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6 March 2000
Cambridge Holds Off Oxford
The Oxford-Cambridge match was held Saturday, 4 March at the MSO website. Cambridge managed to pull through for a victory by the slightest of margins, 4½-3½.
The Oxford side was outrated by a wide margin and did well to make the match interesting until the very end. Final results below.
4 March 2000
MSO Worldwide are happy to present coverage of the Oxford - Cambridge chess
match live from the Royal Automobile Club in London. We will be covering four
of the eight boards and presenting live streaming audio coverage of
Julian Hodgson's commentary. The games start at 12:30pm GMT - 4:30am
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| Oxford |
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Cambridge |
| Ruth Sheldon |
1/2 |
Harriet Hunt |
| Aleksandar Trifunovic |
0 - 1 |
Karl Mah |
| Benjamin Savage |
1/2 |
Brian Kelly (C) |
| Zhidas Daskalovski |
1/2 |
James Vigus |
| Joel Eklund |
1 - 0 |
David Moskovic |
| Timothy Chesters |
1/2 |
Joe Conlon |
| Shashi Jayakumar |
0 - 1 |
Nathan Alfred |
| Kieran Smallbone |
1/2 |
Rohan Churm |
| 3.5 |
Overall |
4.5 |
Board One: White Harriet Hunt (Cambridge)
Black Ruth Sheldon (Oxford)
Board Two: White Aleksandar Trifunovic (Oxford)
Black Karl Mah (Cambridge)
Board Three: White Brian Kelly (Cambridge)
Black Benjamin Savage (Oxford)
Board Four: White Zhidas Daskalovski (Oxford)
Black James Vigus (Cambridge)
Board Five: White David Moskovic (Cambridge)
Black Joel Eklund (Oxford)
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5
6. Nb3 Be7 7. O-O Qc7 8. Qg4 g6 9. Qe2 d6 10. c4 b6
11. Nc3 Bb7 12. f4 Nd7 13. Bd2 Ngf6 14. Rae1 h5 15. Kh1 h4
16. Nd4 Nc5 17. Nf3 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 h3 19. g3 O-O-O 20. Ng5 d5
21. cxd5 exd5 22. e5 d4 23. Nce4 Nxe4 24. Nxe4 Qd7 25. Kg1 Qd5
26. Qb3 Qxb3 27. axb3 d3 28. f5 Rd4 29. f6 Bf8 30. Ng5 Bc5
31. Nxf7 Re4 32. Rf2 Rxe1+ 33. Bxe1 Rf8 34. Nd6+ Kb8 35. Nxb7 Kxb7
36. Bc3 Bxf2+ 37. Kxf2 Kc6 38. e6 Kd6 39. e7 Ra8 40. Ke3 {time} 0-1
Board Six: White Timothy Chesters (Oxford)
Black Joe Conlon (Cambridge)
1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e3 Re8 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. O-O e4 8. Qc2 Qe7 9. a3 d6 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. cxd5 Nd8 12. b4 Bb6 13. d3 Bf5 14. dxe4 Bxe4 15. Bxe4 Qxe4 16. Qxe4 Rxe4 17. Bb2 f6 18. Rac1 Kf7 19. Bd4 Re7 20. Rc3 Rd7 21. Rfc1 c6 22. e4 Re7 23. Re3 g6 24. Rcc3 Rc8 25. Bxb6 axb6 26. f3 Ra8 27. Nd4 Rc7 28. g4 Ke7 29. f4 Rac8 30. Kf2 cxd5 31. exd5+ Kd7 32. Ne2 Rc4 33. Rh3 Rxc3 34. Nxc3 h6 35. Ne4 Rc2+ 36. Kf3 Nf7 37. Nxf6+ Ke7 38. Ne4 Ra2 39. Nf2 g5 40. Nd3 Rxa3 41. Ke2 gxf4 42. Nxf4 Rxh3 43. Nxh3 Kf6 44. Ke3 Ke5 45. Nf4 Ng5 46. h4 Ne4 47. Ne6 Nf6 48. Kf3 Nxd5 49. Nd8 Kf6 50. Nxb7 Ke7 51. Ke4 Nxb4 52. g5 hxg5 53. hxg5 Kd7 54. Kd4 Kc7 55. Kc4 Nc6 56. Kd5 Kxb7 57. Kxd6 Nd4 58. g6 Nf5+ 59. Ke5 Ng7 60. Kf6 Nh5+ 61. Kg5 Ng7 62. Kf6 Nh5+ 1/2-1/2
Board Seven: White Nathan Alfred (Cambridge)
Black Shashi Jayakumar (Oxford)
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 a6 (1:54 1:49)
6. Bf1 d5 7. ed5 Nd5 8. d4 Be7 9. c3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Nf6 (1:15 0:37)
11. Nc4 b5 12. Nce5 Ne5 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. Be3 cd4 15. Bd4 Qc7 (0:36 0:23)
16. Re3 Bc5 17. Ng4 Bd4 18. Qd4 Ng4 19. Qg4 Qe7 20. a4 ba4 (0:08 4'19")
21. Qa4 Rfd8 22. Rd1 Rxd1 23. Qd1 Rd8 24. Rd3 Rxd3 25. Qd3 g6 (0:05 2'56")
26. b4 e5 27. Qd2 f5 28. Qa2+ Kg7 29. Ba6 Qd6 30. Bf1 e4 (3'14" 59")
31. Qa7 Qd7 32. c4 f4 33. b5 f3 34. g3 Kh6 35. c5 Qd2 (1'56" 07")
36. c6 e3 37. Qe3+ Qe3 38. fe3 Bc8 {time} 1-0 (1'32" 0")
Board Eight: White Kieran Smallbone (Oxford)
Black Rohan Churm (Cambridge)
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5
6. b4 cxd4 7. Nb5 Bc7 8. f4 Ne7 9. Nf3 Bd7 10. Nxc7+ Qxc7
11. Bd3 Nf5 12. O-O Ne3 13. Bxe3 dxe3 14. Qe2 Nc6 15. Rfe1 Qb6
16. Qxe3 Qxe3+ (draw offer refused) 17. Rxe3 Ke7 18. Kf2 h6 19. g4 h5 20. g5 g6
21. Ree1 Rhc8 22. Rec1 Rc7 23. c3 Rac8 24. Ke3 a6 25. Kd2 Na7.
26. a4 Rb8 27. Nd4 Nc8 28. a5 1/2 Draw agreed.
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Julian Hodgson's audio commentary of the match is available in RealAudio. To listen from the start, select Part 3 below (1 hour, 2 minutes, 46 seconds after the start). Or skip directly to Part 7 which includes all the major events and results of the match.
Part 3: 13:23:46 GMT to 13:29:57 GMT
Part 4: 13:32:56 GMT to 13:47:51 GMT
Part 5: 13:50:54 GMT to 14:09:33 GMT
Part 6: 14:15:32 GMT to 14:38:43 GMT
Part 7: 14:56:00 GMT to 15:57:55 GMT
Part 8: 16:06:40 GMT to 16:50:17 GMT
Part 9: 16:52:57 GMT to 18:32:47 GMT
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