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WORTHING CHESS CLUB
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Russell Granat Simultaneous Chess Match Report
Monday 12th February
On Monday 12th February evening, our Club Champion, Russell Granat, took on 11 hopeful opponents in a simultaneous tournament, with alternating White and Black boards.
The majority of games had losing pieces however the last game to finish was against
Phil Crompton who achieved a draw after two hours of play.
While there was a lot of swapping off, there were some good tactical maneuvers in between :
[Event "Russell Granat Simultaneous Tournament"]
[Site "Worthing Chess Club"]
[Date "2024.02.12"]
[White "Granat, Russell"]
[Black "Crompton, Phil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. e4 e6
2. c4 c5
3. Nc3 Nc6
4. d3 g6
5. Nf3 Bg7
6. Bf4 d6
7. Be2 Nd4
8. Nxd4 Bxd4
9. Nb5 Be5
10. Qd2 a6
11. Nc3 Bg7
12. O-O Nf6
13. e5 dxe5
14. Bxe5 O-O
15. Bf3 Qb6
16. Rab1 Nd7
17. Na4 Qb4
18. Qxb4 cxb4
19. Bd6 Rd8
20. Be7 Re8
21. Bxb4 Ne5
- Russell thought he had done well to pick up a pawn on Move 21 but the play by Black thereafter was strong.
22. Be2 Bd7
23. Nb6 Rad8
24. Rfd1 Bc6
25. Bc3 Rd6
26. d4 Be4
- Another Strong Move by Black, forking the Knight on b6 and the Rook on b1; however White is still a pawn ahead in material.
27. dxe5 Rxb6
28. Ra1 Bc2
29. Rd2 Ba4
30. Bf3 Bh6
31. Re2 Bc6
32. Bxc6 Rxc6
33. b3 b5
34. Re4 1/2-1/2
- In the final position, White is losing the extra pawn on c4, so a draw was fair.
So the final tally was Russell agreed a Draw with Phil Crompton and Won against the remaining 10 players ; 10.5 - 0.5
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