Match Result - Chorlton v Marple, 22nd October

A sobering experience last night in the Manchester League

Chorlton                                              Marple

Hope Mkhumba, 188           0.5  0.5   Alex Longson, 216
Ron Doney, 176                   1.0  0.0   Sarah Hegarty, 182
Daniel Lee, 178                    1.0  0.0   Paul Kirby, 158
Phil Olbison, 166                 0.5  0.5   Ioannis Lentzos
Chris Vassilou, 173              1.0  0.0  Tony Doust, 107
Dave Knox, 157                   1.0  0.0   Neil Dainty, 86
WALKOVER                       1.0  0.0

                                              6.0  1.0

A difficult week in terms of arranging fixtures with a number of people away or ill.  Thanks to everyone who played; Paul for playing when clearly not well and Tony + Neil for walking into the Lions Den and playing significantly higher graded players.

Marple were black on odds.

My game was a Sicilian 6.Bc4 which seemed liked a reasonably accurate game.  Hope had hoped for an edge playing against my backward d6 pawn but I had sufficient counterplay on the queenside.  Hope could have played on at the end I think although a draw was probably a fair result.

Sarah seemed to be significantly better in her game but lost her way in the complications.  she now joins me in having a minus one score against Ron!

Paul's opponent is a very decent player and seemed to play a good game, resulting in a win in a technical queen endgame.

Ioannis's game seemed very complicated.  I though he was worse but apparently found a nice tactic to save the game.

Tony put up a good fight against Chris in a Dutch setup but was eventually ground down.

Neil's game was a Kings Indian Attack and he too was ground down in the end.  Needless to say his opponent Dave Knox is very undergraded and was over 200 in his pomp.

Alex