Now a much shorter game where Black blunders on move 8 and the position gets worse. Dave is still turning out for Wakefield and occasionally their A team. His current grade is 124.

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 Bb6 8. e5 Ne4?? 9. Bd5! Nxf2 10. Rxf2 Nb4 11. Bb3 d5 12. a3 Na6 13. Nc3 c6 14. Bc2 Nc7 Some will guess what happened next. 15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Ng5+ Kg6 17. Qd3+ f5 18. exf6+ Kh5 19. Qh7+ Kg4 Then I cheekily asked my opponent whether he wished to resign, which he duly did. 1-0 [Mike Dow]