Board Altrincham B 5 0 East Cheshire C
1 Karl Lockett (142) 1 0 Bill Tait
2 Richard White (134) 1 0 Myles Heywood
3 Bill McCartney (137) 1 0 Geoff Clarke
4 Thomas Hague (104) 1 0 Edwin Cooke
5 Wayne Kranz (63) 1 0 Hartley Oldham
Result Altrincham B 5 0 East Cheshire C
It looks a lot worse than it was! I would say that, wouldn’t
I, but we were left slightly scratching our heads at the end as to how from 5
well-poised matches we scored not even a draw.
The general theme seemed to be that our opponents got what
seemed an oh-so-slight edge and then converted very efficiently.
Geoff came closest, making mate threats before his opponent
found a clever idea to turn the tables. Hartley and Edwin had no better luck –
I wasn’t able to follow too much of their games though.
In Bill’s game against Karl Lockett…
to my e4, black played e3 with a QI type defence. I
didn't have much difficulty but neither of us seemed to have the
initiative - I certainly didn't. I did however try to push forward but neither
side got over the half way line until the end game. All pieces swapped off
however with his remaining N (5Ps each) he took my QRP. This resulted in his N
becoming trapped by my K. (Interestingly this is the 3rd game this season
against strong opposition where their N has become trapped in a corner.) In
swapping Ns I regained the P however Black had the opposition resulting in a
straightforward end game win for Black. No obvious advantage (until the
end) in a lengthy game, so disappointing not to get a draw.
And as for me, as black in a King’s Indian
defence my mistake was to allow white to build a little too easily and then
bolster a fortress with a knight on d5. I tried to create counterplay, a little
desperately, with h5, and swing my queen through the centre while white’s back
was turned preparing a queenside attack, but with time short, didn’t find the
now-essential best moves and the position caved in.
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