Wednesday 1 August 2007

British Championships

The 94th British Championship has kicked off in Great Yarmouth, with Jonathan Rowson looking to extend his winning run to 4 championships in a row. However he was tripped up in Round 2 by Glean Flear, although Rowson has come back to win after early losses in previous championships.
One of the tournament leaders is young GM Nick Pert who defeated Stewart Haslinger in this round 2 game

Pert,N (2536) - Haslinger,S (2468) [D11]
94th ch-GBR Great Yarmouth ENG (2), 31.07.2007

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nbd2 Bf5 6.Qb3 Qc7 7.Bd3 Bg6 8.0-0 e6 9.Re1 Be7 10.e4 0-0 11.e5 Nfd7 12.Bxg6 hxg6 13.Nf1 Re8 14.Bg5 Bf8 15.Rac1 Qb6 16.Qc2 dxc4 17.Ne3 c5 18.d5 exd5 19.Nxd5 Qc6 20.Nf4 a5 21.e6 fxe6 22.Qxg6 Na6 23.Bd8! e5 24.Qxe8 Nc7 25.Qh5 exf4 26.Ng5 1-0

Full coverage of the event can be found at http://www.bcf.org.uk/index.html

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