Purbeck V Poole

B&DCL Team Handicap Knockout Cup Mon 10th Feb 2020 19:30 Winner: Away Verify

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Board	Rating	Purbeck	V	Poole	Rating
1	172C	Peirson, Steve B G	0 - 1	N Duggan, Michael FG	186A
2	149C	Coles, John F G	0 - 1	G Weatherlake, John P	170A
3	136B	Stout, Nicholas B G	0 - 1	G Smith, Richard	146B
4	129B	Mount, Derek G	0 - 1	B Popovic, P Dragi	148B
5	117C	Quin, Richard W P	½ - ½	N Patterson, Simon	130C
6	114E	Beling, Jeremy N	0 - 1	B Doyle, Jamie	085E
Total	817		½ - 5½		865

Last update Steve Peirson Tue 11th Feb 2020 08:25. Reported by Steve Peirson Tue 11th Feb 2020 08:25. Verified By Dragi Popovic Tue 11th Feb 2020 16:14

Press / Admin Comment

Because of the handicap, Purbeck only needed to draw 3-3 to win and after an hour's or so play things weren't looking too bad with all the games being fairly even. Unfortunately (for Purbeck) the rot then set in - first of all on board 2 John blundered too much material to carry on so resigned. Then on board 6 Jeremy lost a Q + P ending a pawn down to the newly crowned Dorset Junior Champion. I was next on board 1 when I blundered a piece in a perfectly reasonable position. Mike and I then went to the bar to go over the game and while we were in there, Nick (board 3) came in to say he'd turned a better position into a loss and then Richard (board 5) came in to say he'd turned a better position into a draw! Finally, when I had finished my game, Derek on board 4 was a pawn up but when I returned from the bar he was a pawn down and eventually lost the ending. Anyway, well done to Poole who managed to win by employing the devilish strategy of playing better moves than us!

Steve Peirson