Match Details
TCL Division 4: Teignmouth v South Hams 7 Feb 2017
| Bd | Teignmouth | Col | Grade | ECF | Result | South Hams | Col | Grade | ECF | PGN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Webster, Alan | B | 82 | 275966E | 0-1 | Davies, Alan | W | 110 | 304962A | View |
| 2 | White, Michael | W | 76 | 292251E | ½-½ | Fowler, James | B | 105 | 277497F | Submit |
| 3 | Moorhouse, Anthony | B | 67 | 301058C | 1-0 | Ashby, Ken | W | 93 | 181837F | Submit |
| 4 | Hayden-Sadler, Kenneth | W | 53 | 302195G | 0-1 | Belli, John | B | 72 | 300901E | Submit |
| Overall Match | 278 | 1½-2½ | 380 | |||||||
Match Report
Author: John Belli
Date: 8 Feb 2017
An attritional victory against a determined Teignmouth team, with similarities to World War 1 trench warfare!
On Board 1 Alan kept his composure going into a Queen Knight and pawns v Queen and pawns ending, eventually queening a pawn after surviving a bombardment of checks and making life harder by not pressing his clock on occasion. But a well fought win.
On Board 2 Pauline described the opening as "old school". He went 2 pawns up but had a sterile bishop! When it got down to the ending both players managed to promote pawns and a draw was agreed in no mans land.
On Board 3 Ken indicated he did not play well. wrote "He made the right moves, I didn't! A bad knight destroyed my early favourable position." The Homan tag seemed to weigh heavily on poor Ken! His opponent went two pawns up in an early counter attack and grimly held his position.
On Board 4 John made an error in the opening which prevented his own king from castling, so he tried a charge of the light brigade of pawns from both king and queen side. His opponent had a dangerous attack mounted against a semi exposed king but miscalculated, lost a knight , eventually went a rook down and resigned as two rooks configured a mate.
Thanks again to Alan, James and Ken for travelling and working so hard to maintain the Bandito's unbeaten streak.