Oxford University Intercollegiate Chess League

Results to 14 - May - 1998

 	Jesus   	1   LMH1      3
	Corpus  	2   St Anne's 2
  	LMH1		4   Corpus    0	 	
 	St Anne's	2   Balliol   2 		
	Corpus		0.5 Balliol   3.5 
	Jesus		2.5 St Anne's 1.5 	
        Jesus           3   Corpus    1	 
        Balliol		2   LMH1      2

League Table (15 / May / 1998)

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
LMH 1st Team	3	2	1	0	9	3	5
Jesus	3	2	0	1	6.5	5.5	4
Balliol	3	1	2	0	7.5	4.5	4
St Anne's	3	0	2	1	5.5	6.5	2
Corpus	4	0	1	3	3.0	12.5	1

Sample positions taken from league games

St Anne's vs Jesus, Black to Move

This position was reached after move 28 for white. Here Andrew with black played Nd7 and lost in a few moves after a series of strong moves by white:

	28 ...   Nd7
	29 Be7   f6
	30 Bd8   Nc5
	31 Bxp   NxR
	32 BxR   Na5
	33 Bb6   Nxp (b3)
	34 a4    Nd2
	35 c5    Nc4
	36 a5    Nxp
	37 BxN   Kf7
	38 Kg3   g6
	39 Kf4   Ke6
	40 Bc7   Kd5
	41 Bd6   Ke6
	42 Bc7   (resigns)

Do you see one strong but not easy to find 28th move for black instead of 28...... Nd7 which holds the position and guarantees him at least a draw? Back