Post by admin on Nov 9, 2012 10:54:28 GMT
Kent League average <=110 8 November 2012
Sittingbourne 2 v Hastings & St Leonards 2
It was a 100 mile round triip on a November Thursday night: fortunately our hosts play in a most comfortable venue to ease the stress of travel.
Umberto Jozwiak was early to finish, notching up his first match win for the Club. The opponent contrived to blunder a whole rook early on and after that the game more or less played itself. 1-0
It is comforting to have such an early lead in a 4-board match and Paul Buswell soon reinforced this feeling by reaching a dominant position when the opponent played passively. The Sittingbourne player then sacrificed N for P, unfortunately for him miscalculating badly. Some tricky tactics had to be avoided but captain Paul steered the point home. 2-0
Mason Woodhams was never quite on the pace and lost a pawn in the early middle game and was unable to hold back a controlled and crushing attack. 2-1
Gary Willson came out of the middle game with a very slight positional disadvantage in an ending of double rooks and same coloured bishop. He let a pawn fall and went down in a game which went to the very last minute with both flags hanging. 2-2
PB
Sittingbourne 2 v Hastings & St Leonards 2
| Ron Browning 123 | 0-1 | Paul Buswell 111 |
| Peter Blundell 111 | 1-0 | Gary Willson 114 |
| Andrew Gillard 104 | 1-0 | Mason Woodhams 98 |
| Brian Turner 73 | 0-1 | Umberto Jozwiak 79 |
| Ave 411/4 = 102.8 | 2-2 | Ave 402/4 = 100.5 |
It was a 100 mile round triip on a November Thursday night: fortunately our hosts play in a most comfortable venue to ease the stress of travel.
Umberto Jozwiak was early to finish, notching up his first match win for the Club. The opponent contrived to blunder a whole rook early on and after that the game more or less played itself. 1-0
It is comforting to have such an early lead in a 4-board match and Paul Buswell soon reinforced this feeling by reaching a dominant position when the opponent played passively. The Sittingbourne player then sacrificed N for P, unfortunately for him miscalculating badly. Some tricky tactics had to be avoided but captain Paul steered the point home. 2-0
Mason Woodhams was never quite on the pace and lost a pawn in the early middle game and was unable to hold back a controlled and crushing attack. 2-1
Gary Willson came out of the middle game with a very slight positional disadvantage in an ending of double rooks and same coloured bishop. He let a pawn fall and went down in a game which went to the very last minute with both flags hanging. 2-2
PB