SNCL 2014/15 - Rounds 1 and 2
Crawford Macnab
19 November 2014
Round One - first team drew with Forth Valley B
In the morning we drew 2½-2½ with Forth Valley B.
Nigel appeared to have some initiative but blundered later and lost.
Jamie had balanced game but his opponent went badly astray and allowed a quick king side attack with Jamie winning.
I had edge from opening and cashed in to win two pawns and navigated some tricks in endgame to win.
David is usually rock solid in SNCL but had a bad weekend losing this one when he would have expected to win.
Rudolph found himself a pawn down in double rook ending which opponent decided to offer draw.
On paper this is a match we needed to be winning.
| Forth Valley B | Forth Valley B | CSBOS 1 | CSBOS 1 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neil Irving | 1644 | 1 - 0 | Nigel Chapman | 1853 | ||
| 2 | William B Gray | 1511 | 0 - 1 | Jamie Mollison | 1803 | ||
| 3 | Hugh Hanlon | 1473 | 0 - 1 | Crawford T Macnab | 1802 | ||
| 4 | Robert Leckie | 1362 | ½ - ½ | Rudolph J Austin | 1668 | ||
| 5 | David Brodie | 1236 | 1 - 0 | David Stewart | 1641 | ||
| 2½ - 2½ | |||||||
Round Two - first team lost to Stepps Warriors
Afternoon was against one of the big guns, Stepps Warriors, so much tougher.
Jamie had quite a symmetrical position out of opening and accepted a quick draw offer from 1981 rated opponent.
I had reasonable position out of opening against Sandinavian defence and accepted draw offer.
Rudolph lost material early on against strong opponent and lost quickly.
David’s poor form continued and an early sortie with queen was repelled and uncastled king was difficult to defend against and a forced mate led to loss.
Nigel battled well on top board against Nolan and looked to be holding his own. Nolan reached time control and took time to construct a strong plan.
Nigel perhaps played too quickly at this stage in a game that might have been able to hold.
We lost 4 - 1.
So overall not a disaster but failing to win morning game may bite us.
| CSBOS 1 | CSBOS 1 | Stepps Warriors | Stepps Warriors | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigel Chapman | 1853 | 0 - 1 | Graeme A Nolan | 2082 | ||
| 2 | Jamie Mollison | 1803 | ½ - ½ | Paul D Scullion | 1981 | ||
| 3 | Crawford T Macnab | 1802 | ½ - ½ | Alex Gillies | 1922 | ||
| 4 | Rudolph J Austin | 1668 | 0 - 1 | William Hulme | 1877 | ||
| 5 | David Stewart | 1641 | 0 - 1 | Graeme Forbes | 1253 | ||
| 1 - 4 | |||||||
Round One - second team beat Dundee City C
Morning game was a good 3 - 2 win against Dundee City C which looked to be made up of quite a few juniors.
| Dundee City C | Dundee City C | CSBOS 2 | CSBOS 2 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Declan Shafi | 1621 | 1 - 0 | Douglas S Heatlie | 1599 | ||
| 2 | Euan Dawson | 1278 | 0 - 1 | Alistair Forbes | 1520 | ||
| 3 | Subhayu Banerjee | 1201 | 0 - 1 | James Turner | 1385 | ||
| 4 | Tom Constance | 1118 | 0 - 1 | Nicholas C West | 1356 | ||
| 5 | Agnijo Banerjee | 1102 | 1 - 0 | George C Anderson | 1228 | ||
| 2 - 3 | |||||||
Round Two - second team drew with Musselburgh
Afternoon game was a 2½-2½ draw against Musselburgh.
A good win for George.
Some steady draws and don’t know how Douglas managed to lose his ending. Can only imagine he pushed too hard to win it.
| CSBOS 2 | CSBOS 2 | Musselburgh | Musselburgh | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Douglas S Heatlie | 1599 | 0 - 1 | Keith McDonald | 1410 | ||
| 2 | Alistair Forbes | 1520 | ½ - ½ | Iain D Hope | 1325 | ||
| 3 | James Turner | 1385 | ½ - ½ | Vince Barron | 1293 | ||
| 4 | Nicholas C West | 1356 | ½ - ½ | James Crawford | 1189 | ||
| 5 | George C Anderson | 1228 | 1 - 0 | Rudolfo Munoz | 0 | ||
| 2½ - 2½ | |||||||
The great escape must go to James Turner who salvaged a draw from a lost position.
His opponent in position below played Qa7 threatening Qa1 mate and so cxb3 was forced to give king room when Qa1+ wins rook on back rank.
Note that there were other pieces on the right hand side of the board. (don’t recall details)
Instead of Qa7 there was a forced mate starting with Ra1+.
Check all the available checks!
Missed forced mate
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