Broadstairs 2 Folkestone 5
| 1 | David Faldon (170) | ½-½ | Jim Bayford (188) |
| 2 | Bob Page (141) | ½-½ | David Shire (179) |
| 3 | Paul Carfrae (132) | 0-1 | John Atherton (164) |
| 4 | John Couzens (131) | 0-1 | Kevin Smyth (160) |
| 5 | Andy Flood (113) | 0-1 | Martin Cutmore (158) |
| 6 | David Wheatley (106) | ½-½ | David Erwee (115) |
| 7 | Bob Cronin (101) | ½-½ | Chris Siebert (107) |
David Faldon writes:
A short report this week as my game kept me busier than usual.
It was a close match, despite the 2-5 final score. Boards 6 and 7 were drawn by 9pm. Boards 3 and 5 didn’t last much longer as Paul and Andy (both playing black) were ground down by vastly superior force. That left us needing 2½ points from the last three games to tie the match – and we nearly got them.
The board 1 game was wild all the way with pawns and pieces sacrificed (mostly by me) for the attack. At one point I missed a clear win but in the end the queens got swapped off and the attacks petered out. As time ran down, both players decided they stood worse, so a draw was agreed.
Board 2 was a more positional game, but no less tense. Bob P defended stoutly against a very strong opponent and got his reward (a draw) when he managed to swap queens and rooks, leaving David S with not enough material to force a win.
The board 4 game see-sawed back and forth. John stood worse out of the opening but took advantage of a slip to win a pawn – and a very nice protected passed pawn it was too. Kevin didn’t give up, though. He blockaded the passed pawn and John’s attempt to lift the blockade backfired spectacularly.
Many thanks to everyone who turned out to play. We gave a very strong Folkestone team a tough match.