4NCL Online Rounds 4, 5, and 6

Round 4:

Atticus A  2-2  Shropshire 1

	Atticus A		2219		Shropshire 1		2053
w	Redmond, John P.		2327 e	0 - 1	Cooper, Gavyn		2230 e
b	Kennaugh, Charles W	f	2249	1 - 0	Zabrocki, Philip		1997 e
w	Kee, Steve		2155 e	1 - 0	Gostelow, David W		1990 e
b	James, David J	f	2147 e	0 - 1	Archer, Richard		1997 e

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.