Although we should probably have done better, in this match we did collect our first point of the competition. The format seems to induce odd opening-decisions and for no good reason I left my repertoire around move 7 - I ended up thinking for ages and then blundering in the tactical-exchanges. Steve and Charlie had nice voctories while Dave James's good run in the competition came to an end.
Atticus B 1-3 Battersea Howitzers.
Atticus B
1776
Battersea Howitzers
1899
w
Boumphrey, Luke S
2020 e
1 - 0
Buanne, Luca
1922 e
b
Banerjee, Sanjoy K
1720 e
0 - 1
Kolani, Arjun
1937 e
w
Burge, Steve J
1675 c
0 - 1
Dupuis, Denis K
1870 e
b
Blasczyk, Martin
1690 c
0 - 1
Mellor, Jessica
1870 e
Atticus B were outgunned by the Howitzers.
Round 5:
Atticus A 1-3 Oxford
Atticus A
2219
Oxford 1
2173
w
Redmond, John P.
2327 e
½ - ½
Savage, Ben D M
f
2273
b
Kennaugh, Charles W
f
2249
0 - 1
Cont, Arya
2147 e
w
Kee, Steve
2155 e
0 - 1
Smallbone, Kieran D
2179
b
James, David J
f
2147 e
½ - ½
Nataraj, Nakul
2095 e
On paper, we were reasonably matched but got soundly beaten.
To Be Decided 4-0 Atticus B
To Be Decided
1757
Atticus B
1776
w
Gurner, Jem
1975 e
1 - 0
Boumphrey, Luke S
2020 e
b
Chadha, Sambhav
1706
1 - 0
Banerjee, Sanjoy K
1720 e
w
Vanjare, Aditya
1705 e
1 - 0
Blasczyk, Martin
1690 c
b
Jaberansari, Daniel
1645 e
1 - 0
Burge, Steve J
1675 c
Again, on paper, this should have been an even contest. However, we got steamrollered.
Round 6:
Anglian Avengers 3-1 Atticus A
Anglian Avengers 1
2240
Atticus A
2219
w
Walker, Martin G
f
2275 e
½ - ½
Redmond, John P.
2327 e
b
Kanellopoulos, Panayotis
2265
½ - ½
Kennaugh, Charles W
f
2249
w
Talsma, Paul
2177 e
1 - 0
Kee, Steve
2155 e
b
Lewis, Andrew P
f
2243
1 - 0
James, David J
f
2147 e
We were a little out-rated in this match but could have hoped to do better.
Atticus B 2-2 Phone Pals
Atticus B
1798
Phones Pals
1586
421
w
Boumphrey, Luke S
2020 e
0 - 1
Bozinakis, Pavlos
2216
422
b
Rothwell, James P
1892 e
0 - 1
Shah, Dipen
1501 o
423
w
Wadsworth, Mark S
1660 c
1 - 0
Narang, Vishal
1487 o
424
b
Wiseman, Jim K
1622 e
1 - 0
Sharan, Kartike
1140 o
Atticus B finally got themselves a match-point. This was mainly thanks to Jim Wiseman's timely debut and Mark's return. Luke had a challenging assignment on Board 1 and came off second-best. James Rothwell appeared well-placed in a closed position but then fell victim to a tricky Queen-trap. Mark had a fairly wild-looking game where he held his nerve to bring home the victory. Jim won a piece relatively early and duly converted.
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