34.Bb5
35.Rcd1
36.Re3
37.h4
Nd8
Ne6
Nc5
Rf5
38.Be8!?
Rather than agree a draw here, one
last try to create some back rank
complications.
38...
R5f6
39.h5
Ne6
40.Bd7
Nf4
41.Bg4
g6
42.hxg6
Rxg6
43.Bf3
Rgf6
44.Re7
R6f7
45.Rxf7
Rxf7
46.Rd6
Ra7
47.Rxh6+
Kg7
48.Rh4
Nxg2!
A neat trick by Stephen; both pawns
have to fall and it's a dead draw after
that.
49.Kxg2
½–½
And now Membership Secretary
Kevin Paine delivers a win on board
4 versus France. We didn’t manage
many full points in that match…
White: Oger, Claude (2345)
Black: Paine, Dr. Kevin (2294)
FRA-SCO ICCF, 2014
English, Flohr-Mikenas [A19]
[Notes by Iain Mackintosh]
1.c4
2.Nc3
3.e4
4.e5
5.Nf3
6.d4
7.Nxd4
8.Ndb5
9.Nd6+
10.Qxd6
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Nf6
e6
c5
Ng8
Nc6
cxd4
Nxe5
a6
Bxd6
f6
11.Be3
Ne7
12.Bb6
Nf5
13.Qc5
d6
14.Qa5
Qd7
15.f4
Nc6
16.Qa3
Nce7
17.0–0–0
Qc6
18.Qb3
Bd7
19.Rg1
h5
20.Kb1
Rc8
21.g3
d5
22.cxd5
Nxd5
23.Nxd5
exd5
24.Bh3N
After a long sequence of established
theory, White decides to fly solo.
24.Bd3 has been tried on a couple of
occasions in CC play.
24...
Ne7
25.Rc1
Qb5
The following exchanges suit Black
more than White, despite the
isolated, doubled pawns that result.
26.Rxc8+
Bxc8
27.Qxb5+
axb5
28.Bxc8
Nxc8
29.Ba5
Kd7
30.Rd1
Ke6
31.Rc1
Nd6
32.Rc7
Rc8!
Consigning the White king to
spectator status.
33.Rxg7
The win of the pawn is nothing
against Black's active pieces and
central control...
33...
d4
..and the d-pawn carries a threat
which decides the game.
34.h3
d3µ
35.g4
hxg4
36.hxg4
Ne4
37.Rc7
Rg8
38.g5?!
38.f5+ looks a little better, but White
is struggling either way.
38...
fxg5
39.fxg5
Rxg5
21
40.b3
d2–+
Winning a piece and the game.
41.Bxd2
Nxd2+
42.Kb2
Rg2
43.Rxb7
Ne4+
44.Ka3
Nd6
45.Ra7
Rg4
46.Rh7
Kd5
47.Rh5+
Kc6
48.Rh2
Nf7
49.Kb2
Ne5
50.a3
Kc5
51.Rh8
Rg3
52.Kc2
Nc6
53.Rh5+
Kb6
54.Rh4
Re3
55.Kb2
Re2+
55...Re2+ 56.Kb1 Kc5 57.Rh5+ Ne5
58.Rh4 Rf2 and Black will
eventually win at least one of the
White pawns and the game.
0–1
Elke Rehder (Germany)
Woodcut from Stefan Zweig’s Chess
Story, The Royal Game 3.
Spring 2016