Bd | South Hams | Col | Grade | ECF | Result | Teignmouth | Col | Grade | ECF | PGN |
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1 | Levy, Steve | B | 177 | 134450L | 1-0 | Ingham, Bill | W | 158 | 173310C | View |
2 | Wilkinson, Ben | W | 124 | 162703L | 0-1 | Mills, Nathan | B | 154 | 272540L | View |
3 | Archer, David | B | 138 | 300734A | 0-1 | Hindom, Kevin | W | 155 | 233227K | View |
4 | McConnell, Phil | W | 115 | 285386D | 0-1 | Tidy, Norman | B | 118 | 120413A | Submit |
Overall Match | 554 | 1-3 | 585 |
(Report submitted on behalf of Steve Levy.)
Steve had drawn all 6 of his previous games against Bill Ingham, so he was delighted to produce a win this time round.
Unfortunately things didn't go so well on the other 3 boards.
Board 2 produced a finish as tense as any could be. Ben was down in material but up on time - to the extent that his opponent had to make 11 moves in 2 minutes to get to the checkpoint on move 35, and at the end had just 25 seconds - with a rook and king against Ben's two isolated pawns and a king. Very well played Nathan, who, moving as quickly as physically possible, got to his checkmate with 2 seconds to spare!
On Board 3 David was down on material, but made life tricky of his opponent. During the late middle game, David's exposed king was marched all the way down the board and (nearly) all the way back again. The Grand Old Duke of York...
The less said about Phil's game the better. He blundered a knight early on, and was never able to recover. Norman played well, though.
It looks as if Steve is the only wheel left on our wagon in Division 1 !