Father v son

Here is an amusing graded game, with comments by Keith Davies, which he thinks should take pride of place on the website - we're sure you'll agree.

Question: - how many forced mates have you missed in any of your games ?

Ashley Eaves (son) v Martyn Eaves (father)

1 e4..c5 2 Bc4..Nf6 3 f3..e6 4 e5..d5 5 exf6..dxc4 6 fxg7..Bxg7 7 c3..Rg8 8 Ne2..Be5 9 g4..Qh4+ 10 Ng3..h5 11 d4..Bxg3+ 12 Kf1..hxg4 13 fxg4..Rxg4 MISSING mate in 4 with ..Qf6 etc 14 Rg1..Rf4+ 15 Bxf4..Qxf4+ 16 Kg2..Qf2+ 17 Kh3..Qxh2+ MISSING mate in 3 with ..e5+ etc 18 Kg4..f5+ 19 Kg5..Bf4+ 20 Kf6..Qh4+ MISSING mate in 2 with ..Qh6+ etc 21 Kg7..Qe7 MISSING mate in 7 with ..Qh6+ etc 22 Kh8..Qf6+ 23 Kg8..Nd7 MISSING mate in 5 with ..Qf7+ etc 24 Qh5+..Kd8 25 Rg6..Qf8 26 Kh7..Nf6+ 27 RxN..QxR 28 Na3.. Bh6 ?? why ? 29 Qxh6..Ke7 30 Rg1..Qxh6 and the game progressed into a won ending for black culminating on move 49 with mate - AT LAST !

Keith Davies adds: AND I have probably MISSED some of Martyn's forced mates when going through the game !
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Jaimie Wilson earned a fine win against D. Deacon of Fareham at the beginning of January, 2007, to help secure the team an excellent 3-3 result. Jaimie stopped recording moves after move 52 as both players were running short of time. Jaimie admits he missed a simple rook skewer on move 51! The final position was won for Jaimie, but Jaimie thinks his opponent probably had a slight edge for a while after some inaccuracies cost him any advantage out of the opening that he may have had.

Wilson,J - Deacon,D

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.cxd4 e6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.Bd3 0–0 8.0–0 a6 9.Bd2 Nbd7 10.Qc2 e5 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 dxe5 13.Rfd1 Be6 14.Bg5 Nd7 15.Bxe7 Qxe7 16.Nd5 Qh4 17.Rac1 Nf6 18.Bc4 Ng4 19.h3 b5 20.Bf1 Nf6 21.g3 Qh6 22.Nxf6+ Qxf6 23.Rd6 Qe7 24.Qd1 h6 25.Rcc6 Qb7 26.Qc2 Rac8 27.b3 Rxc6 28.Qxc6 Bc8 29.h4 Qxc6 30.Rxc6 Bb7 31.Rb6 Bxe4 32.Rxa6 Rc8 33.f3 Bb1 34.Bxb5 Rc1+ 35.Kf2 f6 36.Bc4+ Kf8 37.a4 Ba2 38.Ra8+ Ke7 39.Ra7+ Kd6 40.Rxg7 Kc5 41.a5 Rc2+ 42.Ke3 Rc3+ 43.Ke2 Bxb3 44.Bxb3 Rxb3 45.Rg6 f5 46.Rxh6 e4 47.fxe4 fxe4 48.a6 Kd4 49.Rd6+ Kc5 50.Rd8 Kb6 51.Rd6+ Kc5 52.Rg6 (other moves not recorded) 1–0

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Here is a new game played by Jaimie Wilson (white) against Peter Rayment, with a truly amazing finish. Was white correct in sacrificing his rook on move 25?

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6.
Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Bd7 8. Bc4 Nc6 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Na5 12. h4 h5 13.
Bg5 Nxb3+ 14. Nxb3 Be6 15. Kb1 Nh7 16. Nd5 f6 17. Bh6 a6 18. g4 hxg4 19. fxg4
Bxg4 20. Rdg1 f5 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. h5 g5 23. exf5 Bxf5 24. Rxg5+ Kh8 25. Nd4
Nxg5 26. Qxg5 e6 27. Qh6+ Bh7 28. Nxe6 Qd7 29. Nxf8 Qf5 30. Ng6+ *

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The second is a board 2 match played on October 4, 2005, Chichester B against Fareham A, versus Joe Coburn (white) with a far from clear ending.

1.c4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 e6 4.e3 Bb4 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 Ne4 not good as white can take control 8.Qc2 Nd7 9.Bd3 Ndf6 10.Ne5 good for white 10...h6 black weakens his position 11.f3 Nd6 12.0-0 0-0 13.a4 dxc4 14.Nxc4 Nxc4 15.Bxc4 Qc7 16.e4 b6 17.f4 white releases the pressure with f4 17...c5 18.d5 exd5 19.exd5 Bxd5 is much better as c4 will be possible sooner 19...Bb7 now it is black who is better 20.Qf5 Rad8 21.Rd1 Rfe8 is much stronger 21...Rd6 22.Ba2 Re8 23.c4 Re4 the game is now completely equal 24.Bb2 Bc8 looks good but white's next move is forced 25.Qe5 a draw was agreed but is anyone winning after RxQ ? 1/2-1/2

The position after 25. Qe5 is the interesting one.

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The third game is a game Keith drew with John Wilkinson (white, 160) in the 2003 Portsmouth Major - but it should have been a win

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nbd2 Be7 6.Bd3 b6 7.0-0 Bb7 8.b3 Na6 9.Bb2 c5 white has slight advantage 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Bb5+ Kf8 12.Rc1 Nc7 13.Be2 Ne6 14.Qc2 Rc8 .Qb1 h5 16.Rfd1 cxd4 17.Rxc8 Bxc8 18.Nxd4 Nxd4 19.Bxd4 Bd6 20.Nf3 Ne4 21.Qb2 Rg8 22.Be5 Bxe5 23.Qxe5 Nf6 24.Rc1 Be6 25.Nd4 Bd7 26.Bxh5 white wins a pawn 26...g6 27.Bf3 Qe7 28.Qb8+ Kg7 29.Qxa7 black is now two pawns down 29...Qb4 30.Bxd5 now 3 pawns down 30...Rc8 31.Rf1 Qd2 32.Bf3 Rc1 now black is getting somewhere 33.Be2 Rxf1+ 34.Bxf1 Ne4 35.Ne2 Qe1 36.Ng3 h3 is necessary 36...Qxf2+ black can force mate in 9 moves 37.Kh1 Nxg3+ 38.hxg3 Qxf1+ 39.Kh2 Bc6 should have been played but with a second or two on the clock black played ... 39 queen f5 which led to a draw by repetition 40.Kh3 Qxg2+ 41.Kg4 Qf3+ 42.Kg5 Qf6+