Club Night - 27th Jan 2025

Crawford Macnab

27 January 2025

Seven games in the third round of the club championship were played on Monday 27th of January.

Club Championship

Round 3

13th Jan 2025 - 3rd Feb 2025

	White			Black
1	Crawford Macnab (2)	1696	0 - 1	Marcel Van Oijen (2)	1940
2	Matt Rounds (2)	1876	1 - 0	Richard Scott (2)	1657
3	Eric Smith (1)	1589	0 - 1	Euan McDiarmid (1½)	1659
4	Nicholas West (1)	1306	1 - 0	Ralph Jackson (1)	1551
5	Joe Harvey (1)		1 - 0	Paul Girdwood (1)	1542
6	Ed Neilson (1)			Simon Bate (1)	1513
7	João Reis (½)	1385	1 - 0	Derek McCann (½)	1220
8	Isaac Boyd (½)	1376	1 - 0	Andrew Wright (0)	1312

Wins for Marcel and Matt move them to 3/3.

Current champion Euan sits just behind on 2½ with a steady win with a French Defence against Eric.

Joe continues his excellent form with a win over Paul to move to 2/2. (entred after the first round)

Nick’s game against Ralph was first to finish with Ralph having to resign after 15 moves! It was a natural move to win the trapped white bishop on g3 but this was a serious mistake which opened the h file with the rook on h1 and queen on c2 lined up to deliver a mating attack on h7. Black could have limped on by sacrificing his rook on f5 but instead Qd5 allowed a mate in three.

West, Nick

Jackson, Ralph

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