BCN remembers FM Neil Leslie Carr (10-iii-1968 25-v-2015)
This was written about Neil aged 10 prior to the Spassky vs the BCF Junior Squad simultaneous display in 1979 :
“Manor Junior and Barking. Rating 152. World’s best 10 year old. Standard under-10 champion, 1977 and 1978. British under-11 champion, 1978. Defeated Russian grandmaster Kotov in clock match, 1978.”
26th August 1976. (Photo by Daily Mirror/Mirrorpix/Mirrorpix via Getty Images)
Neil played for East Ham, Ilford and then London Central YMCA (CentYMCA) chess clubs.
He became a FIDE Master in 1985.
Here is his obituary from Stewart Reuben
Here is an article from Kingpin Magazine by Jon Manley
Here is an article from EssexChess
The Neil Carr Scholarship Prize
Here is a game courtesy of Kingpin (Jon Manley) & the Ilford Recorder
[pgn]
[Event “Simultaneous Display, 20 boards”]
[Site “Westergate ENG”]
[Date “1984.05.22”]
[Round “?”]
[White “Karpov, Anatoly Yevgenyevich”]
[Black “Carr, Neil Leslie”]
[Result “0-1”]
[ECO “B08”]
[Annotator “Neil Leslie Carr”]
[PlyCount “80”]
[EventDate “1984.05.22”]
[SourceTitle “Ilford Recorder”]
{[%evp 0,76,19,29,72,72,70,69,100,89,74,73,65,64,61,61,52,47,59,52,44,43,133,
74,117,87,152,151,136,101,88,79,96,114,112,117,147,132,143,148,243,185,228,217,
251,140,149,-94,0,0,0,0,0,-82,-59,-98,-116,-109,-116,-118,-60,-149,-148,-169,
-140,-150,-115,-273,-332,-332,-208,-649,-708,-772,-878,-1036,-994,-29995,
-29996]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Be3
Nc6 8. Qd2 e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. Rad1 b5 $5 {[#] As played by Azmaiparashvili
against Karpov, a game Karpov lost.} 11. a3 a5 (11… Bd7 {has been
recommended here.}) 12. Bxb5 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Nh5 14. Rfe1 f5 15. Qe2 f4 16. Bd2
g5 17. Qf1 Rf6 18. Qh3 Rh6 {[#]} 19. Qd7 $2 (19. Bd7 {I think 19 Bd7 is better
as it holds back Black’s dangerous pawn.}) 19… Qf8 20. Qxc7 Rc8 21. Qxa5
Nf6 {[#]} 22. Kf1 $2 {And now White is lost.} (22. Bf1 {followed by h3 is a
better defence although I am sure the well-placed Black pieces mean that Black
has more than enough compensation for the pawns.}) 22… g4 23. Ke2 (23. fxg4
f3 $1 24. Bxh6 Nxg4 {and White is going to get mated.}) 23… gxf3+ 24. Kd3
Rxh2 {[#]} 25. Qb6 (25. Rf1 Rxc3+ 26. Bxc3 Nxe4 27. Kxe4 Rh3 {[#] and again
White is mated.}) 25… Ng4 26. Rf1 Rb8 {[#]} 27. Qxd6 (27. Qa7 Ra8 28. Qb6 Nc8
29. Qb7 Ra7 {and Black wins}) 27… Nxf2+ 28. Rxf2 Rxf2 29. a4 Rg2 30. Kc4 Rg6
31. Qd7 {[#]} Nc8 32. Kb3 Nd6 33. Rh1 f2 34. Rf1 Rb7 {[#]} 35. Qh3 (35. Qc6
Nxe4 {and wins}) 35… Nxb5 36. axb5 Rxb5+ 37. Ka2 (37. Nxb5 Rg3+) 37… Ra6+
38. Kb1 Rxb2+ {it is mate after} 39. Kxb2 Qa3+ 40. Kb1 Qa1# 0-1
[/pgn]
[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aP4HrAG_N-0[/embedyt]
Here is a tribute from long time friend and London Central YMCA fellow club member, IM Andrew Martin :
[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxyljbcDn8s[/embedyt]
