Cumnor 1 lost a very close match last night against Champions elect Magdalen College School Blackbirds 1 (MCS/B1).
| Cumnor 1 | MCS/B 1 | ||
| 1 | Varney, Andrew (143) | 0 – 1 | Daggitt, Matthew (186) |
| 2 | Sayers, Mark (141) | 0 – 1 | D’Souza-Eva, Jon (191) |
| 3 | Stevens, Gareth (143) | ½ – ½ | Cole, Graham (137) |
| 4 | Glenn, Liam (129) | 1 – 0 | Ward, Eric (140) |
| 5 | Carr, Robin (128) | 1 – 0 | Sayers, David (124) |
| 6 | Jones, Michael (117) | 0 – 1 | Bush, Ian (120) |
| Match played: 21 Mar 2013 | 2½ – 3½ | ||
Robin was the first to finish (a small surprise) when David Sayers miscalculated and called a check when there was none, allowing Robin to take his Queen.
Gareth managed a draw with black, while I won a piece and my opponent resigned putting us 2.5-0.5 up.
However, Mike lost a piece, and Mark lost the exchange and was always going to have a difficult game from then on.
Andrew was the last to finish with a very complicated endgame with very little time for either players, and went on to lose on time.
Our last game of the season is away to Wantage in a month’s time.
Although a shame we didn’t win the match (which would have been quite an upset as MCS/B1 are top of the division.. just look at their grades), I think you chaps should be proud of games well fought.
And, of course, there is cause for some celebration – we’re definitely staying in ODCL division 2 next year. :)
What the report doesn’t say is that I had the upper hand throughout the game, and at the point of the time scramble was a pawn up with a better position until a series of blunders gave my opponent the game at the very end. AV