Wednesday 26 November 2014

3-2 AFTER A TOUGH MATCH


Belfast South beat Ballynafeigh second team after a very tough and long match.

White has just played Kh4. It is black to move, is it possible for black to win or draw?

It is not so simple if you have very little time left on the clock.


Rookies match report is below.

RAY DEVENNEY   1-0        DAMIEN CUNNINGHAM       
SAM FLANAGAN   1-0       JOHN O’DOHERTY
BRUCE MacLEAN  0-1       THOMAS DONALDSON
JOHN BRYARS        0-1       IAN WOODFIELD
DAVID REUBEN     1-0       PAUL ANDERSON


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The A team is never more dangerous than when it’s hurting from the previous match and out for revenge against the Ballynafeigh behemoth, whose first team beat us 7-0 last week.

No-one, not even Paul Anderson, was “robbing Ruben” of his victory but that “pauls” into insignificance after what followed on the higher boards.

Ian “would field” a strong counter-attack against John ,caught in the “bryars” of a complicated position which he eventually lost.

While Captain Kelly was across the road watching Liverpool throw away a win , he heard the “tomtoms” sending a message that Bruce had lost to young Tom, leaving The A Team on the brink of defeat.

Kelly arrived back in time to see a “ray” of sunshine, as Ray won on Board One against Damien, a “cunning ham” if ever I saw one.

At 2-2, Sam was offered a draw by the other John but he said: “If it’s all the “sam” to you, I’ll play on a pawn down” and his bravery was rewarded by a late win to seal a match victory!

Martin Kelly(Captain)
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Ecc 12:12 And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

2 comments:

  1. Is that your game Sam? That's a nice little endgame puzzle! Took me a while to find the right move...not sure I would have done playing over the board!

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  2. Hi Ross, yes it was my game against John O`Doherty. I did not see it over the board, it was shown to me by Fritz when I got home. I would imagine a lot of players would find it hard to get the right moves for black, especially under time pressure.

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