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Defending club champion Steve Ledger met his match on Thursday, in a very exciting game against James Gardner. You can play through the game below, but you can actually hear and see James’s analysis on his excellent YouTube channel (to which you should obviously like and subscribe!). I’m not sure I agree with the title but it’s well worth a watch!

  [Event "Bedford Club Championship"] [Date "2022.10.29"] [White "Steve Ledger"] [Black "James Gardner"] [Result "0-1"] [Title "Steve Ledger vs. James Gardner"]   d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 {[%clk 0:00:00]} 3. e3 c5 4. c3 e6 Nd2 Bd6 6. Bg3 {[%clk 0:00:00]} O-O 7. Ngf3 Nc6 8. Bd3 b6 9. Qe2 Bb7 {[%clk 0:00:00]} 10. Rd1 Ne7 11. e4 c4 12. Bc2 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Bxe4 Nxe4 {[%clk 0:00:00]} 15. Qxe4 Nd5 16. O-O (16. Ng5 Qxg5 17. Bxd6 Rfe8) 16… Be7 (16… b5 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 Ng5 Nf6) 17. Ne5 $2 Rc8 (17… f5 $1 18. Qe2 f4) 18. Rfe1 b5 (18… f5) 19. a3 {[%clk 0:00:00]} a5 (19… f5) 20. Ng4 b4 {[%clk 0:00:00]} (20… Bxa3 21. bxa3 Nxc3 22. Qc2 Nxd1 23. Rxd1 f5 (23… Qe7 24. Qc1 h5 25. Ne5 Rfd8 26. Nf3 c3 27. h3 c2 28. Rd2 Qxa3 29. Qxa3 c1=Q+ 30. Qxc1 Rxc1+ Kh2 b4) 24. Ne3 f4) 21. axb4 axb4 22. Ne3 bxc3 23. Nxd5 (23. bxc3 Nxc3) 23… exd5 24. Qc2 (24. Qxe7 Qxe7 25. Rxe7 cxb2) 24… cxb2 25. Qxb2 c3 Qb3 Rc4 27. Qc2 Bf6 {[%clk 0:00:00]} 28. Be5 Bxe5 29. Rxe5 {[%clk 0:00:00]} f6 30. Re3 Qc7 31. Rc1 Rb8 32. g3 Rb2 {[%clk 0:00:00]} 33. Qf5 Qc6 $2 34. Rce1 {[%clk 0:00:00]} Rb8 35. Rc1 (35. Re7 $3) 35… c2 Kg2 Rc8 37. Re2 {[%clk 0:00:00]} g6 38. Qd3 Rc7 39. h4 Kg7 40. h5 Rc3 {[%clk 0:00:00]} 41. Qd2 gxh5 42. Qf4 Qd7 43. Re3 R3c6 44. Qf3 Kg6 45. Ree1 Qf5 {[%clk 0:00:00]} 46. Re2 Rc3 47. Re3 Qxf3+ 48. Kxf3 Rxe3+ 49. Kxe3 Kg5 50. Ke2 Kg4 {[%clk 0:00:00]} 51. Ke3 h4 52. gxh4 Kxh4 53. Kf3 Rc3+ 54. Kf4 Kh3 55. Kf5 h5 {[%clk 0:00:00]} 56. Kxf6 Rf3+ 57. Kg5 {[%clk 0:00:00]} Rxf2 58. Kxh5 Kg3 Kg5 Kf3 60. Kf5 Ke3+ Ke5 Rd2 62. Re1+ {[%clk 0:00:00]} Kd3 63. Rc1 Kc3 64. Rxc2+ Rxc2 65. Kxd5 Rd2