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Atticus 1 |
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Chester C |
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1 |
b |
S Kee |
195 |
1 |
0 |
M McDonagh |
186 |
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2 |
w |
L Boumphrey |
176 |
1 |
0 |
I McLean |
159 |
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3 |
b |
M Williams |
131 |
½ |
½ |
S Lloyd |
146 |
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4 |
w |
J Wiseman |
117 |
1 |
0 |
P McKeown |
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5 |
b |
B Ellington |
124 |
1 |
0 |
S Williams |
124 |
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4½ |
½ |
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A jamboree chess evening at The Cross-Keys, hosting four matches and twenty boards, saw a pretty evenly-matched affair as far as grading goes. However, as they say in football, momentum is everything, and our team/squad continued it's good form with a convincing win in the crucible which is the Wirral 1st division.
Luke started the avalanche, saccing a piece to expose his opponents king, and the rest was history. I weathered some pressure but as the position opened up a similar attack was decisive for me. Jim managed to keep some tactical possibilities in reserve, and this created a win from a fairly even position. Ben demonstrated a nice balance between positional and tactical play in a convincing Sicilian, and had a won position when his opponents flag fell. Mike was a pawn up for what seemed like ages, but as his opponent appeared to be about to regain the pawn in the endgame a draw was agreed.
So, another excellent performance from our players, and our position in the Wirral League Division 1 is secure for this season!