In 1950, to celebrate the Jubilee of both the Warwickshire Chess Association and the Erdington C.C., it was decided to hold an international tournament for boys under the age of twenty. It was an experiment...never before had a Junior International been held.
In the last round Haggqvist defeated Marshall to become the winner. I was unable to discover any information about Bjorn Haggqvist except that he was born on March 5, 1930. Chessgames.com only has 14 of his games, played between 1950 and 1957.
Chess.com has an excellent article on Barker HERE. In this event, Barker irked the organizers when he made no secret of the fact that he regarded the tournament as only a warming-up" contest for the British Boys’ Championship which immediately followed at Hastings. No doubt their annoyance was furthered when he clinched the championship on his 16th birthday and finished with a score of 7.5-1.5.
Jozef Boey–Malcolm Barker1–0C18Birmingham U20 International05.04.1950Stockfiah 17.1
C18: French Defense, Winawer Variation 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.c3 b4 Named
after Szymon Winawer, this move was pioneered by Nimzvich andm especially,
Botvinnik in the 1940s. The pin on the N forces white to resolve the central
tension. White normally clarifies the situation with 4.e5, gaining space and
hoping to show that black's B is misplaced. 4.e5 c5 5.a3 cxd4 An unusual
sideline that is not particularly effective. Usual is 5...Bxc3. While White
has doubled Ps, which form the basis for black's counterplay, can also help
white since they strengthen the center and give him a semi-open b-file. White
also has a spatial advantage on the K-side. The long-term features of the
P-structure favors black. 6.axb4 dxc3 7.bxc3 c7 Attacking twi Ps...how
does white reply? 8.d4 This defends both Ps, but he could also have
sacrificed one of them. 8.f3 This move is frequently seen; black's best
replies are 8...Ne7 or 8...Nc6 xc3+ is not as good as it looks. After 9.d2 c7 10.d3 White has suffucuent compensation for the P. 8.f4
is also good, and, again, xc3+ should be avoided. 9.d2 c7 10.d3
with compensation. 8...c6 9.b5 ge7 10.f4 d7 Black is slightly better.
11.xc6 xc6 White has lost time with his Q and his two Bs (part of his
advantage) have disappeared. Both sides have bad Bs. 12.d3 0-0 13.f3 fc8 14.0-0 14.g5 was a promising alternative. g6 15.h3 h5 16.0-0 e7
Repositioning the N for defensive purposes. 17.d2 f5 18.g4 with some
attacking chances, but black appears to have adequate defensive chances.In
Shootouts white scored +2 -0 =3 14...a6 Better was 14...h6 to prevent 15.
Ng5 15.f2 15.g5 g6 16.h3 h5 17.g4 is even stronger than previously
indicated because of the abscence of black's N from the K-side defense. 15...a7 This is a major error...the N was needed on the K-side sdo 15...Ne7 was
correct/ Perhaps black had attacking the c-Pawn on his mind. 16.b2
Defending the P was not necessary. Again, 16.Ng5 was very strong. However,
this bad B has a bright future in that it will eventually get outside the
P-chain and find itself playing a key role in the win! b5 17.e3 c6
This position is deceptively complicated! 18.d4 With the Q having been
forced off the b1-h7 diagonal playing the N to g5 has lost all of its effect. 18.g5 h6 The N has to go back and black can start play on the Q-side with
the advance of his a-Pawn. 18...c4 19.e1 a5 20.f5 xd4 After this
white gies on the attack. 20...exf5 21.xf5 e8 22.g3 This is a tricky
position! The natural looking defense og 22...g6 loses. f6 is the only
defense, but it holds. 22...axb4 22...g6 23.h6+ f8 24.e6 e7 24...xg3 25.xf7# 25.h4 d4 26.f6 xe6 27.xe6 xe6 28.xf7 xf7 29.h8+ e7 30.xf7+ xf7 31.xh7+ wins. 23.bxa5 xe5 24.h3 xa5 25.h6+ h8 26.xe5 fxe5 27.f7+ g8 White has to take the draw with 28.h6+ etc. 21.xd4 Both sides err here! Black is unaware of the lurking danger. He needed to play
21...exf55 whicj eliminates all danger on the K-side. secures the advantage. 21.f6 e2+ 22.fxe2 xe2 22...axb4 is better. 23.cxb4 23.g5 c5+ 24.h1 g6 25.h6 f8
defends and leaves black with a decisive advanrage. 23...d8 24.f2 g6 25.h4 h8 White still has a very promising position. 23.g5 g6 24.h6
The Lolli Theme 21...axb4 21...exf5 22.bxa5 xa5 23.xf5 a2 24.c1 xc2 Black has equalized because white has
no effective way to contiue attacking. 25.e6 fxe6 26.f4 e7 27.g5 g6 28.h4 f8 29.e5 f7 30.h5 f2+ 31.xf2 fxf2 32.hxg6 hxg6 33.xg6+ f7
and a draw will be the outcome. 22.cxb4 22.f6 Doesn't quite work because
black can defend against the threat of mate on g7 and as a result he comes out
on top. bxc3 23.g4 g6 24.h4 h8 25.h6 g8 26.xc3 d3 27.cxd3 xc3
with a significant advantage. 22...a2 23.f6 g6 24.e3 d8 25.d4
Refer back to the observation about this B on move 16. h8 26.c5 ca8 26...g5 This cunning move offers black his best hope. 27.xg5 g8 28.h6 g6 29.f8 xh6 30.xh6 ca8 and white is only slightly better. 27.d2 There is
no time for this! 27.h6 g8 28.h4 Keeps the attack going. g5 The magic
move again! It allows black to exchange Qs after 29.hxg5 g6 with some
chance of surviving. 27...a1 Safer was the immediate 27...Qg8 28.f3 b8 29.d4 xe1+ 30.xe1 a2 31.c1 At this point black should have take time
to defend g7 and play either 31...Qf8 or 31...Qg8. e2 32.h6 g8 33.c5 a8 33...xc2 falls into a mate. 34.f8 and mate on g7 cannot be
prevented. 34.a3 Trying to lure the R away from the back rank so he can
play Bf8 c8 35.e3 Attacking the B doesn;t gain much, but attacking with
35.h4 is different. 35.h4 e8 Black is pretty much reduced to shuffling
his R back abd forth while white further improves his position. 36.a5 c8 37.b6 b8 38.c5 f8 39.xf8+ xf8 40.f2 c4 41.c7 a6 42.c5 wins. 35...g4 36.g3 f5 37.c3 a8 38.h4 b8 The next few moces are a bit
tedious as white slowlt improves his position. 39.d6 c8 40.f3 b5 41.f2 d3 42.a2 c4 43.a7 d3 44.b7 c4 45.b8 Black resigned. 45.b8 xb8 46.xb8 g5 in order to play ...Qg6 47.h5 e2 48.d6 so as to play Bg7+
so black has no choice. It's been an amazing journey for this B. xh5 49.xh5 and white wins 1–0
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