Second team draw with Pentland Hills 2

Gerry Brown

14 March 2023

A hard fought draw against Pentland Hills 2.

Eric had an early draw on Board 1.

Richard Josey had some early pressure but lost a P. A series of exchanges led to a R and P endgame where Terry Purkins had the upper hand and forced the win of a second P and then the game.

Derek had a much better position going into the middlegame and won material. His opponent, under considerable pressure, blundered and resigned.

Sandy’s game developed into a R and P endgame. Both players had winning chances but eventually agreed a draw.

My opponent played Bc4 and d3 against my Sicilian. I exchanged pieces to relieve white’s pressure and eventually won a P. My opponent then overlooked a back rank mate.

Nick had at least an even position but spent a lot of time looking for a way to improve his position. He then ran into serious time trouble - at one point he had four moves to make in 10 seconds. When the dust settled at the time control, he was two Ps in arrear and his pieces were tied to the back rank. Loss of a further P was inevitable and Nick resigned.

	Pentland Hills 2		Pentland Hills 2		Civil Service 2
1	Chris Donkin	1669	½ - ½	Eric Smith	1601
2	Andrew Clark	1412	0 - 1	Gerry Brown	1485
3	Terry Purkins	1271	1 - 0	Richard Josey
4	David New	1193	1 - 0	Nick West	1356
5	Anne Donkin	1054	0 - 1	Derek McCann	1335
6	Alex Cornes		½ - ½	Sandy Powell	1140
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