The Old Ship Hotel, Brighton
International Chess comes to the popular holiday resort of Brighton from February 15th-19th with a full-blown international event. Players from many nations expected including Sveshnikov (yes 1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 e5! – that Sveshnikov) of Russia, Igor Rausis and Britain’s Danny Gormally. Others include Vuilleumier of Switzerland, Rudd & Sowray of Britain, Andrew Bigg, BCM writer Ravi Haria ..
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There are also events for weaker players. The Old Ship Hotel is an excellent venue. Readers will remember that Brighton has a long chess heritage boasting players such as David Cummings, RD Keene, David Goodman, GH James, Andrew Kinsmann and Byron Jacobs, BCMs’ typesetter, and has been the scene for British Championships in 1938, 1972, 1980 and 1984. The local game has also been the subject of a history book by Brian Denman from nearby Hove. Steinitz and Chigorin even played here …
See you onboard the Ship!
Mephisto
F Edmonds
King’s Gambit, Allgaier
Brighton, 1879
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ng5 Nh6 6. Bc4 d5 7. Bxd5 Bg7 8. d3
f6 9. Ne6 Bxe6 10. Bxe6 f3 11. gxf3 Qd6 12. Bxg4 Nxg4 13. fxg4 Qg3+ 14. Kf1 Nc6
15. Nc3 O-O-O 16. Nd5 Rxd5 17. exd5 Nd4 18. c3 f5 19. g5 Re8 20. cxd4 Bxd4 21.
Qe2 Rxe2 22. Kxe2 Qg2+ 0-1.