Board | Home | Preston 2 | Lytham 1 | Away | |
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1 (B) | 194A | N Jowett, Peter E | 1 - 0 | B Cooper, John G | 170B |
2 (W) | 173C | S Reaney, Conor | 0 - 1 | N Gallagher, Rob | 158C |
3 (B) | 160B | S Taylor, Phillip J | 1 - 0 | S Raynor, Philip N | 145C |
4 (W) | 158D | S Thompson, Peter | 1 - 0 | S Aspinall, David E | 140A |
5 (B) | 138C | B Pidcock, Alan | ½ - ½ | B Wilson, Peter A | 145D |
Total | 823 | 3½ - 1½ | Total | 758 |
Last update Phil Taylor Thu 5th Dec 2019 10:51. Reported by Phil Taylor Thu 5th Dec 2019 10:51. Verified By
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Thu, 05/12/2019 - 10:51
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The scoreline does not accurately reflect the match as Lytham were on top for over an hour despite being outgraded on most boards.
Boards 1 and 5 looked even and on the others I thought Lytham had very promising positions. Rob Gallagher was very solid against Conor Reaney, who's pawns seemed misplaced and Rob managed to wrap up a win without too much difficulty.
I was under severe pressure from Philip Raynor and Peter Thompson was little better against David Aspinall. The next game to finish was board 5 where Alan Pidcock and Peter Wilson agreed a draw.
In the latter stages of the match the tide turned in Preston's favour as David Aspinall made a fatal blunder and lost to Peter Thompson. Whilst I was still under pressure I managed to get reasonable counter play and eventually found a tactic based on the vulnerability of Phil's king position and forced an unlikely win.
On board 1 John Coopers resistance eventually came to an end and Peter Jowett won to make the match score a flattering one based on the balance of play for much of the night. Commiserations to Lytham who put up a very creditable fight.