Dave maulled Dennis Wilkins; i drew with David Reynolds; and Ray swindled a win from Paul Martin, having earlier dropped his queen.
The position below comes from Ross Vs Reynolds:
In this position, i played 34 Nxg5 not really knowing if it was the right thing to do. Fritz, however, gave this move a ! The game continued: 34...Nxg5+, 35 Kxf4 Nh3+, 36 Kg3 Ng5, 37 f4 Ne4+ (Fritz now gives black a slight edge), 38 Kh4 Kc7 (black with a stronger edge), 39 g5 Kd7 and a draw was agreed in this position:
After 35 Nh3+, Fritz gave the better continuation: 36 Kf5 Kc7, 37 g5 Kd6 with white having the better of it.
After our games, John Manger appeared and we all watched the Byron Vs Morley game, from board 1 in the Championship section, in what turned out to be a superb display in endgame technique.
Alan Byron with two bishops and a king, promoting his last pawn to a knight to avoid stalemate and Andy Morley trying every trick in the book (and some not in the book) to force a draw and almost succeeding many times over. This game will be well worth a look when it appears later on the County Championship site http://www.e2e4.org.uk/countychamps/2011/open.htm
Next week, back at the Arms, HA1 play in the Wylie, and some beer chess for the rest of us.
Well done everyone,
Colin.
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