Southbourne D V Highcliffe C

B&DCL Div 4 Fri 22nd Apr 2022 00:00 Winner: Away Verify

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Board	Rating	Southbourne D	V	Highcliffe C	Rating
1	1300	Vann, Anton N	0 - 1	B Trach, Thomas	1705
2	1368	Dixon, Ken B	½ - ½	B Kageler, Susan	1660
3	1245	Spirling, Florence G	0 - 1	B Manson, Andrew	1675
4	1143	Dufall, Alan B	0 - 1	N Richardson, Rachel	1323
Total	5056		½ - 3½		6363

Last update Richard Ursell Sat 23rd Apr 2022 07:04. Reported by Richard Ursell Sat 23rd Apr 2022 07:04. Verified By

An enjoyable evening in a fine venue

The home side were significantly out graded, but nevertheless made Highcliffe fight hard for every point. Rachel won material in the middle game and pushed home her advantage to win first. I did not see much of Thomas' and Anton's game but they clearly battled hard - Tom coming out victorious in the end. I had a tough battle with Florence who kept finding fiendish traps from nowhere in a Queen Knight and 2 Rooks battle, it was a very even game until I found a Knight sacrifice (declined) that opened up the position giving me the advantage in the end game. Sue and Ken had some trouble starting the clocks meaning that their match went on well after everyone else had left - eventually both agreed a draw in time trouble. An enjoyable evening in a fine venue. Nice to see so many youngsters at Southbourne in a thriving Junior section.

Andrew Manson