The Bermuda Chess Championship tournament reached the sixth round this week with one more round to go before we can declare a winner.

Going into round six this week were Kumi Bradshaw on 4 points playing against Nick Faulks, who was also on 4 points.

Gary Cooper, another player on 4 points, was playing Frank Ming on 3½ points, while Moses Mufandaedza on 3½ points was playing Kennedy Simmons on 3 points.

Nyasha Dhitima on 3 points faced James Dill on 3 points, Larry Ebbin on 3 points play against Amenemhet TaMerry on 3 points while Greg Ashby on 2½ points took on Louis Gal, also on 2½ ponts.

Also in action on 2 points apiece were Limbika Mtalimanja against Neal Trott.

Our only woman player Shiela Cancino on 1½ pts faced Bobby Miller on 2 points. Ricardo Davis on 1½ points was up against Kondwani Moyo on 1 point.

It is the second time that I have been paired with TaMerry (pictured) in a tournament. Although he joined the Chess Club this year, he was first introduced to chess at the age of 11. He was in his senior year at Saltus Grammar School when his Latin teacher volunteered to teach him the fundamentals of chess after school.

Then years and months passed until he met James Dill, who, after finding out that TaMerry liked chess so much, decided to have a few games with him.

However, TaMerry tried to explain to Dill that he had not played since the 1960s. Without taking no for an answer Dill refused to let him get away and started to coach TaMerry in chess.

This continuous playing in turn encouraged TaMerry to join the Chess Club in January for his first tournament. It is in this same tournament, the Bermuda Championship, that TaMerry was playing White and was paired with Greg Ashby playing Black in round 4.

In diagram 1, TaMerry could have captured the pawn f4; this would only have led to the king going to the back rank and trying to escape. After cutting off Ashby's King from escaping, as you can see in diagram 2, TaMerry now can capture that f pawn with a check; and as you can see in diagram 3, he gained a free bishop along with another check.

All these moves were forced on Ashby's king as he tried to escape this continuous attack. In diagram 4 it is all over for Ashby as he gets checkmated.

White: Amenemhet TaMerry

Black: Greg Ashby

The Bermuda Championship 2008

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. Bg5 e6 5. e4 Be7 6. Bxc4 0-0 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. Qc2 h6 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. 0-0-0 c6 11. h3 Qc7 12. e5 Nh5 13. g4 Nf4 14. Rdg1 Qa5 15. Qe4 g5 16. h4 f6 17. hxg5 fxg5 18. Rxh6 Rf7 19. Ne2 Rg7 20. Nxf4 gxf4 21. Rgh1 Kf7 22. Rh8 Bf8 23. Qxf4+ Ke7 24. Qxf8+ Kd7 25. Qxg7#

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