Three league matches in October, and three wins. No complaints.
Herts League – Division 3 Tuesday 30-October-2018
Boards 1 to 4: 70 minutes + 10 seconds a move. Board 5: 35 moves in 75 minutes the 7 every 15 minutes. Borehamwood black on odd boards.
Borehamwood Hertford 2
Board 1 : Raoof, Adam N 173 1/2 Wooster, Nick 144
Board 2 : Marcos, Dan 158 1-0 Buswell, A Mark 146
Board 3 : Kent, Anthony R 151 1-0 Du Boulay, Andrew 141
Board 4 : Gesthuysen, Malcolm 139 1-0 Morris, Simon P 135
Board 5 : O’Sullivan, Terry J 107 0-1 Rudd, David R 133
Match Score : 3.5 – 1.5
Not as straightforward as the score might suggest, but not quite a pre-halloween fright night either. Nick Wooster got a very creditable draw against Adam. Malcolm built up a strong attack on Simon Morris’s black king, forcing him to give up his queen for a knight and rook. Dan’s game was very open but he held his nerve. Terry got his knight pinned to his king, creating too much weakness. Anthony got a decent Sicilian defence as black, but then went a bit astray reaching the first diagram below after 22…gxf. White should have played something like 23. Qh4 with advantage, but instead played 23. f4, allowing 23….e4 in reply, blunting the white bishops. White then allowed the Black queen to get to d4 (Andrew Du Boulay was getting short of time) and the a pawn was heading all the way to be queened (2nd diagram after 37…a2).
Position 1 after 22 …..gxf Position 2 after 37…a2
2 more Herts League matches We have a match against Watford in November, then the return against Royston in December.
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