Brief report from my end on the Templars' outing to King's Lynn for a Williamson Cup match.
We smashed 'em. In fairness, I believe we outgraded them on all boards. I finally got to use some of my Winawer prep, going into a gnarly poisoned pawn line, which culminated in a resignation on move 19. Link and PGN here: https://www.chess.com/analysis/library/2h1yJFwb5Q Chess Analysis Board and PGN Editor 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Qg4 Ne7 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 Bd7 12. Qd3 dxc3 13. Nxc3 Na5 14. Bd2 Nc4 15. g3 Rc8 16. Be2 Nf5 17. a4 Nb2 18. Qf3 Nd4 19. Qf2 Nxc2+ 0-1 He could've drummed up some counterplay and only lost the exchange, while keeping the bishop pair, with 19. Qh5 Nxc2+ 20. Kf2 Nxa1 21. Nb5 Bxb5 21. Bxb5+ Kd8 22. Rxa1. As it was, the King was stuck on the back rank, which would've allowed me to extract the entire knight had play continued. I think Henry's game lasted 25 moves, and Harry's was similarly quick. Having checked in on the Captain, who I found up the exchange with an active position, I headed to the bar to discuss anime, pole dancing, and the logistics of farming catfish in Africa, with Harry and his opponent, Folkert the Dutchman. I'll let my colleagues add additional details as they see fit. With play concluded, we compressed into my Fiesta for a long, foggy drive back through North Norfolk's B roads, having found the A47 closed for roadworks. Ben
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