Match Result
| Season | 09/10 |
| Date | Tue 04 May 2010 |
| Competition: | Middlesex League Division 1 |
| Fixture |
Hackney '1' v Ealing 'A'
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| Result | W: 4.5-3.5 |
Scorecard
| Board | Grade | Hackney '1' | v | Ealing 'A' | Grade |
| 1 | 224 | Cox, John J | 1-0 | Alan Perkins |
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| 2 | None | Willmoth, Robert F | 1-0 | Veljko Stanisic |
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| 3 | 202 | Reid, John | 1-0 | Jan Macicek (Snr) |
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| 4 | 174 | Bowmer, Kevin | 1-0 | David Ebbett |
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| 5 | None | Jones, Emyr | 0-1 | Jan Macicek (Jnr) |
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| 6 | 158 | Lee, Edward | 0.5-0.5 | Simon Healeas |
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| 7 | None | Default | 0-1 | Tony Wells |
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| 8 | None | Default | 0-1 | Martin Smith |
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| Total | | | 3.5-4.5 | | |
Captains Comment
We made the lengthy journey to Hackney n 4th May to find them two short of a full team. Coming on top of Hackney's eight board default last Thursday without apology, we were less than impressed with them. If you cannot raise a full side it is surely the sporting way to contact the other side and save some of them from making a fruitless journey.
Hearing at 7.30pm that they were two short we had an emergency meeting to decide who should go home. Martin Smith with family commitments and Tony Wells with a cold were the men to make way and this explains our unusual board order.
I've had a miserable run of late and yet another simple oversight saw me facing a tremendous attack from my opponent. By a miracle I survived the middlegame only to be ground down in a bishop and five pawns versus knight and four pawns endgame that was admirably played by my foe. We suffered a second reverse on board two where Veljko Stanisic was disappointed not to hold a blocked middlegame. Score 2-2.
Simon Healeas did me a tremendous favour when he stepped in on Monday night to replace a regular player struck down by a heavy cold and he did not let the team down on the night achieving a draw that ultimately would prove decisive in separating the teams.
Enter Ealing's two new players from the Czech Republic, the father and son combination both with the name Jan Macicek. I sat between them and I was immensely impressed with their play, particularly with the father on my left hand side who faced John Reid, a very good positional player. Jan (Senior) parried John's early attempts at a squeeze and after precise play took control of the a file and continuous accurate moves confirmed the win.
On my right hand side Jan's son was performing well against White's queen's pawn opening with what Max Euwe's Chess Achives called The Little Centre i.e. e6, d6, Nbd7, Qe7, Re8 followed by ...e5. Tactics eventually decided as Jan, (Junior) penetrated White's position on the black squares.
With the match decided, the board one result was not of importance except to the players. Sadly a dead drawn position was ruined when Alan Perkins left a piece en pris.
