New Milton A v Southbourne A

B&DCL Div 1 Tue 15th Feb 2022   Verify
BoardHomeNew Milton ASouthbourne AAway
1 (B) 1923
N
Bradley-Brock, David
0 - 1
G
Simons, Martin J
2080
2 (W) 1908
S
Du Toit, Reenen J
0 - 1
P
Pegg, Russell M
2005
3 (B) 1728
S
Manning, Peter A
0 - 1
S
Laker, Leonard J
1968
4 (W) 1698
G
Jones, Tim
½ - ½
S
Catchpole, Jon F
1863
Total7257 ½ - 3½Total7916

Last update Martin J Simons Tue 15th Feb 2022 23:49. Reported by Martin J Simons Tue 15th Feb 2022 23:49. Verified By David Bradley-Brock Wed 16th Mar 2022 17:10

Comments

The match was much closer and exciting than the scoreline suggested.

After a quick draw on board 4, Len seemed to get an early upper hand on board 3 and managed to convert with some good tactics. The top 2 boards went the distance. Russ played a very imaginative sacrifice of a rook and pawn v Knight to open up Reenen's king but there was no quick win and Russ had to play a patient game mobilising his knight to create long lasting attacking chances which eventually resulted in a mistake by Reenen and Russ converted. The top board was reasonably equal until David sacrificed a piece for 2 central pawns for what seemed like very good compensation but slowly the comp dissipated and I managed to take advantage of the extra material.

With much thanks to the New Milton team players for their kind hospitality.