On Wednesday 19th February, our team Sidcup 3 played Petts Wood 4 in a match which, if they won, would see them into the Semi-Finals as winners of the division with 3 matches left to play winning 5 out of 5.

The evening did not start off too well for Petts Wood when they defaulted on board 4 and the evening gradually got worse for them.

The first match to finish was David Gilbert (132) - stepping in for an unwell Ken Smith - managing a draw against Paul Jones (127).

Then Lee Brockwell (109) had a good win against their captain Phil Wheeler (116) and finally Sarah Walker-Buckton (98) won a hard fought game and was up against the clock at the end. With 2 minutes to spare, she managed to queen her 2 past pawns and checkmated Victor Jamroz (97) to round off a very successful evening.

With 3 matches left to play and our third team winning the Tom Fuller Met Section, we can now look forward to a home tie against the runners up of Mid Kent section.

PGN Notation

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[Event "Sidcup v Petts Wood"] 
[Site "?"] 
[Date "2015.02.18"] 
[Round "1"] 
[White "Gilbert, David J"] 
[Black "Jones, Paul"] 
[Result "1/2-1/2"] 
[ECO "A37"] 
[WhiteElo "133"] 
[BlackElo "121"] 
[Annotator "Thompson,Keith"] 
[PlyCount "79"] 
[EventDate "2015.02.18"] 
1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. a3 Nge7 7. Rb1 a5 8. O-O O-O 9. b3 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bb2 d4 12. Na4 b6 13. e4 Rb8 14. d3 h6 {Fine. But I was more concerned about f5!} 15. Bc1 g5 16. h4 g4 17. Nh2 h5 18. Nb2 Ne5 19. Nc4 N7g6 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. f4 gxf3 22. Nxf3 Bg4 23. Bf4 f6 24. Qd2 {I'd been eying-up 24. b4, and after axb, 25. Qc3+, but I couldn't figure out whether I would end up better or worse?} Qe7 25. Nxe5 fxe5 26. Bg5 Qe6 27. Rf2 {I didn't like this move, but what else} (27. Rxf8+ Rxf8 28. Qc2 {is still better for Black}) 27... Rxf2 28. Qxf2 Rf8 29. Qc2 Bh3 30. Qc4 Qxc4 31. bxc4 Bxg2 32. Kxg2 {for the first time since the opening White takes charge} Rb8 33. Be7 {too greedy. I haven't spotted Black's response. Better would have been a4 fixing the Black pawns on dark squares.} Bf8 34. Bxf8 Kxf8 35. Rf1+ Ke7 36. Rf5 Ke6 37. Rxh5 b5 38. Rh6+ Kd7 39. Rh7+ (39. cxb5 Rxb5 40. Rf6 Rb3 41. h5 Ke7 42. Rf3 Rxa3 {and maybe White can win but it looked double-edged and we just needed a half to win the match and to finish top of the Fuller Group. And so... .}) 39... Ke6 40. Rh6+ 1/2-1/2 
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PGN Notation

[pgn height=400 layout=horizontal autoplayMode=none] 
[Event "Fuller League"] 
[Site "?"] 
[Date "2015.02.18"] 
[Round "?"] 
[White "Walker-Buckton, Sarah"] 
[Black "Janiroz, Victor"] 
[Result "1-0"] 
[ECO "D02"] 
[WhiteElo "98"] 
[BlackElo "97"] 
[PlyCount "129"] 
1. d4 d5 2. e3 c5 3. c4 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. b3 Bg4 6. Bb2 e6 7. Be2 Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. Ne5 Bf5 10. Nd2 Qc7 11. Ndf3 Be4 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Nxc6 Bxf3 14. Ne5 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Nd7 16. Nf3 b6 17. Rac1 a5 18. a4 Rae8 19. g3 Qc6 20. Nh4 Nf6 21. Rc2 Re6 22. Rfc1 Qd7 23. Nf5 cxd4 24. Bxd4 Re4 25. Nxd6 Qxd6 26. Rc6 Qb4 27. Qd3 Rb8 28. Bxf6 gxf6 29. Qxd5 Qe7 30. Rc8+ Rxc8 31. Rxc8+ Kg7 32. Rb8 Rb4 33. Rb7 Qe8 34. h3 Kg6 35. g4 Qe6 36. Rd7 Qxd5 37. Rxd5 Rxb3 38. h4 Rb4 39. Rd4 f5 40. Rd6+ f6 41. g5 Rxh4 42. gxf6 Kf7 43. Rxb6 Rxa4 44. Rb7+ Kxf6 45. Rxh7 Rg4+ 46. Kf1 a4 47. Ra7 Ke5 48. Ra5+ Kd6 49. f4 a3 50. Rxa3 Kd5 51. Ra4 Ke6 52. Ke2 Kd5 53. Kf3 Kd6 54. e4 Ke6 55. e5 Kd7 56. Ra2 Ke7 57. Re2 Ke6 58. Re1 Rh4 59. Rd1 Rg4 60. Rd6+ Ke7 61. Rf6 Ke8 62. Rxf5 Rg7 63. e6 Kd8 64. Rd5+ Ke7 65. f5 1-0 
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PGN Notation

[pgn height=400 layout=horizontal autoplayMode=none] 
[Event "Fuller League"] 
[Site "?"] 
[Date "2015.02.20"] 
[Round "?"] 
[White "Wheeler, Phil"] 
[Black "Brockwell, Lee"] 
[Result "0-1"] 
[ECO "D10"] 
[WhiteElo "116"] 
[BlackElo "109"] 
[PlyCount "78"] 
[SourceDate "2015.02.20"] 
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Bf5 4. c5 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 
6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Nc3 e5 9. Be2 Qc7 10. h3 Be7 
11. b4 O-O 12. O-O b5 13. cxb6 axb6 14. a3 b5 15. Bb2 e4 
16. Rc1 Qb7 17. f3 exf3 18. Bxf3 Nb6 19. Qb3 Nc4 
20. Rfe1 Qc7 21. Nb1 Qg3 22. Qc3 Bd6 23. Nd2 Rfe8 
24. Nxc4 dxc4 25. Bxc6 Ne4 26. Bxe4 Rxe4 27. Qd2 Qh2+ 
28. Kf1 Rae8 29. Rc3 R8e6 30. Ke2 Qxg2+ 31. Kd1 Qxh3 
32. Bc1 Rf6 33. Kc2 Qh4 34. Kb1 g5 35. Qb2 Qxe1 36. a4 Rf2 
37. Rc2 Rxc2 38. Qxc2 Qxb4+ 39. Bb2 Rxe3 0-1 
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Keith Thompson