LEAGUE RESULTS - WEEK 17

DIV 1 - 1st maintain 100% record with win against Shepshed

 

	24-Jan-08	v.	Shepshed (H)
1.	A. Byron	1		R. Henfrey	0
2.	M. Burrows	0.5		J. Simpson	0.5
3.	W. Dehnen	1		K. Bennet	0
4.	A. Morley	1		M. Connor	0
5.	I. Dodds	0.5		S. Rice	0.5
		4			1

 

DIV 3 - 3rd team have a uncomfortable win against Scraptoft Valley 2nd team by 3 - 2 - see separate report

 

DIV 4 - 5th team lose heavily away at Ashby 2

 

	24-Jan-08	v.	Ashby 2(A)
1.	P. Gibson	1		R. Townsend	0
2.	L.Adlard	1		B. Shuter	0
3.	D. Reynolds	0		P. Gray	1
4.	T. Rossell	1		D. White	0
5.	T. Dove	1		D. Wilkins	0
		4			1

 

Neil

Scraptoft Valley 2 v Wigston 3 match result

Played last night at Scraptoft:

1     Tate, Mick 131  1-0  130 Harlow, Phil
2  Jarvis, James 122  1-0  129 Smith, Stephen
3    Pratt, Dave 109  0-1  123 Watkinson, Phil
4     Busby, Mick 94  0-1  112 Pike, Andrew
5  Adams, Michael 87  0-1  113 Cooper, Barrie
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Match Score           2-3

A very close match against the lowest team in the Division; we were lucky to come out with a win.
Things seemed to start brightly on boards 1 and 5; but the rest of us seemed to be struggling; especially Stephen on board 2.

Barrie's game was the first to finish, with hindsight a straight forward win, but not without its dangers - as Barrie explained in the bar afterwards: "He was playing so poorly. I couldn't guess
what he was going to play next". The rest of the games were very different - Phil on board 1 was an exchange up against Mick Tate, but the position was very knife edge and Phil had to be careful; Stephen was badly losing, me and Andy each had slightly worst positions.

Stephen resigned just before Mick Tate skewered Phil's queen with a rook, Phil resigned a move later. It looked like we would have to push it to get a draw. Imagine my relief when my opponent fell for a cheapo trap that secured the exchange, and although there were still some difficulties the win was achieved.

That left Andrew on board 4 with an equal king and pawn endgame. Ignoring the pressure, Andrew excellently played a textbook endgame with the use of opposition and zugwang, to confidently gain the win for the game and the match.

Regards,
Phil.

LEAGUE RESULTS - WEEK 16

DIV 1 - 2nd team get welcome win against Shepshed

 

	17-Jan-08	v.	Shepshed (H)
1.	A. Morley	0.5		R. Henfrey	0.5
2.	P. Horspool	1		J. Simpson	0
3.	I. Dodds	0		R. Bowley	1
4.	P. Harlow	1		D. Farrall	0
5.	P. Watkinson	1		K. Bennet	0
		3.5			1.5

 

DIV 3 - 4th team have comprehensive win at Syston 1

 

	15-Jan-08	v.	Syston 1 (A)
1.	B. Pourmozafar	0		P. Watkinson	1
2.	C. Johnson	0.5		J. Daniel	0.5
3.	R. Gibbs	0		A. Pike	1
4.	R. Stone	1		B. Shuter	0
5.	S. Hollingworth	0		D. White	1
		1.5			3.5

 

DIV 4 - 6th team keep up good work against Littlethorpe 7

 

	17-Jan-08	v.	Littlethorpe 7(H)
1.	D.Wilkins	1		G. Winterton	0
2.	F. Hulford	1		S. Parsons	0
3.	C. Eastlake	0		B. Thomas	1
4.	P. Turland	1		L. Findley	0
		3			1

 

 

Neil

Syston 1 v Wigston 4 match result

Played last night at Syston:

1   Pourmozafari, Ben 120  0-1  123 Watkinson, Phil
2     Johnson, Cyril   92 Drawn 120 Daniel, John
3         Gibbs, Reg   92  0-1  112 Pike, Andrew
4       Stone, Robert 100  1-0  112 Shuter, Brian
5 Hollingworth, Stuart 96  0-1  101 White, David
Match score of 1.5 to 3.5 in Wigston's favour.

Although it looked a straight forward result on paper, in reality it was much closer and Syston could have had a draw.
My game wth Ben finished first - Ben plays very fast, perhaps too fast; and while I spent twice as long on my game than Ben (he took 20 minutes and I took 40 minutes); it was all over in a hour.
Some while later, John and Cyril on board 2 agreed a draw - "a bit boring" was John's summary when I asked him later. Because John has been playing Board 1 on home matches, and Board 2 on away matches, all his games this season has been as Black.
Brian's opponent was stronger than his grade suggested; Brian did have an better position for part of the game, but was outplayed in the endgame in a open position where the side with the initiative has a large advantage.
At this point, with only David's game still to be settled, things were looking good. the team had 2.5 points, so at least we had a draw, and David had two passed pawns so it looked an easy win. David made hard work of it (and giving me a few more grey hairs in the process) but got the result in the end.
Well done team! An important win!
Regards,Phil.

LEAGUE RESULTS - WEEK 15

DIV 4 - 5th Team defeated by strong Loughboro 3

 

	10-Jan-08	v.	Loughborough 3(A)
1.	T. Adcock	0.5		R. Townsend	0.5
2.	I. Clarkson	0.5		B. Shuter	0.5
3.	C. Parr	1		D. White	0
4.	G. Adcock	1		P. Gray	0
		3			1

 

Neil

LEAGUE RESULTS - WEEK 14

DIV 1 -    2nd Team stay bottom of the Division as they lose narrowly to Loughborough 1

 

	3-Jan-08	v.	Loughborough 1(H)
1.	A. Morley	0		S. Sheahan	1
2.	P. Horspool	1		J. Mitchell	0
3.	P. Gibbs	0.5		J. Miller	0.5
4.	I. Dodds	0.5		A. Jex	0.5
5.	P. Harlow	0		J. Glover	1
		2			3

 

 

DIV 4 - Loughborough 3 concede Charles Eastlake's game in 6th team match 

- final Result a 2.5 -1.5 Win for Wigston 6th team

 

Neil