Preston 3 V Preston 4

Division B Wed 26th Oct 2022 00:00 Winner: Away   Verify
Board Rating Preston 3 V Preston 4 Rating
1763 (1855) Willow, Hambel M
G
½ - ½
B
O'Mara, Paul
1662 (1704)
1413 (1507) Kerton, Becky
G
0 - 1
N
Aspden, Danny
1698 (1600)
1503 (1534) Daune, Joss P
B
0 - 1
B
Szydlowski, Sebastien
1647 (1627)
1450 (1405) Harlow, Curtis
N
0 - 1
G
Parton, Jonathon
1450 (1719)
Total 6129 ½ - 3½ 6457

Last update geoff pennington Thu 27th Oct 2022 10:06. Reported by geoff pennington Thu 27th Oct 2022 10:06. Verified By Jonathan Parton Wed 11th Jan 2023 22:57

Press / Admin Comment

Preston`s two Div B teams started their seasons with this emphatic victory for Preston 4. First to finish was Board 3 where Sebastien, employing his trademark Larsen`s opening (1. b3) developed sensibly, gained control of the open c file and won the game with a clever tactical flourish. On Board 4 Jon severely disrupted Curtis` pawn structure in the middle game, add your comments, Jon. On Board 1, Hambel, a very welcome recruit to Preston this season, was playing Paul who needs no introduction. In an entertaining game Paul had gained queenside space. When the queens came off a tactical melee involving rooks, white`s two bishops and black`s two knights resulted in an endgame of black rook v white bishop but crucially white had a pawn on the seventh rank protected by the bishop and a draw was agreed. On Board 2 Becky and Danny battled away in a game that swung one way then the other. In the middle game white was a piece up but black`s major piece pressure on f2 regained the piece. The queens came off leaving a notoriously tricky double rook ending. Congratulations to Preston 4 and good luck for the season.

geoff pennington

Board 4

On Board 4, Black avoided the Smith-Morra by transposing into the Alapin (3…Nf6). A slight mistake by White allowed Black to disrupt the kingside pawns, but the match was ultimately decided by a blunder allowing Black to go into an endgame a piece up. White still provided some stubborn resistance, until the dark-squared bishop was able to get around the back of the White pawns.

Jonathan Parton