Match Details
TCL KO: South Hams v Plymouth 2 May 2024
| Bd | South Hams | Col | Rating | ECF | Result | Plymouth | Col | Rating | ECF | PGN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Levy, Steve | B | 2093 | 134450L | 1-0 | T'Hart, Gerard | W | 1761 | 295785B | View |
| 2 | Black, Cathy | W | 1757 | 349499J | ½-½ | Day, James | B | 1697 | 327412D | Submit |
| 3 | McConnell, Phil | B | 1624 | 285386D | ½-½ | Wilby, Robert G | W | 1663 | 155624B | View |
| 4 | Hurt, Trevor | W | 1547 | 316056H | 0-1 | Wood, Paul E | B | 1674 | 308432C | View |
| 5 | Doble, Arthur | B | 1538 | 315610C | 0-1 | Tatam, Anthony | W | 1528 | 134693D | Submit |
| 6 | Howarth, Lance | W | 1229 | 349497E | 1-0 | Mill-Wilson, Graham A | B | 1494 | 161236A | View |
| Overall Match | 9788 | 3-3 | 9817 | |||||||
Match Report
Author: Phil McConnell
Date: 8 May 2024
A great evening at the Regal, with six closely-contested games against Plymouth.
After wins by Steve on Board 1 and Lance on Board 6, and Cathy and Phil drawing on Boards 2 and 3, the score was 3-1 to South Hams, but with ths situation not looking good on the remaining two boards. What would happen if the score ended up 3-3? We couldn't consult Tony Tatam in his role as TCL Comp Sec, as his game on board 5 was still playing. Fortunatley, the Plymouth team had another arbiter in the form of Graham Mill-Wilson, who confirmed that South Hams would win on a tie-break mechanism known as "board count". The way this works, for each team you add up the board numbers on which you win to give a "board count" OIur board count was 1 + 6 = 7, while Plymouth's would be 4 + 5 = 9. The team with the lower board count is the winner. So we were able to celebrate victory (quietly!) while the last two games played on, with Plymouth (as expected) winning both odf them.
A very special mention to Lance Howarth, who beat an opponent ranked 265 rating points above him - a great win without which we would have been defeated.