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THE ANNUAL MATCH between the House of Lords and the House of Commons for the trophy awarded by The Spectator has been won by the House of Lords with wins by Lords Mayhew, Jay, Rennel, Kilbracken and the Marquess of Bath, while for the Commons side Michael Stern MP and Jeremy Hanley MP both dis- tinguished themselves by achieving 100 per cent. I was impressed by the improved quality of play over previous years. The match between Kasparov and Short nine months ago has clearly led to increased interest, greater attention and more exper- tise. I eventually awarded the prize for the best game to Jeremy Hanley's strategically consistent demolition of Lord Kilbracken, but the most eye-catching, if not the sound- est, game was that between Lord Jay and Nigel Griffiths MP, shadow spokesman for consumer affairs. This resembled nothing so much as a 19th-century brilliancy played in the coffee-houses of the day.

Lord Jay — Nigel Griffiths MP: Lords v. Commons, 1994; Bishop's Opening.

1 e4 e5 2 Bc4 Nf6 3 d3 Nc6 4 ND Bc5 5 Ng5 h6 An oversight, Black should have castled. 6 Nxf7 Qe7 7 Nxh8 g5 8 Bf7+ Kd8 9 Bh5 Qf8 10 Ng6 Bxf2+ An inspired gamble. 11 Kxf2?? The sim-

ple 11 Kfl would win. 11 Nxe4+ 12 Ke3 Q12+ 13 Kxe4 d5+ (Diagram) The white king is

hounded to its doom. 14 Kxd5 Qd4 checkmate.

Meanwhile, in the tournament at Dortmund Michael Adams has notched the greatest scalp of his career by defeating the Fide champion, Anatoly Karpov.

Adams — Karpov: Dortmund, 1994; Caro- Kann Defence.

1 e4 c6 2 d4 d5 3 Nd2 dxe4 4 Nxe4 Nd7 5 ND Ngf6 6 Ng3 e6 7 Bd3 c5 8 0-0 Be7 White's chosen system against the Caro-Kann is unpretentious, but it does preserve some tension by keeping pieces on the board and Black still has to prove equality. 9 Qe2 0-0 10 Rdl Qc7 11 c4 Re8 12 dxc5 Nxc5 13 Bc2 Ncd7 14 Ng5 Nf8 15 N3e4 Bd7 16 Nx16+ Bxf6 17 Qd3 Bxg5 18 Bxg5 Rac8 The opening has been a success for White who has the two bishops and a majority of pawns on the queen's flank, which may advance to create a passed pawn. Still, Karpov has never been noted as a great connoisseur of the openings and in Linares, for example, earlier this year he often fought back from similiar situations, by dint of his superb middlegame skill. 19 Rae! Setting a trap. If now 19 ... Qxc4 20 Qxc4 Rxe4 21 Bxh7+ Nich7 22 Rxc4 Nxg5 23 Rxd7 with an easy win. 19

Qe5 20 Qd2 This time the trap is more obvi- ous. If 20 ... Qxb2 21 Bxh7+ wins Black's queen. 20 ... Bc6 21 b4 The pawn majority begins its advance. 21 b6 22 Bf4 Q16 23 Bg5 Qe5 24 Rdl Qb8 25 a4 Ng6 26 13 Bb7 27 Bbl h6 28 Be3 e5 29 Q12 e4 10 f4 Qd6 31 Qd2 Qf6 32 b5 Nh4 33 a5 A brutal method of activating his pawns. At the cost of one pawn White is now able to hurl for- ward his 'c' pawn into the black camp. Quieter methods were available but the likelihood is that Karpov was in time trouble. 33 ... bxa5 34 c5 a6 35 c6 Ba8 36 Bd4 Qd8 (Diagram) This seems pas- sive, with 36 ... Qg6 appearing more natural. Karpov's hope was probably to round up White's 'c' pawn, proving it a source of weakness rather than strength, when his own pawns on the queen- side would give him the chance to win. 37 Rxe4 axb5 38 c7 This cannot be taken for if 38

Rxe7 39 Rxe8+ Qxe8+ 40 Rxc7. 38 ... Qd7 39 Rice8+ Rxe8 40 Qd3 Ng6 41 Bf2 Bc6 Now White can exchange queens and it is clear that he is back in control. 42 Qxd7 Bxd7 43 Rdl Nf8 44 15 A fine move which restricts Black's knight. 44

Rc8 45 Bg3 b4 46 Bd6 The threat is Bxf8 and Ritc17. It is obvious that with White's powerful bishops, including the light-squared one which can attack the queening square, Black has no time to advance his own pawns and must soon lose material. 46 ...Nh7 47 Be4 Nf6 48 Bb7 Re8 49 Be5 Bxf5 50 Rd8 Kh7 Si Rice8 Nxe8 52 Be4 (Diagram) A tine deflecting move which wins a piece. If Black plays 52 ... Bxe4 then 53 c8/Q ter- minates resistance. 52 ... Nxc7 53 Bxf5+ g6 54 Bxc7 gxf5 55 Bxa5 b3 56 Bc3 Kg6 57 1(12 Kg5 58 1U3 h5 59 h4+ Black resigns A neat final touch which leaves Black thoroughly blockaded for if 59 ... Kxh4 60 Bf6 is checkmate.