Hen and Chicks v Hounslow. BCF Club Championships

29-11-99

The match was held at the Angel hotel, Abergavenny. It is rare for us to play a real ‘home’ match in these competitions. Most ‘away’ clubs insist on a half way venue. Richard Miles, the H&C captain, thanked Hounslow for making the long trek from Essex. In the end it looked as if it were going to be an even longer trek home as they only managed a solitary half point. However, I know it’s a cliché, but the score didn’t reflect the fighting nature of the games. The H&C were without some key players, Charles Morris and Frank May, and were a little tense before the match. There were some sharp opening lines played, Morra Gambit in Bell v Owen, Austrian Attack in Adams v Fincham etc. However, after a couple of hours play it was clear that barring accidents the H&C looked to be heading for a comfortable victory.

 

H&C

 

 

Hounslow

 

S.Zeidler

203

1-0

G.Moore

185

L.Powell

195

1-0

C.Purdon

171

A.Borg

191

1-0

S.Chaudling

159

R.Miles

185

1-0

D.White

148

M.Adams

185

1-0

L.Fincham

150

A.Owen

161

½-½

P.Bell

145

 

 

5½-½

 

 

 

 

Adams,M - Fincham,L (1880) [B09]

H&C v Hounslow, 29.11.1999

[Mark Adams]

 

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Bd3 Bg4 7.0-0 c6 8.Be3 Nbd7 9.e5 Ne8 10.Ne4 d5 11.Nf2 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 e6 13.Qh3 c5? 14.dxc5 Qa5 15.c3! Rc8 16.a4 a6 17.b4 Qd8 18.Rfc1 Qe7 19.Ng4 f6 20.Bd4 f5 21.Ne3 Bh8 22.Qf3 Ng7 23.c4 dxc4 24.Nxc4 Rc7 25.Nd6 Nb8 26.b5 Rd8 27.Be3 [27.c6 axb5 28.axb5 bxc6 29.Bb6 Ne8 30.Bxc7 Qxc7 31.Nxe8 Rxe8 32.bxc6 Rc8 33.Bc4] 27...Ne8 28.Be2 g5 29.g3 gxf4 30.gxf4 Qg7+ 31.Kh1 Nxd6 32.Rg1 [or 32.exd6!+-] 32...Ne4 33.Rxg7+ Bxg7 34.c6 Rdc8 35.Bc4 Re8 36.Qh5 Ree7 37.Qxf5 Nc3 38.Qd3 axb5 39.Bxe6+ Rxe6 40.Qd8+ Bf8 41.Qxc7 Nxc6 42.Rg1+ Rg6 43.Rxg6+ hxg6 44.axb5 1-0

 

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