South Hams Chess Club
South Hams Chess Club

Match Details

TCL Division 3: South Hams v Torquay Boys Grammar School 16 Apr 2015

Bd South Hams Col Grade ECF Result Torquay Boys Grammar School Col Grade ECF PGN
1 McConnell, Phil B 102 285386D 0-1 Sturt, Ben W 76 292547D View
2 Archer, David W 90 300734A 1-0 Kubiak, Jakub B 73 293395A View
3 Ashby, Ken B 83 181837F 1-0 Lee, Yul W 80 279860J View
4 Collins, Tony W 78 173334F 1-0 Sanders-Wyatt, Ben B 65 281087G Submit
Overall Match3533-1294
 

Match Report

Author:  Phil McConnell

Date:  28 Apr 2015

This was the last match of the season for the South Hams Division 3 team, and it finished in a satisfying win against a team fro Torquay Boys Grammar School tat was much stronger than their grades would suggest. Expect their grades to be considerably higher next year!

Board 1 was a return of the Board 1 away match earlier in the season, which Phil won very narrowly. This time Ben had the better of Phil, in a close game with chances to win for both sides; the game was effectively decided when Phil allowed his opponent to set up a combination winning a knight for a pawn. Ben still had to play accurately to force a win - which he did. Well played, Ben.

On Board 2 David played King's Gambit Declined. After good development on both sides, Black castled queenside which allowed David to capture Black's pawn on f7 with his bishop, and then to move this bishop into a commanding position which was the bedrock of a strong - and winning - attack. "A good game", says David.

Ken summed up his game on Board 3 like this: "I should have won, he should have won, I won. A bit of a comedy of errors, really. A neat ending though - my opponent was one move away from Checkmate, but I got there first".

On Board 4, Tony amassed a strong material superiority which enable him to force a reasonably comfortable win.

So, South Hams are the Division 3 Champions with 18 points (9 wins, 1 defeat); no other team can finish with more than 14 points. Many congratulations to all twelve of the South Hams players who have represented the club in Division 3 and contributed to this outstanding season.