TWIC is 30. First issue 17th September 1994.
RAC Centenary Exhibition (Simul)
RAC Centenary in London
IM Malcolm Pein - Tuesday 19th April 2011
RAC Team. Photo © John Saunders. | http://www.theweekinchess.com
IM Malcolm Pein talks about the centenary exhibition in London which he helped to organise.
On Saturday afternoon a 100 board simultaneous was staged at the RAC Club in Pall Mall to celebrate the centenary of the RAC Chess Circle. Ten of England's most finest grandmasters played three teams of ten players each in the delightful setting of the Mountbatten Room.
Teams were from drawn from the RAC Club membership and other London clubs who play in the Hamilton-Russell Cup. There were also two junior teams. The first was composed of members of the England Junior Squad and the second drawn from children who participate in the Chess in Schools and Communities scheme, a charity in which your correspondent is involved. The CSC children came from Ravenscroft School in Newham and William Patten School in Hackney.
The Grandmasters scored heavily, as one might expect. Each round lasted just an hour and with only ten boards, the amateurs had to move faster than in an ordinary simultaneous. Nevertheless there were some notable wins and performances.
For the England juniors, Matthew Wadsworth from Swindon scored 2/3. He defeated the British champion Michael Adams and drew with Gawain Jones and David Howell while Isaac Sanders of Highgate School in north London defeated David Howell with a nice tactic and then good technique. Today I will give Wadsworth's win and tomorrow Sanders'.
The GMs played five games with white and five with black each round.
M. Wadsworth - M. Adams
RAC Centenary Simul
English / Slav
1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.d4 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bf5 7.Nc3 e6 8.0-0 Be7 9.Bf4 0-0 10.Rc1 Rc8 11.Ne5 Qb6 12.Nxc6 Rxc6 13.Qd2 Rfc8 14.Na4 Qb5 15.Rxc6 Rxc6 16.Nc3 Qa5?
(Solid play so far but this is a fatal error. How did White win material?)
Michael Adams
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Matthew Wadsworth
White to play and win
17.Nxd5! Qd8
(The Black queen is unprotected 17...Nxd5 18.Qxa5)
18.Nxe7+ Qxe7 19.Bxc6 bxc6 20.f3 Bg6 21.Rc1 Qb7 22.Qc3 h6 23.e4 Kh7 24.b3 Qa6 25.Qc2 Nh5 26.Be3 f5 27.exf5 Bxf5 28.Qc4 Qxa2 29.g4 Bg6 30.gxh5 Bf5 31.Bf2 Qd2 32.Qxc6 Qg5+ 33.Kh1 Qd2 34.Rf1 Bd3 35.Qc1 Qe2 36.Kg2 Qa2 37.Rg1 Qxb3 38.Qc7 Qd5 39.Qe5 Qd7 40.Rc1 1-0
A number of parents stood in for absentees and did very well. Jim Wadsworth, father of Matthew, scored 50% and Hans Hansen, father of William Claridge-Hansen, survived a difficult position against Simon Williams and won with a nice combination, see if you can find it.
H. Hansen - S. Williams
RAC Centenary Simul
English Opening
1.c4 e5 2.g3 f5 3.d4 e4 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.f3 Bb4 6.Bd2 Qe7 7.fxe4 fxe4 8.e3 0-0 9.Qb3 a5 10.0-0-0 Nc6 11.Nh3 d6 12.Bg2 Bxc3 13.Bxc3 Nb4 14.Bxb4 axb4 15.Qxb4 Rxa2 16.Qb3 Ra6 17.Rdf1 Be6 18.Ng5 Rfa8
(18...Rc6 19.Nxe6 Qxe6)
19.Nxe4 Ng4 20.Rf4 Rb6
(20...b5!?)
21.Qc3 Qd7 22.h3 Ra1+
(Playing at high speed, even a master tactician like Williams canot see everything; 22...Nxe3! 23.Qxe3 Ra1+ 24.Kc2 Qa4+ 25.b3 Qa2+ 26.Kd3 Rxb3+ 27.Nc3 Rxc3+! 28.Kxc3 Qa3+ 29.Kd2 Ra2+ wins)
23.Kd2 Ra2 24.Rb1 Nh6 25.g4 Qa4 26.d5 Rb3
Simon Williams
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Hans Hansen
Position after 26...Rb3
Answer
27.dxe6!
(27.Qd4 Bf7 28.Ng5 Rbxb2+ 29.Rxb2 Qb4+ 30.Kc1 Ra1+ 31.Kc2 Bg6+ 32.Be4 Qa4+ 33.Kc3 Qa5+ draws)
27...Rxc3 28.Nxc3 Qb4 29.e7 Rxb2+ 30.Rxb2 Qxb2+ 31.Kd3 1-0
