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Chess 05 Mar 1960, Sat The Chronicle (Nantwich, Cheshire, England) Newspapers.com
CHESS FOR ALL
(By G CHESTERS)
CHESHIRE JUNIORS have once again hit the headlines by a convincing win in the Northern Counties' Jamboree. This was held last Saturday in the Manchester Chess Club's rooms Lancashire and Yorkshire making up the opposition.
The British Chess Federation splits itself up into five Unions: Western Counties Southern Midlands Northern and the Welsh C.C.U. A Union is composed of several counties the three counties named above being the strongest in the Northern Counties' C.C.U.
A Jamboree is a team event in which three or more teams take part. Each player plays only one game. With just three teams participating the event is quite easy to organise. Of the twelve Cheshire boys six played Lancashire and six played Yorkshire opponents. The remaining six Lancashire boys played the remaining six boys from Yorkshire. Of the three top boards; two play each other the third being opposed to one of the three second boards.
Cheshire finished with eight points, 2½ points ahead of Lancashire with Yorkshire last with only 4½. Below are the scores of the Cheshire players, many of whose names will be familiar to regular readers: P. D. Yerbury (1), M. R. Hudson (1), both of Caldy Grange; G. Chesters (½) of Crewe; D. I. W. Reynolds (0), of Wallasey; R. H. Mellor (1), of Stockport; P. C. Chatwin (0), of Preston; V. W. Knox (1), of Wallasey; N. J. Birdsall (1), of Caldy; B. McDonagh (½); P. Jeal (1), both of Stockport; J. S. Edwards (0), of Chester; and, on board twelve, G. K. Sandiford (1), of Manchester.
The Cheshire team will now play in the British Counties' Jamboree in London on April 9. There will be one county from each of the other four Unions participating. Devon, according to the weekly chess programme on Network Three (Sunday at 4 p.m.), will almost certainly represent the West. Staffordshire (not Warwickshire) surprisingly won the Midlands' Jamboree.
Some news from the international front. The International Tournament at Riga in December was won by Spassky, ahead of fellow Russians Mikemas, Tolush, and Tal (2½ points behind the leader). No British or U.S. players took part. Young genius Bobby Fischer again won the U.S. Championship, ahead of Byrne, Reshevsky, and (the now no longer “statelessrdquo;?) Benko. For the sixth time, the Canadian Championship has been won by Abe Yanofsky, with eleven out of eleven!
The diagrammed position occurred in a North Staffs League match. White played 1. B—B4ch K—Rl; 2. QxQ? overlooking the decisive 2. RxNP After 2. RxNP, play might have continued 2. … QxQ; 3. BxQ NxB; 4. RxB dis.ch. N—Q4; 5. NxN PxR (if P—R4; 6. N—B7 dis.ch. K— R2; 7. R-N7 mate); 6. N—B7 dis.ch. K—Nl; 7. N—R6 mate.
From the diagram White played 1. B—B4 ch. Why can't Black play 1. … NxB?
Note that White could have played immediately 1. RxPch KxR (or K—Rl); 2. Q—Q2, winning Black's Queen.
Answer: After 1. B-B4ch … NxB; 2. QxNch. wins the Black Queen.
H. Reynolds.
J. R. Cadwallader to play.
Crewe v. Penkhull, Feb. 1960.
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