Lions fight off Tigers
Thursday 17 October, 2013
| 1 |
Richardson, John R |
220 |
0 - 1 |
Balogh, Laszlo |
- |
| 2 |
Mures, Cristian |
213 |
1 - 0 |
Levene, Joseph |
184 |
| 3 |
Poobalasingam, Peter S |
209 |
1 - 0 |
Rogers, Tim L |
179 |
| 4 |
Eden, Tomer |
207 |
1 - 0 |
Landau, Jonathan |
175 |
| 5 |
Willmoth, Robert F |
198 |
½ - ½ |
Bennett, Michael K |
177 |
| 6 |
Raoof, Adam N |
181 |
½ - ½ |
Brozel, Sacha |
141 |
| 7 |
Pepe, Salvatore |
157 |
1 - 0 |
Levene, Oren |
135 |
| 8 |
Iwi, David |
146 |
½ - ½ |
Pattni, Kishan |
136 |
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5½ - 2½ |
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Match report by Michael Bennett
The first of our two annual Lions v Tigers matches took place last night. A hard-fought struggle with stiff resistance put up by all the Tigers eventually ended in a 5.5-2.5 victory for the Lions.
Games in brief:
- John was pressing for a win in the ending against new recruit Laszlo, but somehow lost a pawn followed by the exchange, after which Laszlo converted with the exemplary technique one would expect from Julian Mészáros’ students!
- Cristian gradually outplayed Joseph in a classic Ruy Lopez structure
- Tim – who beat IM Richard Bates at the weekend! – blundered in time trouble after standing very well against Peter.
- Tomer eventually overcame Jon’s resistance in a rook and minor piece ending.
- After an improvised opening, I ran short of time and agreed a draw in a position with opposite sides castling that was dynamically even.
- Adam reported he was happy to draw against Sacha considering how the game went.
- Oren’s sacrifices gave him some pressure, but were eventually defused by Salvatore.
- David and Kish were last to finish, as Kish calmly defended a minor piece ending 2 pawns down to split the point.
Many thanks to all who turned out, and we look forward to more of the same next week!