Posted on February 24, 2018February 24, 2018 by SpikeNigel’s creativity This is what the C team are currently missing – get well soon Nigel, your team needs you! [Event "Fuller Trophy"] [Date "1976.04.29"] [White "L Hansford, Vauxhall Dunstable"] [Black "Nigel Staddon, Bedford"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D15"] [PlyCount "48"] d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. e3 b5 6. b3 b4 7. Na4 c3 8. Qc2 e6 a3 a5 10. Nc5 Bxc5 11. dxc5 Bb7 12. axb4 axb4 13. Rxa8 Bxa8 14. Ne5 Qd5 15. Nd3 Nbd7 16. Nxb4 Qxc5 17. Ba3 O-O 18. Bc4 Qa5 19. Qc1 c5 20. Nc2 Bxg2 21. Rg1 Be4 22. Nd4 cxd4 23. Bxf8 d3 24. Qa3 {offering the exchange of queens which Nigel refuses with some style - see the foot of the attached newspaper column for his approach} your web browser and/or your host do not support iframes as required to display the chessboard; alternatively your wordpress theme might suppress the html iframe tag from articles or excerpts
Magic! I love games that are all about the pawns.
Get well soon, Nigel.