This fixture was originally scheduled to take place in September but at that time a fair few of us were away on holiday. When Atherton regrettably postponed the match that was scheduled to take place on the 19th of October, it gave us an ideal opportunity to fulfil this fixture.
Thoughout the history of this blog there have been numerous match comments from captain’s describing matches along the lines of “We won the match 5 – 0 but in truth it was a much closer contest…”
Perhaps that phrase is now overused but I cannot think of a better description for this match. Long standing member Mike Rotchell came to the club at 9pm as a spectator and pointed out when he arrived every single one of the games, an hour and a half in… looked to be on a knife edge.
Perhaps it is just the nature of chess as a sport that most games are decided by a few critical moments, such seems to have been the case here as in each and every game the more experienced player managed to come out on top.
Match scorecards and some game annotations can be found below: I only have 2 games so far but more may be added to this post as and when I recieve them!
Followers of this blog can look forward to a flurry of posts in Novemeber where we may have as many as a half dozen of A and B team matches to report upon!
Jonathan V Tom (to view on the big screen)
Nick V Rob (on the big screen)
Damian V Bryan (on the big screen)
