Quite a disappointing evening for the B Team against a
strong Banbury side which saw us lose both of our games with the black pieces.
Banbury have strength in depth at the moment as so the C team is as strong as
their B team. The only plus of the evening was Banbury’s appalling use of the
match score sheet which became a beer mat and was consequently disregarded - not
sure if they have the match score or not!
Board 1
Ben had the black pieces and emerged from the opening with
an even position. Unfortunately, during the middle game he miscalculated a tactic
and in order to regain his sacrificed piece he had to allow white to double up
his rooks against his queenside castle position. White won the game with a very
neat rook sacrifice.
Board 2
Mike's game featured, for the second week running, another
new idea at move 4 in an established opening. Subsequent research showed that
it was not in the latest opening books but had been played by several IMs/GMs
recently and the Chessbase site shows it has been analysed by hundreds of
people/computers. The move featured a Benko style gambit against an English set
up but White preferred nagging pressure on the long diagonal to snatching the
offered b-pawn. White defended very well against the numerous promising lines
at Whites disposal and missed the best line to retain a large edge. A draw was
agreed when Black was slightly better.
Board 3
Phil played the Scandinavian and emerged from the opening
with a slightly inferior position. Unfortunately having lost a pawn on move 9,
black's attempts to regain the material resulted in him getting his queen
trapped and having to give it up for a rook. After this, white won without too
many problems.
Board 4
Dave picked up blacks c pawn in a French defence opening and
obtained a good position forcing all of black pieces onto his back two ranks.
However, black defended very well and white was unable to capitalise upon his
advantage. The game was drawn shortly before the time control.
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