TWIC is 31. First issue 17th September 1994.
Welsh Championships 2010 (7)
Richard S Jones wins the Welsh Championship 2010
IM Malcolm Pein - Saturday 10th April 2010
Richard S Jones won the Welsh Championship 2010 which took place in Cardiff over Easter.
Richard Jones dominated the Welsh Championships held in Cardiff over the Easter weekend and retained his title with ease. Jones scored 6.5/7 conceding just a draw to Thomas Brown who might have won but this would not have changed the outcome of the tournament. In the following game Jones wins with an attractive sacrifice.
There are some nice lines. If 21...Rg8 22.Qh5!! Bxd3 23.Nxh7! Bxg6 24.Nf6+! Bxh5 25.Rxg8 mate. Or 21...Rg8 22.Qh5!! Bxd3 23.Nxh7! Kg7 24.Nf6 Rh8 25.Qh7+! Rxh7 26.gxh7+ Bg6 27.Rxg6+ Kxg6 28.h8Q; 21...Rg8 22.Qh5!! Bxd3 23.Nxh7! Qxh7 24.Qxh7 mate
RS Jones - A Spice
French Defence
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nce2 Nc6 7.Nf3 Be7 8.c3 f5
(8...0-0! followed by f7-f6)
9.Be3 0-0 10.h3 b6 11.g4 g6 12.gxf5 gxf5 13.Rg1+ Kh8 14.Ng5 Ndb8 15.Ng3
(Threat Qh5)
15...Qe8 16.Be2 Bxg5 17.fxg5 f4 18.Nh5 fxe3 19.Nf6 Qe7
(19...Rxf6 20.gxf6 Ba6 21.Rg7 Bxe2 22.Qxe2 cxd4 23.Qg4 Qf8 24.Qh4 mates)
20.Bd3
(20.g6 Rxf6! 21.exf6 Qxf6)
20...Ba6 21.g6 Rxf6 22.g7+
1-0
Alan Spice
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Richard S Jones
Final position after 22.g7+
Jones is well acquainted with the latest ideas here and the black king perishes in the centre.
RS Jones - S Zeidler
Scandinavian Defence
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 c6 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nc4 Qc7 8.Qf3! Nb6
(8...e5 9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Qe2 Nfd7 11.f4 wins a piece)
9.Bf4 Qd7 10.Nxb6 axb6 11.0-0-0 Qg4
(11...e6! 12.Be5 Be7)
12.Qe3! Qf5
(12...Be6 13.d5 Nxd5 14.Nxd5 cxd5 15.f3 Qg6 16.Bb5+ 1-0 Saric-Kovacevic 2009)
13.d5! Nxd5 14.Rxd5 cxd5 15.Nb5 e5 16.Bxe5 Bc5
(The only chance was 16...f6 17.Bxf6+ Kf7)
17.Bd4+ Kd8 18.Bd3 Qd7 19.Qg5+ Qe7
(19...f6 20.Bxf6+)
20.Qxg7 Bxd4
(The only way to prevent Qxh8 and Bf6 but now the white queen assumes a dominating position)
21.Qxd4 f6 22.Qxb6+ Kd7 23.Nc7 1-0
Sven P Zeidler
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Richard S Jones
Final position after 23.Nc7. White threatens Nxa8, Bb5+ and Bf5+
A fine game from Derek Geoffrey Horseman, 1931-2010, when he was at his peak in the 1950s.
JW Naylor - DG Horseman
British Ch Plymouth 1957
Queen's Gambit
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Nc3 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.Qa4+ Nbd7 8.Qxc4 a6 9.a4 0-0 10.e4 Ra7
(10...b5! 11.Qc6? Ra7 12.axb5 Bb7)
11.e5 Nd5 12.Bxe7 Nxe7 13.g3 b5! 14.Qb3
(14.axb5? axb5 attacks rook and queen)
14...Bb7 15.Bg2 c5! 16.0-0
(16.Ne2 Qa5+; 16.axb5 Bxf3 17.Bxf3 cxd4 18.Ne4 Nxe5)
16...cxd4 17.Nxd4 Bxg2 18.Kxg2 Nxe5 19.Rad1 Qa8+ 20.f3 bxa4 21.Nxa4 Rb8 22.Qa2 Rc7 23.Rfe1
DG Horseman
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JW Naylor
Position after 23.Rfe1
23...Nxf3! 24.Kh3
(24.Nxf3 Rc2+ 25.Kh3 Qxf3 mates)
24...Ng5+ 25.Kg4 Qg2 26.h4 h5+ 27.Kxh5 Qxg3 28.Rh1 Nh7 0-1
DG Horseman
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JW Naylor
Final position after 28...Nh7
