Southbourne A v Poole A
B&DCL Div 1 Fri 25th Mar 2022 Verify
| Board | Home | Southbourne A | Poole A | Away | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 (B) | 2080 | G Simons, Martin J | ½ - ½ | G Duggan, Michael FG | 2050 |
| 2 (W) | 1968 | S Laker, Leonard J | 0 - 1 | G Weatherlake, John P | 1975 |
| 3 (B) | 1863 | S Catchpole, Jon F | ½ - ½ | G Smith, Richard | 1915 |
| 4 (W) | 1774 | S Doyle, Jamie | 1 - 0 | G O.Neill, Martin | 1929 |
| Total | 7685 | 2 - 2 | Total | 7869 |
Last update Martin J Simons Sat 26th Mar 2022 06:35. Reported by Martin J Simons Sat 26th Mar 2022 06:35. Verified By
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msimons
Sat, 26/03/2022 - 06:38
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An excellent evening of chess!
A well contested match with 2 early contrasting draws. There was an early quiet draw on board 1 which both players were happy with. Board 3 was wild and it seemed that Richard may have missed an opportunity to sac a bishop to open up Jon's position and win the game. Instead he allowed Jon to castle and the worst seemed to be over. A draw was soon agreed. Jamie continued his excellent form to win what seeemd to be a faultless attacking game. With the score at 2-1 to Southbourne, John had to dig in on board 2, firstly to fend off Len's attack, then to exploit a better R+N v R+B ending. After over 3 hours of play, despite some dogmatic resistence, John managed to win a couple of pawns and carefully move up the board to win the game.
Thank you to Poole A for an excellent evening of chess and hope you had a safe onward journey to the 4NCL hotel straight after the game!