Board | Home | Preston 3 | Lytham 3 | Away | |
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1 (B) | 1858 (1837) | B Quinn, Kenny | ½ - ½ | S Morgan-Short, Andrei | 0120 (1704) |
2 (W) | 1503 (1526) | B Daune, Joss P | 1 - 0 | S Pickering, Darren | 1567 (1612) |
3 (B) | 1450 (1836) | N Ghosh, Riddhiman | 1 - 0 | S Smith, Richard | 1450 (1521) |
4 (W) | 1450 (1595) | B Lee, Junho | 1 - 0 | B Smith, Graham | 1450 (1494) |
Total | 6261 | 3½ - ½ | Total | 4587 |
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Thu, 08/12/2022 - 10:18
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The overall result might suggest a comfortable win for Preston. In fact these were hard fought, interesting games.
First to finish was Board 4 were Junho`s orthodox development and direct thrust down the e-file exploited black`s weakness on f7.
On Board 3 Richard initiated an enterprising attack but his offer of a piece with Bh6 was refused by Rhiddhiman. White left a rook en prise thinking he had a mating attack but Black could take the rook and thwart the attack with Qf8 protecting g7 - a long move back along the diagonal, easy to miss.
On Board 2 a positional middle game struggle around the centre pawns resolved itself into an endgame of white N and 4p against black B and 4p. In this case the knight prevailed and won a pawn.
Board 1 seemed to me a top class game; the opening transposed into a Najdorf Sicilian leading to a middle game where White launched his kingside pawns into attack but Black responded by giving up a piece for three pawns. An interesting endgame with piece against pawns (dangerous passed centre pawns) was curtailed when a draw was agreed.