A good few days for two Sidcup players, Robert Pezet and David Gilbert, who finished tied-third in the intermediate section at last weekend’s chess congress at St Albans. They each played four games, Robert winning two and drawing two, while David won three and lost one (to the eventual winner). Both players took half-point byes in the third round to give them scores of 3½/5. They won’t be getting rich though - they share the £70 third prize with four other players!

David Gilbert

David Gilbert

Robert Pezet

Robert Pezet

Here’s how David demolished David Grange in the 2nd round.

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PGN Notation:

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[Event "St Albans U-140"] 
[Site "St Albans"] 
[Date "2014.04.05"] 
[Round "2"] 
[White "Gilbert, David J"] 
[Black "Grange, David"] 
[WhiteElo "138"] 
[BlackElo "126"] 
[ECO "D35"] 
[Result "1-0"] 
1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.cxd5 exd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 a6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.e3 h6 
8.Bh4 Nc6 9.a3 Bg4 10.Be2 b5 11.O-O Na5 12.Qc2 Nc4 13.h3 Bh5 14.b3 Nd6 
15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.Nxd5 Rc8 17.Qc6+ Kf8 18.Rac1 g5 19.Nxf6 Qxf6 
20.Ne5 Kg7 21.Bxh5 Qe7 22.Bg4 f5 23.Bxf5 Nxf5 24.Qg6+ Kf8 25.Qxf5+ Kg7 
26.Rc6 1-0 
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David Gilbert

Photos courtesy of Brendan O’Gorman