Comfortable London League Win v Athenaeum

Athenaeum 2 v Ilford   London Division 2   Wednesday 3rd May 2017

Board	Home player		Result	Away player		Grading difference (Δ)
one	Ti Chen s176A		0-1	Kevin D White s172A		+4
two	Carl J Hetherington s171B		1/2-1/2	Neville H Twitchell s173A		-2
three	Geoff R Hermes s155D		1-0	Tom A Barton s167B		-12
four	Charles Davie s147F		0-1	Gary Thurston es165		-18
five	Steve Madden s152C		1/2-1/2	David Millward s166A		-14
six	Adrian M Davies s131C		0-1	Julian Hudson s154A		-23
seven	Martin D Leanse s122B		0-1	Aidan T Corish s159A		-37
eight	Tristan Dolphin es60		1/2-1/2	Stephen J Abbott s147C		-87
nine	Samuel Burrows es100		0-1	Anthony R Kent s153A		-53
ten	Patrick Hill es70		0-1	Jeffrey Page s130B		-60
Mean grading	Home team: 128.4			Away team: 158.6		Δ = -30.2
match result: 2.5 — 7.5

With Atheneaum on 3 points and ourselves on 3.5 points before the match, a reasonably close match was to be expected. In the event, we significantly outgraded our opponents by an average of 30 points, particularly on the lower boards.

A comfortable 7.5 = 2.5 win to Ilford.

Played 8 with 4.5 points. 3 matches to go in 2016/2017 season