I opened with the Ruy Lopez. Black played 8...d5, a move known as the Marshall Attack. The idea of the Marshall is that black sacrifices a pawn for development and then throws everything at White's kingside. This was the first time that I had faced it. My queenside pieces became trapped and I did not get time to untangle them and bring them into the game. Some homework required.
Graham B was a pawn up, but running short on time. He had at least a draw, but then made an error (I made the same mistake as I played along in my head).
| 10 Oct | Syston 1 | v | Heathcote Arms 1 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4½ | – | ½ | ||||||
| 1 | B | 242 | Hebden, Mark | 1 | – | 0 | Sharpe, Graham | 177 |
| 2 | W | 186 | Galligan, Brian | ½ | – | ½ | Bray, Dave | 177 |
| 3 | B | 178 | Taylor, Robert | 1 | – | 0 | Booley, Graham | 149 |
| 4 | W | 181 | Naylor, John | 1 | – | 0 | Manger, John | 139 |
| 5 | B | 167 | Robinson, John | 1 | – | 0 | Ross, Colin | 122 |
Market Harborough were also playing Syston 3. I watched a very exciting finish between Ian Clarke and Ben Pourmozafari. Ben had over 30 minutes in hand to Ian's 2 minutes, and eventually seconds. Both sides were pushing pawns towards the end of the board. It ended with Ben's King jumping around six squares into a corner out of harm's way.
It is the Atkins Rapidplay Tournament this Sunday.
Colin.
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