Cumbernauld Chess Club

ronniewallace · Site Admin Joined: 19 Apr 2006 Posts: 142

1 B 1726 Ralph Stirrat 1.0-0.0 Basil Laidlaw 1700
2 W 1654 Jack Parkes 0.5-0.5 John Eldridge 1645
3 B 1622 David Bonella 1.0-0.0 Lewis Brookens 1625
4 W 1610 David Johnstone 0.5-0.5 Eric Martin 1624
5 B 1517 Ronnie Wallace 0.5-0.5 Hamish Glen 1554
6 W 1462 Gary Kerr 0.0-1.0 Danny Breslin 1539
7 B 1397 George Thomson 1.0-0.0 Bob Innes 1498
8 W 1306 Paul Hendry 0.5-0.5 Paul McAloon 1319

Our cause was helped considerably by half the Poly team being
delayed as a result of a flat tyre on the way.

I was pretty happy to accept the draw when offered and I'm
still don't wuite know how David J managed to draw.
Good win for Ralph on his debut, hopefully that's got him hungry for more!

George Thomson · Joined: 08 May 2006 Posts: 187

David' draw was a very interesting game indeed. You should consider giving it to Ian for one of his coaching sessions David?
It could be useful for the kids to learn from the final position when the king is trapped but not mated in the corner. I liked the neat way that your opponent managed to win your queen or mate next move if refused.
It was a very interesting game to watch.
The end of Ralph' game was exciting stuff as well considering that if he had lost then the match would have been drawn. All in all a very interesting evening with lots of nail biting exciting chess.
Well done everyone!