Winter Butterfly  -  21c    25/6/03

Welsh Challenge Cup 

Many thanks to IOLO JONES for the following: 

Dai,
    Enclosed is the result of the final match in this year's Welsh Challenge Cup. The final 4-2 result in Cardiff's favour means that Nidum win the Cup on game points.
   Here is the game on Board 5. Never underestimate the power of two knights!

White:John Hardie (1929) Black: Seamus Cunnane (1679)

1 c4 e5 2 Nc3 Nf6 3 Nf3 Nc6 4 g3 Bc5 5 Nxe5 Bxf2+          6 Kxf2 Nxe5 7 e4 Nfg4+ 8 Kg2 Qf6 9 Qe2 Nd3 10 Nd5 Qd4     11 Nxc7+ Kf8 12 Nxa8 d6 13 h3 Ngf2 14 Qe3 Nd1! 15 Qxd4 Ne1+  ½-½ Drawn by perpetual check!
If 16 Kg1 (or Kh2) Nf3+ 17 Kg2 Ne1+  

The complete result earlier of the match between Cardigan and Cardiff was as follows:-

1 A.H. Williams  0 - 1  T. Kett
2 I.C. Jones        1 - 0  A. Spice
3 A. Haigh           ½-½  J. Trevelyan
4 C.E. Owen       0 - 1  M. Adams
5 S. Cunnane     ½-½  J. Hardie
6 T. Barlow         0 - 1 G. Wakeham
                            2 - 4

                                          Cheers,
                                                          IOLO 

I don't have full results of the competition yet, but no doubt they will soon appear on Jon Gilberts excellent site.

http://www.gilbertj36.freeserve.co.uk/

Forthcoming Rapidplay. 

Kevin has asked me to remind you that the rapidplay in Swansea is on Sunday (and not Saturday).  I'm not sure where the confusion arose, but I'm passing the message on.  Still time to enter and you can download an entry form from

http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/Winterbutterfly/files/Entry%20Forms/ 

Just to clear up any confusion, this is an open tournament, so it is not restricted to WCU members. 

I hope the organisers will forgive me if I add a personal note.  While I greatly appreciate the travelling directions, it would be a good idea to include the post code of the venue in future entry forms.  Sites such as streetmap.co.uk have searches based on post codes which can be used to download maps of the area. 

Best wishes

Dai James.