Preston 3 v Lytham 2

Division B Wed 3rd Nov 2021   Verify
BoardHomePreston 3Lytham 2Away
1 (B) 1870 (1837)
B
Quinn, Kenny
1 - 0
S
Aspinall, David E
1773 (1637)
2 (W) 0000 (1377)
B
Thornley, Andrew
0 - 1
S
Pickering, Darren
1548 (1599)
3 (B) 0000 (1676)
G
Szydlowski, Sebastien
1 - 0
B
Wilks, Colin
1503 (1496)
4 (W) 0000 (1600)
N
Aspden, Danny
1 - 0
S
Morgan-Short, Andrei
0120 (1704)
Total18703 - 1Total4944

Last update geoff pennington Thu 4th Nov 2021 12:04. Reported by geoff pennington Thu 4th Nov 2021 12:04. Verified By

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At last. After all the months of lockdown OTB league chess returns to Preston Chess Club. A good match against Lytham 2 with both teams fielding some new and fairly new names.
On Board 1 though it was two old campaigners. No surprise that Dave employed a gambit (Morra) but fearless Kenny took the pawn and then got the better of the opening, saddling white with double isolated e pawns, one of which black won. Despite white`s efforts to generate some attacking play, it was never enough and the extra pawn told in the endgame.
On Board 2 there was a level interesting opening but the game was effectively over when white lost a rook and although Andrew valiantly fought on, Darren never let it slip.
On Board 3 Colin survived a dubious opening line (Danish Gambit?) and eventually a materially equal pawn endgame ensued. Possibly with best play it should have been drawn but Seb made better active use of his king and secured the win.
Board 4 was in my opinion the best game of the match, bottom board but good quality chess. Danny`s queen went on an early excursion to grab a pawn but the time this took allowed Andrei to build pressure particularly against white`s d3 pawn. White defended the position coolly for several critical moves and then freed his position with d4 push. A queen endgame came about and white`s extra pawn and active queen proved decisive, although did black miss a chance of perpetual check ?