Sidcup’s first team got off to a great start playing in the En Passant league against Charlton 2, winning 3.5 to 2.5. Good wins from Gary Sharp (board 4), and David Gilbert (board 5) tipped the balance when added to an early draw from Bob Mitchell on his debut (board 3), and late draws from Ian McAllan (board 1) and David Helps (board 2). See Gary’s game below.

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[pgn height=400 layout=horizontal autoplayMode=none] [Event "En Passant Cup"] [Date "2013.10.16"] [White "Gary Sharp"] [Black "Ron Hyde"] [Result "1-0"] 1. Nf3 d6 2. e4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Be3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bb5 O-O 7. O-O a6 8. Bd3 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 e5 11. Ne2 {inaccurate. Better was d5.} Nb4 12. a3 Nxd3 13. cxd3 Nd7 14. Rac1 c6 15. Rc2 Rc8 16. Qg3 Qe7 17. f4 exd4 18. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 19. Nxd4 c5 20. Nf5 Qf6 21. Nh6+ Kh8 22. Ng4 Qd4+ 23. Qe3 Qxe3+ 24. Nxe3 Nb6 25. Nc4 {intentionally antipositional, conceding a superior knight. f5 may have been better but this move was aimed at gaining a small positional edge and pressure against the backward d6 pawn.} Nxc4 26. dxc4 Rfe8 27. Re1 Re6 28. Kf2 Rce8 29. Rce2 Kg7 30. Kf3 f6 31. g4 Kf7 32. Re3 g5 33. f5 Re5 34. Rd1 Ke7 35. Red3 Rd8 36. Rb3 Rd7 37. Rb6 {in this position Black resigned as he was very low on time and following 37...a5 38. a4 h6 39. Rd3 Black is in zugzwang and pawns will start to fall.} 1-0 [/pgn]

Lee Brockwell