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[wegan]

I remember Jessica as a charming and talented young ACT chess player. When she told me she was moving with her family to Queensland I considered it a loss to ACT chess and I followed her later career with interest, and sadness when I heard of her death.
I have for some (many!) years been working on a history of the Doeberl Cup chess tournament, which I now expect to launch at the 50th Cup in Easter 2012.
Working currently on 1995 I find that Jessica finished off one of her games with a nice combination. As my intention is that the book will cover the many ordinary players (like myself) who have participated over the years, as well as the big name stars, I plan to include Jessica's game. II think she deserves a niche in ACT and Australian chess history.
Best wishes
Bill Egan ( wegan@pcug.org.au )

[Jason]

Thank you Bill,

I'd be interested if you could send me a copy of the game.

Thanks,
Jason.

[wegan]

Hi Jason

Below is the pgn text of the game. If you have problems capturing it let me know and we will do something else to get you a copy.

As you will see, it involves a (sort of) Greek Gift sacrifice on move 16 that needed some careful follow up to clinch the game. Definitely publishable.

If you need further comment from me let me know (I'm not sure what your chess level is)
Cheers
Bill


[Event "Doeberl Cup"]
[Site "Canberra"]
[Date "1995.04.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Disteldorf, J."]
[Black "Creedon, D."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.04"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nxe5 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. dxc3 Nxe4 7. Bd3 Nf6
8. O-O d6 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. h3 h6 11. Be3 Be6 12. Re1 Qd7 13. Qd2 Ne5 14. Nxe5
dxe5 15. Rad1 e4 16. Bxh6 gxh6 17. Qxh6 Qe7 18. Bxe4 Rad8 19. Bd3 Rd5 20. Bh7+
Nxh7 21. Rxd5 Kh8 22. Rh5 f6 23. Rxe6 Qg7 24. Qxg7+ Kxg7 25. Re7+ 1-0

[Howard]

Nice one, Bill