Spens Cup 2020 Final - lost to Bellshill
Crawford Macnab
19 January 2020
We lost 3½ - 1½ against Bellshill in the Spens Cup.
Bellshill were stronger rated on the top three boards which proved decisive in the end.
Matt Rounds had a good draw against 2130 graded Graeme Nolan.
Ralph Jackson was close to winning, trapping his opponents king in centre.
Richard Scott was doing well but got his queen trapped.
I tried to setup an attack by offering rook for knight but opponent cleverly gave up pawn to get his rook working.
| Civil Service | Civil Service | Bellshill | Bellshill | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matt Rounds | 1765 | ½ - ½ | Graeme A Nolan | 2130 | ||
| 2 | Crawford Macnab | 1754 | 0 - 1 | Daniel Deary | 1993 | ||
| 3 | Richard Scott | 1691 | 0 - 1 | Joe Parks | 1828 | ||
| 4 | Ralph Jackson | 1665 | 0 - 1 | David A Potts | 1503 | ||
| 5 | Douglas Heatlie | 1416 | 1 - 0 | Kevin Campbell | 1483 | ||
| 1½ - 3½ | |||||||
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