Here is the match report for Bexhill 2nd team V Eastbourne 2nd team from Bill Tracey.
On Friday 6th December Bexhill 2 hosted Eastbourne 2 in The Sussex League Division 2.
Our team, in board order was Luke, James, Janis and Leo.
First to finish was James who set a trap for his opponent who fell for it. As a result his opponent saw that his position was hopeless and he resigned.
Luke was next to finish. He appeared to be in a better position, when, his opponent failed to spot that Luke was about to pin his queen to his rook. His opponent gave up his Queen for a Rook, but he resigned soon afterwards.
Leo on 4 had a very strong looking attack but unfortunately was not able to find a way to complete it and his opponent found a strong counter attack. Eventually Leo had to resign.
Janis’s match gradually turned into a classic. It seemed to the onlookers that all was lost for Janis as his opponent had two connected passed pawns on the 5th and 6th ranks. Janis however found some wonderful resources and fought back brilliantly. When the match time limit of 3 hours and 10 minutes ran out the two players agreed a draw.
So the final result was 2.5 to 1.5 in favour of Bexhill.
This means that Bexhill 2 are now top of the second division and undefeated after 4 matches.