Preston v Poulton
Challenge Cup Wed 8th May 2024 Verify
| Board | Home | Preston | Poulton | Away | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 (B) | 2175 | N Jowett, Peter E | ½ - ½ | G Phillips, David A | 2087 |
| 2 (W) | 2074 | G Peacock, Malcolm R | 1 - 0 | G Evans, Paul A | 2073 |
| 3 (B) | 1866 | G Ashcroft, Graham J | 0 - 1 | B Sosinski, Jakub | 1838 |
| 4 (W) | 1947 | S Taylor, Phillip J | 1 - 0 | G Garrett, Peter A | 1730 |
| 5 (B) | 1868 | S Reaney, Conor | 0 - 1 | S Fearnhead, Paul N | 1729 |
| 6 (W) | 1784 | G Willow, Hambel M | 0 - 1 | S Rogers, Simon N | 1659 |
| 7 (B) | 1780 | B Pennington, Geoffrey | 0 - 1 | B Wilcox, Keith A | 1604 |
| 8 (W) | 1694 | S Tillotson, Carl A | 1 - 0 | S Murtagh, Terence | 1309 |
| Total | 15188 | 3½ - 4½ | Total | 14029 |
Last update Graham Ashcroft Thu 9th May 2024 11:50. Reported by Graham Ashcroft Thu 9th May 2024 11:50. Verified By
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Thu, 09/05/2024 - 11:50
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Geoff Pennington recently leant me a book : Preston in 50 Buildings. It lists the 50 most beautiful, captivating, historic and iconic buildings in Preston. Strangely Jalgos isn’t in it.
Board 1 : Fairly early draw
Board 2 : Paul went on the attack but weakened his own king-side with g5. Malcolm activated his rooks and was putting pressure on the g5 pawn when Paul got his queen trapped on h6 and was going to lose it for a knight when he resigned.
Board 3 : Going into the endgame all pieces had been swapped off , apart from us both having a dark squared bishop. I had 4 pawn ‘islands’, three of which were on dark squares and I mistakenly believed that I could hold out for a draw.I didn’t play particularly well at this stage but Jacub skilfully started picking off the pawns and forced resignation. My second loss to a Poulton player in the last 2 weeks. At least Geoff’s book will help me to identify the most appropriate building to throw myself off ( only kidding folks !)
Board 4 : Peter went for all out attack, his king remained in the centre, Phil soon won a piece. As pieces were exchanged he closed out for the inevitable win.
Board 5 : Conor got a bishop trapped in the enemy camp and in order to save it weakened his own king and lost the exchange and a couple of pawns in the process. Paul eventually forced the win.
Board 6 : Simon went for a successful pawn storm against the white king which destroyed the white defence. He was threatening mate with his queen and there was no defence.
Board 7 : Keith invaded on the queen-side with his queen and eventually emerged a piece up which was enough for the win.
Board 8 : Fine endgame technique by Carl saw him shepherding a pawn towards promotion despite being the exchange down.
Well played and well done to Poulton. After the final game Captain Paul was presented with the Challenge Cup.