Match Details
TCL Division 2: South Hams v Newton Abbot 9 Apr 2015
| Bd | South Hams | Col | Grade | ECF | Result | Newton Abbot | Col | Grade | ECF | PGN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wilkinson, Ben | B | 129 | 162703L | 0-1 | Brooks, Paul | W | 154 | 215149C | View |
| 2 | Peach, Cliff | W | 110 | 116851E | ½-½ | Taylor, Wilfred | B | 142 | 182650F | Submit |
| 3 | McConnell, Phil | B | 102 | 285386D | 0-1 | Allen, John | W | 132 | 264751F | View |
| 4 | Drake, Derek | W | 299675D | 0-1 | O'Donoghue, Toby | B | 34 | 276896D | Submit | |
| Overall Match | 341 | ½-3½ | 462 | |||||||
Match Report
Author: Phil McConnell
Date: 25 Apr 2015
In their final Torbay Division Two match of the season, South Hams suffered a heavy defeat at the hands of Newton Abbot, by the repeat score line of their away encounter earlier in the season. On their top 3 boards they were outgraded by 25 points in each game, all 3 players gave a good account of themselves. The match got under way and fairly quickly South Hams went 1-0 down on board 4 when Derek Drake, playing his first game for the club as a late stand in, lost. then just as the tea interval arrived Cliff Peach was offered a draw in a game where both players were willing to exchange pieces, with two knights and 6 pawns each he accepted, Ben Wilkinson's game was next to finish, Paul Brooks with all his pieces active slowly built the pressure up with one of Ben's rooks on the h file and out of the game was just too much for Ben to hold his position already a pawn down, so now the match was lost, at this stage Phil McConnell's game was still in a complicated position, John Allen was building a strong centre with queen and rooks, then at this stage while watching another game, Phil resigned, not sure what the final position was for Phil to resign but overall the team was not disgraced, it could have been an entirely different result if Steven Levy had been available.