2017 Most Beautiful Game | Croydon Chess Club

2017 Most Beautiful Game Award: Jean Watson

Quite likely the greatest upset in the history of the club occurred when Jean Watson (rated 1280) defeated IM Guy West (rated 2292) in Round 1 of the 2017 Club Championship. Despite this loss, Guy recovered and went on to win the event.

[Event "2017 Croydon Club Championship"] [Site "Croydon Chess Club"] [Date "2017.10.12"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Watson, Jean"] [Black "West, Guy"] [ECO "E61"] [WhiteElo "1280"] [BlackElo "2292"] [PlyCount "143"] [Result "1-0"] [EventDate "2017.10.12"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.e3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Be2 O-O 6.O-O Na6 7.Nc3 d6 8.d5 e6 9.e4 exd5 10.exd5 Re8 11.Bf4 Nh5 12.Be3 Bg4 13.Qd2 Nc7 14.Rfe1 a6 15.h3 Bd7 16.a4 b6 17.Ra2 a5 18.b3 Na6 19.Rc2 Nb4 20.Rcc1 Qe7 21.Ng5 Ng3 22.Bf3 Nf5 23.Bf4 Qd8 24.Rxe8+ Bxe8 25.Re1 Nd4 26.Bd1 Bf8 27.Nge4 f6 28.Ne2 Nf5 29.g4 Nh4 30.N2c3 Be7 31.Qe3 g5 32.Bg3 Kf8 33.f4 Ng6 34.fxg5 fxg5 35.Rf1+ Kg7 36.Ne2 Ra7 37.Qc3+ Kh6 38.Bh2 Nh4 39.N2g3 Bg6 40.Nf5+ Bxf5 41.gxf5 Bf8 42.f6 Kg6 43.Qg3 h6 44.Nxd6 Bxd6 45.Qxd6 Qxd6 46.Bxd6 Rf7 47.Be7 Nf5 48.d6 Ne3 49.Re1 Nf5 50.Bg4 Nxd6 51.Bxd6 Rxf6 52.Re6 Nc2 53.Rxf6+ Kxf6 54.Bc7 Nd4 55.Bd1 Ke6 56.Bxb6 Nc6 57.Bxc5 Kd7 58.Kf2 Ne5 59.Kg3 Nd3 60.Bb6 Nf4 61.Bxa5 h5 62.Bxh5 Nxh5+ 63.Kg4 Nf4 64.Bd2 Ne6 65.Bxg5 Nc5 66.b4 Nxa4 67.h4 Nb2 68.c5 Nd3 69.Bd2 Ke6 70.h5 Kf7 71.h6 Kg6 72.Kf3 1-0