The congress, held at the Royal Beacon Hotel in Exmouth, Devon, is divided into players aged 65+ and 50-64 - colloquially known as the Senior and Junior Wrinklies.
Royal Beacon...stylish venue |
None of the games was especially noteworthy, but I did have a neat endgame finish in round four.
Position after White's 33rd move in Spanton (169) - Philip Kennedy (158*) |
33...Kf5?
...walked into a mating net. The game finished:
34.Kf3 Rf7 35.g4#
34...h5 would only have delayed the mate after 35.h3, while 34...Rg8 would have lost instantly to 35.Rf6#.
*PK does not have a currently published ECF grade, so I have converted his Fide elo.
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