Last Thursday, Hendon 2 faced Hendon 3 in the last internal Middlesex League match of the season.
Despite Hendon 2 once again out-rating their opponents on every board, Hendon 3 made a mockery of my ongoing efforts to engineer a win for the higher team, holding the Tigers to a 3–3 tie!
| Hendon 3 | Hendon 3 | Hendon 2 | Hendon 2 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amior, David | 1936 | 1 - 0 | Lebedev, Lion | 2029 | ||
| 2 | Rubeck, Jonathan | 1899 | 0 - 1 | Macneil, Elliott | 1948 | ||
| 3 | Ben-Nathan, David | 1731 | 1 - 0 | Nilim, Armaan | 1804 | ||
| 4 | Pride, Stephen | 1633 | 0 - 1 | McLean, Rory | 1744 | ||
| 5 | Pepe, Salvatore | 1633 | ½ - ½ | Rogal, Christopher | 1701 | ||
| 6 | Tailor, Sundip | 1562 | ½ - ½ | Paulins, Michael | 1697 | ||
| 3 - 3 | |||||||
While the previous meeting between the two teams on 24th October was a triumph for youth over experience (with Peter Hazell and Callum Hill scoring 1½/2 against opposition rated over 100 points higher), this match was the reverse, with adults scoring 2½/3 for Hendon 3 against higher-rated junior opposition on Boards 1, 3 and 6.
This meant that all four of our internal matches this season have ended in 3–3 ties: a remarkable outcome!
Many thanks to everyone who played, and congratulations to those who won their games or drew against higher-rated opposition.