Horsham Chess Club
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The club competitions have been updated again as of April 7th.
Reminder: The club Lightning Competition will be held on Tuesday 22nd April - please try and turn up promptly so we can make the draw for pairings and get underway quickly.
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Game of the Month
Here's an amazing comeback from Dick Newman in Division 3 (Newman - Nixon, Horsham 3 vs Haywards Heath 2):
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 f5 3.Bf4 e6 4.e3 Bd6 5.Ne5 Nh6?? [Oops...] 6.Qh5+ g6? [6...Kf8 is still terrible after 7.Bxh6 Bxe5 8.dxe5 gxh6 9.Qxh6+ Kg8 but doesn't lose a piece outright] 7.Nxg6?? [Simply Qxh6 wins - I assume Dick missed Black's 8th move] 7...hxg6 8.Qxg6+ Nf7 9.Bg5?? Qxg5 10.Qxg5 Nxg5 [The crazy opening is over and Black should win this by a country mile - but things aren't that easy in chess... See position below which is what Dick had to come back from, two pieces down:]
11.Nc3 c6 12.g3 e5 [12...Rxh2!] 13.0𢠢 e4 14.Be2 Be6 15.h4 Nf7 16.Rdf1 a5 17.Na4 Nd7 18.h5 b5 19.Nc3 a4 20.Rh4 a3 21.b3 b4 22.Nb1 Ra5 23.f4 c5 [Black's strange decision to keep the position closed with his 13th, 20th and 21st moves continue with this move, instead of the straightforward 23...exf3 which speeds up the win] 24.g4 cxd4 25.exd4 Nf6? [At last White has something to do - passed pawns must be pushed...] 26.g5 Ng4 27.h6 Ke7 28.h7 [Suddenly Black feels a bit awkward, how will he prevent g6...] Raa8 29.g6 Kf8? [Allowing a third pawn to join the fun. 29...Kf6 still wins] 30.Bxg4! fxg4 31.f5 [Now two black pieces are en prise but Black is still better after 31...Kg7 - instead disaster strikes...] 31...Bg3?? 32.Rxg4 [Black's 32nd move is partially illegible but is probably 32...e3, he is totally lost now anyway. This position deserves a diagram to compare with the previous one - the triumph of the white pawns is complete!]
32...e3 33.Rxg3 Bc8 34.g7+ Ke7 35.g8Q Rxh7 36.Qxh7 1-0 [A fantastic comeback!]
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New players
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