Barking 2 v Ilford 1, 5 October 2023.
Essex D2, 6 board match, G80 + 10. Toss won by Barking – White on odd boards.
Jef Page, captain.
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1  | 2002 | Jaszkiwskyj, Peter | ½ – ½ | Twitchell, Neville H | 1973 |
| 2 (B) | 1927 | Ramage, Colin R | ½ – ½ | Barton, Tom A | 1894 |
| 3 | 1860 | Robinson, James M | 1 – 0 | Page, Jeffrey | 1685 |
| 4 (B) | 1799 | Clow, Ken W | ½ – ½ | Undre, Taha | 1576 |
| 5 | 1799 | Saunders, Richard | 0 – 1 | Faheem, Muhammad | 1518 |
| 6 (B) | 1704 | Mathompat, Rajyeshwar | 1 – 0 | O’Connell, Euan | 1218 |
| Average | 1849 | 3½ – 2½ | Average | 1644 |
A disappointing night for Ilford after our win over Wanstead and missing a few regular players didn’t help.
Euan came up against Mathompat whose fianchettoed Bishop got early control of Euan’s kingside position, whilst I had a hard time defending a Queen’s opening but after blundering away a pawn I was always struggling to play catch-up, but never did and lost on time.
On the top boards we did well with Tom taking a short grandmaster draw against Colin after early exchanges swapped pieces off the board. Neville did very well (reluctantly?) leading the team on board 1 to nullify Jaszkiwskyj threats. Muhammad had a good quick win making a mockery of the grading difference, only at the last moment generously agreeing to play. The match result hinged on Taha’s game. In a level minor piece & pawns endgame he almost lost control but held on as Ken Clow threw rather let slip the opportunity to win.
Thanks to everyone who played as I only completed the team late on Monday evening.
Ilford Chess Club 