Match Details
TCL Division 1: Newton Abbot v South Hams 17 Nov 2016
| Bd | Newton Abbot | Col | Grade | ECF | Result | South Hams | Col | Grade | ECF | PGN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mackle, Dominic | B | 208 | 114766D | 1-0 | Levy, Steve | W | 177 | 134450L | View |
| 2 | Thynne, Trefor | W | 170 | 120405B | 1-0 | Archer, David | B | 151 | 300734A | Submit |
| 3 | Brooks, Paul | B | 161 | 215149C | ½-½ | Wilkinson, Ben | W | 131 | 162703L | View |
| 4 | Howard, Charles | W | 150 | 113071H | ½-½ | McConnell, Phil | B | 126 | 285386D | View |
| Overall Match | 689 | 3-1 | 585 | |||||||
Match Report
Author: Phil McConnell
Date: 19 Nov 2016
Phil McConnell on behalf of Steve Levy...
South Hams went down fighting against a team that out-graded us by the massive margin of 104 grading points.
First to finish was Board 2, where David fought a tough battle against Trefor and played the Dutch. After miscalculating a sequence in the middle game he lost a minor piece and from then on, with correct play from Trefor, it was only a matter of time before he lost.
Then on Board 3 Ben fought out a well-deserved draw against Paul Brooks, thanks to some accurate end-game play by Ben.
On Board 4 Phil, under severe time pressure, managed to scramble a draw in a tense game with both players queening pawns - he had 28 seconds left on his clock when the draw was agreed.
This meant that Steve needed to win his game on Board 1 to secure a match draw. The game was dead level after 36 moves, with both players playing high-class, accurate chess. On move 37, with both players have less than 2 minutes on their clocks, Steve launched a high-risk sacrificial attack in an attempt to win the game, but it proved over ambitious and Steve lost on time 6 moves later.
Overall - a gallant defeat against the odds.