20/03/2014 Club Championship Final Replay: Phil Bull vs Dave Wightman
We have a winner and new Club Champion. Phil Bull
met Dave Wightman in the replay of the Club Championship Final. Playing
white, Phil Bull gained an early space advantage, as a result of an
advanced f pawn. Dave Wightman, normally accurate
in defence of a cramped position as black, unadvisedly tried to open up
the board in front of the castled white king, playing an unsound g5,
which removed a vital defence from the crucial f6 square and stranded
the f pawn on f7. This was to prove to be the
key feature of the game, as white eventually trebled his major pieces
on the half open f file, placing overwhelming pressure on the weakness
in the black pawn structure. Unable to castle to safety, the black
position disintegrated quickly and it was all over
well before the first time control was due. Congratulations are due to
the newly crowned Club Champion: Phil Bull. Well played.
By Dave Wightman
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