Match Result
| Season | 09/10 |
| Date | Mon 07 Dec 2009 |
| Competition: | Middlesex League Division 2 |
| Fixture |
Willesden '1' v Ealing 'B'
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| Result | L: 2.5-5.5 |
Scorecard
| Board | Grade | Willesden '1' | v | Ealing 'B' | Grade |
| 1 | 190 | Foord, Dominic | 1-0 | Tony Wells |
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| 2 | 165 | Fulton, Anthony R | 1-0 | Chris Greenshields |
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| 3 | 159 | Batchelor, Guy J | 1-0 | Sainbayar Tserendorj |
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| 4 | 156 | Batchelor, Peter J | 0.5-0.5 | Nevenko Grozdanic |
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| 5 | 160 | Fanning, J Desmond | 0.5-0.5 | Milinko Stevic |
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| 6 | 146 | Jones, Keith S | 0.5-0.5 | Dale Gibbons |
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| 7 | 140 | Rawlings, Alex D | 0.5-0.5 | Simon Healeas |
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| 8 | 128 | Share, Stan RS | 0.5-0.5 | Alastair Johnstone |
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| Total | | | 5.5-2.5 | | |
Captains Comment
Chris Greenshields reports: Tonight was really one of the strangest matches in which I have captained the 2nd team. We were playing a Willesden team that was (I guess) little better than us on paper. Certainly we performed quite well against them both home and away two seasons ago so had nothing to fear.
My game was the first to finish, in which I allowed my opponent too much time to attack, and got into big trouble and lost. Sainbayar then also lost so we were 2-0 down early on.
Alastair, already a pawn down, then offered his opponent a piece. In case his opponent failed to notice, Alastair got up and started shaking his head. His opponent failed to take the piece. More on this game later.
The new players, Nevenko Grozdanic and Malinko Stevic, both found themselves in very drawish positions, as did Simon, and all games inevitably petered out to draws. 3.5-1.5. The remaining matches all seemed level. How were we going to get back into the match?
Suddenly Tony spotted a pawn grab in a 2B + 5P ending and was winning against a strong opponent. Dale agreed a draw, but then Alastair seemed to be making progress in a 5 pawn ending. Suddenly Tony seemed in the clear, his opponent must drop a bishop and lose? By now Alastair had a won K + P v K ending. We were going to DRAW the MATCH.
Then... horror! Tony missed something in time pressure and went from a win to a draw to a loss while Alastair failed to convert his winning K + P v K ending.
So Willesden managed to win 5.5-2.5. I just don't know how that happened. I guess it was just one of those nights...
