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Cavendish I narrowly lost the second match of their season to Hackney I by 5½-6½. It could have been very different - we were missing a number of higher graded players while once again the team captain failed to win a endgame despite a two pawn advantage! On a positive note, Philip Gregory won a complicated game against Mike Tasker, while Jon Parker gained revenge for last year's reverse with a very quick victory over Richard Bates annotated below. Results:
| Cavendish I
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vs
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Hackney
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| London Chess League, Round 2
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| 22nd October 2009
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J Parker |
1 |
- |
0 |
R Bates |
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J Cox |
0 |
- |
1 |
S Ansell |
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M Piper |
½ |
- |
½ |
D Ledger |
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P Taylor |
½ |
- |
½ |
B Eames |
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J Farrand |
0 |
- |
1 |
A Casillas |
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D Wright |
½ |
- |
½ |
F Chin |
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G Hollis |
½ |
- |
½ |
T Malhotra |
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D Flower |
½ |
- |
½ |
N Walker |
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R Harman |
0 |
- |
1 |
H Murphy |
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P Gregory |
1 |
- |
0 |
M Tasker |
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A Milnes |
½ |
- |
½ |
K Bowmer |
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P Yerbury |
½ |
- |
½ |
P Vives |
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5½ |
- |
6½ |
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Bates,R - Parker,J [E18]
Hackney vs Cavendish I London, 22.10.2009
1.d4 e6 Calling White's bluff? I can't find any games where Jon has defended the Black side of the French. However, my database shows that Richard rarely plays the White side of the French either, and when he has done, he has often plays the exchange variation. Perhaps Jon had nothing to fear after all. 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.0-0 0-0 7.Nc3 Na6 7...Ne4 is the most common chioce here. However, after the text move White scores an astonishingly low 45%. Either a statistical quirk or a good move! 8.Nh4 Seemingly a new move. 8.Bf4, 8.b3, 8.a3 are the most common moves in this position. Since the knight returns to f3 in two moves time this looks questionable. 8...d5 9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Nf3 c5 11.Nxd5 Bxd5 12.Qa4 After losing two tempi with Nf3-h4-f3 White is already in danger of being slightly worse. However, 12.Qa4 tempts Black to line up queen and bishop on the long diagonal and leads to the White queen being exposed. After 12.Bf4 cxd4 (12...Qc8!?) 13.Qxd4 Bf6 14.Qd2 Nc5 Black is only slightly more comfortable. 12...Qc8 13.Bf4 Qb7 14.Rfc1 Rfd8 15.Be3 
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15...b5 16.Qd1 16.Qc2 Nb4 17.Qc3 cxd4 18.Qxd4 Be4 19.Qe5 Bf6 is also pretty ugly. 16...Bf6 16...e5 also looks very strong as captures on e5 or c5 both drop material, e.g. 17.dxe5 Bxf3 18.Bxf3 Rxd1+ 19.Rxd1 Qc8 20.Bxa8 Qxa8 21.Rd7 Bf8 17.Bh3 cxd4 18.Nxd4 Maybe 18.Bf4 was objectively better but still horrible. 18...Be4 19.f3 Qb6 White resigned. 20. Qe1 allows White to struggle on but after 20...Bg6 21.Nc2 Qb7 the exchange is lost, e.g. 22.Rab1 Rac8. A horrible game for White but a very determined refutation of Nh4 and Qa4 by Jon. In the very unlikely event that I ever beat Jon in a competitive game, remind me to avoid allowing him a rematch for a couple of seasons! 0-1
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