Club Night - 24th Jan 2022
Crawford Macnab
25 January 2022
Three ladder games, two friendlies and a club championship game were played on 24th Jan 2022.
Club Championship Section A
Catching up on club championship game from last year, Crawford and Nick played another line of the Scandinavian
Defence ending in a draw when pieces were exchanged down to a level position where neither side could risk pushing for a win.
This result means that Douglas has won section A and qualifies for the championship play off decider against Gerry.
| White | Black | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crawford Macnab | 1811 | ½ - ½ | Nick West | 1370 |
Ladder Games
| White | Black | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul Girdwood | 1524 | ½ - ½ | Euan McDiarmid | |
| 2 | Stuart McKinney | 1455 | 0 - 1 | Nathaniel Forbes Inskip | |
| 3 | Sandy Powell | 1108 | 0 - 1 | Philip Tait | 1187 |
See Club Ladder for full results.
Paul’s draw with Euan moves him up to positon 5 in the ladder.
Philip eventually won against Sandy.
Observing Stuart and Nathaniel’s game a few times I could see it was getting quite interesting and later I was surprised to see it reached the position shown below!?
Both players kindly shared the game score and on review Stuart missed a few chances to castle kingside which would have kept things about level.
Instead a blunder led to the position collapsing and the king having to go for a wander.
Click here for a list of news stories about this competition.
Friendlies
Two graded friendlies were played with Charles and Allan winning with the black pieces.
| White | Black | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gerry Brown | 1435 | 0 - 1 | Allan McDiarmid | 1740 |
| 2 | Richard Josey | 0 - 1 | Charles Gunn-Russell | 1797 |