Sale Chess Club.

By 1987 Hastings’ International Master Stuart Conquest had moved to Bristol and in the next few years Worthing emerged as Brighton’s main rival in the McArthur Cup. Nevertheless Brighton were the winners of the trophy from 1987 to 1993, and in 1989 and 1991 the Brighton second team were runners-up. The club was also able to field three teams in the competition from 1990 to 1993.

There were some good performances in the National Club Championship during this period. From 1989 to 1991 the club reached the fourth round (last 16) before bowing out of the competition. Perhaps the best performance during this three-year period occurred in April 1989 when Brighton drew 3-3 with the powerful Wood Green Club, only to be knocked out under the board count rule (explained in chapter 11). In March 1990 an arguably stronger King’s Head team from London visited the club with grandmaster Jon Speelman, one of the world’s best players, on board one. After about four hours’ play in this prestige match the contestants suddenly found themselves entertained by a rendering of various melodies emanating from the next room! The accompaniment was not only musical as the dancers were encouraged to stamp their feet all together! Nothing could be done to halt the barn dance as a legitimate booking had been made, and Brighton eventually lost by the score of 4½ to 1½. In March 1991 at the same stage of the competition the club lost a close match against the Charlton Chess Club. Two vital adjudications decided a match which on paper Brighton would have probably been expected to win.

In the Mid-Sussex League the club was generally very successful. The first team won the first division championship on six occasions (from 1986 to 1988 and in 1990, 1991 and 1993). The second team also enjoyed four seasons in the first division (from 1986-7 and from 1988 to 1991) but is now playing in the second division. A third team entered the league in 1986. In 1989 it gained promotion to the second division, but after two seasons dropped back into the third division. Fourth, fifth and sixth teams were entered into the fourth division in 1991, 1992 and 1993 respectively.

During this period there has only been one large tournament in Brighton which has attracted players from outside the county. In October 1986 the previous year’s experiment of holding a quickplay tournament at the Old Ship Hotel was repeated. Unfortunately the organiser Tyrone Woo lost money through the venture and the tournament was the last of its kind.

In 1987 the restoration of the Sussex Junior Championship in the form of a weekend tournament helped local junior chess. The competition has become an annual event and is held at Dorothy Stringer School.

In 1990 and 1991 the British Chess Federation brought its annual congress to Eastbourne. A few players from the Brighton area participated in the tournaments, but it would seem that the congresses did not produce any significant upsurge of interest in chess in Brighton.

The arrival of the 1990s was followed by a fall in the Brighton Chess Club’s membership. Early in 1991 Maurice Warren, the secretary, tried to rectify the problem by arranging quickplay tournaments. As it happened, a potentially more serious difficulty presented itself when the Co-op announced that it would be forced to leave 86 London Road. This meant that the chess club would also have to find a new home. Fortunately the Nalgo Club in Edward Street proved very helpful. An arrangement was made by which the chess club paid Nalgo £400 per annum and in return had the use of the premises on Wednesday evenings and on Saturday afternoons. It is true that the option to play on Sundays was lost, but Sunday attendances at the Co-op had declined to a trickle.

On Saturday 20 April the club moved to Edward Street. Not long afterwards the president Mike Nicholas resigned the post because he had a new job which involved regular travelling to London. He received a special presentation at a meeting held on 8 May. On two separate occasions he had played an important part in ensuring the club’s survival.

John Barrington took over the presidency. On 20 July the club arranged an open-air simultaneous in Bartholomew’s Square in the centre of Brighton. Fortunately it was a splendid summer’s day and a number of the public tried their hand against Luke Rutherford and Brian Denman. Maurice Warren and John Barrington put a lot of effort into the organisation of this event, which brought the club four new members.

In the six months that followed the open day a number of internal disagreements undoubtedly weakened the club and there was no significant recruitment. Early in 1992, however, the situation began to improve. The membership total rose to about sixty at the end of that season and a second room was hired on Wednesday evenings to accommodate the increase in numbers.

In the 1992-3 season there was a further increase in membership, and the publicity from the World Championship match between Nigel Short and Garry Kasparov, which took place in September and October 1993, brought more new faces to the Brighton Chess Club. A few of these were juniors, as the club had not retained its minimum age rule of 14 years after the move to Edward Street.

At the end of 1993 the membership of the club stood at around 70. The cost of renting the accommodation had risen to £700 per annum, but large attendances on some Wednesday evenings had demonstrated the necessity of having two rooms in midweek.

It is expected that in 1994 Unison (the name for the new combined trade union of which Nalgo formed a part) will be moving from Edward Street, which means that the chess club will have important decisions to make on the question of premises. It will also be necessary to appoint a new president, as the hard-working John Barrington resigned in December 1993.

Finally it should be noted that chess in Brighton is now over 150 years old. In 1992 consideration was given to the holding of a special match between Brighton and the Rest of Sussex and a dinner to recall the formation of the first Brighton Chess Club in 1842. Unfortunately both cash and enthusiasm were lacking and the occasion was never celebrated.

Other Clubs in the Brighton Area, 8 March 1986 to 31 December 1993
Once again the Holt Chess Club provided the strongest local competition for the Brighton Chess Club. Its teams were well organised by Paul Watson and Mike Hickman, both of whom were also active in the county administration. Paul took over the post of secretary of the Sussex Chess Association in 1979, and in 1985 became captain of the Sussex first team (he had previously run the Sussex second and third teams). In March 1990 he received a presentation to commemorate his fiftieth match in charge of the first team. He has also organised for many years the Dupree Chess Tournament, the Sussex Lightning Championship and the Sussex Jamboree as well as editing Sussex Chess, the annual publication of the Sussex Chess Association. When he finds time for playing he makes good use of his experience. In the following game he produces a fine combinational attack:

(241) R.J. Huston — P. Watson
Staplefield Invitational Tournament, 1990
Queen’s Pawn Opening, Stonewall Defence
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 f5 4.Nbd2 Nf6 5.b3 Bb4 6.a3 Bc3 7.Ra2 a5 8.Bb2 Bxb2 9.Rxb2 Qe7 10.Qa1 0-0 11.c4 Ne4 12.Nxe4? fxe4 13.Ne5 Nd7 14.Nxd7 Bxd7 15.Be2 c6 16.0-0 Qg5 17.Re1 Rf6 18.Bf1 Raf8 19.Rd2 Be8 20.Qc3 Bh5 21.b4 axb4 22.Qxb4 Bf3 23.g3 Qh5 24.h3 Rh6 25.Kh2 Rff6 26.Qxb7 Qxh3+ 27.Bxh3 Rxh3+ 28.Kxh3 Rh6 mate 0-1 (Play through game - opens link in new window.)

Mike Hickman has put a lot of time and effort into his role as Sussex Junior Organiser for Secondary Schools. This is particularly apparent in the smooth running of the Sussex Junior Championships, for which Paul Watson acts as controller. Another member of the Holt Club, Paul Selby, is the present Sussex treasurer and he and Ian McLean provide valuable assistance in the running of the junior tournaments.

The Holt team reached the semi-final of the McArthur Cup in 1990. On that occasion they were defeated by Worthing, but in 1992, strengthened by former Brighton Chess Club players Mike Nicholas and Ian Kelly, they defeated two Hastings teams to reach the final. In this they encountered Brighton in a match which was a very close affair before the Holt went down by four games to two. Ian Kelly played particularly well:

(242) G.H. James — I.G. Kelly
Brighton v The Holt (McArthur Cup Final), 1992
Pirc Defence
1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be3 Bg7 5.Qd2 c6 6.0-0-0 b5 7.f3 b4 8.Nce2 Ba6 9.Bh6 Bxh6 10.Qxh6 Qa5 11.Kb1 Nbd7 12.g4 Nb6 13.Nc1 Bxf1 14.Rxf1 Na4 15.Nge2 Rb8 16.h4 c5 17.Ka1 c4 18.Qe3 Rb6 19.h5 Nxb2! 20.Kxb2 c3+ 21.Kb1 Ra6 22.Nb3 Qxa2+ 23.Kc1 Qa1+ 0-1 (Play through game - opens link in new window.)

In the Mid-Sussex League the Holt Club was often among the leaders of the first division during this period. Its best result was to come second in 1992, only two points behind Haywards Heath. The club’s second team dropped to the fourth division when the league was restructured in 1987. Third division status was regained in 1989 and maintained until 1992. In 1990 a third team entered the fourth division, but in 1992 it dropped out of the league. For the 1992-3 season the Holt second team took the place of the third team in the fourth division (even though it had not been relegated) and in 1993 it won promotion to the third division.

In April 1992 the Holt building was damaged by fire, and for a time was unusable. The chess players returned to the site for a while, but in 1993 the building was sold for redevelopment. The club now plays in the canteen at Dorothy Stringer School, but retains the name of the Holt Chess Club. The main hall of the Dorothy Stringer School is often used for chess tournaments and team matches.
The fortunes of the University of Sussex Chess Club declined in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The third team was withdrawn from the Mid-Sussex League in 1986 and the second team followed two years later. Both sides were due to be relegated to the third division at the time of their demise. The first team maintained its first division status until 1988 when it was relegated. In 1990 it returned to the top section, but in the 1991-2 season withdrew from the league.

University player Laurence Webb regularly played on a high board for Sussex. He came to the county in 1989 and it was in the 1991-2 season, when he was studying in Russia, that the team left the league. In 1992 he returned to the University of Sussex and towards the end of the year led a university team in a friendly match against the Brighton Chess Club. Further information about Laurence’s stay in Sussex will be found in the players’ section below. In 1993 the university applied to enter the Mid-Sussex League once again, but the application arrived too late to meet the deadline for the competition.

The Brighton, Hove and Sussex Sixth Form College continued to play in the third division of the Mid-Sussex League until 1990. In 1990 the team was relegated to the fourth division for the first time. There was then a significant recovery and by 1992 the club had won promotion to the second division. Oliver Andrew has continued to perform the organisational work and in the club’s first fifteen seasons he has missed only two matches.

The Peacehaven and Telscombe Cliffs Chess Club moved to the Downland Day Centre (located at Hoathdown House, Roundhay Avenue, Peacehaven) in 1988. In the same year John Dodgson left the club and went to live in Camber. On his departure he presented the players with four sets of boards and pieces plus two clocks.

In 1991 the club entered the Mid-Sussex League for the first time. It held its own in the fourth division for two years, but then a shortage of players forced it to withdraw from the competition. At one time in 1993 the club was down to five or six members, but a recovery followed and in November 1993 a total of 18 players was recorded. It was thought at one time that the club would have to leave the Downland Day Centre by July 1993, but it has been allowed to continue playing at the site.

Founder member Alan Wiltshire remains active in the club and there is one Honorary Member on the roll. Jim Church served as secretary for a number of years until he moved away from the area. He once secured a slot on Radio Sussex to boost chess in general and the Peacehaven Club in particular.

The Saltdean Chess Club recently faced a battle for survival. For several years there had been a gradual decline in numbers and playing strength, and except for the occasional friendly match against the Holt there had been very little contact with other clubs. Matters came to a head in 1993. It seemed that it would be difficult for the club to continue, but the secretary Michael Barritt had other ideas. In September of that year he decided to place advertisements in local shop windows and was rewarded for his efforts. The club now has several new members and the outlook is more promising. The regular meeting place is still the St Martin’s Church Hall, but nowadays the members play in a slightly larger room.

Finally mention should be made of a group of chess players who belonged to the ‘University of the Third Age’. This chess circle of pensioners was founded by Howard Wheeler in 1986 and met at Connaught Road in Hove. The group continued for about four years. Two of the players, Howard Wheeler and Eric Cohen, later joined the Brighton Chess Club.

The Players, 8 March 1986 to 31 December 1993

A.P.H. Kinsman
Andrew Kinsman left the University of Sussex in the summer of 1986. For the next season he continued to involve himself in Sussex chess, though he now lived in Surrey. In 1987 he won the Southern Counties Championship and defeated Brian Denman in the final of the Sussex Championship. He last played over-the-board chess for Sussex in 1987, though he continued to represent the county in correspondence chess until 1990. Nowadays he plays for Surrey and has become a truly formidable opponent. I append four of his games from this recent period.

(243) A.P.H. Kinsman — B.J. Denman
County Championship Final, 1987
Modern Benoni
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.Bf4 a6 8.e4 b5 9.Qe2 Be7 10.0-0-0 0-0 11.h3 b4? 12.Nb1 Re8 13.Nbd2 Nbd7 14.Nc4 Nb6 15.Nfd2 Nh5 16.Be3 Nxc4 17.Nxc4 Bd7 18.g4 Nf6 19.Qf3 Bb5 20.e5 dxe5 21.Nxe5 Qc7 22.Nc6 Bxc6 23.dxc6 Qe5 24.Bc4 Qe4 25.Qxe4 Nxe4 26.Rd7 Nf6 27.Rb7 a5 28.Bg5 Kg7 29.Re1 h6 30.Rexe7 Rxe7 31.Rxe7 hxg5 32.Rxf7+ 1-0 (Play through game - opens link in new window.)

(244) M. Hebden — A.P.H. Kinsman
British Championship, Plymouth, 1989
Queen’s Gambit Declined, Slav Defence
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 c6 4.Qc2 Na6 5.cxd5 Nb4 6.Qb3 e5!? 7.e4 Nxe4 8.dxc6 Nxc6 9.Bc4 Bb4+ 10.Nc3 0-0 11.0-0 Bxc3 12.bxc3 Na5 13.Qc2 Nxc4 14.Qxe4 exd4 15.Ng5 f5 16.Qd3 Qd5 17.Re1 Bd7 18.Bf4 h6 19.Nf3 Bc6 20.Qxd4 g5 21.Be5 Rae8 22.Qxd5+ Bxd5 23.Bd4 b6 24.a4 Bxf3 25.gxf3 Nd2 26.Kg2 Nb3 27.Rad1 Rxe1 28.Rxe1 Nxd4 29.cxd4 Rd8 30.Re7 a5 31.Re6 Kg7 32.Rxb6 Rxd4 33.Rb5 Rxa4 34.Rxf5 Kg6 35.Rb5 h5 36.Rc5 Kf6 37.f4 Rxf4 38.Rxa5 Kg6 39.h3 Rf5 40.Ra4 Re5 41.Ra6+ Kf5 42.Rh6 h4 43.Rh8 ½-½ (Play through game - opens link in new window.)

(245) A.J. Mestel — A.P.H. Kinsman
British Championship, Plymouth, 1989
French Defence, Winawer Variation
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Ba5 6.b4 cxd4 7.Nb5 Bc7 8.f4 Ne7 9.Nf3 Bd7 10.Nfxd4 Bxb5 11.Nxb5 0-0 12.Nxc7 Qxc7 13.Bd3 a5 14.Rb1 axb4 15.axb4 Nd7 16.0-0 Nb6 17.Qh5 h6 18.g4 Nc4 19.Kh1 d4 20.Kg1 Ne3 21.Bxe3 dxe3 22.Rbe1 Qc3 23.Qh4 Qxb4 24.Rxe3 Qd4 25.Qf2 Nc6 26.h4 Ra1 27.Rxa1 Qxa1+ 28.Kh2 Qd1 29.g5 hxg5 30.hxg5 Nd4 31.Rh3 Nf5 32.Bxf5 exf5 33.Rd3 Qc1 34.Qd2 Qf1 35.g6 fxg6 36.e6 Re8 37.Rd8 Rxd8 38.Qxd8+ Kh7 39.Qh4+ Kg8 40.Qd8+ Kh7 41.Qd2 Qf3 42.e7 Qe4 43.Qd8 ½-½ (Play through game - opens link in new window.)

(246) A.P.H. Kinsman — B.J. Denman
Surrey v Sussex, 1991
Symmetrical English Opening
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 g6 6.0-0 Bg7 7.c4 0-0 8.Nc3 a6? 9.c5! Nxd4 10.Qxd4 d6 11.cxd6 Ne8 12.Qh4 Nxd6 13.Rd1 Bd7 14.Nd5 Nf5 15.Qb4 Bc6 16.Bg5! (better than 16.Nf6+) 16...Bxd5 17.Bxd5 Nd6 18.Qh4 Re8 19.Bxb7 Rb8 20.Bc6 f6 21.Bd2 Rf8 22.b3 Qb6 23.Rac1 Kh8 24.Qa4 f5 25.Be3 Qb4 26.Qxa6 Qg4 27.Bf3 Qh3 28.Bf4 Ne4 29.Bg2 1-0 (Play through game - opens link in new window.)

B.J. Denman
Brian Denman won the county championship five times during this period. His opponents in those finals were Geoffrey James (1988), David Graham (1989) and Feliks Kwiatkowski (1990, 1992 and 1993). He also lost in the county final against Andrew Kinsman (1987) and Feliks Kwiatkowski (1991). He won the Brighton Chess Club Championship from 1988 to 1991. In October 1992 he gained probably his best ever win when he defeated grandmaster Danny King in a county match. I append six of his games from this period.

(247) B.J. Denman — R.J. Gamble
Sussex v Derbyshire (Minor Counties Championship), 1987
French Defence, Tarrasch Variation
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Ngf3 cxd4 6.Bc4 Qd6 7.0-0 Nf6 8.Nb3 Nc6 9.Nbxd4 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 a6 11.b3 e5 12.Nf3 Qxd1 13.Rxd1 b5 14.Be2 e4 15.a4 Bg4 16.axb5 exf3 17.gxf3 Bd7 18.Rxa6 Rxa6 19.bxa6 Bc5 20.c3 Ke7 21.b4 Ba7 22.b5 Rc8 23.c4 Be6 24.Ba3+ Ke8 25.c5 Nd5 26.b6 Nc3 27.Re1 Nxe2+ 28.Rxe2 Ra8 29.b7 Rd8 30.c6 Rd1+ 31.Kg2 Kd8 32.Bc5 Bb8 33.a7 1-0 (Play through game - opens link in new window.)

(248) G.H. James — B.J. Denman
County Championship Final, 1988
Sicilian Defence
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.f4 d5 4.Bb5+ Nc6 5.Bxc6+ bxc6 6.d3 Nf6 7.Bd2 Be7 8.Qf3 0-0 9.Nge2 Ba6 10.e5 Nd7 11.b3 c4 12.bxc4 dxc4 13.d4 c5 14.d5 Bb7 15.Rb1 Nb6 16.0-0 f5 17.a4 Rb8 18.Rfd1 exd5 19.Qf1 d4 20.Be1 Kh8 21.Ng3 Nd5 22.Nxd5 Qxd5 23.Rb5 Rbd8 24.Ba5 Rd7 25.c3 d3 26.Rdb1 Bc6 27.Rb8 d2 0-1 (Play through game - opens link in new window.)

(249) B.J. Denman — D.B. Graham
County Championship Final, 1989
Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defence
1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 e5 3.Bb5 f5 4.d4 fxe4 5.Nxe5 Nxe5 6.dxe5 c6 7.Nc3 cxb5 8.Nxe4 d5 9.exd6 Nf6 10.Bg5 Qd7 11.Bxf6 Qf5 12.0-0 gxf6 13.Re1 Kd8 14.Qd4 Bd7 15.Rad1 Rg8 16.Ng3 Qg6 17.b4 h5 18.c4 bxc4 19.Qc5 Bc6 20.b5 Qg5 21.Qxc4 Rc8 22.bxc6 Rxc6 23.Qe4 Rxd6 24.Qxb7 Qg4 25.Qb8+ Qc8 1-0 (Play through game - opens link in new window.)

(250) B.J. Denman — J. Cooper
Brighton v King’s Head (National Club Championship), 1990
Sicilian Defence, Scheveningen Variation
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 Nf6 7.0-0 Be7 8.Be3 0-0 9.f4 e5 10.Nb3 a5 11.a4 Nb4 12.Bf3 Be6 13.Kh1 Qc7 14.Rf2 Bc4 15.Rd2 Rfc8 16.Rc1 b5 17.Nxb5 Bxb5 18.axb5 a4 19.Na1 a3 20.b6 Qb7 21.c4 Na2 22.Rcc2 axb2 23.Rxb2 Nc3 24.Qf1 Nfxe4 25.Rdc2 d5 26.cxd5 exf4 27.Bd4 Bf6 28.Bxf6 Nxf6 29.d6 Nfe4 30.d7 Rc5 31.Rxc3 Rxc3 32.Bxe4 Qa6 33.Rb1 Qxf1+ 34.Rxf1 Rd8 35.b7 Rc4 36.Rb1 1-0 (Play through game - opens link in new window.)

(251) D.J. King — B.J. Denman
Kent v Sussex, 1992
Catalan Opening
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.0-0 0-0 6.d4 c6 7.Qc2 a6 8.Nbd2 b5 9.c5 a5 10.e4 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Nd5 12.Bg5 f6 13.Bd2 Na6 14.a3 Bd7 15.Rfe1 Be8 16.h3 Nac7 17.Bf1 Bh5 18.Nh2 e5 19.dxe5 fxe5 20.Ng4 Bxg4 21.hxg4 Ne6 22.Bg2 Nd4 23.Qd3 Qd7 24.g5 a4 25.Rad1 Qg4 26.f4 Ne6 27.Bb4? exf4 28.Nf2 Qxg3 29.Qxg3 fxg3 30.Nd3 Nec7 31.Ne5 Bxg5 32.Nxc6 Nxb4 33.axb4 Rae8 34.Ne5 Bf4 35.Nd7 Rxe1+ 36.Rxe1 Re8 37.Rd1 Be3+ 38.Kh1 Bf2 39.Bd5+ Kh8 40.Kg2 g5 41.Nf6 Rd8 42.Rh1 Kg7 43.Nh5+ Kf8 44.Be4 Rd4 45.Bxh7 Rh4 46.Bg6 Rxh1 47.Kxh1 Nd5 48.Bd3 Ne3 49.Nxg3 Bxg3 50.Bxb5 Be1 51.c6 Nd5 52.Bxa4 Bxb4 53.Bb3 Nc7 54.Bc2 Ke7 55.Be4 Kd6 56.Kg2 Ne6 57.Kh1 Nd4 58.Kg2 Nxc6 59.Kh1 Nd4 60.Kg2 Ke5 61.Bb7 Kf4 62.Bd5 g4 63.Bb7 g3 64.Bd5 Nf5 65.Bc6 Ne3+ 66.Kh1 Nc4 67.Kg2 Nxb2 68.Bb7 Nc4 69.Bc6 Bd6 70.Bb7 and Black eventually won; the remaining moves were lost in the blitz finish. 0-1 (Play through game - opens link in new window.)

(252) F.J. Kwiatkowski — B.J. Denman
Sussex Championship Final, 1993
Sicilian Defence, Scheveningen Variation
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 Be7 7.0-0 0-0 8.f4 Nc6 9.Be3 a6 10.a4 Qc7 11.Kh1 Re8 12.Bf3 Bd7 13.Nb3 b6 14.g4 Bc8 15.g5 Nd7 16.Bg2 Bb7 17.f5!? Nce5 18.Nd4 Bf8 19.h4? Nc5 20.f6 Rad8 21.Bg1 g6 22.h5 d5 23.exd5? exd5 24.hxg6 fxg6 25.Bh2 Qf7 26.b3 Ne4 27.Nxe4 dxe4 28.c3 Nf3 29.Bf4 Bc5 30.Be3 h6 31.b4 hxg5 0-1 (Play through game - opens link in new window.)

S.J. Newman
Stephen Newman was brought up in London and played for Essex Juniors. He moved to Brighton in 1982 but did not at first join a chess club. In 1985 he won the East Sussex Queen and followed this in 1986 by winning the county championship, defeating Luke Rutherford in the final. It was indeed a very fine performance to win the title at only his second attempt and without playing for a chess club. Towards the end of 1986 he joined the Brighton Chess Club and has often played for the team in the McArthur Cup and National Club Championship. He has also rarely missed a first team county match in recent years. The following games illustrate his lively style:

(253) S.J. Newman — A.P.H. Kinsman
County Championship, 1986
Sicilian Defence, Richter-Rauzer Attack
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 Bd7 7.Be2 Qa5 8.Bxf6 gxf6 9.Nb3 Qg5 10.g3 h5 11.f4 Qg6 12.Qd2 h4 13.Rg1 hxg3 14.hxg3 Rh2 15.Qe3 0-0-0 16.0-0-0 Bg7 17.Nd4 Nxd4 18.Rxd4 Kb8 19.Bb5 Bxb5 20.Nxb5 a6 21.Rd2 Rxd2 22.Qa7+ Kc8 23.Qa8+ Kd7 24.Qxb7+ Ke8 25.Nc7+ Kf8 26.Kxd2 Bh6 27.Nd5 Qxe4 28.Re1 Qd4+ 29.Kc1 Re8 30.Nc7 Rd8 31.Nb5 Qf2 32.Qxe7+ Kg7 33.Nd4 Rc8 34.Nf5+ Kg6 35.Nh4+ Kg7 36.Nf5+ Kg6 37.Qe2 Qxe2 38.Nh4+ Kh5 39.Rxe2 Bxf4+ 40.gxf4 Kxh4 41.Re7 Kg4 42.Rxf7 f5 43.Rd7 Rc6 44.Kd2 Kxf4 45.Kd3 Kf3 46.c4 f4 47.b4 Kf2 48.a4 f3 49.b5 axb5 50.axb5 Rb6 51.Kd2 Rb8 52.Rxd6 Rf8 53.b6 Kg2 54.Kc3 f2 55.Rd2 Kf3 56.Rxf2+ Kxf2 57.c5 Rf7 58.c6 Rf6 59.c7 1-0 (Play through game - opens link in new window.)

(254) S.J. Newman — L.E. Rutherford
County Championship Final, 1986
French Defence, Winawer Variation
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.a4 Nbc6 8.Nf3 Qa5 9.Qd2 Bd7 10.Bd3 c4 11.Be2 f6 12.Ba3 0-0-0 13.0-0 Nf5 14.Rfe1 fxe5 15.Nxe5 Nxe5 16.dxe5 Be8 17.g4 Nh6 18.Qd4 Bg6 19.Reb1 Nf7 20.Rb5 Qa6 21.Rab1 Rd7 22.Bc5 Qxa4 23.Bxa7 Rc7 24.Bb6 Rc6 25.Ba5 Nd8 26.Bxd8 Rxd8 27.Rxb7 Qxc2 28.Rb8+ Kd7 29.Qa7+ Rc7 30.R1b7 Rxb7 31.Qxb7+ Ke8 32.Qc6+ Ke7 33.Qc7+ 1-0 (Play through game - opens link in new window.)

(255) S.J. Newman — M.W. Marlow
Sussex v Berkshire (Minor Counties Final), 1987
Sicilian Defence, Dragon Variation
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 0-0 8.Qd2 Nbd7 9.0-0-0 a6 10.g4 h5 11.gxh5 Nxh5 12.Bh6 Ndf6 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.Nf5+ Bxf5 15.exf5 Nd7 16.Qd4+ Kh7 17.Ne4 Qb6 18.fxg6+ fxg6 19.Ng5+ Kh6 20.Qd2 Rf6 21.Ne4+ Rf4 22.Ng3 g5 23.Nxh5 Kxh5 24.h4 Rxh4 25.Rxh4+ gxh4 26.Qf4 Ne5 27.Rd4 Ng6 28.Qf5+ Kh6 29.Bd3 Rg8 30.Rg4 d5 31.Qg5+ Kh7 32.Qh5+ 1-0 (Play through game - opens link in new window.)

(256) J. Cook — S.J. Newman
Herts v Sussex at Horsham, 1990
Sicilian Defence
1.g3 g6 2.Bg2 Bg7 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nf3 0-0 5.d4 d6 6.0-0 c6 7.Nc3 Qa5 8.h3 Be6 9.d5 cxd5 10.Nd4 dxc4 11.Nxe6 fxe6 12.Bxb7 Nbd7 13.Bxa8 Rxa8 14.Qa4 Qxa4 15.Nxa4 Ne4 16.Kg2 d5 17.f3 Nec5 18.Nxc5 Nxc5 19.Rb1 Rb8 20.Bg5 Kf7 21.Rfc1 Na4 22.Rc2 Rxb2 23.Rbxb2 Nxb2 24.Kf1 c3 25.Bc1 Nc4 26.e3 Ke8 27.Ke2 Kd7 28.e4 Kc6 29.Kd3 Kb5 30.f4 Nb2+ 31.Ke2 d4 32.Bxb2 d3+ 33.Kxd3 cxb2 0-1 (Play through game - opens link in new window.)

(257) D.R. Sedgwick — S.J. Newman
Surrey v Sussex at Sutton, 1992
Sicilian Defence
1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Nf6 4.Bb5+ Bd7 5.Bxd7+ Qxd7 6.c4 e6 7.dxe6 Qxe6+ 8.Qe2 Nc6 9.Nf3 Nb4 10.Qxe6+ fxe6 11.Na3 Nd3+ 12.Ke2 0-0-0 13.Ng5 Rd7 14.f4 Nxf4+ 15.Kf1 h6 16.Nf3 Nd3 17.Nc2 g5 18.Nce1 g4 19.Nxd3 gxf3 20.Nf2 fxg2+ 21.Kxg2 Rg8+ 22.Kf3 Rf7 23.Ke2 Ng4 24.Ne4 Ne5 25.Ng3 Nf3 26.b3 Nd4+ 27.Kd1 h5 28.Bb2 h4 29.Ne2 Nxe2 30.Kxe2 Rg2+ 31.Kd1 Bh6 32.Bc3 Rd7 33.d4 Bg7 34.Re1 Bxd4 35.Bxd4 Rxd4+ 36.Kc1 Kd7 37.a4 Rxh2 38.Rg1 Kd6 39.Rg7 Rf4 40.Rg1 Rhf2 0-1 (Play through game - opens link in new window.)

L.E. Rutherford
Luke Rutherford reached the final of the 1986 Sussex Championship but lost to Stephen Newman. More recently he won the Brighton Chess Club Championship in 1992. He has been particularly successful in lightning chess, winning the Sussex Lightning Championship outright on three occasions, in 1988, 1991 and 1992, and sharing the title with Geoffrey James in 1993.

In October 1992 Luke went to Leeds University, but if he returns to live in Sussex his instant positional awareness suggests that he has the potential to become a county champion of the future.

I append three of his games.

(258) R. O’Brien — L.E. Rutherford
Surrey v Sussex, 1985
Modern Benoni
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.g3 Bg7 8.Bg2 0-0 9.0-0 Re8 10.Nd2 a6 11.a4 Nbd7 12.Nc4 Nb6 13.Ne3 Ng4! 14.Nxg4 Bxg4 15.f3 Bd7 16.Kh1 Nc4 17.e4 b5 18.Qc2 Rb8 19.axb5 axb5 20.Nd1 f5 21.Ra2 fxe4 22.fxe4 Rf8 23.Re1 Qf6 24.b3 Ne5 25.Be3 b4 26.Qb1 Bb5 27.Rd2 Nf3 28.Rf2 Nxe1 29.Rxf6 Bxf6 30.e5? Bxe5 31.Nf2 Ra8 32.Qxe1 Ra1 33.Nd1 Bc3 34.Bd2 Re8 35.Be4 Bxd2 36.Qxd2 Rxe4 37.Qg5 Re2 0-1 (Play through game - opens link in new window.)

(259) L.E. Rutherford — F.J. Kwiatkowski
Brighton v Haywards Heath (Mid-Sussex League), 1987--8 Season
Nimzo Indian Defence
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bh4 c5 6.d5 d6 7.e3 g5 8.Bg3 Ne4 9.Nge2 Qf6 10.Rc1 exd5 11.cxd5 a6 12.a3 Bxc3+ 13.Nxc3 Nxg3 14.hxg3 Nd7 15.Be2 Qe5 16.a4 Nf6 17.a5 Kf8 18.Qd2 Bf5 19.0-0 g4 20.Bd3 Re8 21.f4! gxf3 22.Rxf3 Bg4 23.Rf4 Qxe3+ 24.Qxe3 Rxe3 25.Bc2 Kg7 26.Rcf1 Be2 27.R1f2 and Black lost on time. 1-0 (Play through game - opens link in new window.)

(260) D. Agnos — L.E. Rutherford
Barbican Quickplay, 1992
Ruy Lopez, Open Defence
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.Be3 Be7 10.c3 Qd7 11.Nbd2 Rd8 12.Bc2 Nxd2 13.Qxd2 0-0 14.h3 Bf5 15.Bxf5 Qxf5 16.Nd4 Nxd4 17.cxd4 c5 18.dxc5 d4 19.Bf4 Bxc5 20.Rac1 Ba7 21.g4? Qe6 22.b3 h5! 23.f3 hxg4 24.hxg4 Rd5 25.Bg3 Bb8 26.Rce1 Rc8 27.Qg5 d3 28.f4 d2 29.Rd1 Rd3 30.Kh2 Rcc3 31.f5? Rxg3!! 32.fxe6 Rh3+ 33.Kg2 Rcg3+ 34.Kf2 Ba7+ 0-1 (Play through game - opens link in new window.)

G.H. James
During this period Geoffrey James played less frequently in local competitions than had been his custom in the past. Nevertheless in 1988 he reached the county championship final, losing to Brian Denman. He also shared the Sussex Lightning Championship with David Graham in 1989 and with Luke Rutherford in 1993. Another recent achievement was his sharing of first place with John Henshaw in the 1993 Brighton Chess Club Championship. His name therefore appears six times on the championship board (equalling Julian Simpole’s post-war record, though three of Geoffrey’s titles were shared). He continued to play on a high board for Sussex and Brighton and gained many notable victories.

I append four of his games, all of which have brilliant finishes. The game against M. Fleury is undoubtedly one of the best games ever played by a Sussex player.

(261) G.H. James — M. Fleury
Sussex v Essex (Board 5), 1987
Scandinavian Defence
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5 4.Nf3 Bf5 5.Bd3 Bxd3 6.Qxd3 e6 7.0-0 Nd7 8.c4 N5b6 9.Nc3 Be7 10.b3 0-0 11.Bb2 c5 12.Rad1 cxd4 13.Nxd4 Nc5 14.Qg3 Qb8 15.f4 Rd8? 16.Nd5! Bf8 17.Nf6+ Kh8 18.Nf3 Nd3 19.Rxd3! Rxd3 20.Ng5! Rd7 21.Qd3! 1-0 (Play through game - opens link in new window.)

(262) G.H. James — N. Birtwistle
Sussex v Lincolnshire and South Humberside (Minor Counties Final, Board 2), 1989
Pirc Defence
1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be3 c6 5.Qd2 Nbd7 6.Bd3 b5 7.f4 Ng4 8.Nf3 Nxe3 9.Qxe3 Bg7 10.e5 0-0 11.0-0 a6 12.Ne4 Nb6 13.Nfg5 Nd5 14.Qg3 Nb4? 15.Nxh7! Kxh7 16.Ng5+ Kg8 17.Qh4 Re8 18.Qh7+ Kf8 19.Bxg6 fxg6 20.Qxg6 Kg8 21.e6 1-0 (Play through game - opens link in new window.)

(263) G.H. James — W.A. Linton
Brighton v Mushrooms (National Club Championship, Board 1), 1990
Pirc Defence
1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Be3 Nf6 5.Qd2 0-0 6.f3 c6 7.Bh6 Bxh6 8.Qxh6 e5 9.0-0-0 Qa5 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Bc4 b5 12.Bb3 Nbd7 13.h4 Nc5 14.h5 Nxb3+ 15.cxb3 b4 16.Na4 Rd8 17.Ne2 Be6 18.Qg5 Ne8 19.hxg6 fxg6 20.Nf4 Bf7 21.Nd3 Qb5 22.Nac5 Rd6 23.Rxh7!! Kxh7 24.Rh1+ Kg7 25.Qh6+ Kf6 26.Qh4+ g5 27.Qh6+ Ke7 28.Qxg5+ Nf6 29.Qxe5+ Be6 30.Nf4 Rg8 31.Nfxe6 Nd7 32.Rh7+ 1-0 (Play through game - opens link in new window.)

(264) G.H. James — S.D. Arnold
Wood Green v King’s Head (London League), 1990
Ruy Lopez
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.Nbd2 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.Nf1 Be6 10.Ng3 d5 11.Qe2 dxe4 12.dxe4 Bxb3 13.axb3 Nd7 14.b4 Ncb8 15.0-0 c5 16.bxc5 Bxc5 17.Be3 Nc6 18.Rfd1 Bxe3 19.Qxe3 Qc7 20.Nf5 Nb6 21.Rd6! Kh8 22.Qg5 Rg8 23.Rh6! (Play through game - opens link in new window.)

J.C. Henshaw
In 1986 John Henshaw won the Sussex Lightning Championship for the fourth time. He also won the Brighton Chess Club Championship for the second time in 1987. At that time his grading reached 215 and he scored many valuable wins for the club on board one. Subsequently he became less active as a player for a time, but more recently he has made a successful return to the local chess scene. In 1993 he came equal first with Geoffrey James in the Brighton Chess Club Championship.
I append two of his favourite games from the period.

(265) J.C. Henshaw — J.A. Freeman
Sussex v Berkshire, 1986
Queen’s Indian Defence
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.Nc3 Bb7 4.d4 e6 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Qa4+ Bc6 8.Qc2 Bd6 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 g5 11.Bg3 Bxg3 12.hxg3 g4 13.Ne5 Bd7 14.e3 c6 15.Bd3 Qc8 16.Rc1 Kf8 17.Ne2 Kg7 18.Nf4 Qb7 19.Bg6! Be6 20.Bxf7! Bxf7 21.Ne6+! Kg8 22.Nd8 Qe7 23.Ndxf7 Ne4 24.Nxh8 1-0 (Play through game - opens link in new window.)

(266) J.C. Henshaw — A. Robbings
Sussex v Bucks, 1987
King’s Indian Defence
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 0-0 6.h3 c6 7.Be3 a6 8.a4 Qa5 9.Bd3 d5 10.0-0 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Nxe4 12.Bxe4 Nd7 13.Re1 Qb4 14.Qc2 Nf6 15.Bd3 Be6 16.a5 Qd6 17.Re2 Nh5 18.Qd2 Rad8 19.Rae1 Rfe8 20.b3 Qd7 21.Qb4 h6 22.Bc1 g5 23.Bc2 Bf6 24.Rxe6 fxe6 25.Qd2 Nf4 26.g3 Nxh3+ 27.Kg2 Nxf2 28.Qxf2 Bxd4 29.Qe2 Bc3 30.Qe4 1-0 (Play through game - opens link in new window.)

P. Coleman
Pat Coleman had gained valuable chess experience in Scotland before he came to Brighton. His best local performance was to win the Brighton Chess Club Championship in 1986. He carried out the duties of secretary of the club from 1986 until his departure from Brighton in 1990. He subsequently joined the Crowborough Chess Club. The following game contains an interesting rook sacrifice:

(267) P. Coleman — S.P. Barnes
Brighton Chess Club Championship, 1985-6 Season
Caro Kann Defence
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.Bf4 0-0 8.a3 Nc6 9.c5 b6 10.Bb5 Bd7 11.Bxc6 Bxc6 12.b4 bxc5 13.dxc5 d4 14.Nxd4 Bxg2 15.Rg1 Bd5 16.Ndb5 a6 17.Nd6 Kh8 18.Be5 Bc6 19.Rxg7 Kxg7 20.Qg4+ Kh8 21.Qg5 Be8 22.Nce4 Rg8 23.Qh4 Rg1+? 24.Ke2 Rxa1? 25.Bxa1 Bb5+ 26.Nxb5 Qd5 27.Nxf6 Qa2+ 28.Kf3 Qxa1 29.Qxh7 mate1-0 (Play through game - opens link in new window.)

L. Webb
Laurence Webb left his home in Leeds to become a student at the University of Sussex in 1989. It was not long before he was playing on a high board for Sussex and in his first season for the county he scored five points out of six (most of his games were played on board 5). For the 1991-2 season he was unavailable to play for the county as he was studying in Russia. He returned to Sussex in 1992 and joined the Brighton Chess Club (the University of Sussex no longer played in the Mid-Sussex League and he sought stronger local competition). He represented the club in the McArthur Cup and the Mid-Sussex League but did not enter the club championship. In 1993 he obtained a place at the University of Kent. I append two of his games.

(268) R. Marsh — L. Webb
Bucks v Sussex (Board 5), 1989
Nimzo Indian Defence
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 0-0 5.Bd3 c5 6.Qc2 Nc6 7.Nf3 d5 8.cxd5 exd5 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.a3 Bg4 11.Ne2? Bxf3 12.Qxc5 Ne5! 13.Nf4 Bxg2! 0-1 (Play through game - opens link in new window.)

(269) D. Neil — L. Webb
British Championship Qualifiers, Portsmouth, published 1990
Catalan Opening
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.0-0 d5 6.Be3? cxd4 7.Nxd4 Be7 8.Nd2? Ng4 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Bd4 e5 11.Bc3 d4 12.Bxc6+ Bd7 13.Bxd7+ Qxd7 14.Ba5 h5 15.h3 h4 16.hxg4 hxg3 17.f3 Bg5 18.Nc4 Qc6 19.Be1 Qh6 20.Bxg3 Be3+ 21.Nxe3 dxe3 0-1 (Play through game - opens link in new window.)

G.F.D. Abayasekera
Gerald Abayasekera joined the Brighton Chess Club in the 1990-1991 season. He was a very experienced player, having previously represented Middlesex, Buckinghamshire and Merseyside. As recently as 1987 he had played on board two for Bucks against Sussex. He soon became a regular member of the Brighton Chess Club team and also played on a high board for Sussex. It appears, however, that he played little chess in the second half of 1993. I append his favourite game.

(270) R.G. Wade — G.F.D. Abayasekera
London League, 1988
Queen’s Indian Defence
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.Nf3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.d5 exd5 7.Nh4 g6 8.Nc3 Bg7 9.cxd5 0-0 10.0-0 d6 11.e4 Na6 12.f4 Re8 13.Re1 Rc8 14.Nb5 Nc7 15.Nxa7 Ra8 16.Nc6 Qd7 17.f5 b5 18.Bf4 Ra4 19.fxg6 hxg6 20.Bxd6 Qxd6 21.e5 Qd7 22.exf6 Bxf6 23.Rxe8+ Qxe8 24.Qf3 Bxb2 25.Rb1 Bxc6 26.dxc6 Bd4+ 27.Kh1 Rxa2 28.Qf4 Qe5 29.Qg4 Ne6 30.Nxg6 fxg6 31.Qxg6+ Kf8 32.h4 b4 33.Kh2 Qe2 34.Qf5+ Ke7 35.Qd5 Qxg2+ 36.Qxg2 Rxg2+ 37.Kxg2 Kd6 38.Kf3 Kxc6 39.Ke4 Kb5 40.Kd5 c4 41.Ke4 b3 42.g4 Kb4 43.g5 c3 44.Kd3 c2 45.Rf1 Nc5+ 0-1 (Play through game - opens link in new window.)