Lytham 1 v Preston 1

Division A Thu 6th Dec 2018   Verify
BoardHomeLytham 1Preston 1Away
1 (B) 198A
G
Ellames, Roy
½ - ½
B
Lund, D Brett
207A
2 (W) 181B
G
Evans, Paul A
1 - 0
G
Peacock, Malcolm R
184A
3 (B) 171A
N
Leah, Tom
0 - 1
G
Ashcroft, Graham J
163A
4 (W) 165A
B
Cooper, John G
1 - 0
B
Pennington, Geoffrey
143C
5 (B) 157B
N
Gallagher, Rob
½ - ½
B
Pidcock, Alan
136C
Total8723 - 2Total833

Last update Roy Ellames Fri 7th Dec 2018 08:58. Reported by Roy Ellames . Verified By

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Incrediblly close match between last year's joint champions.
Bd5 finished first with a fairly quiet draw, both sides had small advantages but not enough to make a difference. John on bd4 had a very strong attack against Geoff's King and this proved too strong in the end putting Lytham 1up. Paul then increased their lead by gaining a strong attacking position vs Malcolm which he used to break through. Tom had the worst of a minor piece ending vs Graham and in the end Graham's Bishop was stronger than Tom's Knight. This bought it back to 2.5-1.5 and with Brett having a 'probably winning' Rook,Bishop and 2 pawns (both RP and both on the 7th!) vs Roy's Rook, Knight and 1 pawn (also on the 7th!!) things look set for a tied match. However Roy managed to confuse Brett in the mutual time scramble and was left Rook and Knight vs Brett's lone Bishop but with only type 2 seconds to complete the game; Brett had 20 seconds - so a sporting draw was agreed giving Lytham the match by 3-2.