UCKFIELD—3 -1—BEXHILL
Wednesday 28 January we were hosted warmly at Uckfield. Results as follows:
Board BEXHILL Rating UCKFIELD Ratimg
1 Andrew Fleming 1886 0-1 Arran Airlie 1927
2 Janis Petersons 1837 0-1 Joseph Wright 1750
3 Oliver Kuzmanoski 1630 Draw Brian Stockham 1581
4. Lawrence Rhodes 1626 Draw Beauden Archbold 1442
We had White on Boards 1 and 3. Tough matches, though hard fought as always.
Andrew came under great endgame pressure in defence of his 2nd rank.
Janis worked hard to defend against 2 disconnected pawns in a Rook endgame.
Oliver lost a pawn through a discovered attack in the early middlegame, but, with some isolated pawns, achieved activity in compensation.
Lawry, against a rising 13-year old with a high online rating, achieved 2 bishops v 2 knights in the endgame, with a Q-side pawn majority. It was felt that opportunities to convert that advantage were missed as pawn structure was exploited by the active knights.