Blackthorne Russia progress - Bedford Chess Club

Steve reports from Greece:-

Managed to beat an Irish team yesterday though not as convincingly as it might have been. Luxembourg’s finest today who are a mixture of Serbs and Steve Dishman who I was playing in my uni days. Rest day for me. You’re not allowed to wear a watch let alone have a phone on you ! And everyone gets frisked with a metal detector when entering the playing hall …. yes, even Magnus, shame chess has come to that.

Ed – I found Steve’s game which I thought looked quite good!?

   [Event "European Clubs Cup"]  [Site "chess24.com"]  [Date "2018.10.13"]  [Round "2"]  [White "Ledger, Stephen C"]  [Black "Kenny, William"]  [Result "1-0"]  [Board "6"]  [WhiteElo "2020"]  [WhiteCountry "ENG"]  [WhiteFideId "404470"]  [WhiteEloChange "4"]  [BlackElo "1787"]  [BlackCountry "IRL"]  [BlackFideId "2509440"]  [BlackEloChange "-4"]   1. d4 {[%clk 1:30:52]} d5 {[%clk 1:30:56]} 2. Bf4 {[%clk 1:30:35]} Nf6 {[%clk  1:31:17]} 3. e3 {[%clk 1:30:31]} c5 {[%clk 1:31:33]} 4. c3 {[%clk 1:29:57]} Nc6  {[%clk 1:31:55]} 5. Nd2 {[%clk 1:29:23]} Qb6 {[%clk 1:30:08]} 6. Qb3 {[%clk  1:28:44]} Bf5 {[%clk 1:18:55]} 7. dxc5 {[%clk 1:24:16]} Qxb3 {[%clk 1:18:47]} 8.  axb3 {[%clk 1:19:03]} e5 {[%clk 1:18:38]} 9. Bg3 {[%clk 1:15:21]} Bxc5 {[%clk  1:15:34]} 10. b4 {[%clk 1:11:05]} Bd6 {[%clk 1:15:29]} 11. Ngf3 {[%clk 1:10:11]}  Nd7 {[%clk 1:01:50]} 12. Bb5 {[%clk 1:08:22]} O-O {[%clk 0:53:43]} 13. O-O {[%clk  1:04:32]} Rfc8 {[%clk 0:46:24]} 14. Rfd1 {[%clk 0:57:44]} f6 {[%clk 0:37:52]} 15.  Ba4 {[%clk 0:49:21]} Nb6 {[%clk 0:33:31]} 16. Bb3 {[%clk 0:48:54]} Kf8 {[%clk  0:26:06]} 17. Nh4 {[%clk 0:39:07]} Bd7 {[%clk 0:24:16]} 18. e4 {[%clk 0:37:38]}  Ne7 {[%clk 0:16:42]} 19. exd5 {[%clk 0:30:36]} Nbxd5 {[%clk 0:17:05]} 20. Ne4  {[%clk 0:26:53]} Bc7 {[%clk 0:16:51]} 21. c4 {[%clk 0:20:35]} Nb6 {[%clk  0:16:39]} 22. c5 {[%clk 0:19:46]} Nbd5 {[%clk 0:16:52]} 23. Bxd5 {[%clk 0:17:37]}  Nxd5 {[%clk 0:17:18]} 24. Rxd5 {[%clk 0:17:50]} Bc6 {[%clk 0:17:12]} 25. Nc3  {[%clk 0:17:20]} Bxd5 {[%clk 0:15:39]} 26. Nxd5 {[%clk 0:17:38]} Bd8 {[%clk  0:16:01]} 27. f4 {[%clk 0:12:26]} exf4 {[%clk 0:09:29]} 28. Bxf4 {[%clk 0:12:11]}  g6 {[%clk 0:08:59]} 29. Nf3 {[%clk 0:11:38]} Kf7 {[%clk 0:06:26]} 30. Nd4 {[%clk  0:09:46]} a5 {[%clk 0:05:43]} 31. Bd6 {[%clk 0:03:49]} axb4 {[%clk 0:05:26]} 32.  Rxa8 {[%clk 0:03:22]} Rxa8 {[%clk 0:05:52]} 33. Nxb4 {[%clk 0:03:20]} Be7 {[%clk  0:04:49]} 34. Bxe7 {[%clk 0:02:53]} Kxe7 {[%clk 0:05:08]} 35. Kf2 {[%clk  0:02:56]} Rd8 {[%clk 0:04:18]} 36. Ke3 {[%clk 0:02:50]} Rc8 {[%clk 0:03:05]} 37.  Nd5+ {[%clk 0:02:46]} Kf7 {[%clk 0:03:09]} 38. b4 {[%clk 0:02:59]} f5 {[%clk  0:02:07]} 39. Nb5 {[%clk 0:02:35]} Re8+ {[%clk 0:02:02]} 40. Kd3 {[%clk 0:32:16]}  Kf8 {[%clk 0:30:40]} 41. Nd6 {[%clk 0:31:58]} Rb8 {[%clk 0:27:03]} 42. Kc4 {[%clk  0:28:30]} f4 {[%clk 0:21:40]} 43. b5 {[%clk 0:25:33]} g5 {[%clk 0:20:24]} 44. c6  {[%clk 0:24:44]} bxc6 {[%clk 0:20:22]} 45. bxc6 {[%clk 0:25:06]} Rb1 {[%clk  0:20:29]} 46. c7 {[%clk 0:25:16]} Rc1+ {[%clk 0:20:43]} 47. Nc3 {[%clk 0:25:37]}  1-0

One Reply to “Blackthorne Russia progress”

Steve Ledger says:

October 16, 2018 at 9:47 pm

Hope you all saw my magnificent swindle today !? One very peed off Estonian who made me mate him with k+q V k. Not gone entirely to plan lately in a couple of bizarre matches. We drew with Grantham yesterday, 3 quiet draws on the top 3 then Dave won a right mess of a game, I recovered from an awful opening to even entertain winning thoughts then messed up a Q ending and got mated with 4Qs on the board. Chris Duncan then proved the mantra of never give up / nobody ever won or drew a game by resigning by somehow drawing from -52 on Stockfish. Today was a nasty draw but our IMs halved out on the top 2 before Chris Duncan lost on time with 2.5 mins for move 40 in a decent position. This ultimately rendered my swindle academic and we went down 2.5-3.5. Norwegian team tomorrow who are losing even more rating points than we are !

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