Wiltshire v Cornwall - Feb 04

Wiltshire moved up to second place in the West of England

County Championship by defeating Cornwall 9½ - 6½ on

February 15th. Cornwall were a player short, so Dave

Brown, who was due to play on board 13, unselfishly

volunteered not to play. This allowed Nicola Thomas to

play her second game and James Pothecary and

Gareth Williams to make their debuts for the county. They

all won convincingly against opponents graded 109.

Graham Banda sacrificed a piece for a powerful looking

attack, but found himself a move short of being able to

deliver mate. Robbie Dams allowed the white centre pawns

to advance and cut his position in half. Richard Carver's

attack was too slow with his king coming under pressure

first, while Gary Tanner's game had enough swings to fill a

playground. Gary gained material early in the game, but

later on found himself needing to give up the exchange.

An unbalanced end game eventually occurred which was a

technical win for Gary, but being very short of time, he

settled for a draw. Most of the games in the top half

resulted in quiet draws. Nick Wingfield and Jane

Richmond's opponents caved rapidly when faced with

sparks of aggression.

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 Diagram #7   Jane Richmond, white to move, played a move

with three enormous threats. What was her move?

Answer here

Thanks to Peter Richmond for the report.