Match Result
| Season | 19/20 |
| Date | Wed 29 Jan 2020 |
| Competition: | Hillingdon League Division 2 |
| Fixture |
Uxbridge 'B' v Ealing 'B'
|
| Result | L: 2-3 |
Scorecard
| Board | Grade | Uxbridge 'B' | v | Ealing 'B' | Grade |
| 1 | 133 | Knight, Daniel | 1-0 | Simon Healeas |
|
| 2 | 138 | Knight, David | 1-0 | Alastair Johnstone |
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| 3 | 111 | Foale, Ron | 0.5-0.5 | Sami Goussous |
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| 4 | 101 | Nandi, Asoke K | 0.5-0.5 | Martin Loat |
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| 5 | 92 | Doherty, Ivor | 0-1 | David Websdale |
|
| Total | | | 3-2 | | |
Captains Comment
The first results came in from the lower boards. David, white on bottom
board, played against a Philidor and placed his Bishop on c4. After black
castled King-side, this left the f-pawn pinned by the Bishop and when
black retreated a Knight to g6 it could be captured by the white Queen.
With the black Queen isolated from the action around her King it was not
long before mate was delivered by white's Queen and Knight.
On board four, Martin played his favourite Pirc defence with black. On
moves 15-19 a series of exchanges saw Martin capture the d4 pawn. Then
came the crucial moment of the game: white played 22 Qxc7 seemingly
getting the pawn back. Although Martin saw he could play 22...Rc8 with
dastardly back row threats, after 23 Q x Qd7 (picking up both white rooks
as ample compensation for his Q) he couldn't calculate far enough ahead
to see a real advantage. However after the game computer analysis showed
that 22...Rc8! Would have been a star move. But he actual game headed for
a draw with material even, the only notable feature being that even after
Martin blundered a pawn at move 35, the game was still drawn a pawn down
on account of the opposite coloured bishops.
Similarly, on board three, Sami agreed a draw with his opponent after two
hours play.
Following completion of my own game I observed progress on the top two
boards, where positions appeared evenly balanced and most pieces still
active on the board. Alastair describes his game on board two: On the
Black side of a Symmetrical English, after I had omitted the critical
15...h5, my opponent gained a significant space advantage and a powerful
bishop controlling the white squares from g2. He missed the opportunity to
increase his advantage with 17.g5! but elected to close the centre with
17.d5 instead. This left a position that offered few opportunities for
either player. I tried to gain some activity but my efforts were parried
by accurate play. I passed up the chance of a draw by repetition in search
of a win and soon lived to regret it when I made an egregious blunder to
drop a knight after which all hope was lost.
Similarly, Simon reports his game on top board, where the clock had a
significant impact on the latter stages. Playing the white side of a
Catalan, I managed on move 20 to get in the strong d5 which gave an
advantage. Sadly the follow-up was weak and any winning chances were soon
dissipated. To make matters worse, a knight was lost as I over-pressed in
a position that did not justify such an approach. That said, my opponent
played well and took his chances to secure victory.
Following our first upset of the season, we have five points from six
and are second to Uxbridge B in Division two of the League, with six more
matches to play.
