Syston 3 Vs HA3; Melton 1 Vs HA1

Syston 3 Vs HA3

Ray agreed to a draw when there was nothing in it.

Chris is down from Oxford for a few weeks. He was even on material into the late middle game, but a more passive rook put him at a disadvantage.

Gordon had some real pressure on the King's side and swapping off the pawns in front of Nando's king looked like it might have been a good plan. The side became locked, however, and the game turned in Syston's favour.

The all improved, super slow, Drew was our last man standing and managed a well deserved draw.

I was non-playing Captain, and The Grinder was also in attendance as a super sub.

12 Mar		Syston 3		v	Heathcote Arms 3
				3 - 1
1	B	108	Cresswell, Peter	½ - ½	Beach, Ray	91
2	W	111	Leonard, John	1 - 0	Johnson, Chris	80
3	B	81	Mundy, Rob	½ - ½	Harbidge, Drew	60
4	W	80	Morelli, Nando	1 - 0	Milner, Gordon	43

Here is Gordon's game. Things looked fine until 20...h4




Whilst all this was going on, there was a very exciting match going on in the same room between Syston 1 and Ashby 3:

Brian Galligan had to work hard to draw. There was much blood in Cyril Johnson versus David Reynolds. A very much in form Peter Page (he beat me a few weeks ago) was always better against Stuart Hollingworth; and Vic Armstrong faught hard, but lost out against Parin Suchak.

12 Mar		Syston 1		v	Ashby 3
				1½ - 2½
1	B	181	Galligan, Brian	½ - ½	Gibson, Paul	143
2	W	133	Johnson, Cyril	0 - 1	Reynolds, David	142
3	B	119	Suchak, Parin	1 - 0	Armstrong, Victor	119
4	W	107	Hollingworth, Stuart	0 - 1	Page, Peter	83

Melton 1 Vs HA1

On Wednesday, HA1 scored a decent win against Melton 1.

13 Mar		Melton Mowbray 1		v	Heathcote Arms 1
				1½ - 3½
1	B	190	Denton, John	0 - 1	Bray, Dave	169
2	W	172	Reynolds, Tom	½ - ½	Ganger, Rajan	174
3	B	165	Billingham, John	½ - ½	Hewitt, Sean	164
4	W	144	Knight, Christopher	½ - ½	Harrison, Peter	151
5	B	142	Botteley, Gerald	0 - 1	Booley, Graham	152

Next Week

Two Cup matches at home on Tuesday 19th March:

HA1 Vs Latimer 1, &
HA2 (2&3) Vs Braunstone 2

Well done everyone,

Colin.