31 August - 6 September 1997
Chris Baker (Keynsham) won Paignton, beating two IMs along the way. Final Results: 1st Chris Baker (Bristol) 6/7; 2nd IM K Panczyk (POL) 5.5; 3-4th D Gunter (Croydon), IM Gary Lane 5.
Steve Dilleigh (Horfield) also had a good tournament, getting an impressively large partial FIDE rating.
Games courtesy of John Henderson's Teletext pages, Channel 4, p153.
More games are available in the Paignton report on the 4NCL web site.Baker,C - Panczyk,K
Paignton Premier (Rd 3), 1997
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.0-0 Nxe4 6.Re1 d5 7.Bxd5 Qxd5 8.Nc3 Qa5 9.Nxe4 Be6 10.Neg5 0-0-0 11.Nxe6 fxe6 12.Rxe6 Qf5 13.Qe2 h6 14.Bd2 Bd6 15.Qe4 Qxe4 16.Rxe4 Bb4 17.Bxb4 Nxb4 18.c3 dxc3 19.Rxb4 c2 20.Nd4 a5 21.Rc4 b5 22.Rxc2 Rxd4 23.Rac1 Rd7 24.Rc5 Re8 25.Kf1 Rd2 26.Rxc7+ Kb8 27.R7c2 Ree2 28.Rc8+ Kb7 29.R1c7+ Kb6 30.Rc6+ Kb7 31.R8c7+ Kb8 32.Rxg7 Rxf2+ 33.Kg1 Rf8 34.h4 Rxb2 35.Rb6+ Kc8 36.Ra6 Kb8 37.Rxh6 a4 38.h5 Rxa2 39.Rb6+ Kc8 40.h6 Ra1+ 41.Kh2 Rf5 42.h7 Rh5+ 43.Kg3 Rah1 44.Rc6+ Kb8 45.Rf6 Rc1 46.Rb6+ Kc8 47.Rxb5 Rch1 1-0
Southall,A - Baker,C
Paignton Premier (Rd 4), 09.1997
1.e4 g6 2.Nc3 d6 3.d4 Bg7 4.f4 Nc6 5.Be3 Nf6 6.Nf3 e6 7.Be2 a6 8.e5 Nd5 9.Nxd5 exd5 10.Qd2 Bf5 11.0-0 0-0 12.c4 Ne7 13.Rac1 dxc4 14.Bxc4 c6 15.Rfd1 Bg4 16.Qf2 Nf5 17.h3 Nxe3 18.Qxe3 Bxf3 19.Qxf3 Qb6 20.Kh1 dxe5 21.dxe5 Rad8 22.b3 Rxd1+ 23.Rxd1 Rd8 24.e6 fxe6 25.Bxe6+ Kh8 26.f5 Rxd1+ 27.Qxd1 Qd4 28.Qxd4 Bxd4 29.fxg6 hxg6 30.Bc8 b5 31.Bxa6 b4 32.g3 ½-½
Baker,C - Dilleigh,S
Paignton Premier (Rd 5), 09.1997
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.0-0-0 0-0 9.Nb3 Qb6 10.Be3 Qc7 11.f4 a6 12.Bd3 b5 13.h3 b4 14.Ne2 d5 15.e5 Ne4 16.Bxe4 dxe4 17.Ng3 Na5 18.Nxa5 Qxa5 19.Kb1 Rd8 20.Qe2 Bb7 21.Bd4 Bd5 22.b3 Qb5 23.Qg4 Qc6 24.f5 Bf8 25.Rhf1 Rdc8 26.Rd2 a5 27.fxe6 Bxe6 28.Qxe4 Qxe4 29.Nxe4 a4 30.Nd6 Rc6 31.Bb2 axb3 32.axb3 f6 33.Ne4 fxe5 34.Bxe5 Re8 35.Bd6 Bxd6 36.Rxd6 Rxd6 37.Nxd6 Rd8 38.Rd1 Kf8 39.Rf1+ Ke7 40.Nf5+ Kf6 41.Nd4+ 1-0
Lane,G - Baker,C
Paignton Premier (Rd 6), 1997
1.e4 e6 2.d4 c5 3.c3 d5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Bd3 cxd4 7.cxd4 Nc6 8.Nc3 Qd6 9.0-0 Be7 10.Be3 0-0 11.a3 b6 12.Qe2 Bb7 13.Rad1 Rad8 14.Rfe1 Qb8 15.Bb1 Rfe8 16.Qc2 g6 17.Ba2 Ng4 18.h3 Nxe3 19.fxe3 Bf6 20.Qf2 Rf8 21.Nh2 Bg7 22.Ng4 Ne7 23.Nf6+ Bxf6 24.Qxf6 Qg3 25.e4 Nf5 26.Re2 Ng7 27.Qe7 Ba8 28.d5 Nh5 29.Rf2 Nf4 30.Kf1 exd5 31.Nxd5 Qh2 32.Rxf4 Bxd5 33.Bxd5 Qxf4+ 34.Kg1 Rc8 35.Qxa7 Rc1 36.Rxc1 Qxc1+ 37.Kh2 Qxb2 38.Qe7 Qd4 39.Qd7 Qf6 40.a4 Rd8 0-1
Baker,C - Gunter,D
Paignton Premier (Rd 7), 1997
1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.d4 c5 6.dxc5 Nc6 7.Bf4 Bxc5 8.Bd3 f5 9.exf6 Nxf6 10.0-0 0-0 11.Ne5 Bd7 12.Qe2 Nxe5 13.Bxe5 Qb6 14.a4 a6 15.a5 Qb4 16.h3 Rae8 17.Kh1 g6 18.f4 Nh5 19.Qg4 Rf7 20.Bxg6 hxg6 21.Qxg6+ Ng7 22.f5 Ref8 23.Rf4 Qxf4 ½-½