League Knockout Final -
May 14th 2013
Horfield v Clifton
( Redland Park, Redland, Off Whiteladies Road )
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Horfield |
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Clifton |
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| Board One |
Stephen Dilleigh |
½ |
John Curtis |
½ |
| Board Two |
Chris Jones |
½ |
Nick Frost |
½ |
| Board Three |
Derek Pugh |
0 |
Gareth Morris |
1 |
| Board Four |
Mike Harris |
0 |
Carl Bicknell |
1 |
| Board Five |
Phil Nendick |
0 |
Duncan Grossett |
1 |
| Board Six |
Harvey Atkinson |
0 |
David Collier |
1 |
| Board Seven |
John Richards |
½ |
Dominic Bennett |
½ |
| Board Eight |
Roger Pearce |
0 |
Igor Doklestic |
1 |
| Total |
1½ |
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6½ |
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The Eight Board League Knockout was won by
Clifton 6½ - 1½ at Redland Park on Tuesday 14th May.
Clifton comfortably won the League Knockout
and wiped out memories of a 6-2 defeat at the hands of Bath last
season.
The two top boards finished early as Chris Jones and
Nick Frost agreed a draw after 17 moves & on Board One John Curtis
sacced a Rook for mating threats on Black's King forcing Steve
Dilleigh to offer a draw by repetition.
At this stage there was all to play for as the score
was 1-1 but things were soon to change, Duncan Grossett gained an
advantage with the white pieces against Phil Nendick's Schliemann &
David Collier had an excellent position even though he was the
exchange down. Mike Harris ran into trouble in a Sicilian
Najdorf against Carl Bicknell. All three games ended in wins for
Clifton which sealed the win.
The three remaining games were heading into time
trouble. On Board Seven John Richards had a time advantage but
was struggling to equalise and after some missed opportunities
Dominic reluctantly settled on a draw as the minutes were moving
into seconds ! Roger Pearce had an advantage against Igor
Doklestic with two Knights against Rook but Igor took a chance and
broke up Roger's kingside and with both players running low on time
Igor came out on top. Last to finish was board 3 as Gareth Morris broke through on the Kingside to
set up a mating attack which in time trouble proved difficult to
counter as Derek Pugh came unstuck.
Dave Tipper |
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Board One - Steve Dilleigh v John Curtis |
Board Three - Gareth Morris v Derek Pugh |
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Board 4 - Mike Harris v Carl Bicknell |
Board 5 - Duncan Grossett v Phil Nendick |
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