19th October 2009
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RANBY HOUSE 3 S.ANSELM’S 9
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Name Result Length of Game Opening Mark
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T.W.G.S (c) WON 30 minutes (not recognized) 8
I.H.S. WON 37 minutes French Defence 6
I.S. WON 14 minutes (not recognized) 8
B.J.E. WON 44 minutes French Defence 6
H.A.R. WON 20 minutes (not recognized) 7
K.A.H. WON 37 minutes French Defence 8
C.D.L. LOST 16 minutes (not recognized) 5
A.C.G.M.V. WON 35 minutes Sicillian Opening 9
F.I.H. WON 44 minutes (not recognized) 7
C.F.A. WON 39 minutes (not recognized) 8
M.C.N. LOST 44 minutes (not recognized) 6
T.J.H.P. LOST 20 minutes (not recognized) 5
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With five of our chosen 12 unwell and absent (no Max H, Matthew B, Paddy D, Luke T or Alex T …) I was very pleased with this win. Hugo R and Kevin H responded exceptionally well to their promotion to higher boards whilst Alex V, Freddie H and Charles A all made the most of their call up by playing very impressively indeed and rekindling their enthusiasm with fine performances.
Ivan S finished first – not usually the case – but another very good win. He was a little fortunate to trap the opposition queen on ‘g7’ but had developed well and exploited opposition weakness. (1-0, 14 minutes).
Charlie L, playing well ahead of himself on board 7 underestimated the important of playing carefully in front of one’s castled king! Not moving the ‘d’ pawn didn’t help either … never mind! (1-1, 16 minutes).
Hugo R won easily on his return to the team. His opponent moved his queen out far too early and Hugo developed sensibly whilst chasing it around the board. It was then lost … Hugo took over. (2-1, 20 minutes).
Tobias P opened sensibly enough, but moved his king instead of blocking a check and then started to lose pieces – also continue to record your moves next time, it’s so important to do so! (2-2, 20 minutes).
A pawn forking bishop and knight gave Tobias S a piece advantage in his game before an early adjudication, the opposition captain had to leave early. Both players planted their bishop in front of an undeveloped pawn (3 … d6 not Bd6?). It must be mentioned that Toby had been away from school since Saturday, we picked him up en route to Ranby as he was getting better and his inclusion today made all the difference. (3-2, 30 minutes).
Alex V played very well. He thought long and hard about each move and usually made the right one. He developed his pieces and his central rooks and queen took advantage of the uncastled king. (4-2, 35 minutes).
Isaac S’s game isn’t recorded accurately. I feel you could have made better use of ‘f7’ by Qxf7 rather than Bxf7 and your opponent was allowed to recover from a poor start to almost being equal. You held a pawn advantage into the end game and then skewered the rook to win. Don’t be complacent! (5-2, 37 minutes).
Kevin H’s win on board 6 (he was board 10 on the teamsheet) demonstrated why we won today! He opened very well and, with the exception of attacking too aggressively the opposition queen with his castled pawns, played superbly. Not many prep schools have as good a board 10 as this … very well played! (6-2, 37 minutes).
Whilst Charles A’s opponent did allow you the opportunity to open well, it was so good to see you developing pieces, attacking through the centre and taking time over each move. Superb! (7-2, 39 minutes).
At the adjudication, three matches remained. Matthew N secures a ‘6’ for battling on so well, but he allowed his castled king to be exposed and then simply lost a rook in the other corner. It’s always all go in Ben E’s game and no opponent can rest easily, but there were too many inaccuracies for a player of your experience to score a ‘7’. Yes, you took the attack to the opposition, well done, but you need to tighten up the defence for the stronger opposition to follow! Well done Freddie H. It was an important game. You missed an early mate, and didn’t spot a later one which you did secure, but you did your best, having played little chess so far this term, and I couldn’t have asked for more. (9-3, 44 minutes).
Overall, very well done! We were short of players today and those who stepped in performed admirably. When we’re all available, it will be very difficult to select a top 12. With the change of the clocks, colder, darker and poorer weather to come, chess at breaktime will become a regular fixture. We have regular fixtures after half term: a lot to look forward to!
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Posted on
Thu, October 22, 2009
by DEY