Board | Home | Southbourne B | Poole B | Away | |
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1 (B) | 1863 | S Catchpole, Jon F | ½ - ½ | G Smith, Richard | 1915 |
2 (W) | 1878 | N Lima, Antal | 1 - 0 | G Fuller, David Michael | 1908 |
3 (B) | 1675 | B Litchfield, Michael J | 0 - 1 | B Popovic, P Dragi | 1788 |
4 (W) | 1593 | B Harris, John E | 0 - 1 | S Joyce, Tim | 1698 |
Total | 7009 | 1½ - 2½ | Total | 7309 |
Last update John Harris Fri 12th Nov 2021 22:49. Reported by John Harris Fri 12th Nov 2021 22:49. Verified By David M Fuller Sat 13th Nov 2021 19:33
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jharris
Fri, 12/11/2021 - 22:51
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Press / Admin Comment
Board 1 Jon came out of the opening ahead, but after a combination from Ritchie things evened up with a drawn position.
Board 2 Well done to Tony (Antal) on a good win on his first outing for Southbourne.
Board 3 Dragi won, but afterwards it was shown that Michael had winning chances.
Board 4 John kept making errors and by the endgame it looked like a lost game for him. However he managed to open up Tims Kings position and could have won Tim's queeen and a rook for a rook, but did not take the right course.
dfuller
Sat, 13/11/2021 - 01:10
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Match Report
Well John beat me to press, so here is my take on the evening's events.
My game (B2) first (I am the captain and I can do what I want!). Tony had an excellent game. I felt that I had equalised in a Classical Dutch but then slowly got suffocated while not being aware of making any mistakes, with a few cheapos at the end being avoided. A post mortem didn't clarify matters for me, but quickly passing the game through Fritz actually showed a completely level assessment after 27 moves. A slight inaccuracy by myself led to a slight pull for Tony which was converted. As I said an excellent game with zero errors by my opponent. Well done.
Tim v John (B4) was a topsy turvy affair. Tim had a won position but allowed an opportunity for a turnaround which was not taken. Chess is a funny game and it ain't over till it's over. Tim gaining the full point evened the match up.
Dragi v Michael (B3) was a tough, even game dissolving down to Dragi's favourite 'Rook Ending with a load of pawns'. With Richie's game looking positive a draw would seem enough. Both sides had connected passed pawns but Dragi seemed to have everything under control and Michael graciously conceded. A group post mortem demonstrated how tricky such Rook and Pawns endings can be.
And so to Richie v Jon (B1). Another tipsy turvy affair which ended in a strange fashion. Jon seemed completely winning about 18 moves in but was then caught by a tricky combination which reversed the situation. Much later a N+B+ap+hp vs R ending was reached. An unlike-Richie error dropped the a-pawn and allowed a RxN leaving Bishop and Rook pawn of opposite queening square colour setup. A draw was agreed (ensuring a Poole match win) and then it was noted that the queening square was actually the right colour. Bemusement all round.
So another narrow win again for Poole B who are starting the season a bit like Arsenal winning 1-0 all of the time. Boring.
We all decided to move to the Riverside Pub to discuss the strange Richie-Jon game outcome; Richie was puzzled and amused. Drinks were bought and everything was ok again.
Thanks Martin for the excellent covid-aware set-up including the table service for the mid-game cuppa. It was great to meet up with old friends and adversaries after all this time. A close match.
D