A-Team Bounces Back with Victory
Derby A travelled to Belper on Wednesday (13/11/24) to play their B team.
Steve on Board 1 managed to take strategic control of a queenless position a pawn up and prodded his opponent into making a mistake in time trouble.
Kevin was slightly worse going into an endgame but his opponent blundered the exchange pushing for a win. Kevin may have in turn missed a win and they agreed a draw.
I played a stodgy London where all the Knights were exchanged but Martin ended up with a backward pawn and bad bishop. I then misplayed the position but Martin failed to find the right continuation and I won quickly.
David caught his opponent's un-castled king in the centre and won a piece.
A nice reversal of our first match.
| Belper B | ½ - 3½ | Derby A | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Townsend, Andy | 1892 | 0 - 1 | Retout, Steve P | 2021 |
| 2 | Alldread, Luke S | 1849 | ½ - ½ | Dalley, Kevin J | 1845 |
| 3 | Cobham, Martin | 1752 | 0 - 1 | Williams, David | 1868 |
| 4 | Wathen, Andrew | 1636 | 0 - 1 | Smith, David | 1817 |
Dave Williams 14/11/25
(note from Kevin - Having looked at my endgame at home, it was more complex than we initially thought on the night. The potential win needs a lot more analysis to prove as there are some resources my opponent had that we did not spot- maybe this will form part of a future blog post?)