England teams brought home an Aladdin’s cave of medals from the European Senior Team Championship, which concluded in Slovenia last week. Their victory in the over-65 section was particularly convincing. The team of John Nunn (reigning world senior champion 65+), Tony Kosten, Peter Large, Chris Baker and Nigel Povah lost just two games out of 36, and picked up four individual board medals, including gold for Chris Baker. Peter Large demolished a Finnish grandmaster in the following game.
Peter Large-Heikki Westerinen
European Sr Team Championship, 65+, 2024
(see left diagram)
1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 Nc3 dxe4 4 Nxe4 Bd7 5 Nf3 Bc6 6 Bd3 Nd7 7 O-O Ngf6 8 Neg5 Bxf3 9 Qxf3 c6 10 Re1 Be7 11 Qh3 Nf8 12 c3 Nd5 13 Qh5 Bxg5 14 Bxg5 Qd7 15 Rad1 Nf6 16 Qh4 Qe7 (see left diagram) Westerinen has conceded both bishops and oceans of time but castling queenside would improve the outlook. So the following central break is timely.
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