Tuesday 12 February 2013

Dunfermline V Badgers Brook 11/02/13


Draws are good
Despite being out-graded on 4 boards Dunfermline A recorded their third successive win to keep open their league title chances. Michael had been in superb form in his allegro games but showed excellent judgement in choosing this match to get his first win of the season at classical time controls against the previously unbeaten league leaders. The game itself had some blunders with ambitious but flawed attacking play by Jonathan and inaccurate but successful countering from Michael and the game was all the more exciting for it. Under time pressure Michael did well to avoid giving stalemate and delivered mate with about a minute left on his clock. On top board it was mostly level. Ian missed a pawn snatch opportunity mid–game but Mark’s error was levelled with Ian making a error himself as both players got to the final few minutes each but it was quite hard for Mark to spot with so little time left to think and a draw seemed fair. Gavin got next to nothing for his gambit of a pawn but Kenny made 2 horrible blunders giving Gavin a winning material advantage. The first blunder was not that obvious and required Gavin to find a Q-sac but the second one should really have been curtains for Kenny. Kenny however played really well after his mistakes and built up a staunch blockade to hold the draw. Jim and Bryan both came out the opening superbly and pressed their opponents all the way. Both were unlucky not to have found wins to make the match a fairer reflection of the play which Dunfermline dominated.
Badgers Brook
Team
DunfermlineA
Board
Name
Grade
Pnum
Result
Name
Grade
Pnum
1
Mark Cooke
1922
20648
½-½
Ian Robertson
2102
2
Kenny McGeoch
1839
14326
½-½
Gavin Saxton
1748
3
Jonathan Rowney
1821
8493
0-1
Michael Roy
1689
4
Andrew McHarg
1723
20886
½-½
Jim Webster
1626
5
Graham Kerr
1546
10613
½-½
Bryan O'Rourke
1412
TOTAL
2-3

Saturday 2 February 2013

Minnows 11 - 5 Badgers 30/01/13


This was a gallant fight by the Badgers against a sluggish Minnows. The exception was George whose smooth style held the home side together. Game of the match of course goes to Graham for his comprehensive win over Ian in the final round (over 600 points grading difference but Graham played like he was the higher rated player).
Minnows 11- 5 Badgers
Ian Robertson Draw Kenny McGeoch 
Iain Sneddon Draw Graham Kerr 
George Webb 1-0 David McGilvary
Jim Webster 1-0 David Marshall 
3-1 
Ian Robertson 1-0 David Marshall 
Iain Sneddon 0-1 Kenny McGeoch 
George Webb 1-0 Graham Kerr 
Jim Webster 1-0 David McGilvary
3-1 
Ian Robertson 1-0 David McGilvary
Iain Sneddon 1-0 David Marshall 
George Webb Draw Kenny McGeoch 
Jim Webster Draw Graham Kerr 
3-1 
Ian Robertson 0-1 Graham Kerr 
Iain Sneddon 1-0 David McGilvary
George Webb 1-0 David Marshall 
Jim Webster 0-1 Kenny McGeoch 
2-2