When I joined Marple Chess Club in 1980 it would have been considered a fantastic achievement for a club member to be on 2.5/5 in the British Championship. That is the position Sarah is currently in, but she finds herself, incredibly, fourth in the Marple "Mini-League". Alex is playing very solidly and is incredibly theoretically well prepared. He is somewhat unfortunate to "only" be on 3 points.On 3.5 is Keith, his games are a constant education to me, for example his game in Round 5 seems a brilliant exposition of the toughest task in chess - beating the London system with Black.
Leading the way is Daniel with 4/5. To beat GM Simon Williams and GM Danny Gormally in succesive White games is 2600+ stuff and in both these games he demonstrated an Alekhine like will to win, In fact it's like watching Alekhine (without the alcohol!).
Saturdays pairings include Keith v Daniel and although this is unfortunate in some ways, it's got to be worth watching. Alex against another GM in Chris Ward and Sarah playing the vastly experienced Neil Carr look fascinating too ..... ""
Glenn
To update the above the battle of Marple ended in a 61 move grinding win for Keith over Daniel. Meanwhile Alex drew with another GM and looked to have some winning chances in a Bb5 Sicilian. Unfortunately Sarah fell foul of a beautifully played Morra Gambit complete with dazzling exchange sac on d4. If time permits I'll try and post some analysis of these and othe games.
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