Geoffrey James recently came second in the British Seniors at Aberystwyth with 5.5 points out of 7. This was his highest score in the competition, though in 2009 he came first equal in the event with 5 points. Geoffrey is the club's longest serving member having first enlisted in about 1960. He is at present the club treasurer, but has also carried out the duties of secretary and match captain in the past. He has won the county championship seven times and the club championship a record seventeen times. He has also made over 400 appearances for Sussex, second only to John Cannon of Horsham in county history.
Geoffrey has kindly supplied notes to his win in round 6 of the British Seniors:
[Event "British Seniors at Aberystwyth"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "31.7.2014"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Geoffrey H James"]
[Black "Tom Bimpson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteELO "?"]
[BlackELO "?"]
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Be3 Qb6 5. Rb1 Ng4 6. Bg5 e5 7. Nf3 h6 8. Bh4
Nd7 9. Be2 Qc7 10. h3 Ngf6 11. O-O Be7 12. a4 O-O 13. Qd2{13 b4 with a Q-side push might be stronger as in James v Har-Even Greece 2011} a6 14. Ra1 b6 15.
Bg3 Kh7 16. Nh4 g6 17. Kh1 Bb7 18. f4 b5 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. Qf4
Nfd7 22. Bg4 Bg5{Stronger is 22...f5 23 exf5 g5 24 Qe4 c5 25 Nd5 Bxd5 26 Qxd5 gxh4 27 f6 Bxf6 with equality} 23. Qf2{If 23 Qxf7+ Rxf7 24 Rxf7+ Nxf7 25 Bxc7 Nf6 26 Nf3 Ng4 27 hxg4 and Black is O.K.} Nxg4 24. hxg4 Qb6 25. Nf3 Qxf2 26. Nxg5+ hxg5 27.
Rxf2 f6 28. Rd1 Rf7{28...Bc8 is forced.} 29. e5{The winning move} Nf8 30. Ne4 Ne6 31. Rd6 1-0
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