Despite again missing our top 2 players, we had a rather good evening:
Herts League – Division 2
Monday 23-October-2023
St Albans 4 Borehamwood
Board 1 : Hotala, Grzegorz 1812 0-1 Rubeck, Jonath 1973
Board 2 : Cross, Ian K 1795 0-1 Kent, Anthony 1806
Board 3 : Ball, Matthew P 1758 0-1 Sear, Kevin 1631
Board 4 : Shah, Nimish 1750 1-0 Garfield, Harvey 1492
Board 5 : Baguley, John 1729 0-1 O’Sullivan, Terry 1445
Match Score : 1 – 4
Our only player not to win was Harvey, who had a won position but got into time trouble . In the following position, the computer gives a mate in 7 if black plays 23…..Na3c check!
Good win for Jonathan in Board 1, Terry won after has opponent lost a piece, Kevin blundered in the opening but his opponent though for a long time and did not grab the sound piece advantage! Kevin won on time
Anthony’s game was a closed Stonewall with no pawns captured for the first 38 moves! Black has good pressure and white is running out good moves.
Borehamwood Chess club 