Ealing B 3 Hounslow B 0
: Created:20 Nov 2008 , by Alastair JohnstoneEaling are well-placed to take the spoils from Monday night's match
Board | Colour | HOUNSLOW B | Score | EALING B | Score |
1 | B | F. Zurstiege | a | Chris Greenshieds | a |
2 | W | M.Miu | 0 | Syrym Shalabayev | 1 |
3 | B | J.J.Padam | 0 | Michael Turp | 1 |
4 | W | M.Staneland | p | Simon Healeas | p |
5 | B | J.O'Toole | 0 | Salim Shalabayev | 1 |
6 | W | A. Cleminson | p | Alastair Johnstone | p |
Without wishing to count chickens etc., Ealing B look handily placed to win their second match of the season after a solid perfomance away to Hounslow. The brothers Shalabayev both delivered the full point, with typical 'shock and awe' tactical elan from Syrym and a more measured siege from Salim, which proved equally effective. Michael Turp notched a debut victory with an smoothly impressive display on board 3.
At the close, Chris Greenshields has the exchange and the initiative for a pawn in a game that has surprisingly gone to adjudication. Fritz is sanguine about Chris's prospects and given adjudication eliminates the possibility of human error, it is hard to see anything other than a win being decreed.
Board 4 is to be continued. Material is level, but Simon Healeas has a more active bishop and a freer position. Lastly, on Board 5, a gross blunder by yours truly on the final move in the session (@*?!!) has transformed a simple win into an as yet unresolved game.