New Milton B v Poole C

B&DCL Div 3 Tue 25th Feb 2020   Verify
BoardHomeNew Milton BPoole CAway
1 (B) 131C
N
Disney, Stephen
0 - 1
G
Smith, Richard
146B
2 (W) 107L
G
Jones, Tim
1 - 0
B
Popovic, P Dragi
148B
3 (B) 115C
B
Jolly, Barry MS
½ - ½
B
Reghif, Tarik
133C
4 (W) 113E
N
Bown, Simon
0 - 1
N
Jaggard, Adam
132C
Total4661½ - 2½Total559

Last update Tarik Reghif Tue 25th Feb 2020 23:37. Reported by Tarik Reghif Tue 25th Feb 2020 23:37. Verified By Stephen Disney Wed 26th Feb 2020 14:56

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Poole had a big grading advantage, especially on board 2 where nobody knew if the prepared player was going to turn up so was switched out for a substitute at the last minute...a minute before the original player turned up.

That didn't work out too badly though as newcomer Tim held his own against Dragi with a pawn deficit with only rooks on the board. A blunder by Dragi dropped the spare pawn and Tim went on to win the game.

Adam played a solid game against Simon, getting a material advantage and closing out a Bishop vs Rook end game.

Richie managed to get a good material advantage against Stephen in the middle game and converted that to a win.

The final game, Tarik against Barry saw the momentum swinging all over the place with a draw finally agreed.

Congratulations to Poole who, in a closely contested match, prevailed to take the honours and cement
their position at the top of the table. With the score standing at 2-1 to Poole all eyes turned to Barry
and Tarik's game. Barry managed to obtain a two pawn advantage in the end game and looked on
course to gain the necessary point to tie the match. However, due to Tarik's pawn placements and a
better positioned rook, Barry was unable to advance his pieces and secure the victory needed and
therefore a draw was agreed.