Maidenhead C 2 Ealing C 4
: Created:17 Feb 2009 , by Alastair JohnstoneA second win in five days for a resurgent Ealing C!
| Thames Valley League Div.3 | February 16th 2009 | ||||
Bd | Maidenhead C | Gd. | Ealing C | Gd. | |
1 | Ahmed, R | 100 | 0.5-0.5 | Healeas, Simon | 125 |
2 | Shell, Anthony | 81 | 0-1 | Jhooti, Raj | 115 |
3 | Cobbold, John | 97 | 0-1 | Reichenberg, David | 79 |
4 | Trower, Keith | 95 | 0.5-0.5 | Ball, Jerry | 84 |
5 | Archer-Lock, Philip A | 62 | 0-1 | Richards, Geoff | 77 |
6 | Armstrong, Stuart A | 73 | 1-0 | Sachdev, Amardeep | 75 |
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Geoff Richards reports: Following our 4-2 win at Richmond last Thursday we travelled to Maidenhead for our second away game in five days to achieve an identical result!
On board 5 your captain managed to contrive a pawn advantage and was looking forward to practising his end game technique when his youthful opponent obligingly overlooked a mate in one to save him the trouble. 1-0 to Ealing.
On board 3 David Reichenberg quickly won the exchange and ruthlessly ground out the full point. 2-0 to Ealing.
This was quickly followed on board 2 by Raj Jhooti who also won the exchange early on and despite the distraction of his opponent's passed pawn always held the initiative and secured the win. 3-0 to Ealing.
On board 1 Simon Healeas, noting the match position, offered his opponent a draw that was gratefully received. 3.5 - 0.5 to Ealing and the match won.
On board 4 Jerry Ball lost a pawn in complications early on but managed to regain it and hold the draw. 4-1 to Ealing.
Meanwhile on board 6 Amars Sachdev lost material early on and despite much cussedness could not retrieve the situation and had to concede his first defeat of the season for this team. Final score 4-2 to Ealing.
Following our by now customary poor start to the season we have won our last three matches to put ourselves on an even keel with a record of 3 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats. Our remaining games are at home to the second and third placed teams (Staines B and Wimbledon C) and away to the bottom team (Surbiton C). We still have plenty to play for and may even be able to help the B team!