Entertaining match against Wanstead & Woodford

London League  – Division 2
Wednesday 27^th March

WANSTEAD & WOODFORD 4.5 – 3.5 ILFORD 2 adjourned

Ilford white on odd boards

David SPEARMAN	183	½ – ½	Tom BARTON	166
Ian HUNNABLE	170	Adj	Julian HUDSON	176
Steve RIX	174	1 – 0	Gideon VECHT	160
Ian REYNOLDS	163	Adj	Neville TWITCHELL	174
Terry WHITTON	167	1 – 0	Anthony KENT	151
Mark MURRELL	164	½ – ½	Gary THURSTON	163
Steven GILMOUR	160	0 – 1	Andrew MEDWORTH	146
Keith JONES	151	½ – ½	Malcolm GESTHUYSEN	139
Jay SHARMAN	121	0 – 1	Jason KLIMACH	137
walkover	.	1 – 0	forfeit

An entertaining evening of chess. Jason had a very sharp Sicilian from which he came out better. A good win for Andrew but Anthony and Gideon were under pressure from the opening. Tom was doing very well on board one but missed opportunities to win and bailed out for a draw by repetition with the clocks on under a minute left.

For the two adjourned games, from a quick glance Neville’s game looks a draw at best. There is a lot of play left in Julian’s game so there is still a faint hope of getting something from the match but a the lack of a full team is once again hurting.