TWIC is 30. First issue 17th September 1994.
e2e4 Gatwick Airport Tournament (4)
Nice swindle from e2e4 Premier at Gatwick
IM Malcolm Pein - Monday 31st October 2011
Malcolm Pein attended the e2e4 Premier at Gatwick. Malcolm Pein looks at the game between Pete Sowray and Simon Williams which concluded in a time scramble.
A riotous game from the e2e4 Premier at Gatwick where GMs Mark Hebden and Bogdan Lalic were making the early running. The satirical chess magazine Kingpin used to run a column entitled 'Great Swindles of our Time' and I confess I had one or two games under consideration over the years. Were that column still running, this would have to be a contender. It should be borne in mind that there was a time scramble under way and the players were relying on their 30 second increment per move.
P Sowray - S Williams
e2e4.org.uk Gatwick Premier
King's Indian 4 Pawns Attack
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4 0-0 6.Nf3 c5 7.d5 e6 8.dxe6
(8.Be2 exd5 9.cxd5 is played by Williams)
8...fxe6 9.Bd3 Nc6 10.0-0 a6 11.a4 b6 12.Ng5 Ra7 13.Be3
(13.f5)
13...Qe8
(13...Nd4!?)
14.a5! e5
(14...Nxa5 15.Rxa5 bxa5 16.e5 or 16...dxe5 17.Bxc5; 14...Nxa5 15.Na4 is also good)
15.axb6 Rb7 16.Nd5 h6 17.Nf3 Ng4
(17...exf4 18.Bxf4 Nxd5 19.exd5 Rxf4 20.dxc6 Rxb6)
18.Bc1 exf4 19.Bxf4 Rxf4 20.Nxf4 Ne3 21.Qa4 Nxf1 22.Rxf1 Bd7!?
(22...Rxb6 23.e5 dxe5 24.Bxg6 or 22...Rxb6 23.e5 Nxe5 24.Qxe8+)
23.Qxa6 Rb8? 24.Nd5 g5 25.b7 g4 26.Nd2?!
(26.Nh4)
26...Qe5 27.Nb3!
(Intending Qb6-c7)
27...g3 28.hxg3 Qxb2
(28...Qxg3!)
29.Ne7+?
(Seductive and indeed the GM also 'believes' the combination 29.Qb6-c7 wins 29...Be8 30.e5Qxe5 31.Qc7 Qe6 32.Na5 Bd4+ 33.Kh2 Qe5 34.Qh7#)
29...Nxe7 30.Qxd6 Rxb7 31.Qxe7 Qxb3??
(The time scramble had started 31...Rxb3 32.Qxd7 Qd4+ wins)
Simon Williams
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Peter Sowray
Position after 31...Qxb3. White to play and win.
32.Rf7 Qd1+ 33.Rf1 Qxd3 34.e5
Black is two pieces up, place your bets.
34...Qe3+ 35.Kh2 Qxe5 36.Qf7+ Kh7 37.Rb1!!
(This looks like the classic '50%er' but it's a wonderful trap)
Simon Williams
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Peter Sowray
Position after 37.Rb1!!
37...Rxb1?? 38.Qg6+! Kg8
If the queen is captured, astonishingly, it is stalemate
39.Qf7+
(39.Qe8+?? Bxe8 40.Kh3)
39...Kh7 40.Qg6+ Kg8 41.Qf7+ draw
Simon Williams
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Peter Sowray
Final position after 41.Qf7+
Answer:
32.Qd8+ Kh7 33.Rf3! wins for White
