Match Details
TCL Division 3: South Hams v Newton Abbot 16 Oct 2014
| Bd | South Hams | Col | Grade | ECF | Result | Newton Abbot | Col | Grade | ECF | PGN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McConnell, Phil | B | 102 | 285386D | ½-½ | Barber-Lafon, Jacquie | W | 121 | 128118F | Submit |
| 2 | Fowler, James | W | 105 | 277497F | 1-0 | Hussey, Michael | B | 113 | 277498H | Submit |
| 3 | Greenhalgh, Roy | B | 97 | 134641G | 1-0 | Milne, James | W | 90 | 279880D | Submit |
| 4 | Best, Barclay | W | 90 | 233494L | 1-0 | Blackmore, Joshua | B | 83 | 290737K | Submit |
| Overall Match | 394 | 3½-½ | 407 | |||||||
Match Report
Author: Phil McConnell
Date: 16 Oct 2014
On Board 4, Barclay established a big material advantage quite early on, and went on to win comfortably.
On Board 3, Roy's opponent allowed him to grab a checkmate on the castled king with Queen on a2 supported by a Knight on b4.
On Board 2 James managed to gain a 1 pawn (and later a 2 pawn) advantage at the expense of a compromised pawn formation. Forcing the win proved tricky, but eventually James managed it (though he says he erred in the process!).
Board 1 was a close tussle, ending up with both players having a Rook and a Pawn. A draw was probably a fair result, but with both players' clocks running down, and moves being made almost instantaneously, in the hurly-burly Jacquie failed to notice that Phil had actually run out of time, and offered a draw with 6 seconds left on her clock. So something of a lucky escape for Phil!
Overall, a cracking start to the season for the Div3 team, following our 3-1 win at Plymouth on Monday. Well played everybody.