Match Details
TCL Division 3: Plymouth v South Hams 13 Oct 2014
| Bd | Plymouth | Col | Grade | ECF | Result | South Hams | Col | Grade | ECF | PGN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hodge, Nicholas | B | 130 | 291419A | 1-0 | Peach, Cliff | W | 110 | 116851E | Submit |
| 2 | O'Brien, Megan | W | 128 | 285525C | 0-1 | McConnell, Phil | B | 102 | 285386D | View |
| 3 | Tatam, Tony | B | 107 | 134693D | 0-1 | Fowler, James | W | 105 | 277497F | Submit |
| 4 | Scantlebury, Derek | W | 105 | 191043H | 0-1 | Best, Barclay | B | 90 | 233494L | Submit |
| Overall Match | 470 | 1-3 | 407 | |||||||
Match Report
Author: Phil McConnell
Date: 3 May 2015
A notable win for South Hams, being outgraded by our opponents by 470 to 407.
On Board 4, Barclay thought that he erred early on, but his opponent failed to capitalise and paid the price.
Board 3 was a tight game, with James prevailing in the end. According to Tony Tatam, James "played very well"!
On Board 2, Phil gained a pawn on move 20 at the expense of an exposed King. His opponent then threw the kitchen sink at Phil's King, sacrificing material in order to maintain the attack. Megan declined to force a draw by threefold repetition, and indeed could have forced a win at that point due to some inaccurate play by Phil. However soon afterwards Phil was able to repel her attack - by which time he had a big material advantage and a pawn on c2 threatening Queening with a back rank checkmate.
Board 1 was the last to finish, and it looked like a draw with each player having a King and 5 pawns - but only around 5 minutes each left on the clock. With both players under time pressure, Nicholas played the end game slightly more accurately than Cliff, and was able to Queen a pawn just before Cliff could do likewise, whereupon the tempo advantage plus a being a pawn up was enough to secure Nicholas the win.
I'm hoping to provide more detail on boards 1, 3 and 4 after speaking to the rest of the team.
Phil