Post by admin on Feb 12, 2014 16:37:04 GMT
Worthing 1 v Hastings & St Leonards 1
10 February 2014
David Graham (205) 1 - 0 Francis Rayner (199)
Keith Homeyard ( 172) 0.5 - 0.5 John Sugden (183)
Morgan Blake (164) A - A Howard Tebbs (180)
Rakesh Nair (166) 0.5 - 0.5 Andrew Fleming (174)
Cassie Graham (136) 0 - 1 Jerry Anstead (170)
(169) 2 - 2 (181)
Firstly my thanks to John for driving the Hastings/Bexhill contingent and to Jerry for driving all the way Tunbridge Wells.
This season Worthing have been weakened by a couple of their young players going to university and also by their previous board 1 moving away from the area. They were then further weakened by their usual board 2 dropping out just prior to the match meaning that their captain's young daughter was drafted in on board 5. She gave a good account of herself but Jerry kept his concentration and played well to record the win and put us 1 - 0 up .... a bit mean really as it was her birthday!
On board 2 John gained an advantage out of the opening but his opponent managed to prevent a queenside breakthrough and a draw resulted.
On board 1 Francis played a risky variation with which he had previously been successful against the French Defence. However on this occasion his opponent was well prepared and accepted the offered material and negotiated the tactics to reach a clearly winning ending which Francis resigned at the adjournment.
On board 4 Andrew played a nice game to obtain a positional advantage although his opponent had threats against Andrew's king. At one point the tactics worked and his opponent won the exchange but Andrew did well to create counter treats and his opponent, with little time on his clock, could find nothing better than to force a perpetual check.
This left the match poised at 2 - 2 with the result depending on my game. I had obtained a comfortable position having won a pawn in the middle game which I had nursed into a pawn up R + P ending. I stood considerably better but the win was not entirely clear until, in response to a number of threats, my opponent made an inaccuracy just before the time control. As a result in the adjourned position I can force the exchange of rooks to obtain a clearly winning K + P endgame. The result still needs to be confirmed but I can see no reason why we should not record a hard fought 3 -2 win.
Howard Tebbs
10 February 2014
David Graham (205) 1 - 0 Francis Rayner (199)
Keith Homeyard ( 172) 0.5 - 0.5 John Sugden (183)
Morgan Blake (164) A - A Howard Tebbs (180)
Rakesh Nair (166) 0.5 - 0.5 Andrew Fleming (174)
Cassie Graham (136) 0 - 1 Jerry Anstead (170)
(169) 2 - 2 (181)
Firstly my thanks to John for driving the Hastings/Bexhill contingent and to Jerry for driving all the way Tunbridge Wells.
This season Worthing have been weakened by a couple of their young players going to university and also by their previous board 1 moving away from the area. They were then further weakened by their usual board 2 dropping out just prior to the match meaning that their captain's young daughter was drafted in on board 5. She gave a good account of herself but Jerry kept his concentration and played well to record the win and put us 1 - 0 up .... a bit mean really as it was her birthday!
On board 2 John gained an advantage out of the opening but his opponent managed to prevent a queenside breakthrough and a draw resulted.
On board 1 Francis played a risky variation with which he had previously been successful against the French Defence. However on this occasion his opponent was well prepared and accepted the offered material and negotiated the tactics to reach a clearly winning ending which Francis resigned at the adjournment.
On board 4 Andrew played a nice game to obtain a positional advantage although his opponent had threats against Andrew's king. At one point the tactics worked and his opponent won the exchange but Andrew did well to create counter treats and his opponent, with little time on his clock, could find nothing better than to force a perpetual check.
This left the match poised at 2 - 2 with the result depending on my game. I had obtained a comfortable position having won a pawn in the middle game which I had nursed into a pawn up R + P ending. I stood considerably better but the win was not entirely clear until, in response to a number of threats, my opponent made an inaccuracy just before the time control. As a result in the adjourned position I can force the exchange of rooks to obtain a clearly winning K + P endgame. The result still needs to be confirmed but I can see no reason why we should not record a hard fought 3 -2 win.
Howard Tebbs