Southbourne A V Highcliffe A

B&DCL Div 1 Fri 22nd Mar 2024 00:00 Winner: Away Verify

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Board	Rating	Southbourne A	V	Highcliffe A	Rating
1	2077	Forster, James Connor C G	0 - 1	G Jenks, C Bruce	2069
2	2039	Simons, Martin J G	0 - 1	G Westrap, Christian F	2022
3	2018	Pegg, Russell M P	0 - 1	G Bowden, Madison B	1967
4	1918	Schell, Finn G	½ - ½	B Smith, Ken	1839
Total	8052		½ - 3½		7897

Last update Martin J Simons Sat 23rd Mar 2024 06:39. Reported by Martin J Simons Sat 23rd Mar 2024 06:39. Verified By Richard Ursell Sat 23rd Mar 2024 19:14

Press / Admin Comment

These are always enjoyable matches. Well done to the Highcliffe A players for their comprehensive win. The first to finish (in the 1st hour) was on board 3 soon after Madison had won Russell's queen for a R + B. The bottom board was an interesting game where Ken had managed to get one of his pawns to the 7th rank but in the R + B v R + N endgame he then settled for a perpetual check perhaps fearing the potential of Finn's central advanced pawns. James lost his knight for 2 pawns and despite battling hard the game looked uncomfortable and Bruce converted. I was being outplayed by Christian until, surprisingly, with a minute left on my clock, he allowed me an interesting piece sac when he was forced to sac a piece back. The position exploded with both both of us soon giving up our queens! The game was probably drawn but I lost my way in the complications. Good luck to the Highcliffe team in the remaining matches.

Martin J Simons