Bd | South Hams | Col | Grade | ECF | Result | Newton Abbot | Col | Grade | ECF | PGN |
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1 | Archer, David | B | 138 | 300734A | 1-0 | Ramesh, Vignesh | W | 143 | 276543D | View |
2 | Peach, Cliff | W | 105 | 116851E | 0-1 | Hussey, Michael | B | 99 | 277498H | Submit |
3 | McConnell, Phil | B | 115 | 285386D | 1-0 | Blackmore, Joshua | W | 101 | 290737K | View |
4 | Ashby, Ken | W | 98 | 181837F | 0-1 | Darlow, Paul | B | 61 | 285528J | Submit |
Overall Match | 456 | 2-2 | 404 |
The first fixture of the 2015-16 season finished with a 2-2 home draw against Newton Abbot.
David was first to finish on Board 1, finishing off his highly-respected young opponent just after the tea interval with a neat combination involving queen, bishop and rook in an attack on his opponent's exposed king.
South Hams went 2-0 up when Phil's opponent resigned in the face of overwhelming material superiority in the end game.
On Board 2, there was a tense end game, in which Cliff as white valiantly tried to fend off - with king and knight - two passed pawns on the g and h files supported by a knight. In the end Cliff resigned when it became inevitable that one of Black's pawns would queen.
So Ken needed a draw on Board 4 to secure the match victory. It was a tense end game (with lots of people watching!), and after some swings and roundabouts Ken ended up with a rook and a pawn against a rook. Unfortunately Ken ran out of time, and as his opponent had sufficient material on the board to checkmate when Ken's clock fell, this was a win to Newton Abbot - and a drawn match.
So: mixed fortunes but an exciting match. Congratulations to Newton Abbot for achieving the draw despite being out-graded by 52 points.