Due to time constraints, a quick review of the last couple of games: -
Firstly, we start with an EXCELLENT 5th team draw with Braunstone's 3rd team. I said to the lads before the game that I'd take a draw and that's what we got!
A brilliant draw for Nik on board 1 after Jez offered a draw in the middlegame that looked a little double edged.
Charles and Conor's game was a stonewall draw with opposite coloured bishops on same coloured squares as their pawns and literally no way through for either player.
Rory was beaten by a good player but what was very heartening to see was Rory's willingness to fight on despite losing pieces and trying to promote a pawn. Unlucky Rory, great fighting spirit though, I like that.
Frank won his game very well although it seemed that Frank's opponent resigned a little early. Frank assessed that he couldn't win a piece with the right move order. His opponent assessed it differently and thought he'd lost a piece and so resigned.
Well done team, an excellent draw, the 5th team STILL undefeated.
The 6th team and last night's shenanigans now. To be honest, this was a very even match and it literally could have gone either way.
First to finish was Frank who fell to the very wily Andy Carter. Frank lost a piece heading towards the end of the middlegame and he resigned having decided that it wasn't worth playing on in a lost position.
Simon finished next, a good win given that he was a queen for rook and bishop down, next time I looked Simon was pinning his opponent's queen to his King, next time I looked, Simon had queened a pawn and then Simon mated his young opponent.
I agreed a draw when I was a piece for a pawn up and only when I was 100% sure that Darren had won. I just couldn't find a way through and I had a very weak back rank which would have been dilapidated by a wandering rook.
Darren basically smashed his opponent who didn't play very well.
Ben Vaughan
| 23 Jan | Wigston 5 | v | Braunstone 3 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 2 - 2 | | |||||
| 1 | B | 129 | Chalashkanov, Nikola | ½ - ½ | Wells, Jeremy | 139 | |
| 2 | W | 120 | Eastlake, Charles | ½ - ½ | Reid, Conor | 128 | |
| 3 | B | 114 | Goldsmith, Rory | 0 - 1 | Hamby, Stephen | 127 | |
| 4 | W | 109 | Hulford, Frank | 1 - 0 | Oliver, John | 116 | |
Firstly, we start with an EXCELLENT 5th team draw with Braunstone's 3rd team. I said to the lads before the game that I'd take a draw and that's what we got!
A brilliant draw for Nik on board 1 after Jez offered a draw in the middlegame that looked a little double edged.
Charles and Conor's game was a stonewall draw with opposite coloured bishops on same coloured squares as their pawns and literally no way through for either player.
Rory was beaten by a good player but what was very heartening to see was Rory's willingness to fight on despite losing pieces and trying to promote a pawn. Unlucky Rory, great fighting spirit though, I like that.
Frank won his game very well although it seemed that Frank's opponent resigned a little early. Frank assessed that he couldn't win a piece with the right move order. His opponent assessed it differently and thought he'd lost a piece and so resigned.
Well done team, an excellent draw, the 5th team STILL undefeated.
| 30 Jan | Wigston 6 | v | Red Admiral 2 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2½ - 1½ | |||||||
| 1 | B | 109 | Hulford, Frank | 0 - 1 | Carter, Andy | 105 | |
| 2 | W | 104 | Vaughan, Ben | ½ - ½ | Parsons, Stan | 94 | |
| 3 | B | 102 | Poulacheris, Darren | 1 - 0 | Slater, Mick | 91 | |
| 4 | W | 69 | Dean, Simon | 1 - 0 | Cunnold, Ben | 60 | |
The 6th team and last night's shenanigans now. To be honest, this was a very even match and it literally could have gone either way.
First to finish was Frank who fell to the very wily Andy Carter. Frank lost a piece heading towards the end of the middlegame and he resigned having decided that it wasn't worth playing on in a lost position.
Simon finished next, a good win given that he was a queen for rook and bishop down, next time I looked Simon was pinning his opponent's queen to his King, next time I looked, Simon had queened a pawn and then Simon mated his young opponent.
I agreed a draw when I was a piece for a pawn up and only when I was 100% sure that Darren had won. I just couldn't find a way through and I had a very weak back rank which would have been dilapidated by a wandering rook.
Darren basically smashed his opponent who didn't play very well.
Ben Vaughan
Posts
