Cumnor 1 had a disappointing evening on Monday, losing to City 2 5-1.
Graham’s sole win for the was the highlight in a very frustrating match.
| City 2 | Cumnor 1 | ||
| 1 | Terry, Sean ( ) | 1-0 | Terrington, Simon (173) |
| 2 | Dixon, Leif (160) | 1-0 | Glenn, Liam (147) |
| 3 | Smith, Roger A (150) | 1-0 | Varney, Andrew (147) |
| 4 | Godfrey, David (144) | 1-0 | Sayers, Mark (139) |
| 5 | Brindley, Malcolm (138) | 0-1 | Cluley, Graham (112) |
| 6 | Yates, John O (142) | 1-0 | Bennett, Steven (110) |
| Match played on 03 Nov 2014. | 5-1 | ||
In Cumnor’s defence (and not to put down City’s fine play), it does appear we were outgraded on every board.
My game was pretty interesting. I made a (possibly unsound) early sacrifice of my knight to break up Malcolm’s king-side defences, and found myself with a trio of pawns progressing menacingly towards the finish-line.
Although none of them were to make it as a Queen, I was able to claw a victory against my strong opponent.
PGN of my game is available here if anyone is interested: http://chessmicrobase.com/g/4q30u8wy