Club Night / Ensor Vs Ross

On Tuesday, Ray, Dave, Pete, Rob and myself were at the Heathcote. Welcome to Gary who looked at our website and still came down anyway. Gary has recently taken up chess and has so far been playing online. With our decision to enter a third team in the league, his timing is perfect.

The evening started off when Dave insisted that we play through my game from last week against Guy. This provided a lot of amusement. Despite what i said about not posting this game on the site, however, I will if Dave puts on his recent game against Ray.

Whilst Dave and Gary, and Pete and Ray played some friendlies, Rob and i got down to our first of two County Championship games against each other.

We were playing the Nimzo-Indian defence when Rob played the unusual move 4. Bd2. Fortunately, i had been reading about this variation the night before. The book i had been reading said that it was rarely played and suggested 4... c5,d5, or 0-0. This helped me survive the opening. Later, although a pawn up, my position looked less good after 40...a6 (Fritz gave Ke6 as the far better move). And soon after Rob accepted my offer of a draw.

Rob Ensor Vs Colin Ross - County Champs (Major) 20.07.10
E46: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4 e3 0-0 5 Ne2 without early Bd3}

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 b6 8. Nf3 Ba6 9. Ne5 Ne4 10. Qg4 Nxd2 1. Kxd2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Bxc4 13. Nxc4 c5 14. Qe4 Qd5 15. Qxd5 exd5 16. Ne5 Na6 17. Nc6 Rfe8 18. h4 f6 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Kc2 Re6 21. Nd4 Re7 22. Rhe1 Rc8 23. f3 Na4 24. Kb3 Nxc3 25. Rac1 Rec7 26. Ne6 Rc6 27. Nd4 R6c7 28. Nf5 Kf8 29. Nd6 Rd8 30. Rxc3 Rxc3+ 31. Kxc3 Rxd6 32. Rd1 Ke7 33. Rd4 Rc6+ 34. Kd3 Ke6 35. Rg4 Kf7 36. e4 dxe4+ 37. Rxe4 Rd6+ 38. Kc3 Re6 39. Kc4 Rxe4+ 40. fxe4 a6 41. Kd5 Ke7 1/2-1/2

On Thursday 22nd, Dave captains our Harrod Cup team away at Wigston. Good luck, chaps.

Next week:

• Club night on Tuesday.
• On Thursday, it is the Open and Major sections of the County Champs at Wigston. Rob and i are due to play our second game, but i could be convinced to play this on the Tuesday at our place.

Cheers,

Colin