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Arthur Cootes 90th Birthday Presentation

First published in the 1996-1997 UCU Yearbook

Octogenarian Sam Lynn presents Arthur Cootes with a silver salver to mark his 90th birthday at the QUB Open Chess Tournament. The following game was played on his birthday.

A. Cootes - S. McCann QUB Open, 1997

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 d5 4.Nbd2 Be7 5.e3 c5 6.c3 0-0 7.Bd3 c4 8.Bc2 b5 9.Ne5 Bb7 10.f4 Nbd7 11.Qf3 h6 12.Nxd7 Nxd7 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.0-0 f5 15.Qh3 Rf6 16.Nf3 Rg6 17.Kh1 Rf8 18.Ne5 Nxe5 19.fxe5 Bc8 20.Rf4 b4 21.Bd1 bxc3 22.bxc3 Qa3 23.Bh5 Qxc3 24.Rff1 Rg5 25.Qf3 g6 26.g4 gxh5 27.gxh5 Qd3 0-1

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