Narrow Loss for C-Team
Despite the poor weather, our match on Tuesday (07/01/25) took place against Amber Valley at the Spondon club.
I had a comfortable Samisch Kings Indian. My opponent George missed tactics, dropping a central pawn and a knight, and I won quickly.
Colin agreed an early draw on the bottom board.
Carl fought and achieved a good ending, but got into time trouble and subsequently lost the game.
Matt was hampered on the king side and his opponent Paul gave him a difficult game to record the win for the opposition.
| Amber Valley | 2½ - 1½ | Derby C | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hartley, Dean M | 1872 | 1 - 0 | Weighill, Carl | 1635 |
| 2 | Kelman, Paul | 1598 | 1 - 0 | Caswell, Matthew | 1621 |
| 3 | Heath, George K | 1480 | 0 - 1 | Cockburn, Andre | 1535 |
| 4 | Smith, Graham | 1477 | ½ - ½ | Ross, Colin | 1492 |
Andre Cockburn 9/1/25