Post by admin on Apr 13, 2014 9:16:01 GMT
HASTINGS & ST LEONARDS D v HORSHAM F
8 April 2014
Eric Houghton 0-1, Umberto Jozwiak 0-1, Roy Richardson 0-1, Siegfried Warda 0-1, default 1-0.
What can I say? I didn't field our strongest team, as we didn't need to as promotion was secured, but I expected us to at least hold them and if we were to lose not to lose by so much.... questions will be asked in the House.
And it looked good at the start - 1-0 up by default, Siggi went to an early two pawns winning advantage, Roy had the bishop pair and position, Umberto and Eric solid....
But:
Siggi, two pawns up and in control, opted not to play steady and safe but to go for a quick hack - it blew up in his face, he dropped material and the ending was lost
Somehow - I didn't see - Roy dropped a piece for nothing and the opponent shredded his position like a seagull with a bin-bag
Eric - rock-steady Eric - made his worst blunder for years (his words) and dropped a piece in the early middle-game: controlled play by their top board left him no way back
Umberto battled heroically in a complex position, taking the game almost to the full session and pressing always, but running short of time his semi-sacrificial attack was repulsed and he lost material.
It's interesting to note below that Horsham think we only needed to draw I thought we needed to win. That all hinges on an adjudication result - my Crowborough source had predicted that that would go in Horsham's favour.
PB
From the Horsham website
.... it looks like we are also Division 4 champions, as Horsham 6 upset Hastings 4 in dramatic style to hand Horsham 5 the division title...
With Horsham 5's last match vs Crowborough ending up as a draw (soon to be confirmed officially I believe), Hastings needed just a draw or better against Horsham 6 to top the division. Things were swung even further in their favour by a defaulted bottom board for Horsham and the usual long journey down there.
Tony Hewitt reports what happened next:
"On the night, in order, Mark Hewitt won, then Richard Hewitt won, then I won, and we went upstairs to celebrate leaving Mark B to win as well. So a 4-1 win and I'm obviously so proud of the Hewitts all winning. Richard's first win for Horsham as well. For myself, that was by far my best game of the season <versus Eric>."
I've spoken to Horsham 5 captain Dave Britton tonight and he said the news has made his week. I reckon he owes Mark B a pint in the Shovel...
8 April 2014
Eric Houghton 0-1, Umberto Jozwiak 0-1, Roy Richardson 0-1, Siegfried Warda 0-1, default 1-0.
What can I say? I didn't field our strongest team, as we didn't need to as promotion was secured, but I expected us to at least hold them and if we were to lose not to lose by so much.... questions will be asked in the House.
And it looked good at the start - 1-0 up by default, Siggi went to an early two pawns winning advantage, Roy had the bishop pair and position, Umberto and Eric solid....
But:
Siggi, two pawns up and in control, opted not to play steady and safe but to go for a quick hack - it blew up in his face, he dropped material and the ending was lost
Somehow - I didn't see - Roy dropped a piece for nothing and the opponent shredded his position like a seagull with a bin-bag
Eric - rock-steady Eric - made his worst blunder for years (his words) and dropped a piece in the early middle-game: controlled play by their top board left him no way back
Umberto battled heroically in a complex position, taking the game almost to the full session and pressing always, but running short of time his semi-sacrificial attack was repulsed and he lost material.
It's interesting to note below that Horsham think we only needed to draw I thought we needed to win. That all hinges on an adjudication result - my Crowborough source had predicted that that would go in Horsham's favour.
PB
From the Horsham website
.... it looks like we are also Division 4 champions, as Horsham 6 upset Hastings 4 in dramatic style to hand Horsham 5 the division title...
With Horsham 5's last match vs Crowborough ending up as a draw (soon to be confirmed officially I believe), Hastings needed just a draw or better against Horsham 6 to top the division. Things were swung even further in their favour by a defaulted bottom board for Horsham and the usual long journey down there.
Tony Hewitt reports what happened next:
"On the night, in order, Mark Hewitt won, then Richard Hewitt won, then I won, and we went upstairs to celebrate leaving Mark B to win as well. So a 4-1 win and I'm obviously so proud of the Hewitts all winning. Richard's first win for Horsham as well. For myself, that was by far my best game of the season <versus Eric>."
I've spoken to Horsham 5 captain Dave Britton tonight and he said the news has made his week. I reckon he owes Mark B a pint in the Shovel...