Summer Cup - win over Edinburgh West

Gerry Brown

31 July 2023

We won 5-1 over the board and 5-3¾ on handicap in the semi-final of the Summer Cup.

David Hale launched an attack down the h file - with Q and R and mate couldn’t be avoided.

Douglas (as befits an internationalist) was soon a piece up and forced his opponent onto the defensive. Douglas took control of the 7th rank and further resistance was pointless.

Charles enjoyed a slight space advantage throughout the game and entered a N and P endgame with the more active pieces which ensured the win.

Ralph had an early material advantage and managed to get a P to c7. He then simplified into a K and P ending which was clearly winning.

Stuart also enjoyed a relatively early material advantage. His opponent put up dogged resistance but Stuart forced the exchange of material and was on the point of promoting a P when his opponent resigned.

Eric’s opponent gained a space advantage against the French Defence and exerted pressure on the b file which led to him winning the exchange. Eric tried some traps in an attempt to get a perpetual but to no avail.

	Civil Service		Civil Service		Edinburgh West
1	Charles Gunn-Russell	1763	1 - 0	Martin Robinson	1682
2	Ralph Jackson	1651	1 - 0	Callum Darling (½)	1508
3	Eric Smith	1601	0 - 1	Devesh Sharma (¾)	1205
4	Douglas Heatlie	1499	1 - 0	Ron Whalen (¾)	1048
5	Stuart McKinney	1464	1 - 0	Aadith Prabhu (¾)	600*
6	David Hale		1 - 0	Howie Gall	400*
				5 - 3¾