English Chess Federation

Representative Chess Match

Civil Service Chess Association v Combined Services Chess Association

Report by K. J. Thurlow and D. G. Mills.

The second Representative Chess Match of 2006 saw the Civil Service Chess Association host the Combined Services Chess Association at Whiteley Village, near Walton on Thames, Surrey on 17th June. Paul Martin who played for the Royal Air Force Chess Association – a predecessor of the Combined Services Chess Association – suggested the village hall as a suitable venue and it proved popular with both teams. Plenty of room, quiet (apart from clock chimes each quarter hour), a buffet, a bar nearby and a bookstall provided by Francis Bowers. What more could a player desire? Very little other than significantly lower temperatures! It was stiflingly hot so the captains hope to move the 2007 fixture to a less taxing date – possibly in May.

Assembling a 16 board team proved time consuming. I contacted virtually everyone who appears on my list of potential players for Representative Fixtures and still fell short of the number required. Fortunately a telephone call to David Gilbert of the DHSS Chess Club in London resulted in a couple of volunteers, enabling me to take on the role on non-playing captain/reporter/organiser. Andy Hammond, captain of the Combined Services team, experienced similar problems. Several members of his team withdrew in the days prior to the fixture, however, Steven Walsh, Secretary of the Athenaeum Chess Club, was able to supply some guests. Eventually the match commenced with a full complement of players on either side.

As may be seen from the match result sheet, the Civil Service enjoyed a significant grading advantage, yet it was not reflected in play overall. After a rapid loss on board eight we gradually built up a two point advantage. Nevertheless, events on the boards still in play suggested a close finish. The Combined Services eventually drew level and then took a one point lead with one board still to be completed. Fortunately, Kevin Wood remained composed, converting a piece for pawn advantage into an endgame win to secure a drawn match.

Since organising my first match as captain in these Representative Fixtures against the Royal Air Force Chess Association and, in more recent years, the Combined Services Chess Association, the overall score has now reached Civil Service Chess Association 5 wins, Combined Services Chess Association 2 wins with 2 draws. In fairness to our opponents they have usually been outgraded and it has been rare for them to lose by a significant margin. In 2007 the Combined Services Chess Association will host this fixture, possibly in the Midlands at RAF Cosford.

(1) Walker, M. G. - Hammond, A. J. C. [B40] Combined Services v Civil Service (1), 17. 6. 2006.
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. 0–0 d5 6. e5 Ng4 7. Qe2 Qc7 8. Re1 c4 9. Bxc4 dxc4 10. Qxc4 Nh6 11. d4 Nf5 12. Nbd2 h5 13. Ne4 Bd7 14. Bg5 Rc8 15. Qd3 Nce7 16. b3 b5 17. Rac1 Bc6 18. c4 bxc4 19. bxc4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Ng6 21. Rb1 Be7 22. d5 Qxc4 23. Rbc1 Qxe4 24. Rxc8+ Kd7 25. Rxh8 Qxe1+ 26. Nxe1 Nxh8 27. Bxe7 Nxe7 0–1

(2) Thurlow, K. J. - McCague, B. [B45] Combined Services v Civil Service (2), 17. 6. 2006.
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 Bb4 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. e5 Nd5 9. Bd2 Qc7 10. Nxd5 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 cxd5 12. f4 Qb6 13. b3 0–0 14. Bd3 f6 15. Rf1 fxe5 16. fxe5 Rxf1+ 17. Bxf1 Qc7 18. Qe3 Qxc2 19. Rc1 Qxa2 20. Qg5 Ba6 21. Bxa6 Qxa6 22. Rc3 Qa5 0–1

(3) Harley-Yeo, G. - Doye, P. [D86] Combined Services v Civil Service (3), 17. 6. 2006.
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Bc4 Bg7 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qh5 12. Be3 Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Qh5 14. Bc3 Qg4 15. Ng3 Qxd1+ 16. Rxd1 Bd7 17. 0–0 Rc8 18. Bd5 0–0 19. f4 e6 20. Bb3 Rfd8 21. e5 Ne7 22. Bb2 Bc6 23. Rfe1 Nd5 24. Ne2 Ne3 25. Nc3 Nxd1 26. Rxd1 Bd5 27. Nxd5 exd5 28. Kf2 Bf8 29. g4 b5 30. f5 a5 31. a4 bxa4 32. Bxa4 Rc4 33. Ra1 Rb8 34. Bc1 Rxd4 35. e6 fxe6 36. fxe6 Rxg4 37. Bd7 Rc4 38. Bg5 Bc5+ 39. Ke2 Re4+ 40. Kd3 ½–½

(4) Walsh, S. J. F. - Bowers, F. J. [A66] Combined Services v Civil Service (4), 17. 6. 2006.
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Nf3 Nb6 9. a4 a5 10. e5 Nh5 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. 0–0 Qc7 13. exd6 Bxd6 14. Re1+ Kf8 15. Ne5 Nf6 16. Bxd7 Nbxd7 17. Nb5 Qb8 18. Ra3 Kg7 19. Nxd7 Nxd7 20. Qg4 Nf6 21. Qh4 c4 22. f5 h5 23. Bg5 Bc5+ 24. Kh1 Ng4 25. Rf3 Re8 26. Ref1 Re2 27. fxg6 fxg6 28. Bf4 Qd8 29. Qxd8 Rxd8 30. h3 Rxd5 31. Bc7 Nf2+ 32. Kh2 Rxb2 33. Bxa5 Rg5 34. Bc3+ Kg8 35. Bxb2 h4 36. R1xf2 Bxf2 37. Rxf2 Rg3 38. Rf3 Rg5 39. Nc7 Ra5 40. Ne6 Rf5 41. Rxf5 gxf5 42. Nc5 Kf8 43. Nxb7 Ke7 44. Na5 Kd7 45. Nxc4 Kc6 46. Bf6 Kc5 47. Ne3 Kb4 48. Nxf5 Kxa4 49. Nxh4 Kb4 50. Nf3 Kc5 51. Kg3 Kd5 52. Kf4 Ke6 53. Bb2 Kf7 54. Kf5 Kg8 55. Kf6 Kh7 56. Kf7 Kh6 57. Bg7+ Kh5 58. g4# 1–0

(5) Archer, R. - Kay, J. J. [D00] Combined Services v Civil Service (5), 17. 6. 2006.
1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. c4 c6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. h3 0–0 7. Qb3 Qa5 8. Nf3 Nbd7 9. Be2 Qb6 10. 0–0 Qxb3 11. axb3 b6 12. Ra2 Bb7 13. Rfa1 a5 14. Ne5 e6 15. Bf3 Nxe5= 16. Bxe5 Nd7 17. Bd6 Rfe8 18. cxd5 exd5 19. b4 axb4 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21. Rxa8+ Bxa8 22. Bxb4 c5 23. dxc5 bxc5 24. Ba5 Ne5 25. Bxd5 Bxd5 26. Nxd5 ½–½

(6) Le Fevre, S. - Appleby, S. [A16] Combined Services v Civil Service (6), 17. 6. 2006.
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 0–0 7. 0–0 c5 8. Qb3 Nxc3 9. dxc3 Qc7 10. c4 Nc6 11. e3 Bf5 12. Bd2 Rfd8 13. Bc3 Rd3 14. Rfd1 Rad8 15. Rxd3 Rxd3 16. Rd1 Rxd1+ 17. Qxd1 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Na5 19. Bf1 Kg7 20. Qd5 Be6 21. Qe5+ Qxe5 22. Nxe5 b6 23. Kg2 f6 24. Nd3 Bxc4 25. Nb2 Bxa2 26. e4 Be6 27. f4 Bd7 28. c4 Nb3 29. Kf3 Bc6 30. Ke3 e6 31. Bh3 Kf7 32. Nd3 a5 33. e5 f5 34. g4 a4 35. gxf5 gxf5 0–1

(7) Baillie, D. - O'Byrne, D. [A36] Combined Services v Civil Service (7), 17. 6. 2006.
1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Ne2 c5 6. Nbc3 Nc6 7. d3 e5 8. 0–0 0–0 9. h3 Be6 10. Nd5 Nd7 11. Be3 f5 12. Qd2 Nd4 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Bg5 Nf6 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. g4 Bc8 17. Rac1 Qd7 18. f4 Nxd5 19. Bxd5+ Kh8 20. fxe5 Rxf1+ 21. Rxf1 dxe5 22. Rf7 Qe8 23. Rxg7 Kxg7 24. Bh6+ Kh8 25. Qg5 1–0

(8) Foulds, A. - Baker, M. [D40] Combined Services v Civil Service (8), 17. 6. 2006.
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. exd4 Bb4 10. Qa4+ Qd7 11. Bb5 1–0

(9) Smith, G. M. - Morrison, M. [B18] Combined Services v Civil Service (9), 17. 6. 2006.
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Bd3 e6 8. Bg5 Be7 9. c3 Nbd7 10. Bxg6 hxg6 11. h3 Nd5 12. Ne4 N7f6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bd2 Qc7 15. g3 0–0–0 16. Qa4 Qb8 17. 0–0–0 Nb6 18. Qb3 Rh5 19. Bf4 e5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Bxe5 1–0

(10) Ball, P. - Coles, M. [A00] Combined Services v Civil Service (10), 17. 6. 2006.
1. g4 d5 2. Bg2 c6 3. h3 e5 4. d3 Bd6 5. Nf3 Be6 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. e4 d4 8. Ne2 Nd7 9. Ng5 Qb6 10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. b3 Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Bd6 13. Qc1 Nc5 14. Ng3 Kd7 15. Nh5 Rhg8 16. 0–0 Ng6 17. Bg5 Raf8 18. Nxg7 Rxg7 19. Bh6 Rgf7 20. Bxf8 Rxf8 21. Qh6 Rf7 22. g5 Qd8 23. Rad1 Qf8 24. Qxf8 Rxf8 25. Kh2 Be7 26. f3 Bxg5 27. Rf2 Bf4+ 28. Kh1 Ke7 0–1

(11) Dalby, A. - Martin, P. [A11] Combined Services v Civil Service (11), 17. 6. 2006.
1. c4 c6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Na6 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 e5 7. 0–0 Be6 8. d3 Ne7 9. Rb1 0–0 10. b4 Nc7 11. b5 c5 12. Be3 b6 13. Qd2 Qd7 14. Bh6 Bh3 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. f4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 f5 18. Rf2 Ne6 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. cxd5 Nd4 21. a4 Rac8 22. Qb2 Qf7 23. Nxd4 exd4 24. Ra1 Rfe8 25. Re2 Qb7 26. a5 Re7 27. axb6 axb6 28. Qb1 Ra8 29. Kf3 h5 30. Rea2 Rae8 31. Ra3 Qc8 32. Ra7 Kf6 33. Rxe7 Rxe7 34. Ra6 fxe4+ 35. dxe4 Qg4+ 36. Kf2 Rb7 37. Qe1 Kf7 38. Qe2 Qh3 39. Kg1 Qg4 40. Kf2 ½–½

(12) Field, S. - Wood, K. [C53] Combined Services v Civil Service (12), 17. 6. 2006.
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 d6 5. h3 Nf6 6. d3 Be6 7. Bxe6 fxe6 8. Ng5 Qd7 9. Qb3 Nd8 10. Nd2 0–0 11. 0–0 Qe7 12. Ngf3 a6 13. Nc4 b5 14. Ne3 Nh5 15. Nf5 Qd7 16. d4 Bb6 17. dxe5 d5 18. Rd1 c6 19. N5h4 Nb7 20. exd5 cxd5 21. Qc2 Nc5 22. Be3 Qa7 23. Nd4 Qe7 24. Nhf3 Ne4 25. Rf1 g6 26. Nc6 Qc7 27. Nfd4 Bxd4 28. Nxd4 Qxe5 29. Nf3 Qd6 30. Bd4 Qe7 31. Be5 Rf5 32. Nd4 Rxe5 33. Nc6 Qg5 34. Nxe5 Qxe5 35. Rae1 Qg5 36. Rxe4 dxe4 37. Qxe4 Qd5 38. Qxd5 exd5 39. Rd1 Rd8 40. Rd4 Nf6 41. f3 Kf7 42. Kf2 Ke6 43. g4 g5 44. Ke3 h6 45. b3 Rc8 46. Kd3 a5 47. c4 Rc5 48. cxb5 Rxb5 49. Ra4 Nd7 50. Kd4 Rb4+ 51. Rxb4 axb4 52. Kd3 Ke5 53. Ke3 d4+ 54. Kd3 Kd5 55. Kd2 Nc5 56. Kc2 d3+ 57. Kd2 Kd4 0–1

(13) Jones, M. - Davies, A. M. [C01] Combined Services v Civil Service (13), 17. 6. 2006.
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bg4 6. Be2 g6 7. Bf4 Bg7 8. Be5 Nbd7 9. Nxd5 Nxe5 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. Nxe5 Be6 12. c3 0–0 13. 0–0 c5 14. f4 cxd4 15. Qxd4 Rfd8 16. Qb4 a5 17. Qxb7 Rab8 18. Qa6 Rxb2 19. Ng4 Qxc3 20. Rac1 Qd4+ 21. Kh1 Qd2 22. Rcd1 Bxg4 23. Rxd2 Rdxd2 24. Bxg4 Rxg2 25. Bf3 Rxh2+ 26. Kg1 Bd4+ 27. Rf2 Rbxf2 28. Qa8+ Kg7 29. Bg2 Rfxg2+ 0–1

(14) Brown, H. - Strickland, I. D. [D52] Combined Services v Civil Service (14), 17. 6. 2006.
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Qa5 7. Bh4 Bb4 8. Qc2 Ne4 9. Rc1 Nb6 10. Nd2 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Nxc4 12. Bxc4 dxc4 13. 0–0 Bd7 14. Qe2 0–0 15. Qxc4 Bd6 16. Ne4 Qc7 17. f4 Rfe8 18. Rf3 Bf8 19. Rg3 Rec8 20. Qd3 f5 21. Ng5 Qa5 22. a3 c5 23. Qe2 cxd4 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. h3 dxe3 26. Qh5 h6 27. Qf7+ Kh8 28. Qxd7 Rc1+ 29. Kh2 Qd5 30. Nf7+ Kg8 31. Nxh6+ Kh7 32. Qf7 Qd6 33. Nxf5 exf5 34. Qh5+ Kg8 35. Qxf5 e2 36. Rg6 Qc7 37. Qe6+ Qf7 ½–½

(15) Cattermole, J. - Lake, M. [C42] Combined Services v Civil Service (15), 17. 6. 2006.
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d3 Be7 5. b3 Bg4 6. Nd5 Nxd5 7. exd5 0–0 8. Be2 Nd7 9. Bb2 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nf6 11. c4 Rb8 12. a4 c6 13. 0–0 cxd5 14. cxd5 Qa5 15. Be4 Nxd5 16. Qf3 Nf6 17. Bf5 Qb6 18. Rfd1 Qxb3 19. Bc1 Qd5 20. Qg3 g6 21. Bh6 Rfe8 22. Rac1 b6 23. Rc7 Rb7 24. Rdc1 Rxc7 25. Rxc7 Qb3 26. h4 Qd1+ 27. Kh2 Qh5 28. Qg5 Qxg5 29. hxg5 Nd5 30. Rc8 Rxc8 31. Bxc8 Bf8 32. Bb7 Bxh6 33. gxh6 Nc7 34. g4 g5 35. Be4 b5 36. axb5 Nxb5 37. Kg3 a5 38. Bc6 Nc3 0–1

(16) Ball, A. - Sant, M. [A00] Combined Services v Civil Service (16), 17. 6. 2006.
1. g4 d5 2. Bg2 e6 3. c4 Nf6 4. g5 Nfd7 5. d3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. h4 Nc6 8. a3 Ne5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Qb3 b6 11. Nc3 Bb7 12. Ne4 Qd7 13. d4 Nc6 14. Bd2 0–0–0 15. e3 Ba6 16. Nc3 Nxc3 17. Bxc3 g6 18. Nd2 e5 19. Bh3 Na5 20. Bxd7+ Kxd7 21. Qxf7+ Kc6 22. Qf3+ Kd7 23. Bxa5 exd4 24. Qg4+ Kc6 25. Qxd4 Rhe8 26. Rc1+ Bc5 27. Qf6+ Kb5 28. Bb4 Rd6 29. Qf7 Red8 30. Qc4+ Kc6 31. Qxa6 Kd7 32. Qb5+ Ke7 33. Bxc5 bxc5 34. Qxc5 Ke6 35. Qxc7 R8d7 36. Qc4+ Rd5 37. e4 Ke5 38. exd5 Rxd5 39. Qe4+ Kd6 40. Nc4+ Kc6 41. Ne3+ Kd6 42. Qxd5+ Ke7 43. Rc7+ Kf8 44. Qf7# 1–0