Altrincham V Marple C 05/11/2013

Altrincham V Marple C  05/11/2013 Match Report

Altrincham                        Marple C

1Y Kolodiy  0                 S Hegarty 1
2K Lockett   0                 I Lentzos   1
3M Whalley  0.5             G Trueman 0.5
4N Lowe        1                T Kay       0
5T Tomkins    0.5            A Siddiq   0.5
6DA Hughes 0.5             A Jenkins    0.5

In a freezing cold Altrincham chess club our C team pulled off what was at one stage an unlikely looking win. Tony lost to a player who has given me a lot of trouble in the past and then Andy drew with the Black pieces on Board 6. Meanwhile I was busy showing that I could get a bad position with both 1e4 and 1d4 on succesive nights. Facing a big Kingside attack I found a resource that allowed  me to escape with a perpetual check. On Board 2 Ioannis demonstrated total control in the way that really strong players do to  defeat a very experienced opponent. So 2-2 ...but Sid who was involved in an epic struggle  had just lost a Bishop for limited compensation and Sarah, who had made a serious positional blunder  before the game started by leaving her coat in the car,  looked totally lost. And then in the twinkle of an eye everything changed .....as in a frantic time struggle Sid reached a drawn position and Sarahs opponent overlooked a devastating Knight fork. So by the narrowest of margins Marple triumphed.........Many thanks to all who played.

Glenn.