Cumnor 2 finally managed to get its game against Cowley Workers 2 on Thursday evening.
You may recall that the match was originally scheduled to be played earlier this month, but had to be postponed due to a lack of players on the Cowley Workers side.
Unfortunately, Cowley Workers 2 still only managed to bring five players with them to last night’s rescheduled match – meaning they had defaulted one board from the beginning.
Robert and Graham finished their games first, both with wins and with oddly-similar mates involving both Bishops (see the final positions in the diagrams below).
Liam also got a win making it 4-0 to the Cumnor team playing at home.
Pako picked up an endgame draw but unfortunately Mike lost.
| Cumnor 2 | Cowley Workers 2 | ||
| 1 | Glenn, Liam (129) | 1 - 0 | Matilal, Tamal (128) |
| 2 | Alvarez, Francisco (118) | ½ - ½ | Cartwright, Paul (113) |
| 3 | Jones, Michael (117) | 0 - 1 | Miller, David H (91) |
| 4 | Cluley, Graham (118) | 1 - 0 | Buckland, Chris ( ) |
| 5 | Steel, Robert (89) | 1 - 0 | Joy, Nathan ( ) |
| 6 | Bennett, Steven (108) | 1 - 0 | _default_ (-) |
| Match played: 28 Mar 2013 | 4½ - 1½ | ||
Final board position for Graham Cluley (Cumnor 2) vs Chris Buckland (Cowley Workers 2):
Final board position for Nathan Joy (Cowley Workers 2) vs Robert Steel (Cumnor 2):
Filed under: Chess, Cumnor Chess Club, Match report Tagged: Cowley Workers, Cumnor
