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Chandler Cornered
Junior World Blind Championship 2009.
Junior World Blind and Visually Impaired Championship 2009.
Held at Täby, Stockholm, Sweden
This was won By Daniel Pulvett from Venezuela with a score of 6pts from 7 rounds.
Here is Daniel with his trophy.
And here are the controllers. I've just got to get myself
one of then snaz amigo waist coats. I just gotta have one.
As always we are only here for the smashes. Here is Danny's shortest win.
It was starting to look grim for Black with a beast landing on d6 but Black
should have castled and fought on from there.7...b6?? was a baddie.
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D.Pulvett- J.Gamiz Campana
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bb5 e6 6.e5 Nge7 7.Ne4 b6 8.Nd6+ Kf8 9.Ng5 Qc7 10.Ngxf7 Rg8 11.Ng5 Nf5 12.Nxh7+ Ke7 13.Nxf5+ gxf5 14.Qh5 Bf8 15.Nf6
And here is the shortest game of the tournament.
But first a thought.
I wonder if it is possible to play Chess with a new rule.
No piece is allowed to move onto an unprotected square.
For example White has just played 1.Re8 which he can because e8 is protected.
This would be checkmate as Black cannot take as his Rook would be undefended.
Of course such a rule would be stupid.
But just think of all the combinations and traps that could never get played
if such a rule existed. Here we see yet another trap based on a piece,
this time the Queen, landing on an undefended square.
Before you play a combination, nick a pawn or even move, try to see if anything
ends up on an unprotected square. Unprotected pieces are the root of all misery.
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P.Bulgakov - K.Adam
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. c4 Nb6 5.Nc3 e6 6. Bd3 Be7 7. Nf3 c5 8. d5 exd5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Bb5+
Daniel's only loss came from a King's Indian.
In this position he played 9...f6 which is a move I think is only
correct if the centre was locked. 9...Qe8 tickles the e-pawn and
has aggresive intentions.
But there again we are on move 9 so it may be theory.
(don't care if it is, f6 is wrong here - theory be damned).
Black pressed on the Kingside before the centre was resolved
and after he threw up all pawns White opened the centre and
he always looked better after that.
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U.Yuvarlak - D.Pulvett
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Na6 8. a3 Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 h5 11. h3 Nh6 12. O-O g5 13. Bg3 f5 14. exf5 Nxf5 15. dxe5 g4 16. hxg4 hxg4 17. Nh2 Nxg3 18. Qd5+ Kh8 19. fxg3 Rxf1+ 20. Rxf1 Bxe5 21. Qf7 Nc5 22. Qh5+ Kg8 23. Qg6+
The win now is simple. 23....Bg7 24. Rf7.
Going into the last round Danny needed a win as Black to take first place.
This position arose. White to play and plan.
White was sucked to the d4 pawn and started moving against it with 19.Be4.
But there was no rush. 19.Rae1 development first and then play chess.
The d4 pawn falls but Black used the time to put White in an awkward position.
Black slipped in a cute in-between-move. 26...Re2+ which White had possibly missed.
The Black f-pawn suddenly crashes through to f2 and White is lost. Good game.
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P.Berggren - D.Pulvett
1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5.Nc3 d6 6. Nge2 Be6 7. Nd5 Qd7 8. O-O Nd8 9. b3 c6 10. Ne3 c5 11. Bb2 Nc6 12. f4 Nge7 13. Qc2 Nd4 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 O-O 17. fxe5 Bxe5 18. Qd3 Qg4 19. Be4 Rae8 20. Kg2 f5 21. Bf3 Qg5 22. Bxd4 Bxd4 23. Qxd4 f4 24. Be4 Qg4 25. Qd3 Nf5 26. Bxf5 Re2+ 27. Rf2 Rxf2+ 28. Kxf2 Rxf5 29. Kg2 f3+ 30. Kg1 Qh3 31. Qf1 f2+ 32. Kh1 Qg4 33. Qd3 Re5 34. Rf1 Qh3 35. Qb1 Re2 36. d4 Rb2 37. Qc1 h5 38. Qd1 h4 39. Qd3 Kg7 40. c5 hxg3
I just gotta get me one of those waist coats.
Starts next week The Corner will have pics, games and ringside gossip.
Again, so I believe, you will be able to follow the games on the net.
Here is a list a winners since the competition first started in 1884.
1884 J Crum 1885 Daniel Yarnton Mills 1886 GE Barbier 1887 Daniel Yarnton Mills 1888 George Henry Mackenzie 1889 J Marshall 1890 WN Walker 1891 JD Chambers 1892 Daniel Yarnton Mills 1893 WN Walker 1894 WC Spens 1895 Daniel Yarnton Mills 1896 Daniel Yarnton Mills 1897 Daniel Yarnton Mills 1898 GB Fraser 1899 Daniel Yarnton Mills 1900 Daniel Yarnton Mills 1901 RC Macdonald 1902 E Macdonald 1903 J Borthwick 1904 RC Macdonald 1905 RC Macdonald 1906 RC Macdonald 1907 W Gibson 1908 AJ Mackenzie 1909 AJ Mackenzie 1910 GW Richmond 1911 JA McKee 1912 W Gibson 1913 AJ Mackenzie 1914 W Gibson 1915 C Wardhaugh 1920 P Wenman 1921 W Gibson 1922 W Gibson 1923 W Gibson 1924 C Heath 1925 G Page 1926 JA McKee 1927 RC Macdonald 1928 RC Macdonald 1929 W Gibson 1930 W Gibson 1931 W Gibson 1932 William Fairhurst 1933 William Fairhurst 1934 William Fairhurst 1935 James Macrae Aitken 1936 William Fairhurst 1937 William Fairhurst 1938 William Fairhurst 1939 Max Pavey 1946 William Fairhurst 1947 William Fairhurst 1948 William Fairhurst 1949 William Fairhurst 1950 PB Anderson 1951 AA Thomson 1952 James Macrae Aitken 1953 James Macrae Aitken 1954 PB Anderson 1955 James Macrae Aitken 1956 James Macrae Aitken 1957 James Macrae Aitken 1958 James Macrae Aitken 1959 P Coast 1960 James Macrae Aitken 1961 James Macrae Aitken 1962 William Fairhurst 1963 M Fallone 1964 AM Davie 1965 James Macrae Aitken PM Jamieson 1966 AM Davie 1967 G Bonner 1968 David Levy 1969 AM Davie 1970 G Bonner 1971 E Holt RM McKay 1972 G Bonner 1973 PM Jamieson 1974 RM McKay 1975 DNL Levy S Swanson 1976 RM McKay 1977 CW Pritchett 1978 PA Motwani 1979 RM McKay 1980 Danny Kopec 1981 G Morrison 1982 RM McKay 1983 CA McNab 1984 CSM Thomson 1985 ML Condie RM McKay 1986 Paul Motwani 1987 Paul Motwani 1988 RM McKay 1989 ML Condie 1990 SR Mannion 1991 Colin McNab 1992 Paul Motwani 1993 Colin McNab Paul Motwani 1994 JF Parker 1995 SR Mannion Colin McNab JK Shaw 1996 DM Bryson 1997 DM Bryson 1998 JK Shaw 1999 Jonathan Rowson 2000 AJ Norris JK Shaw 2001 Jonathan Rowson 2002 Paul Motwani 2003 Paul Motwani Ketevan Arakhamia Grant 2004 Jonathan Rowson 2005 Craig Pritchett 2006 Jonathan Grant 2007 Andrew Muir 2008 Alan Tate
