Home Team: Bedford A | Away Team: Milton Keynes A | ||||||
Board | Name | Grade | Score | Score | Name | Grade | |
1 | Steven C Ledger | 186 | 0 | 1 | Gary Kenworthy | 192 | |
2 | Paul F Habershon | 180 | 0 | 1 | Graham Smith | 182 | |
3 | Richard T Bodily | 178 | 0 | 1 | Adrian G Elwin | 179 | |
4 | Andrew J Chapman | 169 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Graham E Borrowdale | 177 | |
5 | Qais Karimi | 159 | 1 | 0 | Peter Edwards | 160e | |
1.5 | 3.5 | ||||||
Played: 06/12/18 | |||||||
No excuses, on the top three boards Bedford were comprehensively outplayed.
Steve and I both reached inferior Q and B versus powerful Q and N positions and duly succumbed.
Richard lasted longer but reached a rook and pawn ending one pawn down and Adrian proved that not all rook endings are drawn.
The last time I saw Board 4 it had a double-edged middlegame position but I didn’t see how it ended.
Qais arrived nearly half an hour late, but clocks do not faze him and he was the first to finish after a dominating position led to material gain.
Unfortunately one win wasn’t going to save the day. Milton Keynes A maintained their 100% score, including a win v Leighton Buzzard, so a lot depends on the return matches.
Paul Habershon, 8th December 2018