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Last update: Monday October 31, 2005 14:56

41st Berks & Bucks Congress, 27-29 August 2005

Held at Sir William Borlase’s Grammar School, Marlow, Bucks

Below is a game from the congress. Barry Sandercock played a familiar line of the Sicilian Defence. Unfortunately it didn't work out this time. First the Queen was in trouble, then the King!

Reserves "B" Round 4
White David Lewis (Brackley, Northants)
Black Barry Sandercock (Chalfont St. Giles, Bucks)

1 e4 c5; 2 Nf3 e6; 3 d4 cd; 4 Nxd4 Nf6; 5 Nc3 Bb4; 6 Bd3 d5; 7 e5 Qc7; 8 ef Bxc3+; 9 bxc3 Qxc3+; 10 Qd2 Qxa1; 11 c3 gf; 12 Nb3 Qxc1+; 13 Qxc1 Nc6; 14 Qf4 f5; 15 Qd6 Rg8; 16 Bb5 Bd7; 17 Nc5 0-0-0; 18 Na6 bxa6

CHAMPIONSHIP

(over grade 167, 16 Played, 6 Rounds)

1st=

Paul Cooksey

Basingstoke

4 ˝

 

Gavin Lock

Horsham

4 ˝

3rd

Martin Walker

Royston

4

CHALLENGERS

(grade 166-143, 18 Played, 6 Rounds)

1st=

Majid Jeffries

Maidenhead

4 ˝

 

Zafer Djabri

Metropolitan

4 ˝

3rd=

Chris Archer-Lock

Maidenhead

4

 

Philip Makepeace

Wycombe & Hazelmere

4

RESERVES “A”

(grade 143-130, 16 Played, 6 Rounds)

1st

Mithun Kailavasan

Haberdashers’ Aske’s School

5

2nd

Stephen Mitchell

Slough

4 ˝

3rd=

Dinah Norman

Crowthorne

4

 

Ronnie Cohen

International Students House

4

RESERVES “B”

(grade 128-117, 16 Played, 6 Rounds)

1st

Jeffrey Levicki

Magdalen College School

5

2nd

Kevin Henbest

Oxford University

4 ˝

3rd=

David Lewis

Brackley

4

 

Geoffrey Naldrett

Insurance

4

RESERVES “C”

(grade 116-102, 18 Played, 6 Rounds)

1st

Christopher Wardle

Haymarket

4 ˝

2nd=

Akash Jain

Pinner

4

 

Graham Brown

Slough

4

 

John McGinley

Cambridge

4

 

Yinglun Teng

Cardiff

4

RESERVES “D”

(grade 102-88, 15 Played, 6 Rounds)

1st

Robbie Coats

Thamesdown Juniors

5 ˝

2nd=

Cyril Winter

Crowthorne

4 ˝

 

Sam Walker

Wycombe & Hazlemere

4 ˝

RESERVES “E”

(grade 85-60, 15 Played, 6 Rounds)

1st

Adrian Archer-Lock

Berkshire Juniors

5

2nd=

James Holland

Berkshire Juniors

4 ˝

 

David Webb

Gerrards Cross

4 ˝

RESERVES “F”

(under grade 57, 10 Played, 6 Rounds)

1st

Adrian Kernot

East Grinstead

5 ˝

2nd

Radha Jain

Pinner

4

3rd

Joseph Walker

Wycombe & Hazlemere

3 ˝

Cup presented by Mrs Stean in 1976 for best performance by an U14 player:

Joint Winners

Amisha Parmar

West Notts

 

 

Jeffrey Levicki

Magdalen College School

 

LIGHTNING TOURNAMENT

(18 Played, 6 Rounds)

1st=

Peter Poobalasingam

Millfield

5 ˝

 

Martin Walker

Royston

5 ˝

3rd

Chris Archer-Lock

Maidenhead

4