Tuesday, 19 November 2024

The Shirley Double

Back-to-back away matches at Shirley saw impressive victories for the first team. Last Thursday, in the KO Open Cup we won 4½ – ½ (5 board match) and last night in the league, a 4-0 sweep.

2 out of 2 for Keatan (the machine), Bruce and myself. 1 out of 1 for Paul and 1½ out of 2 for Javier against 2100+ opposition.

Javier won the interim captain’s best game prize for his win against Phillip Purcell. A kingside attack against the dragon was well defended by Phillip, but Javier pivoted decisively to infiltrate on the queenside. It was wonderful to see and sublimely played. Chess can be a beautiful. Gelfand would be proud.

No comments:

Post a Comment