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Bugle 338 - Harrogate Evening Chess League
17 December 2020
The climax of the tournament has arrived and there are only 2 players with a clear lead. They are Jeff Spratt and Steven Wild. The tournament is being held in place of the club championship which has been suspended by the plague.
| LiChess Championship* | Played * | Won * | Drawn * | Lost * | Points * |
| J Spratt | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| S Wild | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| M Stokes | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| L Wooldridge | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| H Baxter | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| B Coop | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| C Marcus | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| P Rawcliffe | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| A Hall | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| A Zigmond | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| J Swiers | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| S Bermejo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| C Funnell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| C Watt | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Solution to problem 56:
2rr2k1,1b3ppp,pb2p3,1p2P3,1P2BPktq,P1Kt3P1,1B2Q2P,R4R1K
Black wins by undermining the king’s bishop and white’s game falls to pieces:
1…., Rxc3! 2. gxh5, Rd2! 3. Qxd2, Bxe4+ 4. Qg2, Rh3! 5. Resigns as he cannot avoid mate on h2.
Merry Xmas & a Happy New Year!
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