[Event "Bedfordshire vs Hertfordshire"] [Site "?"] [Date "1968.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Dobson, Dinah"] [Black "Perkins, Andrew"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B98"] [Annotator "Sweby, Thomas W"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "1968.??.??"] [EventType "team"] [SourceTitle "Andrew Beats a Champion"] [Source "Luton News"] [SourceDate "1968.09.12"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1968.09.12"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Hertfordshire XI"] [BlackTeam "Bedfordshire XI"] {ANDREW BEAT A CHAMPION-TO-BE LAST YEAR a student in Luton Grammar School 6th Form won the championship of Luton Chess Club. He was Andrew D Perkins, now living in Barton. In December, Andrew found himself representing Bedfordshire against Hertfordshire's Miss Dinah Dobson, a young lady whom he proceeded to beat in one of the best games of his career. On August 17 Miss Dobson won the British Ladies' Championship at Bristol; she must surely be the youngest woman ever to hold the title. So if Andrew were not the most modest of players he could say that beat a British champion just before she won her crown. SICILIAN DEFENCE Here is the game. It s a typical Sicilian Defence, with little chance of a draw, with White striving for a King's side attack while Black parries this and goes for his advance on the opposite wing. Miss Dobson was White.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. g4 ({So far White has followed a game Paoli-Sokolov, but now she rejects the} 10. Qd3 {of that game for a pawn advance}) 10... b5 11. Bxf6 ({here the natural} 11. e5 {is prevented by} Bb7 {so White sought another way}) 11... Bxf6 12. g5 Bxd4 {In cramped positions exchanges usually help the defender. This is no exception; despite his poor development the tide is turning for black} 13. Rxd4 Bb7 ({after the game, Perkins said he ought to have played} 13... Nc6 {here}) 14. Bg2 ({and here another young Luton player, Roger Parry, suggested that strategically} 14. Bh3 {to support a future f4-f5 was better for White}) 14... Nc6 15. Rd2 Na5 16. f5 Nc4 17. Re2 ({in retrospect} 17. Rf2 {seems better, but it was difficult to see this "over the board"}) 17... Ne5 {This Knight move is the type of which one dreams. It occupies a dominant square, blockades against a pawn advance and also lays a trap,} 18. Qg3 {for if White plays either} (18. Qf2 b4 {Knight moves?} 19. Nd1 (19. Na4 Nd3+) 19... Nd3+) ({or} 18. Qf4 b4 19. Nd1 (19. Na4 Nd3+) 19... Nd3+) ({Faced with this White falters. She should have played} 18. Qe3 b4 19. Nd1) 18... b4 19. Nd1 Qc4 20. Rf2 Qxa2 ({Here Black's difficult decision was between breaking the central thrust with} 20... Bxe4 {or remaining true to his Sicilian motif by concentrating on the Queen's wing.}) 21. f6 $2 {There was a hint of panic in this move, though there is little better.} Nc4 $1 {Perkins now threatens mate} 22. c3 b3 {Again mate is threatened} 23. Qd3 Rac8 24. h4 a5 25. h5 Qa1+ 26. Qb1 Qxb1+ 27. Kxb1 Rc5 28. fxg7 Kxg7 29. g6 Rg5 {Black now dominates the board and after a few moves White resigned} 30. gxf7 Rxf7 31. Re2 Kf8 32. Kc1 Rxg2 33. Rxg2 Bxe4 34. Rg4 Bxh1 35. Rxc4 Rf5 36. Rh4 Rf1 37. Kd2 Bc6 38. Ke2 Rf5 39. Ne3 Re5 40. Kd3 Ke7 41. Kd4 Rg5 42. Nc4 e5+ {Adjudication} 0-1