Sunday Puzzle 1

White to play and win.

Jan Vančura, 1922 (published posthumously)

View the solution on the excellent Yet Another Chess Problem Database.

Grading History Graph

http://www.trowbridgechessclub.co.uk/club_grades_chart.php

WECU Jamboree 2014

A Wiltshire team captained by Trowbridge's own Roy Ludlow finished equal first in the Grade-limited section of this year's jamboree. Here are the results for our players:

Bd.	White				Black
2	Trefor Thynne	161	0-1	Jim Sherwin	198
4	Andrew Cooper	174	1-0	Adrian Champion	151
6	Jim Fewkes	150	½-½	Ricardo Rei	168
7	Tim Woodward	146	1-0	Chris Fewtrell	149
10	Tristan West	147	½-½	George Georgiou	139
12	Roy Ludlow	128	0-1	John Allen	132
14	Vignesh Ramesh	131	1-0	Gareth Williams	118
16	Richard Carver	116	0-1	Roger Waters	112
18	David Brown	102	0-1	Geoff Berryman	108
23	Robert Sparks	72	1-0	Nandaja Narayanan	101
24	Ivan Stringer	110	½-½	Gordon Chapman	104

 Board 22 was defaulted gaining Wiltshire an extra point.

2014 Club KO Final

The first game of the 2013-14 knock-out final was played on the 1st May 2014 and resulted in a draw, following a most unusual opening and a missed middlegame opportunity. In the second instalment (to be played Thursday 25th September) David Weston has the White pieces.

Frome Congress 2014

Here are the results for the Trowbridge players at Frome this year:

Tom and Tim both win a Somerset trophy.

Player	Section	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Score	Performance
Tim Woodward	Major	1	1	½	1	1	4½	182
Mark Leonard	Major	1	1	½	0	½	3	166
Tom Cooper	Intermediate	1	1	1	0	1	4	162
Roy Ludlow	Intermediate	½	0	1	½	0	2	109
David Weston	Major	0	0	0	-	0	1	89
Nigel Crucefix	Minor	0	0	1	0	1	2	83

In the Major Tim finished a clear point ahead of those in 2nd - 5th place. Mark's peaceful draw in the last round wins him £6.25 (whereas a victory would have earned £43).

Tom finished equal 2nd - 4th which should net him £71.66

Team Trowbridge finished on 10½ points, behind Bath on 12½.
Of course, our best four from the squad of six would have scored 13½.

Blackpool Congress 2014

Live results for the Trowbridge players at Blackpool this year:

Player	Section	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Score
Dave Marshall	Median	1	½	½			2
Mark Leonard	Median	½	1	1			2½
Tom Cooper	Inter	½	½	1			2

Roy Ludlow versus Richard Carver

What's this? Richard Carver beaten at Trowbridge Chess Club? Again? (I believe this last occurred in 2011.)

Can you spot what White played in this position?

r4r2/2q1b2k/p1b1p2p/1p2Np2/3PpP1Q/1PP1R3/PB3K1P/R7

Only one move wins here, and Roy comes up with a corker.