Match Details
TCL Division 4: South Hams v Teignmouth 6 Oct 2016
Bd | South Hams | Col | Grade | ECF | Result | Teignmouth | Col | Grade | ECF | PGN |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Davies, Alan | B | 110 | 304962A | ½-½ | Webster, Alan | W | 82 | 275966E | View |
2 | Belli, John | W | 72 | 300901E | 1-0 | White, Michael | B | 76 | 292251E | View |
3 | Zaffiro, Zak | B | 83 | 304561E | 1-0 | Moorhouse, Anthony | W | 67 | 301058C | Submit |
4 | Zaffiro, Oliver | W | 65 | 304562G | 1-0 | Hayden-Sadler, Kenneth | B | 53 | 302195G | Submit |
Overall Match | 330 | 3½-½ | 278 |
Match Report
Author: John Belli
Date: 7 Oct 2016
Twins triumph to defeat Teignmouth
The newly formed 4th team of South Hams Chess Club; including the young Zaffiro twins, opened their league programme with an encouraging win over Teignmouth by 3 ½ to ½.
Alan Davies on Board 1, after an even opening, managed to go two pawns up by a rook and pawn ending, but had to settle for a draw when his opponent clawed back the advantage.
On Board 2 John Belli quickly went a pawn up in a closed Ruy Lopez opening and then was allowed to advance his central pawns finalising in a rook and pawn checkmate.
Board 3 saw the performance of the match when Zak Zaffiro handled his game very efficiently , slowly gaining an advantage which ground down his opponent and culminated in a mating attack.
Oliver Zaffiro on Board 4 in an open game, swopped off a rook for two minor pieces was brought back to near parity, but dug in and was happily progressing to queen his rook pawn when a series of nasty checks by his opponent nearly scuppered his plan. His opponent then blundered to hand back the initiative to Oliver and quickly resigned.