After the opening exchanges, Eric was left slightly down on material, with a queen, bishop, rook, and pawns against a queen, knight, two rooks, and pawns, but he defended strongly, eventually trapping his opponents queen. They promptly resigned. Robert declined the queen’s gambit, and ended up in a pawn endgame. Unable to force promotion, he…
Robert Shaw
C Deery vs R Shaw
Worksop C vs Nomads D
We won the toss, and chose white on odds. Gordon won his game in just twelve moves, mating Ross on his back rank with the queen, supported by the bishop. Robert’s game also started promisingly, but then he blundered on move 23, allowing Ian to deliver check with a discovered attack on the queen. Robert…
Sheffield Deaf vs Nomads D
Ashley lost a rook to a knight fork early on, then his opponent forced a bishop swap, giving him an overwhelming material advantage. Robert swapped off a knight and opposite coloured bishops, then lost his remaining knight to a queen fork. A mate threat forced him to give up his queen, and mate soon followed.…
Sasca E vs Nomads D
Sasca won the toss, and chose white on odds. Jo exchanged a bishop and knight early, then castled kingside while her opponent castled queenside. She made good use of her rooks, squeezing her opponent until he resigned. Robert got his queen trapped in the midgame, trading it for a knight and bishop. He played on…