Match report from Bill Tracey.
On Tuesday 10th December our 3rd team travelled to Hastings to take on their 2nd team.
Our team, in board order was Luke, Bill L, Ed and myself.
First to finish was Ed. Playing an opponent who out rated him by 130 points Ed navigated both the opening and middle game to go into an equal looking end game. Ed then out played his opponent to secure a fine win.
Bill finished next. Unfortunately despite fighting hard Bill eventually had to concede against a much higher rated opponent.
I finished next. After a very interesting game where I ended up with 2 bishops and 6 pawns to my opponents 2 knights and 6 pawns we agreed a draw as neither of us could find a way to make progress. I was happy enough with the draw as he out rated me by almost 150 points.
Luke on board 1 was in a close battle when his opponent offered a draw. Luke thought for awhile and
knowing that a draw would mean a match draw he accepted the offer.
This was an excellent result for our 3rd team as we were playing against a very strong team who are currently placed 2nd in the League.