Post by gpj on Nov 15, 2013 18:13:54 GMT
Hastings & St Leonards 1 v Worthing 2
14 November 2013
Result 3- 2
What on paper should have been a fairly comfortable match for us, especially when Worthing 2 turned up with only 4 players, turned out to be anything but comfortable.
On board 4 Jerry's opponent played the From gambit in reply to his 1. f4 and gained the usual quick development. However Jerry defended well, kept his extra central pawn, and soon turned the tables to record a quick win.
On board 3 Alfredo's game was a tragedy as he had built up a really nice attacking position. Unfortunately he came up with a really strong idea except that it dropped a rook to a simple queen check and he had to resign whereas he had a number of ways of preparing his idea which would almost certainly have won.
On board 1 Francis played the King's Indian but his opponent played very sensibly and simplified to a level position, which offered little scope for either player, so a draw was soon agreed.
The final result therefore depended on board 2 where, to add a bit of extra interest, John had agreed to a quick play finish. The game progressed to a position which was quite unbalanced where John had won the exchange for two pawns and also had the safer King. However, his opponent had defended well and would probably have had the better position if he could manage to exchange queens. I didn't see the final moves and, although it was not the result John was looking for, a draw was eventually agreed to give us a 3-2 match win.
Howard Tebbs
14 November 2013
| Francis Rayner 198 (b) | 0.5 - 0.5 | Rakesh Nair 164 (w) |
| John Sugden 190 (w) | 0.5 - 0.5 | Peter Larwood 157 (b) |
| Alfredo Luaces 180 (b) | 0 - 1 | David Clivers 133 (w) |
| Jerry Anstead 181 (w) | 1 - 0 | David Wallis 120 (b) |
| Howard Tebbs 174 (b) | 1 - 0 | default |
Result 3- 2
What on paper should have been a fairly comfortable match for us, especially when Worthing 2 turned up with only 4 players, turned out to be anything but comfortable.
On board 4 Jerry's opponent played the From gambit in reply to his 1. f4 and gained the usual quick development. However Jerry defended well, kept his extra central pawn, and soon turned the tables to record a quick win.
On board 3 Alfredo's game was a tragedy as he had built up a really nice attacking position. Unfortunately he came up with a really strong idea except that it dropped a rook to a simple queen check and he had to resign whereas he had a number of ways of preparing his idea which would almost certainly have won.
On board 1 Francis played the King's Indian but his opponent played very sensibly and simplified to a level position, which offered little scope for either player, so a draw was soon agreed.
The final result therefore depended on board 2 where, to add a bit of extra interest, John had agreed to a quick play finish. The game progressed to a position which was quite unbalanced where John had won the exchange for two pawns and also had the safer King. However, his opponent had defended well and would probably have had the better position if he could manage to exchange queens. I didn't see the final moves and, although it was not the result John was looking for, a draw was eventually agreed to give us a 3-2 match win.
Howard Tebbs