Despite the ‘B’ team having promising positions on at least 4 boards, a series of last-minute slip-ups ensured that the ‘A’ Team won 6-0 in tonight’s Glasgow League Div. 2 fixture.
Chris on board 1 and Steven on board 6 achieved won positions against their higher-graded opponents, and Jim Mearns on board 3 and your humble Webmaster on board 4 held even positions for much of their respective games, but eventually bad luck and/or bad nerves conspired to cause a wipe-out at the end of the night.
Full results are as follows:
Board | Glasgow Montrose ‘B’ | 0 | 6 | Glasgow Montrose ‘A’ | ||
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1 | Chris Perkin (1526) | W | 0 | 1 | B | Ed Ferry (1954) |
2 | Jim Murray (1467) | B | 0 | 1 | W | Sam Collins (1789) |
3 | Jim Mearns (1390) | W | 0 | 1 | B | Norman Lindsay (1751) |
4 | Sean Groundwater (1388) | B | 0 | 1 | W | Kenny McCaffrey (1768) |
5 | Andrew Dick (1142) | W | 0 | 1 | B | Robin Templeton (1750) |
6 | Steven Forgrieve (U/G) | B | 0 | 1 | W | David Reid (1681) |
This TWIT bloke is correct, the final score flatters the A Team and did not reflect the way the games went. At one point if Sean had offered me a draw on board 4 I would have bit his hand off, and we all felt somewhat mixed emotions seeing Chris crumble from a totally winning position to a loss on board 1 – better luck next time Glasgow Montrose B!