Match Details
TCL Division 2: Newton Abbot v South Hams 19 Jan 2017
| Bd | Newton Abbot | Col | Grade | ECF | Result | South Hams | Col | Grade | ECF | PGN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Howard, Charles | B | 150 | 113071H | 0-1 | Levy, Steve | W | 177 | 134450L | View |
| 2 | Allen, John | W | 141 | 264751F | 0-1 | Archer, David | B | 151 | 300734A | View |
| 3 | Blackmore, Joshua | B | 138 | 290737K | 0-1 | McConnell, Phil | W | 126 | 285386D | View |
| 4 | Hussey, Mike | W | 101 | 277498H | 0-1 | Willcox, Chris | B | 114 | 308555H | View |
| Overall Match | 530 | 0-4 | 568 | |||||||
Match Report
Author: Phil McConnell
Date: 5 May 2017
A decisive win against Newton Abbot, avenging our defeat earlier in the season.
First to finish was Board 3, where Phil's kingside attack led to him winning the exchange, whereupon his opponent resigned. With hindsight, Joshua should have played on - Phil is more than capable of throwing away such an advantage!
On Board 1, Steve's opponent made an error resulting in the loss of a key pawn, after which his position unravelled rapidly.
According to David, Board 2 was a complicated game. "Just the king of game I like", he said.
Fnally, Chris, in his first Division 2 match, got a good win on Board 4 - by the time all the pieces had been exchanged off, his pawn majority was decisive and his opponent quickly resigned.
This season Division 2, with only 3 teams, is a tight competition which could well be decided on "goal difference". So this was a really good result for South Hams.