The indefatigable Michael Basman continues to identify future chess superstars with his annual Delancey UK Schools Chess Challenge for schoolchildren. Eight-year-old Alex Golding won an astounding £1,000 prize in the most recent edition of the challenge, which attracts a world record entry of 60,000 every year. Brandon Clarke emerged as the overall winner of the event.
In this game young Alex found himself on the losing side for once.
Clarke-Golding: Delancey UK Schools Chess Challenge; Bird’s Opening
1 e3 d5 2 f4 Nf6 3 Nf3 c5 4 Be2 Nc6 5 0-0 e6 White is playing the Bird’s opening, but it is more a reverse Dutch. One of the most attractive lines in this opening is to fianchetto the white bishop at b2 where it controls the central diagonal, reinforced by the pawns at e3 and f4.
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