We send best wishes to WFM Sarah Natasha Longson (née Hegarty) on her birthday this day, (October 2nd) in 1988.
From Sarah’s web site :
“I have played competitive chess since the age of 7 when I became UK U7 Girls Chess Champion and appeared on Blue Peter where I met the then world champion Garry Kasparov. Since then I have represented England in many international competitions and in 2013 won the British Ladies Championship.”
In 2016 Sarah and partner FM Alex Longson made a successful bid for ownership of the UK Chess Challenge which was auctioned by the bankruptcy receiver of IM Mike Basman, the previous owner.
Sarah and Alex have modernised the UKCC considerably especially in the areas of communications an usage of IT.
According to the ECF Sarah’s nominal club is Marple but she also plays for Stockport and 4NCL 3Cs.
[pgn]
[Event “ENG-ch (Women)”]
[Site “West Bromwich”]
[Date “2017.09.01”]
[Round “1”]
[White “Longson, Sarah Natasha”]
[Black “Lauterbach, Ingrid”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “A08”]
[WhiteElo “2116”]
[BlackElo “2032”]
[Annotator “British Chess News”]
[PlyCount “51”]
[EventDate “2017.09.01”]
[EventType “swiss”]
[EventRounds “5”]
[EventCountry “ENG”]
[SourceTitle “CBM 180 Extra”]
[Source “ChessBase”]
[SourceDate “2017.10.06”]
[SourceVersion “1”]
[SourceVersionDate “2017.10.06”]
[SourceQuality “1”]
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9… b6 10. h4 Ba6 11. Re1 Qd7 12. Nbd2 f6 13. exf6 Rxf6 14. Bh3 Nf5 15. g4 e5
16. gxf5 e4 17. Ng5 gxf5 18. Ndxe4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Rg6+ 20. Ng3 Ne5 21. Bg5 Bxd3
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Bh6 Bg6 29. Qg5 Bxh6 30. Qxh6 Rf8 31. Qg5 Rf3 32. Ne4 Kf7 33. Qe5 Bxe4 34. Qxe4
Kg7 35. Qe5+ Kg8 36. Qg5+ Kf7 37. Qh5+ Kg7 38. Qe5+ Kf7 39. Qh5+ {Smirin,I
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g4 Nxh4 17. Nxh4 Qxh4 18. Nf6+ Bxf6 19. Bg3 Qxg3 20. fxg3 Nxe5 21. b4 cxb4 22.
Rab1 b3 23. axb3 a3 24. b4 Ra4 25. Qc2 Ra8 26. Qd1 a2 27. Ra1 Ra3 28. Rxe5 Bxe5
29. Qd2 Bxg3 30. Rxa2 Bf4 31. Qe2 Rb3 32. Rb2 Rc3 33. Rb1 Be3+ 34. Kh2 f5 35.
Ra1 Kg7 36. gxf5 exf5 37. Ra4 Re8 38. Qf3 Rxd3 39. Ra8 Bg1+ 40. Kxg1 Rxf3 41.
Bxf3 d3 42. Bxb7 {Kizatbay,A (1877)-Bjornsen,S (2019) Fagernes 2015 0-1}) 13.
Nbd2 $16 Qc7 14. Ne4 b6 15. Nf6+ (15. Qd2) 15… Kh8 16. Qd2 g5 $2 (16… Ng8)
17. hxg5 hxg5 18. Nxg5 $18 Nxe5 19. Qe2 Nf5 20. Bxe5 Qd8 21. Qh5+ Nh6 22. Ng4
f6 23. Nxh6 (23. Qg6 {is mate in one.} fxg5 24. Qxg7#) 23… fxg5 24. Nf7+ Kg8
25. Nxd8 Bxe5 26. Nc6 1-0
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