Nomads D | 3 1/2 | 2 1/2 | Ravenfield Bishops |
---|---|---|---|
John Woollard (w) | 1/2 | 1/2 | Tom Gollens |
Les Day | 0 | 1 | Andrew Shaw |
Eric McKenna | 1/2 | 1/2 | Brian England |
Jo Woollard | 1/2 | 1/2 | Barry Shaw |
Robert Shaw | 1 | 0 | Roy Evans |
Robert Nield | 1 | 0 | Martin Wilkes |
Robert Nield castled kingside, establishing a solid defensive position, then swapped down to knight, bishop and six pawns against two knights and four pawns, a slight material advantage, but sufficient to force mate.
Robert Shaw lost material to a fork early on, but then won a rook with a knight fork, leaving him slightly ahead. Once it became clear he couldn’t be prevented from swapping down to a won endgame, his opponent resigned.
Jo and her opponent began by swapping off the light-squared bishops. Exchanges of knights and queens soon followed. After much manoeuvring the game deadlocked. Eric also began with an early queen exchange. With neither player able to gain a clear material advantage this game too deadlocked.
Les castled queenside. In a complicated position he missed a pin, and was mated. Afterwards, he said he’d just been outplayed.
John emerged from the middle game with a rook and three pawns against a rook and four pawns, a slight disadvantage, but not enough to force a win. Instead, a draw was agreed.