{"id":329,"date":"2019-12-12T20:16:11","date_gmt":"2019-12-12T20:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/?p=329"},"modified":"2019-12-15T13:10:28","modified_gmt":"2019-12-15T13:10:28","slug":"peninsula-cup-semi-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/12\/peninsula-cup-semi-final\/","title":{"rendered":"Peninsula Cup Semi Final"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"265\" height=\"190\" src=\"https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/cat-chess.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-330\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Culcheth A<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>V<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Winwick A<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1. Iain Johnson<\/td><td>0.5-0.5<\/td><td>Richard Clissold<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2. Damian McCarthy<\/td><td>0.5-0.5<\/td><td>Simon Myles<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>3. Robert Furness<\/td><td>1-0<\/td><td>Dave Stuttard<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>4. Tom Vout<\/td><td>1-0<\/td><td>Ken Johnson<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5. Steve Cole<\/td><td>1-0<\/td><td>Leon Cox<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>6. Andy Coe<\/td><td>0.5-0.5<\/td><td>Stephen Carr<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Final Score<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>4.5-1.5<\/strong><\/td><td><em><strong>Winwick White on odds<\/strong><\/em><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The A team progressed into the Final of this years Peninsula cup after a convincing win against a recently strengthened Winwick side. Despite a couple os last minute withdrawals we managed just about to field a full side. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Iain Johnson on top board was in control for most of his game and seemed well on the way to victory with a strong Queenside attack, however his opponent managed to exploit the opposite coloured bishops with the queens to create enough threats of his own to force a draw.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Damian&#8217;s game on board two is at the bottom of the page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rob on board three was a late edition to the team but he managed to comfortably convert his attack after giving up a pawn in an English opening as White.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tom won quickly on board four, and on bottom board Andy Coe managed a solid draw against Warrington League veteran Stephen Carr.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Steve Cole managed a win on board five to secure the match;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Steve&#8217;s game his opponent blundered a piece for two pawns in the opening, and the game ended with the following trap:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"404\" height=\"404\" src=\"https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/5DE5C830AF1E4B79B09BD7E8F70B8888.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/5DE5C830AF1E4B79B09BD7E8F70B8888.png 404w, https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/5DE5C830AF1E4B79B09BD7E8F70B8888-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/5DE5C830AF1E4B79B09BD7E8F70B8888-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 404px) 85vw, 404px\" \/><figcaption> Playing the natural 19\u2026\u2026 Rb2?? Black missed 20. Nc4+!! and Resigned as the rook is lost 1-0<br><br> (if 20\u2026\u2026dxc4 21 Nb3 discovered check leads to mate). <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/share.chessbase.com\/SharedGames\/frame\/?p=9150fYSN14OumyqbOm6x9AUFIrhJy6GoEZ0xlxYHrIHf2iwmcxlWZpKTLUj0VaOX\" width=\"900px\" height=\"600px\"><\/iframe>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Culcheth A V Winwick A 1. Iain Johnson 0.5-0.5 Richard Clissold 2. Damian McCarthy 0.5-0.5 Simon Myles 3. Robert Furness 1-0 Dave Stuttard 4. Tom Vout 1-0 Ken Johnson 5. Steve Cole 1-0 Leon Cox 6. Andy Coe 0.5-0.5 Stephen Carr Final Score 4.5-1.5 Winwick White on odds The A team progressed into the Final &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/12\/peninsula-cup-semi-final\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Peninsula Cup Semi Final&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=329"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":339,"href":"https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329\/revisions\/339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}