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.

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