Essex Knockout: Ilford K.O’d and into Plate

2018 Essex Rapidplay Knockout

PLAYED 12 JUNE 2018 AT UPMINSTER

	UPMINSTER A	R1	R2	Ilford
1	Martin McCall 171E r (B, W)	1-0	1-0	Neville Twitchell 162D r (W, B)
2	Les Crane 177D r	1-0	1-0	Anthony Kent 144E r
3	Paul Rosenfeld 169D r	0-1	0-1	Syd Kalinsky 147E r
4	Robert Gill 167Er	1-0	0-1	Jef Page 138F r (146B s)
5	John Davenport 166D r	1-0	1-0	Anurag Singh Chauhan 116D r
		4-1	3-2
		7-3

30 minutes each on the clock, 2 games as black and white.

Not an unexpected result in a tough 1^st round draw against a strong Upminster Rapidplay A team. No disgrace in losing, though we should have run them a bit closer. Neville returning to play a match for us on board 1, and Syd’s double wins over Rosenfeld were the highlights. Syd always had control in stopping Rosenfeld developing his pieces and he won a piece in both games leading to secure endgame wins. Jef had good play in both of his games. He could not quite work it out in the first game, but made no mistake in the 2^nd.

Traffic problems on the A12 (bad accident closed 1 lane- police in attendance) meant that we arrived late but at least Upminster delayed the start. we will now go into the 1^st round Plate Competition with a home draw against Wanstead C on Monday 2nd July.

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