Club Night - 11th Apr 2022
Crawford Macnab
11 April 2022
Three games played on 11th Apr 2022.
Excellent wins for Eric and Stuart against higher graded opponents!
| White | Black | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eric Smith | 1621 | 1 - 0 | Charles Gunn-Russell | 1797 |
| 2 | Sandy Powell | 1108 | ½ - ½ | Simeon Tsvetkov | |
| 3 | Crawford Macnab | 1811 | 0 - 1 | Stuart McKinney | 1455 |
Eric defeated Charles with the white pieces. Although black was a pawn up out of the opening, his queenside pieces were undeveloped giving white some compensation. Did not see how it finished in the end.
Stuart defeated Crawford with a French Defence. White played the Horwitz, Papa-Ticulat Gambit for the first time with an early Qg4. (Possibly the last time!) Black built up some pressure against white’s castled queenside but later allowed a tactic that lost a central pawn. A further pawn was lost but with some compensation due to active rook. White in some time pressure did not defend well enough and later allowed a nice a2+ tactic to win a bishop and reach a winning position.
Sandy and Simeon had a level game. Did not see the finish but apparently in the end Simeon took a perpetual check.
Eric v Charles
