Result From Sussex County Chess Association LMS<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was an exceptionally busy Friday as we hosted Hastings in the McArthur Cup. Despite close contention- -the ratings were comparable – our hopes were dashed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n I missed the games on Boards 5 and 6, which resulted early in the evening – being otherwise employed in the Division 4 match adjacent! <\/p>\n\n\n\n When I could , I found Andy suffering as Black in this position I think :<\/p>\n\n\n\n The N is overloaded wanting to block the b-pawn as well as masking the e7 pawn from the White R , while the White Q+B battery exploits the weak white-coloured squares. The Black Q is overloaded defending against Qf7+ so cannot harass the R away. The finish ( with 2 minutes on the clock) went like this :<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1….Rd8 ( If ..Nb6, then Qe6 . If 1…Qd8 then 2. Qc6, Nb8 3.Be6 and black doesn’t have a good move. Or 2…Nf8, 3.b6) <\/p>\n\n\n\n 2.Qe6, Kh6 3. b6,Nxb6 4.Rxe7, Qf8 5.Rf7, Qh8 6.Qg4, g5 7.Be2, Kg6 8. Qh5#<\/p>\n\n\n\n Howard, White on Board 1 suffered from a “pesky knight” in this position, I think, despite pushing a serious passed pawn. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Howard played 1.Rd3, which continued 1..Qxd2 2. R3 x d2, Nc4 3.Bb7? Rb8 4. Rd3, Rxb7 0-1<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mreanwhile, Luke achieved a fine, fluent win, with 2 connected passed pawns advancing to b6 and a7 while containing Black’s passers in the centre. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Michael, with Black on Board 4 was a pawn down for some time in an open middle-game position, where his 2 bishops v B+ N were his compensation. In the endgame Michael gained material advantage in pawns, in return for White gaining the exchange. Michael eventually pressed with 2 passed ( but isolated) Q- side pawns. The White R had to fall as a pawn promoted. Michael had K,B,P v K+ P,P. Whilst Michael could force the capture of the 2 White pawns, the Black h pawn would not be able to promote as White’s K would cover the promotion square which was out of reach by Michael’s black-squared bishop. It would be a stalemate. Although there was a dispute as White had stopped writing the game score in time-trouble, and the game could have been forfeited, there was no formal claim for a win by Black and a draw was agreed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was a disappointing match outcome for us, but we congratulate Hastings for their deserved victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Bexhill 1– 2-4 — Hastings & St Leonards McArthur Cup Fri 30th Jan 2026 19:30 Winner: Away Result From Sussex County Chess Association LMS Board Rating Bexhill 1 V Hastings & St Leonards Rating 1 2079 Tebbs, Howard LB 0 – 1 G Lowe, Daniel 2139 2 2031 Nguyen, AnhG 0 – 1 G Rayner, Francis 2078 3 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bexhillchessclub.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bexhillchessclub.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bexhillchessclub.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bexhillchessclub.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bexhillchessclub.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bexhillchessclub.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2512\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bexhillchessclub.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bexhillchessclub.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bexhillchessclub.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Board<\/th> Rating<\/th> Bexhill 1<\/th> V<\/th> Hastings & St Leonards<\/th> Rating<\/th><\/tr><\/thead> 1 <\/td> 2079<\/td> Tebbs, Howard L<\/a>B<\/td> 0 – 1<\/td> G Lowe, Daniel<\/a><\/td> 2139<\/td><\/tr> 2 <\/td> 2031<\/td> Nguyen, Anh<\/a>G<\/td> 0 – 1<\/td> G Rayner, Francis<\/a><\/td> 2078<\/td><\/tr> 3 <\/td> 2075<\/td> Chapman, Luke<\/a>G<\/td> 1 – 0<\/td> G Sugden, John N<\/a><\/td> 2019<\/td><\/tr> 4 <\/td> 1958<\/td> Hubbard, Michael<\/a>G<\/td> \u00bd – \u00bd<\/td> G Hoxey, Terry<\/a><\/td> 1924<\/td><\/tr> 5 <\/td> 1899<\/td> Lumsden, James<\/a>G<\/td> \u00bd – \u00bd<\/td> G Cove, Henry<\/a><\/td> 1894<\/td><\/tr> 6 <\/td> 1768<\/td> Kimber, John D<\/a>N<\/td> 0 – 1<\/td> G Wheeler, James M<\/a><\/td> 1832<\/td><\/tr> Total<\/td> 11810<\/td> <\/td> 2 – 4<\/td> <\/td> 11886<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/bexhillchessclub.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-1.png\")
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