(Edited from Tom’s notes) Against Hackney 2, we won the match on the evening 6-3, with one game adjourned. A welcome game point at the fifth attempt this season with a big welcome to our new players Gideon and Andrew! Ilford White on odds.
1 Zoltan Kovacs 178 0-1 Kevin D White 174
2 Piro Balluglo 174 adj Julian Hudson 176
3 Paul Conway 168 1/2 Tom A Barton 166
4 John Tennyson 166 1-0 Neville H Twitchell 174
5 Jeff Leung 165 1/2 Gideon Vecht 160
6 Salim Kriman 158 1-0 Gary Thurston 163
7 Emyr Jones 149 0-1 Leslie J Crane 156
8 Ramon J Jose 151 0-1 Anthony R Kent 151
9 James Corrigan 14 0-1 Aidan T Corish 156
10 Geoff Gunby 132 0-1 Andrew Medworth 146
Mean grading Home team: 159 Away team: 162.2 Δ = -3.2
match result: 3 — 6
with 1 game adjourned on board two
The teams were pretty evenly matched and the board positions see-sawed during the evening. Early results were wins for Les (in 11 moves against the French Defence!) and Aidan , and a loss for Neville. Gideon had an interesting Scotch Gambit and in a tricky position accepted a half. Tom also halved in a gummed up position. Gary has an unfortunate habit of getting himself into time-trouble and did it again tonight. Anthony won with a checkmate, and with Andrew winning a long endgame with knight and 2 pawns v knight, giving us five points. The final result depended on the top two boards and with Julian struggling it all depended on Kevin’s game which went back and forth. In the time scramble at the end, his position went from worse to winning thus securing the points. A welcome return to the team by Kevin!n the meantime I wish you all a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Season’s Greetings and best wishes for a Happy New Year,
boards 3, 4 and 5
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