Sidcup’s David Gilbert travelled with the Kent Under-140s to Coulsdon on Saturday to take on their Surrey rivals. David, playing on Board five, made a winning contribution (game beneath) in a thrilling 8-8 draw. Kent secured their equalizing point when Mark Stone from Petts Wood won the last game to finish, winning on time in a Queen and pawn ending with just one second - yes one second - remaining on his clock! Phew! Meanwhile the Kent Under-100 team set off for Wanstead to play Essex. Sidcup’s Lee Brockwell and Chris Cheeseman were due to play on boards three and four. While Chris had a fine win, unfortunately Lee’s opponent defaulted. As it was, Kent still went down narrowly 6½ -5½. It is the second time this season Kent have gone down by the smallest possible margin.

David Gilbert enjoying a win on board 5.
David Gilbert enjoying a win on board 5.

Mark Stone - one second to go
Mark Stone - one second to go.

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PGN Notation:

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[Event "Surrey v Kent Under-140"] 
[Site "Coulsden"] 
[Date "2012.11.24"] 
[Round "5"] 
[White "Gilbert, David"] 
[Black "Evbuomwan, Lamidi"] 
[WhiteElo "130"] 
[BlackElo "136"] 
[ECO "A10"] 
[Result "1-0"] 
1.c4 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.Bg2 d6 {Black is most likely a King's Indian player} 4.Nc3 c6 
5.Nf3 e5 6.O-O Ne7 7.d3 Nd7 8.Rb1 O-O 9.b4 a6 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bd2 Nf6 12.a4 Be6 
13.Qc1 Kh7 14.b5 {Plenty of choices, a5 and c5 were also possible} axb5 
15.axb5 Rb8 {The rook probably belongs on the open file. Qc7 followed by Rfb8 looks more promising} 
16.Rd1 {I looked at bxc6 for a long time, c6 was also an option, as was Ra1 grabbing the open a file. 
Nothing flashy about the move played, it was the safe option.} c5 
17.Ne1 {I decide to try to reposition my Knight on e3, the simple Ra1 would probably have been better} b6 
18.e4 Qc8 19.Nc2 Bg4 20.f3 Bh3 
21.Ne3 {The Knight arrives at it's destination.} Bxg2 {Am I bothered?} 22.Kxg2 Rh8 
23.Ra1 {At last!} Ra8 24.Qb2 h5 25.Rxa8 Qxa8 26.Ra1 Qb7 27.Ra6 Bh6 28.Qa2 Nc8 29.Ned5 Nxd5 
30.Nxd5 Bxd2 31.Qxd2 Kg7 32.Qg5 {Black's position looks dreadful - what can he do?} Re8 
33.Nf6 Rh8 34.Nd5 Re8 35.h4 Qd7 {Black is losing the will to survive.} 
36.Nf6 Qe6 {Lamidi leaves the playing area to put more money into the parking metre, but the King parked
 on g7 is about to get a ticket of its own.} 37.Nxh5+ Kh7 38.Nf6+ Kg7 39.Nxe8+ Qxe8 
 40.Ra8 Qd7 41.Qg4 {Not exactly pretty, but effective none the less.} Qxg4 42.fxg4 Ne7 
 43.Rb8 {And the show is over.} 1-0 
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All pictures courtesy of Brendan O’Gorman.

David Gilbert