Bournemouth V Dorchester A

DCL Div 1 Tue 20th Feb 2024 00:00 Winner: Home Verify

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Board	Rating	Bournemouth	V	Dorchester A	Rating
1	2039	Simons, Martin J G	½ - ½	G Waddington, Mike P	2111
2	1927	Durno, Samuel B	½ - ½	G Footner, Andrew F	2001
3	1900	Maxwell, Alexander N	1 - 0	B Searing, Geoff C	1899
4	1856	Stokes-Carter, Dennis G	1 - 0	B Hardie, David JW	1845
Total	7722		3 - 1		7856

Last update Daniel Miles Wed 21st Feb 2024 09:31. Reported by Daniel Miles Wed 21st Feb 2024 09:31. Verified By

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First game to finish was board 1. Queens off the board and neither side wanted to push and weaken themselves. Draw agreed. Board 2 again finished peacefully after Footner had the better of the opening and early middlegame winning a pawn. Sam then managed to claw back a pawn and we came to a position where he had 4 pawn islands versus 2 but had more dynamic pieces so a draw was offered and agreed. Board 3 saw Alex winning the exchange and then converting this into the win. Finally board 4 involved a rook sacrifice followed by an attack where black had to at least give up the queen for a minor piece to avoid checkmate, so it would have been rook and a piece for a queen, however he instead decided to resign and not prolong the misery. This means a 3-1 win for Bournemouth and the first points of the season!

Daniel Miles