Dorchester B v Purbeck A

DCL Div 2 Thu 7th Nov 2019   Verify
BoardHomeDorchester BPurbeck AAway
1 (B) 165B
S
Searing, Geoff C
½ - ½
G
Peirson, Steve B
172C
2 (W) 147C
N
Pool, Nick
0 - 1
S
Coles, John F
149C
3 (B) 129C
N
Cherryson, Julian C
0 - 1
S
Stout, Nicholas B
136B
4 (W) 120D
N
Fallon, Frank
½ - ½
S
Mount, Derek
129B
Total5611 - 3Total586

Last update Julian Cherryson Thu 7th Nov 2019 22:29. Reported by Julian Cherryson Thu 7th Nov 2019 22:29. Verified By Steve Peirson Fri 8th Nov 2019 08:51

Comments

A competitive match with good quality chess.
Well done Purbeck.

From what I saw of the other games, on board 4 Derek seemed to have queenside pressure that fizzled out to a drawn R+P ending. Nick also had some pressure on board 3 but was helped when Julian lost a pawn and the exchange. There was an exciting tussle on board 2 when Nick lost (sacrificed?) a piece in the opening an had chances against John's uncastled king but john sacrificed the exchange to get castled ending up with 2 pieces for a rook. Then white's poor pawn structure and weak king's position was his undoing. I'd like to say I sacrificed a piece for 3 pawns on board 1 but I actually blundered a piece and was lucky to get 3 pawns for it! The post mortem was interesting - both Geoff and I thought we were lost! Thanks to Dorchester for their hospitality.