HOME for the summer holidays from his collegein England is this week’s star, William Faulks (pictured), and in time to enter the Bermuda Championship Tournament. In case the name Faulks sounds familiar, well you’re right. William is the son of Nick Faulks, who wrote this chess column for many years.

Nick won the Bermuda Championship a few years in a row. Could this be William’s turn? Is there a like father, like son here? He is really good. I can recall William playing in the Bermuda International Open a few years ago at what was the the Southampton Princess.

I don’t remember how he made out as far as winning games that year. He must have been only five or six years old but even then I thought he was good.

In 1998 he won the Bermuda Junior Chess Championship and has been unbeaten in Bermuda junior chess competition since then. He also performed in the British Championship and World Championships for the Under 8 and the Under 10 level and made his mark.

This May in England he played in a local junior competition and surprised everyone by becoming the Hampshire Under 16 champion. I said he surprised everyone — but not his mother Jill or his sister Rebecca who used to play chess with him. But chess is not his only love, and he has not neglected his baseball, football and especially golf and will be captain of the school team next year.

Fast learner William, who graduated from Warwick Academy last year, is attending Winchester College. Now the 15 year old is here to teach us what he knows from playing in England. Here is his game. It’s Neville Darrell playing White and William Faulks playing Black.

In diagram 1 move 16, Faulks is attacking Darrell’s queen and opening up the centre but it’s White to move. In diagram 2, Faulks now goes after Darrell’s pawns on c2 and c3. In diagram 3 Darrell’s king is too far away to try to stop Faulks’ c3 pawn promotion.

In diagram 4, Darrell’s king has come nearer to the c pawn, but with four pawns up and a queen in the making, Darrell resigned.

Neville Darrell: White

William Faulks: Black

Bermuda Chess Championshi>

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bb5 e6 6. a3 a6 7. Be2 Bd6 8. Nh4 Bxe2 9. Qxe2 0-0 10. Bd2 Re8 11. Nf3 e5 12. 0-0 exd4 13. Nd1 dxe3 14. fxe3 d4 15. Qc4 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. exd4 Qxd4+ 18. Qxd4 Bxd4+ 19. Kh1 Re2 20. Bc3 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Rae8 22. Nf2 Rxc2 23. h3 Rxc3 24. a4 h6 25. Rfd1 Rc5 26. Rd4 Rd5 27. Rc4 c6 28. a5 Rb5 29. Kh2 Ree5 30. Nd3 Rxa5 31. Rb1 Reb5 32. Re1 Rd5 33. Nf2 c5 34. Rec1 b6 35. Ne4 Nxe4 36. Rxe4 Kf8 37. Rce1 Rd8 38. Re5 c4 39. R5e5 f6 40. Rc3 Rc5 41. Re6 Rd3 42. Re3 Rxe3 43. Rxe3 c3 44. Re1 c2 45. Rc1 b5 46. Kg1 b4 47. Kf1 b3 48. Ke1 b2

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