South Hams Chess Club
South Hams Chess Club

Match Details

DCCA Mamhead: South Hams v Barnstaple 3 Dec 2016

Bd South Hams Col Grade ECF Result Barnstaple Col Grade ECF PGN
1 Rudd, Jack W 213 118310C 1-0 Levy, Steve B 177 134450L View
2 Munsey, Jon B 137 214834B 0-1 Archer, David W 151 300734A View
3 Clarke, Steve W 133 187545A 0-1 McConnell, Phil B 126 285386D View
4 Jones, Graham B 88 149034F 0-1 Peach, Cliff W 96 116851E View
Overall Match5713-1550
 

Match Report

Author:  Phil McConnell

Date:  5 Dec 2016

On behalf of Steve Levy...

Barnstaple fielded an International Master on Board 1, which was always going to be an uphill struggle for Steve, but the gradings suggested a close battle on Boards 2, 3, and 4.

On Board 1, Steve indeed succumbed to Jack Rudd, thinking afterwards that he'd treated his renowned opponent with "too much respect".

Board 2 was an exciting encounter. David survived a period when his Queen was being pushed around and looking vulnerable, came up first with a complicated tactic that gained a slight advantage, and later another neat tactic which forced his opponent to resign.

Board 3 was a dour struggle, with Phil on the defensive due to his opponent's knights being better-placed than Phil's. However his opponent made the mistake of allowing the knights to be exchanged off, leaving Phil with the better pawn formation and a winning position.

On Boad 4 Cliff looked to be in trouble in the middle game, a pawn down and massively behind on the clock. However he kept his cool, played the end game really well, and when he queened his a pawn it was all over.

Our first vistory in the Mamhead, and an excellent result.