Barrie finished within half an hour but not in the right way. He said he didn't want to miss his lift home! Meanwhile my opponent spoilt my Sicilian Nimzovich on move 4. He won a pawn early on and had an unsupported pawn on e6 which I couldn't eliminate. He supported it cleverly and I was in a constant bind. We went two down.
However Tony Doust, in good form recently, had played his Dutch in style. He created a Kingside attack with all sorts of threats which led to Mate. 1-2. On top board against a strong opponent, Tony the K had played his much loved Bird's and launched a pawn attack Kingside. He sacrificed a pawn then lost momentum, narrowly avoided Mate and forced a draw.
Jeff had won a piece early on. Both players had rook and 7 pawns, but Jeff also had a Knight. His opponent seemed to get fed up with the constant pressure and resigned. 2.5-2.5; and just Peter left at the table. Both players had two rooks and a piece but Peter was two pawns down. Next time I looked he had won an exchange, but then it was a rook and two pawns against knight and five pawns. The white pawns were strong on both wings and looked likely to Queen but Peter somehow eliminated them all leaving just his Rook against Knight. He never managed to corner the King and eventually ran out of time in front of a large crowd. The game and therefore the match was drawn as his opponent had no means to win.
I suspected we were heavily out-graded, but it was only a few moments ago I realised to what extent. Have a look at this!:
| Eccles 1 | Marple 2 | ||
| 1 | M. Fores (174) | 1/2 | T. Kay (141) |
| 2 | M. Pollard (146) | 0-1 | A. Doust (107) |
| 3 | L. Harrold (122) | 0-1 | J. Barlow (104) |
| 4 | N. Holland (103) | 1-0 | N. Dainty (86) |
| 5 | G. Whitehead (111) | 1/2 | P. Kelly (66) |
| 6 | M. Fox (105) | 1-0 | B Edwards (76) |
| Match result | 3-3 | ||
| 761 | 580 |
Excellent result. Well done all!!
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