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Warley
Quinborne Chess
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Games
By Warley Quinborne Players
Other games involving Andy Southall may be accessed here
| Online Games |
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| Phil Maybury v C Frostick |
A good win from the 25 year old Phil Maybury who somehow sneaked into the over 50s British Online Championships... |
| Henrik Stepanyan v Martin Draper |
A very good win by Martin against Henrik. Despite being blitz, Martin's moves stand up to computer scrutiny ! |
| Interesting Games | |
| Simon Dighton v Tom Junde He |
A spectacular game from Simon against a fellow master level player that saw Warley Quinborne win the Pittaway Cup. |
| Simon Dighton v Keith Arkell |
A fighting draw between Simon and Grandmaster Keith Arkell from the Hastings Challengers in 1983 |
| Phil Maybury v Ian Emery |
This game and the next are two well fought draws culminating in Phil and Ian sharing the 2025 Rockpool Cup. |
| Ian Emery v Phil Maybury |
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| Jim Potter v Simon Smith |
Here is the second of a series
of games I played against the local vicar, Jim Potter. I am punished
for trading off in an endgame when I should have kept the rooks on. |
| David Thomson v Derek Elllesmore |
Derek ends a nice attacking game with a rook sacrifice. |
| Alan Burnet v Mike Wildboar |
The
older conservative beats the younger progressive. A game from 1969.
Mike has never given up his queenside castling addiction, even fifty
years later. |
| Mark Taimanov v Andy Southall |
Andy beats GM and ex world championship contender Mark Taimanov. A fine attacking game from Warley Quinborne's best player. |
| Amrik Singh v Alex Alessandro |
Another e4 and f4 Sicilian strangling from Mik. |
| Amrik Singh v Luke Boynton |
This
and the next game are from the drawn Birmingham Division One match with
Mutual Circle. Mik wheels out his favourite early f4 against semiopen
defences to get positions where he must be one of the country's leading
experts. If games strategies had musical analogues the intial stodgy
position with fireworks at the end would be like the 1812 Overture. |
| Mike Wildboar v Joshua Hampson |
Mike's
ever restless seeking for novel opening lines leads him into a rare
three pieces for a queen trade. The game seems to be dominated by
tactical themes with few obvious strategic contours. This is Punk Rock
chess where the winner is he who pays close attention to the details. |
| Simon Smith v David Cooper |
The game is concluded by a nice diversionary tactic. |
| Mike Fox v Mike Wildboar |
Back to 1995. Mike Fox is punished for pawn grabbing in this club championship game... |
| John Staniforth v Jon Turner |
It is rare for a strong player to blunder so early. This is the shortest game listed on the site.. |
| Jon Turner v Darren Whitmore |
A short victory against the Sicilian with a nice visual checkmate to finish. |
| Alan Burnet v M Topham |
Alan Burnet wins a nice Closed Ruy Lopez game.
It's always satisfying to see the thematic king side attack from white
crash though;that is, if you're not playing the black pieces ! |
| Robert Glass v Alan Burnet |
This time Alan wins with a Najdorf Sicilian. Nice centralisation and textbook development. |
| Bishop of Birmingham v Rev'd Jon |
In as far as this generated a memorial news headline, this is a good game ! |
| Jon Turner v Mohammed Chowdhury |
I
suppose one bad Turn(er) deserves a good Turn(er). Although bearing in
mind the qualities one would expect of someone in Jon's line of work,
the artful maneuvering on the dark squares might leave one feeling a little metaphysical disquiet... |
| Marcus Walsh v Ian Emery |
Ian describes his game:Like most of my games I was fortunate to win the match. Like normal I didn’t come out of the opening well and by move 15 it was clear it was only a matter of time before my opponent broke through on the queenside. My only hope was to have some counter play on the king side. My opponent was still in complete control of the match however once he played Bf1, which didn’t look an obvious blunder, he was in trouble and this led to the unusual finish. |
| Patrick Duncan v Zhou Yang-Jian |
A game that starts off from a quiet opening but ends abruptly. |
| Patrick Duncan v Flofll |
Patrick starts the gane with 1b3 once again. The game is concluded with a nice queen sacrifice. |
| John Fahy v Jon Turner |
John Fahy allows a tactical shot, but nevertheless defends well until Jon Turner wins the day by patient attacking play. |
| A N Other v Simon Smith |
A game played for Holly Lodge in
1977. Not a masterpiece, but illustrating Phildor's legacy.
Unfortunately my opponent resigned before I could play it out to the
smothered mate finish. What a spoilsport ! |
| Laszlo Szabo v Ken Lloyd |
An old Warley player uses the Modern Defence when it was relatively more Modern. The
computer frowns upon Ken's queen sacrifice, but he is playing a human
being, and does eventually win against his distinguished Hungarian
opponent. |
| Dave Jeffs v Gideon Vecht |
Another game from Dave. A nice strategic squeeze followed by a very visual checkmate. |
| Dave Jeffs v Martin Smyth |
This is a game played by Dave
when he was at Mercia. Both players are no slaves to opening theory and
manage to diverge very early from standard Kings Indian praxis. Dave's
enigmatic play eventually triumphs over Martin's usual orginal and
unique brand of chess. |
| John Crump v Alex Holowczak |
Alex plays a fine combination
leading to a perpetual check possibility that forces John Crump to
accept the draw. Can you see why? The game features an exchange French
and an early c4 from white - the so called 'Monte Carlo' variation that
often leads to interesting middlegames. |
| John Wheeler v Andy Southall |
This game goes back to 1997 and
the Paignton Open. Andy plays a close game against John Wheeler a very
strong county player. Andy has black and as usual prefers a game where
chances or counter chances are more important than safety. An approach
that has been very successful for him in his chess career. |
| Wendell Rawlings v Brian Whitehouse |
This was the first game of the
2016/17 Birmingham league season. Warley Quinborne 'A' were looking
forward to promotion with some optimism to div one and Warley Quinborne
were looking forward to securing their position in div two. This match saw old sparring partners Wendell and Brian paired against each other. Wendell won the game convincingly, but the 'A' side nevertheless scrapped home against the 'B' side. The game itself features an imaginative king move from the first player. |
| Mike Wildboar v Tony Hickey | Former Warley Quinborne player Mike Wildboar sent me this game played
in 1987. Mike had a reputation for enterprising opening systems and was
never afraid of travelling paths many wouldn't. Tony Hickey is a strong
county player and attributes increasing ability in recent years to playing through and
trying to understand master games. This is a kings gambit accepted. Mike remarks after black's 13th move: White is 2 pieces down but has a great centre and better development with blacks King stuck in the firing line. |
| Amrik Singh v Simon Smith | An old game from 1983 long before Mik Singh became a Warley Quinborne player. A nice exchange sacrifice. |
| Tony Miles v Phil Maybury |
Phil comments: 'I know it was only a simultaneous and there were around 30 people also playing him but it was one of my finest moments, with the result on the day, if memory serves me well Tony Miles lost 2 games and drew 1 winning the rest. After the game Mr Miles turned to me and said....."if you're that good why did you bother to sack your Bishop?" ' My commentary: This is interesting as Phil plays the Chigorin. Did Miles takes this defence up subsequently because of this encounter ? : -) Despite the reference to the bishop, Phil, according to Fritz claws back his disadvantage to a winning one over time. |
| Alan Burnet v Tim Lane | Alan is one of Warley Quinborne's longest serving
members. He has also represented Warwickshire many times.
Here, he beats a very solid opponent in Tim Lane. The games is satisfying as it shows how an opening advantage translates into a middlegame advantage which then translates into an endgame win |
| Nathan Paul v Simon Smith | It was highly satisfying to win a game against a good player such as Nathan Paul. I can't recall delivering a more aesthetically pleasing checkmate either ! |