Southbourne A V Poole B

B&DCL Div 1 Fri 24th Feb 2023 00:00 Winner: Home Verify

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Board	Rating	Southbourne A	V	Poole B	Rating
1	2046	Simons, Martin J G	1 - 0	N Machacek, Martin	2033
2	2015	Forster, James Connor C G	1 - 0	N Stanciu, Ciprian	2009
3	2000	Foister, Steven AM B	1 - 0	N Calauz, Sergiu	1974
4	1979	Laker, Leonard J G	0 - 1	G O.Neill, Martin	1755
Total	8040		3 - 1		7771

Last update Martin J Simons Sat 25th Feb 2023 00:10. Reported by Martin J Simons Sat 25th Feb 2023 00:10. Verified By Ciprian Stanciu Sat 25th Feb 2023 09:37

Chess

At 9 o'clock I thought we will win this match, at 10 we were driving home empty handed.......again against Southbourne.... Fair play to them for the win, I will let Martin say a few words about the games

Ciprian Stanciu

Exciting Match

Chip's comments are completely accurate. Poole B had played the first half of the evening very well. They had won on board 4 (well played Martin) and were looking good on boards 1 and 3. James managed to play a controlled game on board 2 to equalise the match and then in a complex position, Steve won on board 3 to put Southbourne 2 - 1 up. I was totally lost after 14 moves (2 pawns down, worse development and fractured pawns in front of my king) and probably could have resigned but just hung in and eventually the position turned in my favour when we were both getting short of time - I think I was very lucky.

Martin J Simons