NIGEL Freeman (pictured below), president of the Bermuda Chess Association, is also the treasurer of FIDE which makes him a very busy man. Here I was just last week talking about Bobby Miller being a world traveller and to find out that our president is so much needed in Antalya, Turkey this month, Amsterdam, Holland in February, Athens, Greece in March and June, Elista, Russia in July, Mexico City in September, back to Antalya, Turkey in November and Khanty-Mansysk, Siberia, Russia in December.

Man on the run.

At the club, we are having a six-round Bermuda 1st Annual Rapid Cup.

Two rounds were played on Tuesday and two more are due on January 23 and 30.

I told you all so much about Bobby Miller that there was no room in the column for his game. So here it is.

It is Bobby Miller playing white and Farid Munoz from Colombia playing black. Have a good look at diagram 1 and you’ll see that Bobby’s knight is under attack.

But Bobby counterattacked with his move 33. Nxb5 as in diagram 2. Farid moved Nc7 so his king could run to the back rank. However, Bobby had an answer for this as in diagram 3. And in diagram 4 it is checkmate and a big smile for Bobby.

With the 1st Annual Rapid Cup being played every Tuesday night, it’s not to late for you to join in with four rounds due to play.

White: Bobby Miller

Black: Farid Munoz

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. 0-0 f6 7. Nh4 Be6 8. c3 Qd7 9. Re1 0-0-0 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. Nbd2 Nb6 12. Qc2 Bc5 13. Ne4 Nxc4 14. dxc4 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Qe7 16. b4 f5 17. Nxc5 g6 18. f4 e4 19. Be3 b6 20. Nb3 Rd7 21. Rad1 Rhd8 22. Rxd7 Rxd7 23. Rd1 Rxd1+ 24. Qxd1 Qd7 25. Nd4 Ne7 26. Qc2 Kb7 27. a4 c6 28. a5 b5 29. cxb5 cxb5 30. c4 a6 31. cxb5 axb5 32. Qc5 Nd5 33. Nxb5 Nc7 34. Nd6+ Ka8 35. Qa7

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