Monday, November 8, 2021

Penrose- Cafferty British Championship 1966

I have been looking at the games of Jonathan Penrose recently and found this remarkable game. I'll give the whole game below, but firstly, can you find what lovely move Penrose played on the 17th move?
[Event "BCF-ch"] [Site "Sunderland"] [Date "1966.??.??"] [Round "10"] [White "Penrose, Jonathan"] [Black "Cafferty, Bernard"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C05"] [PlyCount "101"] [EventDate "1966.08.08"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.10"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ndf3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Qb6 9. g3 Bb4+ 10. Kf2 f5 11. Be3 Be7 12. Qd2 Nf8 13. Ne2 Bd7 14. Nc3 Na5 15. Rc1 h6 16. Bd3 Nh7 17. Bxf5 Nc4 18. Bg6+ Kd8 19. Qe2 Nf8 20. Bd3 Nxb2 21. Rb1 Nxd3+ 22. Qxd3 Qa6 23. Qxa6 bxa6 24. Bd2 Bc6 25. Ne2 Nd7 26. Ba5+ Nb6 27. Rhc1 Kd7 28. f5 Nc4 29. fxe6+ Kxe6 30. Nf4+ Kf5 31. Bb4 Bxb4 32. Rxb4 g5 33. Nh5 Rab8 34. Rbb1 Ke6 35. Ng7+ Kf7 36. Nf5 Rxb1 37. Rxb1 Ke6 38. g4 Bb5 39. Ne1 Nd2 40. Rc1 Ne4+ 41. Ke3 Kd7 42. Nf3 Rh7 43. a3 a5 44. h4 gxh4 45. N3xh4 Ng5 46. Ng6 Ne6 47. Rh1 Ba4 48. Nf4 Nxf4 49. Kxf4 Bc2 50. Rxh6 Bxf5 51. Rd6+ 1-0

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