Ealing C 5 Meadhurst 1
: Created:30 Oct 2009 , by Alastair JohnstoneEaling C hosted Meadhurst in their first home match of the campaign on Thursday and ran out comfortable 5-1 winners.
| Thames Valley League, Div.3 | 29th October 2009 | ||||
Bd | EALING B | Gd. | MEADHURST | Gd. | |
1 | Healeas, Simon | 151 | 1-0 | Vidal, Pablo A | 145 |
2 | Gibbs, Steve B | 138 | 0-1 | Abbott, Steven | 125 |
3 | Jhooti, Rajinder | 136 | 1-0 | Gamble, Ian | 119 |
4 | Sarna, Sam | 130 | 1-0 | Ingram, Andrew | 118 |
5 | Obihara, Jason | 125 | 1-0 | Cripps, Martin | 30 |
6 | Richards, Geoff | 92 | 1-0 | Naylor, Stan | |
5-1 | |||||
Geoff Richards writes:
Matters developed quickly on the lower boards. On board 6 my opponent, already material down, obligingly left his queen en pris, whilst on board 5 Jason Obihara's opponent was utterly overwhelmed by a "blitzkrieg" attack and soon succumbed to a picturesque checkmate in the centre of the board. 2-0 to Ealing.
On board 4 Sam Sarna's opponent was always on the back foot and eventually material down when under pressure he allowed a simple back row mate. 3-0 to Ealing.
On board 3 Raj Jhooti's games was, as always, most interesting to watch. At one point a bishop for two pawns ahead, Raj's advantage appeared to have disappeared when his opponent forced the exchange of queens, but after boldly declining the offer of a draw he eventually conjured up a checkmate. 4-0 to Ealing.
Amidst all this excitement Simon Healeas on board 1 was quietly acumulating a significant material advantage and when effectively two exchanges down his opponent overlooked a simple checkmate in one. 5-0 to Ealing.
On board 2 Steve Gibbs, playing his first game of the season, was engaged in a tense positional struggle but was obliged to resign when material down with the prospect of further loss. 5-1 to Ealing at the end of the day.
Thus we have now won our first two matches by good margins, our best start ever to a season.