2. D Taylor (144) 0.5-0.5 Chris Baker (129)
3. K Holton (134) 0-1 Terry Cowling (127)
4. A Stokes (129) 0-1 David Preen (125)
5. B Tait (129) 0-1 Jeff Barlow (124)
6. P Bamford (117) 1-0 Trefor Thomas (100)
Total 1.5-4.5
This was a very satisfying win after our mauling by Denton B. I was pleased also with my own game, finally winning against the Caro-Kann. My last (several) CK games were against Andrew Lowndes and I don't think I ever got a point out of him, so I was a bit wary. However everything seemed to go well, near the end I had the option of a pretty mating attack but couldn't quite work it out through to the end so ducked it. In retrospect I feel I should have played it intuitively and wasn't brave enough. Fortunately my opponent didn't take advantage of my timidity!
[White "Barlow, Jeff"]
[Black "Tait, Bill"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. c3 Bg4 7. Nbd2 Qb6 8.
Qc2 e6 9. Bd3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 h6 11. h3 Qd8 12. O-O Bd6 13. Ne5 a6 14. a4 Rc8 15.
Qe2 Bb8 16. Bg3 O-O 17. f4 Nh7 18. Rf2 Bxe5 19. fxe5 Qd7 20. Bh4 g5 {Diagram
[#]} 21. Bg3 f5 22. exf6 Nxf6 23. Raf1 Qg7 24. Qxe6+ Kh8 25. Rxf6 Rfe8 26.
Rxh6+ Qxh6 27. Qxh6+ Kg8 28. Qh7# 1-0
I should, of course, have played 21. Bxh7 followed by Rf6, cutting off Black's King, then say Qh5.
I saw the end of Andy's game (published already) which by that time was an endgame. It seemed that Andy had the advantage but there was still a lot of work to do. However he seemed to calmly convert the win with ease against a strong opponent.
When I saw Chris' game it didn't look promising with Chris having 2-3 minutes left and his opponent had nearer twenty. This was the first time I have seen the difference that the incremental system can make. After watching the game for about 15 minutes, Chris still had about the same time but by this time his opponent had less than him and a draw was agreed.
I didn't see enough of the other games to comment. Well done all!
A very good team result and a really nice win against the Caro.Well done.
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