South Hams Chess Club
South Hams Chess Club

Match Details

TCL Division 3: Torquay v South Hams 15 Jan 2014

Bd Torquay Col Grade ECF Result South Hams Col Grade ECF PGN
1 Greeno, Stephen P B 103 187622D 0-1 Wilkinson, Ben W 123 162703L View
2 Maloney, Tom W 91 194730J 0-1 Peach, Cliff B 106 116851E Submit
3 Howard, Simon B 88 173265B 0-1 Greenhalgh, Roy W 118 134641G Submit
4 Ballantyne, Richard J W 85 259398B ½-½ Fowler, James B 99 277497F Submit
Overall Match367½-3½446
 

Match Report

Author:  Phil McConnell

Date:  16 Feb 2014

At first glance, this looks an easy win for South Hams, but things could have turned out differently.

Although we took an early lead with a win for Ben Wilkinson on board one, the three other boards were finely balanced.

James Fowler took the better half point in his draw against Richard Ballantyne being short on time, and playing a very tricky rook and pawn endgame.

In the end, Torquay imploded, with Simon Howard failing to hold a fairly level position, and Tom Maloney picking up the wrong piece, and giving Cliff a far easier victory than the position warranted.

The end result however, puts South Hams at the top of Division 3.