BCN Remembers Michael John Haygarth (11-x-1934 27-iv-2016)

Here is an article from Yorkshire Chess History

Here is an obituary written by Steve Mann which was published on the ECF web site.

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[Event “British CF-46 Championship”]
[Site “York/ North Yorkshire”]
[Date “1959.08.13”]
[Round “4”]
[White “Milner Barry, Philip Stuart”]
[Black “Haygarth, Michael John”]
[Result “0-1”]
[ECO “C34”]
[Annotator “PS Milner-Barry”]
[PlyCount “51”]
[EventDate “1959.08.10”]
[EventType “swiss”]
[EventRounds “11”]
[EventCountry “GBR”]
[SourceTitle “BCM, LXXIX, #12, p.377”]
[Source “ChessBase”]
[SourceDate “1999.07.01”]
[SourceVersion “1”]
[SourceVersionDate “1999.07.01”]
[SourceQuality “1”]

{[%evp 0,42,19,28,31,6,-20,-21,36,-3,-20,-23,-31,-15,16,-37,8,18,43,27,13,4,58,
5,5,7,6,28,32,6,17,-3,17,-180,-177,-176,-78,-490,-494,-500,-503,-500,-511,-511,
-507]} 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 ({I never do any good with} 4. e5
Nh5) 4… d5 5. Nxd5 (5. exd5 {would be a straight transposition into the 3…
d5 defence. The text move allows interesting alternatives.}) 5… Nxd5 (5…
Nxe4 6. Nxf4 {is another possibility, which I rather fancied for white.}) 6.
exd5 Be7 7. Be2 Bh4+ {Although it achieves a dramatic success, I don’t believe
this is right.} (7… Qxd5 {is certainly safer}) 8. Kf1 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 {The
weakness of the bishop at Rook 5 is that its gets in the way of …g5} 10. Bxf4
Bf5 {[#]} 11. Bd3 $2 ({As so often happens in the cut-and-thrust game, the
loss of one tempo can be fatal. After} 11. Qd2 {Black need not play} Qxd5 {
but White then remains a pawn ahead, with no obvious anxieties.} 12. Bxc7 Nc6
13. Kf2 {White just has time to unite his Rook, and remains with his passed
Queen’s pawn.}) 11… Qxd5 12. Bxc7 Nc6 13. c3 Rfe8 14. Kf2 Re7 15. Bg3 (15.
Bf4 g5 {merely makes a bad matter worse.}) 15… Rae8 16. Re1 {It is now or
never.} ({The trouble about} 16. Bxf5 Qxf5 17. Qd2 {is that after} Re2+ 18. Qxe2
Rxe2+ 19. Kxe2 Qb5+ {followed by …Qxb2+ the Rooks are no real match for the
Queen. Though no double White could make a fight.}) 16… Rxe1 17. Nxe1 {[#]}
Nxd4 $1 18. cxd4 Qxd4+ 19. Kf1 Rxe1+ 20. Kxe1 Bxd3 {White is reduced to
comical helplessness. He is threatened with Qe3+} {So he tries} 21. Bf4 ({If}
21. Qd2 Qg1#) ({If} 21. Bf2 Qe4+ 22. Kd2 Bg5+ 23. Kc3 Qc4#) ({If} 21. Qf3 Qxb2
22. Qxd3 Qxa1+ {and then …Qxa2+}) 21… Qe4+ $1 {Resigns} {Immediately
decisive for if now} 22. Kd2 {comes} Qxf4+ 23. Kxd3 Qd4+ 24. Ke2 Qxb2+ 25. Kf3
Qxa1 {and there is no mate with} 26. Qd8+ {A fine combination by Black. What
with this, and the equally fine positional play whereby Mr. Littlewood reduced
me to similar straits. I felt that I had met more than my fair share of young
tartars in this championship.} 0-1

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BCN Remembers Michael John Haygarth (11-x-1934 27-iv-2016)

Here is an article from Yorkshire Chess History

Here is an obituary written by Steve Mann which was published on the ECF web site.

[pgn]
[Event “British CF-46 Championship”]
[Site “York/ North Yorkshire”]
[Date “1959.08.13”]
[Round “4”]
[White “Milner Barry, Philip Stuart”]
[Black “Haygarth, Michael John”]
[Result “0-1”]
[ECO “C34”]
[Annotator “PS Milner-Barry”]
[PlyCount “51”]
[EventDate “1959.08.10”]
[EventType “swiss”]
[EventRounds “11”]
[EventCountry “GBR”]
[SourceTitle “BCM, LXXIX, #12, p.377”]
[Source “ChessBase”]
[SourceDate “1999.07.01”]
[SourceVersion “1”]
[SourceVersionDate “1999.07.01”]
[SourceQuality “1”]

{[%evp 0,42,19,28,31,6,-20,-21,36,-3,-20,-23,-31,-15,16,-37,8,18,43,27,13,4,58,
5,5,7,6,28,32,6,17,-3,17,-180,-177,-176,-78,-490,-494,-500,-503,-500,-511,-511,
-507]} 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 ({I never do any good with} 4. e5
Nh5) 4… d5 5. Nxd5 (5. exd5 {would be a straight transposition into the 3…
d5 defence. The text move allows interesting alternatives.}) 5… Nxd5 (5…
Nxe4 6. Nxf4 {is another possibility, which I rather fancied for white.}) 6.
exd5 Be7 7. Be2 Bh4+ {Although it achieves a dramatic success, I don’t believe
this is right.} (7… Qxd5 {is certainly safer}) 8. Kf1 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 {The
weakness of the bishop at Rook 5 is that its gets in the way of …g5} 10. Bxf4
Bf5 {[#]} 11. Bd3 $2 ({As so often happens in the cut-and-thrust game, the
loss of one tempo can be fatal. After} 11. Qd2 {Black need not play} Qxd5 {
but White then remains a pawn ahead, with no obvious anxieties.} 12. Bxc7 Nc6
13. Kf2 {White just has time to unite his Rook, and remains with his passed
Queen’s pawn.}) 11… Qxd5 12. Bxc7 Nc6 13. c3 Rfe8 14. Kf2 Re7 15. Bg3 (15.
Bf4 g5 {merely makes a bad matter worse.}) 15… Rae8 16. Re1 {It is now or
never.} ({The trouble about} 16. Bxf5 Qxf5 17. Qd2 {is that after} Re2+ 18. Qxe2
Rxe2+ 19. Kxe2 Qb5+ {followed by …Qxb2+ the Rooks are no real match for the
Queen. Though no double White could make a fight.}) 16… Rxe1 17. Nxe1 {[#]}
Nxd4 $1 18. cxd4 Qxd4+ 19. Kf1 Rxe1+ 20. Kxe1 Bxd3 {White is reduced to
comical helplessness. He is threatened with Qe3+} {So he tries} 21. Bf4 ({If}
21. Qd2 Qg1#) ({If} 21. Bf2 Qe4+ 22. Kd2 Bg5+ 23. Kc3 Qc4#) ({If} 21. Qf3 Qxb2
22. Qxd3 Qxa1+ {and then …Qxa2+}) 21… Qe4+ $1 {Resigns} {Immediately
decisive for if now} 22. Kd2 {comes} Qxf4+ 23. Kxd3 Qd4+ 24. Ke2 Qxb2+ 25. Kf3
Qxa1 {and there is no mate with} 26. Qd8+ {A fine combination by Black. What
with this, and the equally fine positional play whereby Mr. Littlewood reduced
me to similar straits. I felt that I had met more than my fair share of young
tartars in this championship.} 0-1

[/pgn]

BCN Remembers Michael John Haygarth (11-x-1934 27-iv-2016)

Here is an article from Yorkshire Chess History

Here is an obituary written by Steve Mann which was published on the ECF web site.

[pgn]
[Event “British CF-46 Championship”]
[Site “York/ North Yorkshire”]
[Date “1959.08.13”]
[Round “4”]
[White “Milner Barry, Philip Stuart”]
[Black “Haygarth, Michael John”]
[Result “0-1”]
[ECO “C34”]
[Annotator “PS Milner-Barry”]
[PlyCount “51”]
[EventDate “1959.08.10”]
[EventType “swiss”]
[EventRounds “11”]
[EventCountry “GBR”]
[SourceTitle “BCM, LXXIX, #12, p.377”]
[Source “ChessBase”]
[SourceDate “1999.07.01”]
[SourceVersion “1”]
[SourceVersionDate “1999.07.01”]
[SourceQuality “1”]

{[%evp 0,42,19,28,31,6,-20,-21,36,-3,-20,-23,-31,-15,16,-37,8,18,43,27,13,4,58,
5,5,7,6,28,32,6,17,-3,17,-180,-177,-176,-78,-490,-494,-500,-503,-500,-511,-511,
-507]} 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 ({I never do any good with} 4. e5
Nh5) 4… d5 5. Nxd5 (5. exd5 {would be a straight transposition into the 3…
d5 defence. The text move allows interesting alternatives.}) 5… Nxd5 (5…
Nxe4 6. Nxf4 {is another possibility, which I rather fancied for white.}) 6.
exd5 Be7 7. Be2 Bh4+ {Although it achieves a dramatic success, I don’t believe
this is right.} (7… Qxd5 {is certainly safer}) 8. Kf1 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 {The
weakness of the bishop at Rook 5 is that its gets in the way of …g5} 10. Bxf4
Bf5 {[#]} 11. Bd3 $2 ({As so often happens in the cut-and-thrust game, the
loss of one tempo can be fatal. After} 11. Qd2 {Black need not play} Qxd5 {
but White then remains a pawn ahead, with no obvious anxieties.} 12. Bxc7 Nc6
13. Kf2 {White just has time to unite his Rook, and remains with his passed
Queen’s pawn.}) 11… Qxd5 12. Bxc7 Nc6 13. c3 Rfe8 14. Kf2 Re7 15. Bg3 (15.
Bf4 g5 {merely makes a bad matter worse.}) 15… Rae8 16. Re1 {It is now or
never.} ({The trouble about} 16. Bxf5 Qxf5 17. Qd2 {is that after} Re2+ 18. Qxe2
Rxe2+ 19. Kxe2 Qb5+ {followed by …Qxb2+ the Rooks are no real match for the
Queen. Though no double White could make a fight.}) 16… Rxe1 17. Nxe1 {[#]}
Nxd4 $1 18. cxd4 Qxd4+ 19. Kf1 Rxe1+ 20. Kxe1 Bxd3 {White is reduced to
comical helplessness. He is threatened with Qe3+} {So he tries} 21. Bf4 ({If}
21. Qd2 Qg1#) ({If} 21. Bf2 Qe4+ 22. Kd2 Bg5+ 23. Kc3 Qc4#) ({If} 21. Qf3 Qxb2
22. Qxd3 Qxa1+ {and then …Qxa2+}) 21… Qe4+ $1 {Resigns} {Immediately
decisive for if now} 22. Kd2 {comes} Qxf4+ 23. Kxd3 Qd4+ 24. Ke2 Qxb2+ 25. Kf3
Qxa1 {and there is no mate with} 26. Qd8+ {A fine combination by Black. What
with this, and the equally fine positional play whereby Mr. Littlewood reduced
me to similar straits. I felt that I had met more than my fair share of young
tartars in this championship.} 0-1

[/pgn]

BCN Remembers Michael John Haygarth (11-x-1934 27-iv-2016)

Here is an article from Yorkshire Chess History

Here is an obituary written by Steve Mann which was published on the ECF web site.

[pgn]
[Event “British CF-46 Championship”]
[Site “York/ North Yorkshire”]
[Date “1959.08.13”]
[Round “4”]
[White “Milner Barry, Philip Stuart”]
[Black “Haygarth, Michael John”]
[Result “0-1”]
[ECO “C34”]
[Annotator “PS Milner-Barry”]
[PlyCount “51”]
[EventDate “1959.08.10”]
[EventType “swiss”]
[EventRounds “11”]
[EventCountry “GBR”]
[SourceTitle “BCM, LXXIX, #12, p.377”]
[Source “ChessBase”]
[SourceDate “1999.07.01”]
[SourceVersion “1”]
[SourceVersionDate “1999.07.01”]
[SourceQuality “1”]

{[%evp 0,42,19,28,31,6,-20,-21,36,-3,-20,-23,-31,-15,16,-37,8,18,43,27,13,4,58,
5,5,7,6,28,32,6,17,-3,17,-180,-177,-176,-78,-490,-494,-500,-503,-500,-511,-511,
-507]} 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 ({I never do any good with} 4. e5
Nh5) 4… d5 5. Nxd5 (5. exd5 {would be a straight transposition into the 3…
d5 defence. The text move allows interesting alternatives.}) 5… Nxd5 (5…
Nxe4 6. Nxf4 {is another possibility, which I rather fancied for white.}) 6.
exd5 Be7 7. Be2 Bh4+ {Although it achieves a dramatic success, I don’t believe
this is right.} (7… Qxd5 {is certainly safer}) 8. Kf1 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 {The
weakness of the bishop at Rook 5 is that its gets in the way of …g5} 10. Bxf4
Bf5 {[#]} 11. Bd3 $2 ({As so often happens in the cut-and-thrust game, the
loss of one tempo can be fatal. After} 11. Qd2 {Black need not play} Qxd5 {
but White then remains a pawn ahead, with no obvious anxieties.} 12. Bxc7 Nc6
13. Kf2 {White just has time to unite his Rook, and remains with his passed
Queen’s pawn.}) 11… Qxd5 12. Bxc7 Nc6 13. c3 Rfe8 14. Kf2 Re7 15. Bg3 (15.
Bf4 g5 {merely makes a bad matter worse.}) 15… Rae8 16. Re1 {It is now or
never.} ({The trouble about} 16. Bxf5 Qxf5 17. Qd2 {is that after} Re2+ 18. Qxe2
Rxe2+ 19. Kxe2 Qb5+ {followed by …Qxb2+ the Rooks are no real match for the
Queen. Though no double White could make a fight.}) 16… Rxe1 17. Nxe1 {[#]}
Nxd4 $1 18. cxd4 Qxd4+ 19. Kf1 Rxe1+ 20. Kxe1 Bxd3 {White is reduced to
comical helplessness. He is threatened with Qe3+} {So he tries} 21. Bf4 ({If}
21. Qd2 Qg1#) ({If} 21. Bf2 Qe4+ 22. Kd2 Bg5+ 23. Kc3 Qc4#) ({If} 21. Qf3 Qxb2
22. Qxd3 Qxa1+ {and then …Qxa2+}) 21… Qe4+ $1 {Resigns} {Immediately
decisive for if now} 22. Kd2 {comes} Qxf4+ 23. Kxd3 Qd4+ 24. Ke2 Qxb2+ 25. Kf3
Qxa1 {and there is no mate with} 26. Qd8+ {A fine combination by Black. What
with this, and the equally fine positional play whereby Mr. Littlewood reduced
me to similar straits. I felt that I had met more than my fair share of young
tartars in this championship.} 0-1

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