Hillingdon Cup Success
: Created:17 Dec 2012 , by Alastair JohnstoneBoth Ealing teams have progressed in the Hillingdon League Cup competition. See inside for details.
Ealing A took full advantage of an opposition team weakened by the participation of some of their stronger players at the London Chess Classic to register a convincing victory at the Harvester on 6th December.
1. David Ebbett ½-½ Andrew Hayler
2. Nevenko Grozdanic 1-0 Raghu Kamath
3. Michael Lamb 1-0 Jason Obihara
4. Raj Jhooti 1-0 Tony Bynnersley
5. Sam Sarna 1-0 Jelena Bott
The following week, Ealing's other cup team (representing the C and D squads) also recorded a fine win away to Harrow Juniors.
1. Trevor Bates ½-½ Jagdeep Dhemrait
2. Amr Khalil 1-0 Surjit Dhemrait
3. Christopher Russell 1-0 Mairaj Mobeen
4. David Websdale ½-½ Devansh Marwaha
5. Zak Humphries 0-1 Timurs Gimranovs
David Websdale writes:
A mixed C/D squad played Harrow Juniors in the first round of the Hillingdon knockout cup. Ealing came out winners 3-2. The gradings were evenly balanced and we can be pleased with the result. Unlike last year when we played the same team in the first round, Colin Crouch did not play in this fixture !
Sitting next to Zak, on board 5, I observed his position and he looked comfortable, but next time I looked Zak was shaking his opponent's hand, and was clearly not pleased with himself. One down.
On board 4, David, a pawn up with a good position but short of time, wimpishly accepted his opponent's offer of a draw.
Christopher on board 3, showed more mettle, declined the offer of a draw and marched through his connected passed pawns to win.
The next result was from Trevor on board one. Trevor was a minor piece down with what looked (to me) like a lost position. But I was wrong - Trevor's opponent was forced to accept a perpetual check to avoid a mate.
The match was now level at 2 all, with Amr looking good, a bishop to pawn up with a strong passed pawn. Amr played accurately while recognising he was getting behind on the clock. A long series of knight manoeuvring looked necessary to promote the pawn, but Amr's opponent obligingly allowed his king and rook to be forked, then promptly resigned.