Last week in my column I gave you a game of one of the new chess players who has come to the Chess Club.

This week I am going to do the very same, only there are two new players who were paired with each other.

When a chess player starts to play in a tournament he has a start rating of 1500. Some Internet chess sites start off at 1400 but that number is for beginners. A club player gets a higher start rating.

This week it's all about Pete Saunders (pictured) who started his journey into the chess world while in high school. So, about nine years ago Pete was taught how to play. However, he didn't get to play much due to preparing for exams. He then went on to the Northern Caribbean University in Jamaica. There he couldn't find people who played the game seriously. Most players played "for the fun of it".

He always preferred playing a much stronger opponent as it helped develop him into a better player. The first tournament he played in was the Bermuda Championship. Only hours before that tournament started I showed him how to record a game. This is a rule for all tournament games, unless it's speed-chess.

Pete says an important lesson he learned early on is to never underestimate your opponents, or judge their moves too early. But only move after you have carefully analysed their moves or intended moves. And never let your guard down to try to claim victory too soon or your game could be lost. Pete is strong in advocating and supporting the introduction of chess into our schools programme, which we hope to start soon.

Keith Smith, an officer with the Department of Youth, Sport & Recreation, is the person who is going to introduce the after-school chess programme in one of our public schools.

And Pete is one of the chess players who has a very kindly offered his time to teach there; he is going to highlight and develop planning skills, time management skills, self-discipline and the maths skills that come into a chess game.

In this week's game it is Ricardo Davis playing White and Pete Saunders playing black.

In diagram 1, Saunders gains in "piece value" by exchanging the knight for a rook. In diagram 2, it was white to move and Davis captured the rook on d1; however, Saunders went for a higher gain and captured the queen. In diagram 3, because Saunders was pawn grabbing in move 36, Qxf4, he loses his queen to a knight fork.

Now he has six pawns against three. In diagram 4, after Davis' C pawn is captured there is no way to stop Saunders from getting a queen or two so Davis resigned.

Well done Pete, and thanks in advance for your offer of support for the after-school programme.

White: Ricardo Davis

Black: Pete Saunders:

2007 Championship

1. d4 d5 2. e3 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nf3 g6 5. c5 Bg7 6. Nc3 0-0 7. b4 Bg4 8. Be2 Na6 9. a3 Nc7 10. Ne5 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Nd7 12. Bb2 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Ne6 14. 0-0 Bxe5 15. Na4 Bxb2 16. Qxb2 d4 17. exd4 Qd5 18. Rad1 Nf4 19. f3 Qg5 20. Rf2 Nh3+ 21. Kh1 Nxf2+ 22. Qxf2 Rfd8 23. Nc3 Rd7 24. Ne4 Qf5 25. Ng3 Qf6 26. Ne4 Qg7 27. f4 Rad8 28. Ng5 Rxd4 29. Rg1 Rd1 30. h3 Qd4 31. Rxd1 Qxf2 32. Rxd8+ Kg7 33. Nf3 Qa2 34. Rd7 Qxa3 35. Rxe7 Qxb4 36. Ng5 Qxf4 37. Ne6+ Kf6 38. Nxf4 Kxe7 39. Kg1 a5 40. Nd3 a4 41. Nb4 Ke6 42. Kf2 Ke5 43. Nc2 Kd5 44. Ke2 Kc4 45. Kd2 Kb3 46. g4 a3 47. Nxa3 Kxa3 48. Ke3 Kb4 49. Kf4 Kxc5