In the end we were soundly beaten by an experienced Wilmslow B team last Thursday. I'm afraid I wasn't able to see much of the other games as I was last to finish again. My opponent played a Caro-Kann which always seems to give me problems. I exchanged pawns and eventually built up a good position though it cost me too much time. There was a turning point in the game where my opponent exchanged my excellent knight on e5 and I had the choice of recapturing with my bishop on f4 or my pawn on d4. I chose the bishop as I thought it better on positional grounds. My silicon friend, Fritz, thinks that the pawn recapture was almost winning by force since Black is obliged to move his defensive knight from f6 allowing a powerful kingside attack utilising the bishop on f4! Tactics rule, o.k? Anyway, instead, my move choice allowed Black counterplay on the queenside. By this time I needed a full point to halve the match but I was now chronically short of time and failed to hold the game. So I shall now brush up on my response to the Caro-Kann and probably not see another until I have forgotten it again!
Marple B Wilmslow B
1 Tony Doust 0 1 Robin Warhurst
2 Jeff Barlow 0 1 Dave Booth
3 Trefor Thomas 1 0 Mike Palmer
4 Roy Phillips 0.5 0.5 Chris Jackson
5 Peter Wilcox 0 1 Mike Garvin
TOTALS 1.5 3.5
Congratulations to Trefor for our only win and to Roy for getting a draw after a long lay-off. We have four matches left now and our next one is away to East Cheshire on Wednesday, 23rd March.
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