Bournemouth A v Southbourne B

B&DCL Div 2 Tue 8th Mar 2022   Verify
BoardHomeBournemouth ASouthbourne BAway
1 (B) 1758
S
Stokes-Carter, Dennis
1 - 0
N
Lima, Antal
1878
2 (W) 1741
S
Marchand, Jean Louis
1 - 0
S
Sandy, Paul
1623
3 (B) 1750
N
Mostardi, Paolo
½ - ½
B
Harris, John E
1593
4 (W) 1735
G
Torrance, John
½ - ½
N
Arorash, David
1578
Total69843 - 1Total6672

Last update John Torrance Tue 8th Mar 2022 22:45. Reported by John Torrance Tue 8th Mar 2022 22:45. Verified By

Comments

A good nights chess, played in a friendly atmosphere, where Bournemouth just edged a close contest, which was much tighter than the final result.

Board 1 being the key game, in which both players had winning chances. Antal's all out kingside attack running into Dennis - only move - offer of a "pseudo Queen sacrifice" which exploited White's back rank issues and defenceless King.
Acceptance of this leading to checkmate, or bolstering it's defences to exchanges, resulting in a winning endgame for Black, due to his extra pawns. Another nail-biter between these players!

Well played the Bournemouth team - Dennis did seem very happy afterwards to find the Q sacrifice which ended Tony's attack! Board 2 always looked good for Bournemouth with the other 2 boards much more even with draws on each a fair outcome.