2009 Winners

Open:
1st - Stephen Gordon.  5/5
2nd - Tony Slinger.  4/5
3rd - Chris Vassilou, Phil Watson, Matty Webb.  3.5/5

Major
1st= Simon Milson, Douglas McKerracher, Robert Clegg.  4/5

Grading Prize - Steven Jones.  3.5/5

Minor
1st=  Ian Strickland, Paul Greenwood. 4.5/5

3rd= Fazal Rabbi, Tim Crouch, Paul Kadzionis, Keith Osbourne. 4/5

Grading Prizes:

119-103: Amy Milson. 3.5/5

101 and below: Nigel Redmond, Tony Lightowler, Andy Bland, Alan Clews, Frank Schnedl, Richard Bottomley. All 2/5
 
Bradford champion and winner of the Keighley Cup - Paul Greenwood.

2009 Open Competition

2009 Major Competition

Players 41 and 43 total scores above should read 4.

2009 Minor Competition

Role of Honour

Puzzle Answers

Puzzle No 1:

1.c5

[1.Kg1 Kg3]

1...Kg4

[1...b6 2.axb6 cxb6 3.c6; 1...dxc5 2.bxc5 Kg3 3.d6 cxd6 4.cxd6]

2.b5 dxc5

[2...Kf5 3.c6; 2...axb5 3.c6 bxc6 4.a6]

3.b6 cxb6 4.d6 Kf5 5.d7 and white wins.

Puzzle No 2:

1. Rd1+ Ke8

This is the starting position. The winning move is ...

    2. Rd4!.

Now, if Black plays a waiting move, such as

    2...Ra1

hoping to harass the white king with checks again as in the above variation, White continues

    3. Kc7 Rc1+
    4. Kb6 Rb1+
    5. Kc6 Rc1+ (or 5. Ka6 Ra1+)
    6. Kb5 Rb1+
    7. Rb4!.

The black rook can no longer check the white king and Black cannot prevent the pawn from queening.

Puzzle No 3:

1.g6

[1.f6+ gxf6+ 2.gxf6+ Kf7 black draws here. 3.Kf5 Kf8 4.Ke6 Ke8 5.f7+ Kf8 6.h6; 1.h6 gxh6 2.gxh6 Kf7 and black draws 3.f6 (3.Ke4 Kf6 4.Kf4 Kf7 draw 5.Ke5 Ke7 6.f6+ Kf7 7.Kf5 Kf8 8.Ke6 Ke8 9.f7+ Kf8 10.Kf6) 3...Kf8 4.Ke6 Ke8 draw 5.f7+ Kf8 6.Kf6; 1.Kd5 Ke8]

1...h6

[1...hxg6 2.hxg6 Kf8 3.Kd6 Ke8 4.Ke6 Kf8 5.Kd7 Kg8 6.Ke7 Kh8 7.f6 gxf6 8.Kf7 f5 9.g7+ Kh7 10.g8Q+ Kh6 11.Qg6#]

2.Kd5

[2.f6+ gxf6+ 3.Kf5 Kf8 4.Kxf6 Kg8 A) 5.Kf5 Kg7 6.Ke6 Kg8 7.Kf6 (7.Ke7 Kg7) 7...Kf8 8.g7+ Kg8; B) 5.g7 5...Kh7 draw 6.Kf7]

2...Kf6

[2...Kd7 3.f6]

3.Ke4 Kg5

[3...Ke7 4.Ke5 Kd7 (4...Kf8 5.Kd6 Ke8 6.Ke6 Kf8 7.Kd7 Kg8 8.Ke7 Kh8 9.f6 gxf6 10.Kf7) 5.f6]

4.Ke5 Kxh5 5.Ke6 Kg5 6.f6 gxf6 [6...Kxg6 7.f7]

7. g7 and white wins.

Featured Game (Open Section)

Please find below the moves to the decisive match in the Open Section between Ben Hague and Grandmaster Stephen Gordon who were the two strongest players in the tournament.

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