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Last update: Wednesday June 6, 2007 14:45
With generous support from Durham County Council and Skipton Building Society, the Braille Chess Association will host the European Individual Championship (August 13th to 24th in Durham). An ECF grant will help put the top four boards live on the internet. Viewers will see at www.braillechess.org.uk the best of European blind chess.
As a sample, a fine win by England’s Graham Lilley over Dukaczewski (Poland). Along with the inevitable Russians and our current champion, Colin Crouch, we expect both of them to feature at Durham.
No fireworks here, but precise positional manoeuvring - remarkable accuracy without sight of board or pieces.
White P. Dukaczewski (Poland)
Black Graham Lilley (Britain)
Sicilian
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cd4 4.Nd4 g6 5.c4 (Played to stop the b5 and d5 breaks but it doesn’t work here) Nf6 6.Nc3 Nd4 7.Qd4 d6 8.Bg5 Bg7 9.Be2 0-0 10.Qd2 Qa5 11.0-0 Be6 12.Rac1 Rfc8 13.b3 a6 14.a4 (Trying to stop b5 but it comes anyway) b5 15.Bf3 b4 16.Ne2 Rab8 17.h3 Qe5 18.Ng3 a5 19.Rfe1 Qc5 20.Be2 Re8 21.Be3 Qc6 22.Qc2 Nd7 23.f4 Nc5 24.Bf3 Qc7 25.Kh1 Bc8 26.Rf1 Bb7 27.Rcd1 Rbd8 28.Rf2 Ne6 29.Ne2 Nc5 30.Ng3 Ne6 31.Kh2 Bh6 32.Ne2 Rf8 33.Bg4 Nc5 34.Bf3 e5 35.Bc1 ef4 36.Kh1 Ne6 37.Bg4 d5 38.ed5 Bd5 39.Rd5 Rd5 40.Nf4 Re5 Black has won the exchange for his extra pawn, a good swap. 41.Nd3 Nd4 42.Qd1 Bc1 43.Qc1 Re7 44.Qb2 Rfe8 45.Rf1 Ne2 46.Be2 Re2 47.Qf6 R8e6 48.Qa1 Qg3 49.Nf4 Re1 (This finishes off white) 50.Ne6 Ra1 51.Ra1 fe6 52.Rb1 Qd3 53.Rb2 e5 54.c5 Qc3 55.Rb1 Qc5 56.Rf1 e4 57.Kh2 Qc3 58.0-1
Bill Armstrong