4.10.17 Grantham 2 v Ashfield 3 1 J Dilley 188 v P Morgan 141 1-0 2 P Cusick 162 v N Graham 145 draw 3 A Hebert 158 v N Wright 133 1-0 4 C Holt 159 v J Shaw 133 1-0 5 B Mason 146 v T Lewis 114 draw Result Grantham -Ashfield 4-1 With Grantham's bottom board outgrading all of us, the resultt was probably a par score. Grantham took command in the middle boards. Mine was a game of two halves, I had a pleasant initiative in the first half. Jason won the half that matters.. Trevor did well to hold a draw in his game, as did Neil. Neil seemed on the back foot for most of his game , but managed to eliminate pawns so that he was defending with just his King against his opponent's King, Knight and Bishop A tricky ending to win especially with little time on the clock..Neil's endeavour was rewarded when he made the pleasant discovery that his King had no legal moves in the position below.  Neil's opponent had just moved his King from c3 to b3. with the
right idea of driving Neil's King to the a8 square on which he can be
checkmated. The drawback of the move is it gives stalemate, which
counts as a draw although White is two pieces to the good. It
was an enlightening evening all round. On the outward journey we
learnt from Neil about Polytechnics which have acquired University
status, and on our return the closure of the Kelham Road Bridge gave
John the chance to travel through villages he'd never heard of e.g.
Caunton and Wellow.. |
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