Loss to Barking 1 in the NCCL Summer Baum League

RAPIDPLAY 10 July 2023   G20+10
Jef Page, Captain
Ilford won the toss, White on odd boards Round 1
R = Rapidplay rating.

                                                ILFORD  2½ –  9½  BARKING
                                                          Rnd 1   Rnd 2
1. 1852R              NEVILLE TWITCHELL 0-1 0-1  JEFF GOLDBERG 2124R
2. 1893R  VENKATESH SUBRAMANIAN 0-1 0-1   ROMAN ISMAILOV 2092R
3. 1931R                          BIEL OBIOLS 1-0  0-1  P JASZKIWSKYJ 1977R
4. 1763R                                JEF PAGE 0-1  1-0   COLIN RAMAGE 1821R
5. 1598R                   ADHAR JAISWAL 1-0  0-1  JAMES ROBINSON 1877R
6. 1681R                        TAHA UNDRE 0-1  0-1  IGOR NAUMOV 1731R

A tough night for Ilford as the ratings show, so we lost our unbeaten record: now 4/5. With Barking turning out a strong team we were always onto a beating but we should have won a few more games to get the score closer. Taha was a whole Rook up but in the 1^st round time scramble lost the advantage whilst in the 2^nd round he couldn’t hold a level R,N and 3 pawns ending.  I made similar errors. I got demolished in round 1 but in the 2^nd I should have done far better when I threw away a 2 pawn advantage also in a R&p endgame. Biel did very well to win a piece in round 1 and pull off a win whilst Adhar made his extra pawns count but on the top 2 boards we were overwhelmed.

Barking are now top 4/5 having beaten us but we actually have more game points: 43½ to 39½.