The Jaguars got off the mark in Division 2 with a solid team performance, edging visitors Albany in a tight match. Wins from Duncan Burbidge, Joseph Levene and Chris Rogal plus draws from Adam Raoof, Daniel Ellis & Jonathan Landau provided the game points.
Hendon 3 | Hendon 3 | Albany 1 | Albany 1 | ||||
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1 | Warman, Simon M | 198 | 0 - 1 | Okosieme, Iozeph | 177 | ||
2 | Burbidge, Duncan R | 191 | 1 - 0 | Todd, Chris J | 172 | ||
3 | Raoof, Adam N | 183 | ½ - ½ | Cutmore, David A | 172 | ||
4 | Landau, Jonathan | 181 | ½ - ½ | Sagues, Vincent | 168 | ||
5 | Ellis, Daniel | 179 | ½ - ½ | Stern, Robert C | 156 | ||
6 | Du Buf, Paul | 177 | 0 - 1 | Openshaw, David K | 155 | ||
7 | Levene, Joseph | 172 | 1 - 0 | Sonnis, Steve | 133 | ||
8 | Rogal, Chris S | 147 | 1 - 0 | Evans, I. | - | ||
4½ - 3½ |
Match report from captain Paul du Buf
The Jaguars were victorious (4.5 – 3.5) against the newly promoted Albany 1 team in a fierce battle.
After relatively quick draws from Dan, Jonathan and Adam in equal positions, I played one of my worst games ever, so we were 1 point behind.
Joseph was able to exchange a knight for a rook, and with 2 passed pawns secured the win.
Chris on board 8 had the initiative from the beginning with a time advantage, but drama hit when he executed an illegal move – not seeing that he was in check! This gave the opponent a 2 minute advantage but this wasn’t enough to win the game.
Duncan solidly build up pressure with his rooks and won with a victorious d5 pawn move.
Simon – board 1 – masterly managed to make the 30 move mark with a few seconds left on the clock and in a strong position, but unfortunately lost on time.
The chess environment unfortunately was more noisy then usual, and this did affect players.