New Milton A V Southbourne A

B&DCL Div 1 Tue 15th Feb 2022 00:00 Winner: Away Verify

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Board	Rating	New Milton A	V	Southbourne A	Rating
1	1923	Bradley-Brock, David N	0 - 1	G Simons, Martin J	2080
2	1908	Du Toit, Reenen J G	0 - 1	P Pegg, Russell M	2005
3	1728	Manning, Peter A B	0 - 1	G Laker, Leonard J	1968
4	1698	Jones, Tim G	½ - ½	G Catchpole, Jon F	1863
Total	7257		½ - 3½		7916

Last update Martin J Simons Tue 15th Feb 2022 23:49. Reported by Martin J Simons Tue 15th Feb 2022 23:49. Verified By David Bradley-Brock Wed 16th Mar 2022 17:10

Press / Admin Comment

The match was much closer and exciting than the scoreline suggested. After a quick draw on board 4, Len seemed to get an early upper hand on board 3 and managed to convert with some good tactics. The top 2 boards went the distance. Russ played a very imaginative sacrifice of a rook and pawn v Knight to open up Reenen's king but there was no quick win and Russ had to play a patient game mobilising his knight to create long lasting attacking chances which eventually resulted in a mistake by Reenen and Russ converted. The top board was reasonably equal until David sacrificed a piece for 2 central pawns for what seemed like very good compensation but slowly the comp dissipated and I managed to take advantage of the extra material. With much thanks to the New Milton team players for their kind hospitality.

Martin J Simons