Ealing B 5 - Hackney B 3
: Created:13 Nov 2008 , byAn exciting match resulted in a home victory for Ealing in division two of the Middlesex league
Chris Greenshields writes:
For the second match in a row, my game was the last to finish so I did not see very much action on other boards. There was an early draw for Mike Lamb, a win for John Harvey and defeat for Salim Shalabayev, which put us at 1.5-1.5. Sainbayar Tserendorj faced a tough opponent on board 1 and, with the Black pieces, was under some pressure and lost. Syrym Shalabayev played a good ending on board 5 to win with Black, a great performance. 2.5-2.5
That left Amogh Sarpotdar, David Ebbett and I to decide the match. My game was extremely complex with both players attacking their opponents on opposite sides of the board. While I was grappling with the position, Amogh (I am told) turned a lost position into a win, while David suddenly found an attack from what seemed to be an inferior position and also won. With my game now irrelevant to the result, my opponent offered a draw which I accepted. So 5-3 was the final result, which I think flattered us but that's chess. I think we were owed a result like that.
So the team has +2 =2 -1 from the first 5 games. We are half way to last year's total of 6/14. A very good performance so far.
Middx Lge: Ealing 2 vs Hackney 2
Date: Thursday 13th November 2008
Venue: Ealing
White on odds: Hackney
Result: Ealing 5-3 Hackney
1. 0-1 S. Tserendorj v G. Hughes
2. 1-0 D. Ebbett v Emyr Jones
3. 0.5 C. Greenshields v P. Vives
4. 0.5 M. Lamb v S. Tracey
5. 1-0 Syrym Shalabayev v D. Perryman
6. 1-0 A. Sarpotdar v N. Pereira
7. 0-1 Salim Shalabayev v C. Hays
8. 1-0 J. Harvey v Zebedee Jones
(0.5=draw)