Chess

We end our coverage of the recent Smith & Williamson British Championship in Hove with two games won by single-minded attacking play.

The first game is remarkable for two reasons. White's 12.Bg5 is a most unusual idea, abandoning the centre to get on with the attack, but even more remarkable is 28.Ne2. When did you last see a game won by direct K-side attack with the winner's king's knight still undeveloped after 27 moves?

White: Adam Hunt

Black: Malcolm Pein

Pirc Defence

1 e4 d6 17 cxd4 Qxa2

2 d4 g6 18 Qb4 Bh8

3 Nc3 Bg7 19 h5 a5

4 Be3 Nf6 20 Qxd6 Ra6

5 Qd2 0-0 21 Qc7 Qa3+

6 f3 c6 22 Kd2 Nh7

7 h4 h5 23 hxg6 Nxg5

8 0-0-0 b5 24 g7 Re8

9 Bd3 Nbd7 25 Nh5 Rxh6

10 g4 e5 26 gxh8Q+ Kxh8

11 Nce2 exd4 27 Qf4 Qe7

12 Bg5 Qb6 28 Ne2 Nf8

13 Nf4 c5 29 Nf6 Kg7

14 gxh5 c4 30 Rxh6 Kxh6

15 h6 c3 31 Ng8+ resigns

16 bxc3 Qa5

The next game is a more conventional attack against the Najdorf Sicilian. In the currently fashionable 6.Bc4 line, White dispenses with the idea of storming Black's king with a rush of pawns, but marches his pieces directly into battle. 20.e5 is a particularly no-nonsense sort of move, to shift the rook from d4 to g4 or h4.

After 23.Rxg7+! Black must have decided that 23...Nxg7 24.Qxh6+ Kg8 25.Qh8+ Kf7 26.Rf3+ (when Nf5 is met by Rxf5+) would lead to a win for White, so he settled for a quicker way to lose.

White: Adam Hunt

Black: Richard Palliser

Sicilian Defence

1 e4 c5 14 Rad1 Kh8

2 Nf3 d6 15 Bg5 Bxg5

3 d4 Nf6 16 Qxg5 Nc6

4 Nc3 cxd4 17 Re3 h6

5 Nxd4 a6 18 Rh3 Nxd4

6 Bc4 e6 19 Rxd4 Kh7

7 Bb3 b5 20 e5 f6

8 0-0 Be7 21 Qh5 fxe5

9 Qf3 Qb6 22 Rg4 Qa7

10 Be3 Qb7 23 Rxg7+ Kxg7

11 Qg3 0-0 24 Qxh6+ Kf7

12 Bh6 Ne8 25 Rf3+ resigns

13 Rfe1 Bd7

The winner of both those games is the brother of Harriet Hunt, who last month won the World Girls' Under-20 Championship in Poland. Clearly a talented family.