Post by admin on Jan 26, 2013 23:14:11 GMT
Hastings A v Eastbourne A 24 January 2013
I lost the toss so Eastbourne were white on odds.
Result: 3.5-1.5
M Reddie blundered a pawn very early for no compensation and I duly won the Rook and pawn ending.
Bernard went down in a well played game to a nice combo finish.
Francis and Richard grovelled 2 wins
Paul Kelly
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The editor queried the term 'grovelled' and received the following replies:
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Francis stood worse in the early stages, and Richard was under pressure for a time before their respective opponents made some concessions, so the results predictable at the half-way stage turned out to be different.
‘Grovelled’ is a fairly common chess term meaning ‘bumping along the bottom’ or ‘recovering from disadvantage'.
Bernard Cafferty
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I would think Paul means winning after being fortunate to scramble out of a very inferior position by desperate means. I'm not sure Francis would agree about his game, and having analysed my game I don't think it applies accurately to mine either. My game seems to have been roughly equal with it being slightly better for one side or the other at various times. Until my opponent blundered under time pressure into a lost position before losing on time.
Richard Almond
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Yes, "grovelling a win" does seem a rather strange phrase - draws are often described as grovelled if the defence has been long and arduous, but I've never heard wins described as such. It's true that Adrian Pickersgill could have obtained a superior (but by no means clearly winning) ending by playing 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Nd5, but surprisingly he did not consider this in his 20 minute think. His actual choice, compounded by further slight innacuracies, left me in full control of the position, and the win followed quite smoothly. So, even taking into account the chance Adrian missed, I think it would be fair to say that I won the game by outplaying my opponent, rather than grovelling for a long time in an inferior position.
Francis Rayner
I lost the toss so Eastbourne were white on odds.
| 1. F Rayner | 1-0 | A Pickersgill |
| 2. J. Sugden | 0.5-0.5 | O. Froom |
| 3. R. Almond | 1-0 | P. Carpenter |
| 4. P. Kelly | 1-0 | M. Reddie |
| 5. B Cafferty | 0-1 | J Madjovski |
Result: 3.5-1.5
M Reddie blundered a pawn very early for no compensation and I duly won the Rook and pawn ending.
Bernard went down in a well played game to a nice combo finish.
Francis and Richard grovelled 2 wins
Paul Kelly
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The editor queried the term 'grovelled' and received the following replies:
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Francis stood worse in the early stages, and Richard was under pressure for a time before their respective opponents made some concessions, so the results predictable at the half-way stage turned out to be different.
‘Grovelled’ is a fairly common chess term meaning ‘bumping along the bottom’ or ‘recovering from disadvantage'.
Bernard Cafferty
***
I would think Paul means winning after being fortunate to scramble out of a very inferior position by desperate means. I'm not sure Francis would agree about his game, and having analysed my game I don't think it applies accurately to mine either. My game seems to have been roughly equal with it being slightly better for one side or the other at various times. Until my opponent blundered under time pressure into a lost position before losing on time.
Richard Almond
***
Yes, "grovelling a win" does seem a rather strange phrase - draws are often described as grovelled if the defence has been long and arduous, but I've never heard wins described as such. It's true that Adrian Pickersgill could have obtained a superior (but by no means clearly winning) ending by playing 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Nd5, but surprisingly he did not consider this in his 20 minute think. His actual choice, compounded by further slight innacuracies, left me in full control of the position, and the win followed quite smoothly. So, even taking into account the chance Adrian missed, I think it would be fair to say that I won the game by outplaying my opponent, rather than grovelling for a long time in an inferior position.
Francis Rayner