Hackney II 6 Ealing II 2
: Created:04 Mar 2009 , by Alastair JohnstoneEaling II lose on a wet night in Hackney.
Bd Hackney 2 Gd. Ealing 2 Gd. 1 Bloom, Jerry 164 1-0 Greenshields, Chris 149 2 Hughes, Graham 158 0-1 Shalabayev, Syrym 148 3 Chin, Francis CW 164 1-0 Harvey, John T 126 4 Benyunes, Jonathon 165 1-0 Healeas, Simon 125 5 Burgoyne, Peter A 122 1-0 Shalabayev, Salim U/G 6 Alexander, Peter U/G 0-1 Johnstone, Alastair G 122 7 Tracey, Shaun 98 1-0 Grewal, Harvey 112 8 Vives, Pepe 118 1-0 Default 6-2Middlesex League Div.2 Tuesday 3rd March 2009
Chris Greenshields writes: Ealing 2 came down to earth with a bump at Hackney last night. We turned up with 7 players, every attempt to fill the team being thwarted in the days leading up to the match. Hackney's 2nd team was strong, with 160+ players on the top 4 boards and other strong players lower down.
The match got off to a bad start when I foolishly castled into an attack and missed a nasty tactic that ended the game very quickly. Salim's game also finished in defeat fairly quickly. Harvey too succumbed fairly quickly, disappointed in his performance. So 4-0 to Hackney.
Rays of hope emerged on board 2 where Syrym won the exchange and had his opponent's king exposed, which he later converted into a point. Alastair seemed comfortable for most of the game and also subsequently won with good careful play.
But the renewed hope did not last long. John was beaten by a strong attack from a very good opponent and Simon dropped a bishop to a very smart tactic that even Hackney's board 1 struggled to spot.
So we lost 6-2. A miserable night ending with a very difficult drive home in truly horrendous rain.