But for much of the evening I was fearing the worst, as an enterprising pawn sac in the opening by Phil Briggs seemed to put Billy in considerable trouble, and when Phil's rook crashed in on g7 and a Black rook was simultaneously hanging on a8 it looked like curtains for the youngest of our Candidate Masters. But what do I know? Billy somehow rode out the storm and then pocketed a whole piece when Phil completely forgot about his loose bishop that had previously captured the loose rook on a8. So Billy had an extra piece and a centre pawn then yomped down the board to queen and end the game. Phew!
The remaining games all ended, almost simultaneously, in draws. Mike, on 3 against Colin Green and Ben, on 4 against Maurice Staples both seemed to be pushing for much of the evening, but couldn't get a decisive edge, while I was the one hanging on in a rook ending a pawn down against Paul Davies. But with all the pawns on the same side of the board, it wasn't too difficult for me to hold the draw.
We've now got a three week gap till our next match, but after just two weeks of action we are the only team in Division 1 with a 100% score. Not bad considering we've already used 7 different players and are not taking the competition too seriously!
No special reason fir this week's song. Except that I like it and its a great video. Like a 5 minute episode of Miami Vice, but with a killer song! Can't think what took me so long to choose it.
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