We are living in very dangerous and troubled times.
Our thoughts during this unjust and barbaric war are with ALL of the innocent people who are being murdered and terrorised by an evil and dangerous regime
As promised here is the excellent game from our Millar Cup match v Bridge
Playing with the White pieces is Broadstairs star Manoj
Please enjoy the game
White: Natarajan, Manoj Black: Atkinson, Alan
Millar Cup
Apologies for the delayed match report. I have been very busy away from chess
Our team travelled to the very strong Bridge Club. (Bridge is a village just outside Canterbury, this was a chess match and not a card game!)
Unfortunately a hiccup meant that we had to default a board, however the troops played superbly well and ‘drew’ the other six boards 3-3 – meaning that Bridge turned out the victors on the night by 4 – 3
I hope that doesn’t sound too confusing!
Our opponents mentioned two games where our players were superb, on board 5 the in form Dominic Blundell played a terrific game to beat his higher rated opponent, the same thing happened on board 3 where Manoj Natarajan found a very entertaining attack. One of the games will feature as our next Game of the Week
24.2.2022 match report by Andrew Flood
Two evenly matched teams who drew 2 – 2 in the home Broadstairs match were to have another close encounter.
An early important result was Michael Jenkinson on Board 4 who manged to secure a key half point playing with the black pieces in his second outing of the season. Typical of the evening it was a game that could have gone either way but ended in draw. Against the former Broadstairs player Mike Doyle it proved to be a crucial and valuable half point.
With Broadstairs having the edge in 2 of the remaining matches, the next game to finish was the top board that saw Margate secure a win. It was an intense game that saw Paul Carfrae losing out to his higher rated opponent.
Dominic was playing well on Board 2 against the difficult to beat Colin Gregory, but through some clever play and a Queen exchange for two Rooks he managed to do just that and secure a win to make the match all square at 1.5 points each. So the result was dependent on the final Board 3 match. Andrew Flood with the whit pieces went a Pawn up after move 2 and had the early advantage but Margate’s Leon Garfield fought back strongly to smash through white’s central Pawns, capturing 2 of them for Margate to go 1 Pawn towards the end of the middle game.
An exchange of rooks and bishops saw that pawn lost and Broadstairs gain a small advantage through the more centralised positioning of the King. With just a single tempo move advantage Broadstairs were able to gain all the points as the “a file” Pawn protected by the King advanced to become a Queen.
A match that Leon and Margate didn’t deserve to lose, but lose they did by 1.5 points to 2.5 points. Full result below.
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Margate 1.5 – 2.5
Broadstairs Peter McGill 1825 1 – 0
Paul Carfrae 1683 Colin Gregry 1615 0 – 1
Dominic Blundell 1630 Leon Garfield 1480 0 – 1
Andrew Flood 1593 Michael Doyle 1383 0.5 – 0.5 Michael Jenkinson 1300
As promised here is the game played between Manoj and Trefor
Manoj came into the game in great form, following a thrilling victory last week against one of Kent’s stronger players
As you will see, in this game Manoj dominated the board and completely outplayed Trefor. He deserved a win but chess, like life, isn’t always fair. Rather than resigning Trefor played on for any slim chance that would come his way and, luckily for him it did.
So the game was a draw but it can clearly be seen that only one player can be proud of his performance
Enjoy the game
White: Natarajan, Manoj Black: Owens, Trefor
Goodall Cup
Very nearly another Valentine’s Day Massacre