Post date: 27-Sep-2010 14:13:28
Two of our members are currently playing for their countries abroad.
Chantelle Foster is England's representative in the European Girls' Under-14 Championship taking place in Batumi, Georgia. Seeded 29th of the 44 entrants, after seven rounds she has scored 3 out of 7. The highlight so far was her win in Round 3 with White against Megi Chachia of Georgia, which she finished off with a nice queen sacrifice: 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 Nf6 5. f3 O-O 6. Qd2 c6 7. g4 Qa5 8. O-O-O Nbd7 9. h4 b5 10. Kb1 b4 11. Nce2 Nb6 12. Nc1 Na4 13. Nb3 Qb6 14. h5 gxh5 15. gxh5 Rd8 16. h6 Bh8 17. Nh3 Kf8 18. Ng5 Qb8 19. Rg1 e6 20. Qg2 Ke7 21. Bc4 Nb6 22. Na5 Bd7 23. Bf4 Qc8 24. e5 dxe5 25. dxe5 Nfd5 26. Nxh7 Nxf4 27. Qg5+ f6 28. exf6+ Kf7 29. Qg7+! Bxg7 30. Rxg7+ 1-0. In Round 8 today (Monday) she has White against another Georgian, Ana Liparteliani. The final round is tomorrow. If you want to follow Chantelle's progress in the final rounds, the championship website is http://www.euro2010.ge/index.html and reports on the English squad's performance can be found on the ECF website at http://www.englishchess.org.uk/?p=6612#more-6612
Latest update: Chantelle won again today, and has climbed up to 50% with just one round left. In tomorrow's last round she faces Soyunlu Narmin Asat of Azerbaijan.
Meanwhile, Heather Lang is playing on top board for the Scottish Women's team at the Chess Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk in Siberia. Brrrr! After six rounds Heather has scored 2.5 out of 6. (Five rounds remain, with the event finishing next Sunday. More information, plus live feed of the games, can be found at the official website, http://ugra-chess.com/ and at http://www.chessscotland.com/
Gerard O'Reilly