19th Glorney Cup (Junior Team Tournament), Paris, 1-5 August 1966

1966 Glorney Cup		1	2	3	4	5	6	Total
1	England	x	4	4	4	5½	3	20½
2	Scotland	2	x	4½	2½	3	6	18
3	Netherlands	2	1½	x	3	4	4½	15
4	Wales	2	3½	3	x	2½	3½	14½
5	France	½	3	2	3½	x	3	12
6	Ireland	3	0	1½	2½	3	x	10

Squads (n.b. board order not fixed during the event)

England	1	Brian John Denman	28.08.1948	2/4
	2	John Neil Sugden	22.05.1948	3/5
	3	Leslie S Tate	08.03.1949	2/4
	4	Terance William (Terry) Hart	27.10.1949	1/3
	5	George Steven Botterill	08.01.1949	5/5
	6	Roger de Lacy Holmes	15.01.1948	4½/5
	7	Derek Maurice Wise	06.06.1949	3/4
				20½
Scotland	1	John M Glendinning	15.09.1947	2½/5
	2	Craig W Pritchett	15.01.1949	4/5
	3	James Montgomery	11.01.1949	4½/5
	4	Allen Taylor	28.09.1947	2/4
	5	Edward I Stevenson	26.07.1949	1/4
	6	Ian Jardine	17.09.1948	2½/4
	7	Alan John Shaw	28.09.1947	1½/3
				18
Netherlands	1	Jan Timman	12.12.1951	3½/5
	2	Paul Boersma	16.07.1948	1½/5
	3	Gert Ligterink	17.11.1949	2/3
	4	Anton Peter (Ton) Timman	06.07.1948	1½/4
	5	Hendrik (Henk) de Wilde	16.07.1948	2½/4
	6	Christ Klaassen	03.02.1949	2/5
	7	Johan (Hans) Loderweges	02.01.1949	2/4
				15
Wales	1	(William) Vivian Davies	14.10.1947	2½/5
	2	Alan J Hughes	14.06.1948	2½/5
	3	(Arthur) Howard Williams	11.07.1950	3½/5
	4	Michael J Lexton	24.07.1948	2½/5
	5	John Edward Syner	01.04.1950	1½/4
	6	John S Evans	03.10.1948	½/3
	7	Richard J Miles	20.11.1949	1½/3
				14½
France	1	Michel Benoit (Paris)	18.01.1949	2/5
	2	Emmanuel (Max) Preissmann (Grenoble)	04.06.1950	1½/4
	3	Bruno Fargette (Paris)	13.09.1948	3/5
	4	Hubert Neymann (Strasbourg)	21.06.1948	1/4
	5	Vincent Faivre (La Flêche)	1951	½/3
	6	Henri-Michel Meyer (Mulhouse)	27.10.1949	1/5
	7	Jacques Montaignac (Montpellier)	25.01.1948	3/4
				12
Ireland	1	John Larkin Moles	22.09.1949	2/5
	2	Paul Gerard Henry	1951	1/5
	3	Dennis Joseph McCaughan		1½/5
	4	John F Gibson	1948	2/4
	5	Antony Richard Unwin	23.01.1950	1½/4
	6	James Cummins		½/3
	7	Charles Barnwell		1½/4
				10

Round-by-Round Results

Round 1	France	vs	Wales	Round 1	England	vs	Ireland	Round 1	Netherlands	vs	Scotland
1	M Benoit	1-0	W V Davies	1	B J Denman	½-½	J L Moles	1	J Timman	½-½	J M Glendinning
2	E Preissmann	0-1	A J Hughes	2	J N Sugden	½-½	P G Henry	2	P Boersma	0-1	C W Pritchett
3	B Fargette	½-½	A H Williams	3	L S Tate	½-½	D J McCaughan	3	G Ligterink	0-1	J Montgomery
4	H Neymann	½-½	M J Lexton	4	T W Hart	0-1	J F Gibson	4	T Timman	0-1	A Taylor
5	H M Meyer	½-½	J E Syner	5	G S Botterill	1-0	A R Unwin	5	H de Wilde	1-0	E I Stevenson
6	J Montaignac	1-0	J S Evans	6	R de L Holmes	½-½	J Cummins	6	C Klaassen	0-1	I Jardine
		3½-2½				3-3				1½-4½
Round 2	Wales	vs	Scotland	Round 2	Ireland	vs	Netherlands	Round 2	France	vs	England
1	W V Davies	1-0	J M Glendinning	1	J L Moles	1-0	J Timman	1	M Benoit	½-½	B J Denman
2	A J Hughes	0-1	C W Pritchett	2	P G Henry	0-1	P Boersma	2	B Fargette	0-1	J N Sugden
3	A H Williams	½-½	J Montgomery	3	D J McCaughan	0-1	H de Wilde	3	H M Meyer	0-1	L S Tate
4	M J Lexton	½-½	A Taylor	4	J F Gibson	0-1	J Lodeweges	4	H Neymann	0-1	G S Botterill
5	J E Syner	1-0	I Jardine	5	J Cummins	0-1	G Ligterink	5	J Montaignac	0-1	R de L Holmes
6	R J Miles	½-½	A J Shaw	6	C Barnwell	½-½	C Klaassen	6	E Preissmann	0-1	D M Wise
		3½-2½				1½-4½				½-5½
Round 3	England	vs	Wales	Round 3	Netherlands	vs	France	Round 3	Scotland	vs	Ireland
1	J N Sugden	½-½	W V Davies	1	J Timman	1-0	M Benoit	1	C W Pritchett	1-0	J L Moles
2	L S Tate	½-½	A J Hughes	2	P Boersma	0-1	B Fargette	2	J M Glendinning	1-0	D J McCaughan
3	T W Hart	½-½	A H Williams	3	H de Wilde	½-½	H M Meyer	3	E I Stevenson	1-0	P G Henry
4	G S Botterill	1-0	M J Lexton	4	J Lodeweges	1-0	H Neymann	4	J Montgomery	1-0	J F Gibson
5	R de L Holmes	1-0	J E Syner	5	T Timman	1-0	V Faivre	5	A J Shaw	1-0	A R Unwin
6	D M Wise	½-½	R J Miles	6	C Klaassen	½-½	E Preissmann	6	I Jardine	1-0	C Barnwell
		4-2				4-2				6-0
Round 4	Wales	vs	Ireland	Round 4	France	vs	Scotland	Round 4	England	vs	Netherlands
1	W V Davies	1-0	J L Moles	1	M Benoit	0-1	J M Glendinning	1	B J Denman	0-1	J Timman
2	A J Hughes	½-½	C Barnwell	2	B Fargette	1-0	C W Pritchett	2	J N Sugden	1-0	P Boersma
3	A H Williams	1-0	J Cummins	3	H M Meyer	0-1	J Montgomery	3	G S Botterill	1-0	H de Wilde
4	M J Lexton	½-½	P G Henry	4	J Montaignac	1-0	E I Stevenson	4	R de L Holmes	1-0	J Lodeweges
5	J E Syner	0-1	D J McCaughan	5	H Neymann	½-½	A Taylor	5	T W Hart	½-½	T Timman
6	J S Evans	½-½	A R Unwin	6	V Faivre	½-½	I Jardine	6	D M Wise	½-½	G Ligterink
		3½-2½				3-3				4-2
Round 5	Netherlands	vs	Wales	Round 5	Scotland	vs	England	Round 5	Ireland	vs	France
1	J Timman	1-0	W V Davies	1	C W Pritchett	1-0	J N Sugden	1	C Barnwell	½-½	B Fargette
2	P Boersma	½-½	A J Hughes	2	J M Glendinning	0-1	G S Botterill	2	J L Moles	½-½	M Benoit
3	J Lodeweges	0-1	A H Williams	3	J Montgomery	1-0	L S Tate	3	D J McCaughan	0-1	J Montaignac
4	T Timman	0-1	M J Lexton	4	A Taylor	0-1	B J Denman	4	P G Henry	0-1	E Preissmann
5	C Klaassen	½-½	R J Miles	5	E I Stevenson	0-1	R de L Holmes	5	J F Gibson	1-0	V Faivre
6	G Ligterink	1-0	J S Evans	6	A J Shaw	0-1	D M Wise	6	A R Unwin	1-0	H M Meyer
		3-3				2-4				3-3

CHESS, September 1966, Vol.31/512-3, ppn 397-403

The Glorney Cup Tournament

by J. E. Littlewood

I make no apologies about giving a lengthy report of this junior team tournament. The Glorney Cup has now broadened its horizons and has almost become a miniature Clare Benedict tournament, excellent preparation for our youngsters and giving them the opportunity of some international competition. This year it was held in Paris at the Centre International de Sejour, a splendid setting for a worthwhile event.

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Round 1: Monday 1 August 1966

This was Scotland's day. The contest seemed even in the early stages but suddenly most of the games began to swing to the Scots who impressed me more by their determination and will to win than by their depth of play. Pritchett played well, as did Montgomery in the following game.

[Ligterink - Montgomery]

Jardine always had the advantage and finished the game powerfully but on two occasions he missed the strongest line.

[Jardine - Klaassen, part-game]

For example, in this position, he played 22 P—N3? when he could have won neatly by 22 RxN! QxPch 23 K-QI K-B3 (if 23. . . PxR 24 P—B6ch! forces a quick mate) 24 Q—N5ch K-K4 25 P-B6 dis ch K-Q5 26 Q—Q2 mate.

On board 1 Glendinning was unfortunate not to win but we cannot help but admire the resourcefulness of his 14-year-old opponent, the youngest player in the tournament and Dutch Junior Champion at that. England's result against Ireland was a poor one in view of later events. Denman's game ended in a draw by repetition, both sides reluctant to take risks at this early stage. As Moles had just won the Irish championship it was wise to show him a little respect.

[Tate - McCaughan]

Spectators gathered round to see the Irish lad in the above position proceed to play 28. . . Q—N3! Tate, not wishing to play 29 P—N3 and capitulate on the white squares, went in for 29 BxR RxPch 30 K—Bl B—B5ch 31 R(2)—K2 thinking that this saved him. Black now missed an attractive win by

31.. . RxP! 32 Q—KB3 (forced) 32. . . N—K5!! 33 BxN PxB and White has no move. Instead he elected to exchange pieces by 31.. . BxRch 32 RxB RxR 33 KxR Q-N7ch 34 K-K1! (if 34 K-Q2 Q-Q4ch! and 35. . . KxB wins) 34. . . Q—R8ch 35 K—K2 QxPch and Black now had so many pawns for the piece that he decided to carry on the fight in a bold attempt to win after the adjournment. It indeed needed careful defence on Tate's part before the game ended peace-ully on the 53rd move.

Sugden very quickly reached a superior position but failed to drive home his advantage and allowed his opponent to escape with a draw.

Board 3 gave us a most exciting game with both players striving to make the most of every chance. Tate started with a good attack but sacrificed too many pawns, allowing McCaughan to begin a counter offensive.

Hart had one of his off days, defending rather too casually against the Rauser attack, refusing the offer of a draw when he stood much worse and finally blundering in a difficult position.

Botterill's win was a game for the connoisseur. He quietly built up an impressive position until his opponent cracked as follows.

[Botterill - Unwin]

26. . . B—Q3 (if 26. . . NxN 21 BxN 0—0 28 R—B7) 27 RxN! BxN 28 RxRP BxB 29 R—R5 and it was all over bar the shouting.

Roger Holmes tried to break down Cummins' resistance but White always seemed to have enough defence.

In the France v Wales match, the French top board player won well from the following position.

[Benoit - Davies]

26 PxP! PxP 27 NxNP! NxN 28 QxN P—K5(?) 29 RxP! R—B1 (if 29. . . BxR 30 QxB R—BI 31 BxPch! QxB 32 Q-B7 mate) 30 B—B4 Q—N3 31 R—Q6 Resigns. It is a pity that Black did not play 30. . . Q—R4 when 31 R—Q7! BxR 32 B-Q6ch K-N1 33 Q-Q5ch mates.

Hughes beat Preissmann in delightful fashion as follows, although admittedly aided and abetted by his generous opponent .

1 P–K4 P—QB4 2 N-KB3 N-QB3 3 P—Q4 PxP 4 NxP P—KN3 5 N-QB3 B-N2 6 B—K3 N-B3 7 P—B3 Q-N3 8 N—B5 QxP 9 NxBch K—B1 10 N-R4 Q—R6 11 B—KR6 QxN 12 N—R5 dis ch K—N1 13 NxNch PxN 14 Q-Q6 Q—N5ch 15 QxQ NxQ 16 0-0-0 NxRPch 17 K-N2 N—N5 18 R—Q6 R—N1 19 B—QB4 P—QN4 20 B—N3 N-B3 21 RxBP N—Q1 22 R-QI P—N5 23 R(1)—Q6 R-N4 24 P-N4 R-QB4 25 P—N5 R—N4 26 RxNPch Black resigns; if 26. . .PxR, 27 RxNPch K-R2 28 R-N7 is mate! Remember Black's KBP is pinned.

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Round 2: Tuesday 2 August 1966

This round's glory went to England. Our players completely outplayed the French team, except on board 1 where Denman was happy to draw against Benoit. Sugden played the Saemisch variation against the Niemtzo-lndian and his central pawn mass rolled on relentlessly, crushing all resistance before it . Botterill played in similar vein as follows :

1 P—Q4 N-KB3 2 P-QB4 P-K4 3 PxP N—N5 4 P—K4 NxKP 5 P-B4 KN—B3 6 B—K3 N—R3 7 N-KB3 B—B4 8 BxB NxB 9 N-B3 P—Q3 10 B—K2 B-Q2 (10 0—0 is better) 11 0—0 N—K2 12 P-QN4 N-R3 13 P-QR3 B-N5 14 Q-Q2 0-0 15 P-KB5! P-KB3 16 N—Q4 BxB 17 QNxB Q-Q2 18 R—B3 K-B2 19 N-K6 R—KN1 20 N(2)-B4 N-B3 21 R-KR3 N-K4 22 RxP QR—K1 23 Q—K2 Resigns.

There is no defence to all White's threats. An excellent example of how to use a spatial advantage.

Tate's opening was of interest. After 1 P—K4 P—K4 2 N—KB3 N—QB3 3 N—B3 N—B3 4 P—Q4 B—N5 5 B-KN5 his opponent collapsed: 5. . . P—KR3 6 PxP PxB 7 PxN QxP 8 Q—Q2 P—N5 9 N—KN5 P—Q3 10 B-B4 (if 10 B-K2 Q—K2! threatening 11. . . P—B3 winning the knight, a sign of what is coming) 10. . . N—K4 11 B—N3 BxN! 12 PxB R—R4! 13 P—KB4 PxP e.p. 14 NxP (3) NxN 15 PxN QxKBP 16 R—KB1 QxKPch 17 K—Q1 B—K3! with a winning position.

Holmes' opponent played weakly against the French Defence and interesting play developed from this position.

[Montaignac - Holmes]

16. . . Q-Q4! 17 B—KB3 QxR 18 Q—N5! B—Q2! 19 R—R1 P—QR3 (this wins nicely but even better was 19. . . N—K4! 20 QxBch KxQ! 21 RxQ NxBch or here 20 QxP NxBch 21 QxN Q—Q4 etc.) 20 QxNP QxRch 21 BxQ R—QN1 22 BxN RxQ 23 BxR P—K4! (one of the bishops must now be won) 24 BxRP K—K2 25 B—B4 R—N1 26 B—R2 B-K3! 27 Resigns.

Wise played the whole game very powerfully. Here is the play leading up to the decisive combination.

[Wise - Preissmann]

Moles won well on board 1 for Ireland in a difficult tactical game.

[Boersma - Henry]

Boersma played an attractive if somewhat conventional attack. From the diagram the game went 17 P-K4! B-Q2 8 P-K5! Q—K2 19 P-KR4 R-KB1 20 P—R5 PxP 21 RxP R-B2 22 0-0-0 QR—KB1 23 QR—Rl R-N2 24 BxPch K—B2 25 B-N6ch! RxB 26 R—R7ch Resigns as mate follows after 26. . . R-N2 27 Q-R5ch.

Gibson copied Spassky's hippopotamus defence, but Loderweges played much better than Petroshan, and Gibson much worse than Spassky!

Wales played well to beat Scotland. All the games were hard fought except for the following skirmish, won by Syner, who I am convinced dismayed his opponent by wearing a shirt with BATMAN written across the chest ! See for yourself: 1 P-Q4 N—KB3 2 N-QB3 P-KN3 3 P—K4 P—Q3 4 P—B4 B—N2 5 N—B3 O—O 6 P-K5 PxP 7 BPxP N—Q4 8 B-QB4 N—N3 9 B-N3 N—B3 10 0—0 B-N5 11 B-K3 N-R4 12 Q-Q2 N(3)-B5 13 Q-B1 NxKB 14 RPxN NxB 15 QxN P-QB3 16 N—K4 Q-B2 17 KN—N5 P-B3 18 R-B4 B-Q2 19 PxP PxP 20 Q—N3 B—B4 21 NxRP BxN 22 NxR KxN 23 RxPch Resigns.

Pritchett again won convincingly and as a result was promoted to board 1 for the next match. Montgomery, once more defending the Sicilian against the Rauser attack, managed to hold out in the face of strong pressure from Williams. Finally, however, the latter sacrificed unsoundly in the following position.

[Williams - Montgomery]

28 NxQP!? PxN 29 RxPch PxR 30 RxPch K—R2 31 Q-B5 K-R1 32 Q—N4. A bold attempt which gave him a draw, as Montgomery allowed repetition of moves by 32. . . K—R2 33 Q—B5 etc. Instead of this, Black could have won by 32. . . N—B3!! blocking the fatal long diagonal. If then 33 PxN or P—K6 33. . . RxB! would win.

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Round 3: Wednesday 3 August 1966

A quiet day for England. Wise quickly agreed a draw. Sugden had the better of the opening but could not drive home his advantage and gradually saw it slipping away. Tate equalised fairly easily with an Alekhine's Defence but even though he eventually had some chances in the rook ending, it never seemed enough to win the game for him.

Hart played the Morra Gambit to try to infuse some life into the game but Williams defended coolly enough.

It was left once more to Botterill to show us how to win, making it all look so simple.

1 P-K4 P—QB3 2 P-Q4 P-Q4 3 N-QB3 PxP 4 NxP N—KB3 5 NxNch NPxN 6 B-KB4 B-B4 7 Q-Q2 P-K3 8 N-B3 B-Q3 9 0-0—0 R—KN1 10 P-KR3 N-R3 11 P—R3 N—B2 12 P—KN4 B—K5 13 Q—K3 BxBP! 14 KxB N-Q4 15 Q-N3 BxB 16 QxNP K—B1! 17 B-R6 R—N1 18 QxBP R—QN3 19 Q-R4 Q-B2ch 20 B-B4 R-B3 21 P—N3 N-N3 22 Q—N4ch K—N2 23 K-Q3 R—QB1 24 K-K2 NxB 25 PxN RxP 26 Q-N5 R-QN1 27 Q-KR5 R-N7ch 28 K—B1 R(5)—B7 29 Q-R4 RxPch 30 QxR RxQch 31 KxR Q—B7ch White resigns.

Holmes had been forewarned about Batman Syner. Winning rook, knight and bishop for his queen, Holmes was still worried because of Syner's passed QRP.

[Holmes - Syner]

In this position Syner offered a draw but Holmes made one last attempt with 37 R—R7ch. On 37. . .K—N1! now White would have been content with a draw but Black played 37. . .K-R3? 38 R-QB7 K—N4 39 P—B4ch K—B3 (if 39. . . PxP e.p. 40 NxPch K-R4 41 N—K5 dis ch K—N4 42 P—R4ch and the king must still retreat) 40 R—B6 P—R5 41 RxQch KxR 42 B—Q1 Resigns.

Ireland collapsed badly against Scotland, highlighting our bad result in the first round, as Scotland were now leading us by half a point. Pritchett played sound chess against Moles, holding him in a vice-like grip.

McCaughan, playing a Queen's Gambit, retreated his bishop to QN3 and almost immediately regretted it.

[McCaughan - Glendinning]

In this position, the threat of 13. . . P—QB4 makes him panic, and his game rapidly goes downhill as follows :

13 BxN NxB 14 P-K4 P—B4! 15 PxP P—N5 16 P—N5 PxP 17 NxP PxN 18 P-K5 QxBP! 19 NxKP PxPch 20 KxP QxKPch White resigns.

Holland's fourteen-year-old top board played a wonderfully mature strategic and tactical game against Benoit :

1 P—Q4 N-KB3 2 P-QB4 P-KN3 3 N—QB3 B—N2 4 P—K4 P-Q3 5 P—B3 P-K4 6 KN-K2 0-0 7 B-N5 P-KR3 8 B-K3 N-B3 9 P-Q5 N—K2 10 Q-Q2 K—R2 11 P—KN4 N—K1 12 P—KR4 P-KB4 13 KPxP! PxP 14 P-N5! P-KR4 15 P—B4! K—N3 16 N-N3 R—R1 17 B—K2 B-B1 18 0-0-0 P-R3 19 P-B5 B-Q2 20 PxKP PxKP 21 P-Q6! PxP 22 PxP N—QB3 23 BxPch! RxB 24 NxR KxN 25 Q-K2ch K-N3 26 P—R5ch K-R2 27 P—N6ch K-R1 28 P—R6 BxQP 29 Q—B4! N—B3 30 RxB Q—K2 31 Q-B7! QxQ 32 PxQ N-N5 33 B—N5 N—B7 34 RxB! Resigns as 34. . .NxR 35 B—B6ch K—R2 36 P-B8(N)ch mates in two. Shades of Donner!

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Round 4: Thursday 4 August 1966

Holmes was the first to win in a game which speaks for itself:

1 P-Q4 P—K3 2 P—K4 P—Q4 3 P-K5 P-QB4 4 P-QB3 N—QB3 5 B—QN5 Q—N3 6 BxNch PxB 7 N—K2 P—QR4 8 0—0 B—R3 9 R—K1 PxP 10 NxP B—B4 11 Q—N4 BxN 12 PxB N—K2 13 QxNP R—KN1 14 QxRP QxQP 15 N—B3 K—Q2 (quite rightly refusing the draw by 15. . . RxPch, but obviously his opponent has not seen this!) 16 Q-R6?? RxPch 17 KxR Q—N5ch 18 K-R1 R-KN1 19 B—N5 RxB 20 Resigns.

De Wilde's opening moves against Botterill were strange. After 1 P—Q4 P—Q4 2 P—QB4 P—QB3 3 N—KB3 B—N5!? (a move I have never seen before in this position) 4 P-K3 P—K3 5 N-B3 P-KB4!? (we are now in a stonewall with Black's bad bishop outside the pawns, but not defending the Queen's side) 6 Q—N3 Q—B2? (6. . . Q—B1 was better but Black has a difficult game) 7 N—N5! Now it is very awkward for Black. If 7. . .Q—B1 8 NxKP! QxN 9 QxNP wins. If 7. . .K-K2 8 Q-R3ch P—B4—if 8. . .K-K1 9 QxBch!— 9 PxQP wins. So Black's next few moves are forced but from now on he defends very well indeed. 7. . . P—B5! 8 P—KR3 B—KB4 9 PxBP P—KR3 10 N-B3 N-R3 11 P-R3 N-B3 12 B-K3 Q-N3 13 QxQ PxQ. Now White could simply play 14 R—B1 with the better game, but he goes in for a most tempting line in which Black plays very resourcefully. 14 N—QR4 N—Q2 15 N—K5 N-N5! 16 PxN NxN! 17 BPxN B-B7 18 K—Q2 RxN! 19 RxR BxR 20 K-B3 PxP! and although Botterill still had the edge it never seemed enough to win the game. The tragedy for Black was that after this fine defence he later lost a piece through a finger-slip ...

Hart too had the better opening, but still seemed out of form and could not find a winning plan.

Wise played well to draw a difficult game. Most of the excitement of the round came from the top two boards. Denman left himself too little time in a complicated position and the young Dutch lad once more demonstrated his great tactical ability. Here is the game :

1 P—K4 P-QB4 2 P-QB3 N—KB3 3 P—K5 N—Q4 4 P—Q4 P-K3 5 P—QB4 N—N3 6 P-Q5 P-Q3 7 PxQP BxP 8 N-QB3 P-K4 9 N—B3 P-KR3 10 N-Q2 0—0 11 N(2)—K4 P-B4 12 NxB QxN 13 N—N5 Q-Q1 14 P-QR4 P-R3 15 N-B3 Q-Q3 16 B-K2 N(3)-Q2 17 P-KN4 N—KB3 18 PxP BxP 19 R-KN1 K—R2 20 B—K3 QN-Q2 21 Q-Q2 P-QN4 22 BPxP PxP 23 BxNP N—N3 24 B-B6 QR-Q1 25 N-N5 Q-N1 26 BxBP N-K5 27 Q-B1 R—B3!? 28 P—B3 N—N4 29 P—Q6 P—K5 30 N-Q4.

Better would have been 40 RxN with an interesting position.

30. . . PxP 31 NxP NxNch 32 BxN R-K1ch 33 K-QI NxRP 34 RxN Q-N6ch 35 K—Q2 Q—Q6 mate. Not a game for Denman to be despondent about, as it was full of interesting ideas.

Sugden's opening gave him easy equality but he risked losing when he refused the chance of a draw. Fortunately for him his opponent failed to find the best move in a tricky position and lost as follows :

[Boersma - Sugden]

25 B-N5 (better 25 Q-K4!) 25. . . Q-R4 26 B—B6? QxPch 27 K-B1 N—R4! (the move White missed) 28 K—Q2 N—B5ch 29 BxN QxB 30 P—B3 PxB and won after a hectic time-scramble.

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Round 5: Friday 5 August 1966

So the tense final round began and chance could not possibly have arranged things better. The two leading teams were to meet, with half a point separating them. England would win the cup if they drew the match, but 3^-2-^ against England would win the cup for Scotland! A similar situation in last year's Glorney Cup had resulted in a win for Scotland . . . There were going to be no easy draws today! In the event the first game to finish pointed to the final result. Wise, one of our best young attacking players, won nicely as follows :

1 P—K4 P—K3 2 P—Q4 P—Q4 3 P—K5 P-QB4 4 P-QB3 N-QB3 5 N—KB3 Q—N3 6 P-QR3 P—B5 7 P-KN3 B—Q2 8 B-R3 P-KR3 9 QN-Q2 N—R4 10 0-0 N-K2 11 N-K1 0-0-0 12 R-QN1 P-B4 13 PxP e.p. PxP 14 P—B4 P—K4 15 BxBch RxB 16 BPxP PxP 17 P—QN4 N—B3 18 P—N5 NxQP? (better 18 N—R4) 19 PxN QxQPch 20 K-R1 Q-B4 21 B-N2 Q-Q3 22 NxP PxN 23 QxQ RxQ 24 BxP Resigns.

Denman, still playing his pet 2 c3 against the Sicilian, was the next to win in convincing fashion with a attack on the king.

It was fitting that the cup was finally won when the team captain Holmes exploited his opening advantage as follows :

[Stevenson - Holmes]

24 N—N2? (24 P—B4!) 24. . . Q-B6 25 B—B1 BxB 26 RxB R-K7 28 Q—B1 RxP 28 RxR QxRch 29 K-R1 R—K1! 30 N—Q3 Q—B6ch 31 Resigns.

Meanwhile Botterill had reached an ideal position against the King's Indian. Try as he would, the Scottish captain Glendinning could not shake off the strangle-hold on his game. When he finally blundered away a piece his game was on the point of collapse.

There was now a sense of anti-climax as Pritchett gained a good win over Sugden in a game which was a credit to both players, and Tate lost from the better position. It had been an excellent fight, with the Scots showing a determination and team-spirit which we all envied.

Lexton won well with an opening line which obviously surprised Black who played badly :

1 P—K4 P—QB4 2 N-KB3 P-Q3 3 P—Q4 PxP 4 NxP N—KB3 5 B-N5ch B—Q2 6 0-0 N—B3 7 R—K1 P-KN3 8 P—KB4 B—N2? (8. . . Q—N3!) 9 P—K5 NxN 10 QxN BxB? 11 PxN BxP 12 QxB and wins.

I think it fitting to conclude this report with the remarkably mature game played by the young Timman against Davies.

1 P-Q4 N—KB3 2 P—QB4 P—KN3 3 N—QB3 B-N2 4 P-K4 P—Q3 5 P-B3 0-0 6 B-K3 QN-Q2 7 Q-Q2 P-B4 8 P-Q5 R—K1 9 B-Q3 P-QR3 10 KN—K2 N-K4 11 P-QR3 P-K3 12 0—0 PxQP 13 BPxP P—Q4 14 P-QN4 P—B5 15 B-B2 Q-B2 16 P-QR4 PxRP 17 RxP B-Q2 18 R—R2 KR-N1 19 P-KB4 N(4)-N5 20 B—Q4 N—K1 21 P—KR3 BxBch 22 QxB N(5)—B3 23 P-K5 N-R4 24 P—K6 PxP 25 PxP BxP 26 B-K4 R-R2 27 P-B5 B-B2 28 PxP PxP 29 N—Q5 Q—Q2 30 N—B4 NxN 31 RxN R—N4 32 R—KR4 Resigns, for if 32. . . N—N2 33 N—B6ch and if 32. . . K—B1 33 R—R8ch B—N1 34 R—B2ch.

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BCM, September 1966, ppn 258-259

The "Glorney Cup" International Junior Team Tournament

PARIS, AUGUST 1st to 6th, 1966

By K. J. BLOODWORTH

This event which is rapidly increasing in status to become almost a Junior Claire Benedict tournament, provided ample proof of the great advance made in the overall strength of our young players. Dutch as well as French officials expressed surprise that the British Isles could produce four teams each capable of defeating their own national side.

While the standard of play on the top boards was probably only a little ahead of that of several years ago, games of equal standard are now just as likely on Board 6, and it is this overall increase in strength that reflects the great amount of work being put into organizing junior chess in all parts of the British Isles.

The foundation of the English team's success was laid by G. Botterill with five wins and R. Holmes 4½ points, ably supported by D. Wise with 3 (4).

The Scots played with a determination and team spirit that made them formidable opponents and enabled them to lead after the third round, while the Welsh showed consistently improved form. They beat Scotland and Ireland, drew with the Dutch, and but for unfortunate end-game blunders would have beaten the French—a remarkable achievement for a small country that must have started favourites for the wooden spoon on their past record.

The Irish led by John Moles, now their senior as well as junior champion, caused a shock in the first round by holding England, but rather disappointed afterwards.

The youngest player, fourteen-year-old Jan Timman, already Dutch Youth Champion, recorded the best score of the top board players, and he, perhaps more than any other player taking part, seems destined for senior international honours.

The wonderful spirit in which the matches were played did credit to the young people of all the competing countries. The French boys, rather dispirited immediately after their heavy defeat by England, gathered together after dinner that evening and started chanting "England, England" in the style of the football crowds during the World Cup series. The two teams spent the rest of the evening together analysing the games with the assistance of English team manager, John Littlewood.

The matches were organized on behalf of the French Chess Federation by their former junior organizer, Monsieur R. Bellanger, who personally met each team on arrival, and later conducted them on a tour of the Eiffel Tower. Monsieur Balcaen proved a quiet and pleasantly efficient controller, while the Centre International de Sejour with its constantly changing population of many nationalities proved a most interesting venue for the tournament.

At the prize-giving, the cup was presented to the English captain by Monsieur Betbeder, Vice-president of the French Chess Federation and a former French Champion. The player in each team with the best score was given a tournament book of the recent World Championship challengers' knock-out matches.

To mark the first occasion on which the event has been held abroad, the four home country teams presented an engraved chess board to the French Chess Federation to be used in any way they choose to help encourage the game among their young players.

1966 Glorney Cup at chessgames.com

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File Updated

Date	Notes
16 September 2020	First upload of 18 games and 11 part-games, mainly culled from articles in CHESS and BCM. The 2020 edition of Mega/Big Database has ten games/part-games but some have incorrect player identifications. I've corrected these where known.
16 September 2020	Brian Denman sent me two more of his games, vs Benoit of France and Taylor of Scotland. Many thanks.
20 September 2020	There were problems with the score of the game Pritchett-Sugden. The Big/Mega 2020 version is truncated at move 22 as a result of a faulty move at an earlier stage of the game, and Brian Denman sourced this 43-move version of the game from the Chess Scotland website, linked to above. Many thanks to Brian.
21 September 2020	Apologies - my last two updates of this file seem to have introduced more errors than they remedied. The two games which Brian Denman sent me on 16 September have now been appended and it now shows the Pritchett-Sugden game as being played on board 1 of the final 5th round.
5 October 2025	I am very grateful to Dominique Thimognier for sending me a press cutting from Le Populaire du Centre which has comprehensive biographical information about the participants in this tournament. I have updated the text details accordingly. The press clipping also had two game scores, Benoit 1-0 Davies, rd 1, and B Fargette 1-0 P Boersma, rd 3, which have been added to the collection. 22 games plus 10 part-games.