MID Stevenson Cup 2018-02-18
| Board | Home | Hastings & St Leonards 2 | Rainham (Kent) 2 | Away | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 (W) | 170A |
G
|
0 – 1 |
G
|
230A |
| 2 (B) | 161A |
G
|
0 – 1 |
N
|
173C |
| 3 (W) | 161 |
G
|
1 – 0 |
G
|
158A |
| 4 (B) | 159A |
S
|
1 – 0 |
N
|
133B |
| 5 (W) | 136A |
S
|
½ – ½ |
B
|
117F (135) |
| 6 (B) | 132A |
G
|
1 – 0 |
B
|
110B |
| Average | 153 | 3½ – 2½ | Average | 153 |
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MID Stevenson Cup
| Team | Play | Won | Draw | Lost | For | Against | Points | SP | MP | IM |
|---|
| Team | Play | Won | Draw | Lost | For | Against | Points | SP | MP | IM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tunbridge Wells 2 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maidstone 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 19½ | 16½ | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hastings & St Leonards 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rochester 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rainham (Kent) 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 15½ | 20½ | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
tough match today against Rainham with the results mainly going to grades. Paul had the toughest job against highly rated Martin Taylor. Brendan had a long middle game with a knight and bishop against 2 bishops and a couple of extra pawns, Brendan managed to manoeuvre his knight around to pick up some pawns and swopped off the bishop with the opposite bishop which helped more and won the game. Jim had a good fight with Robert Springett who was getting short of time but managed to keep going and Jim had to work hard to make sure of the win. Mason’s opponent is currently 135 in the new grading’s so a draw was the right result with some exiting play going a queen up at one point but in the end it went to a draw with a bishop each of the same colour squares and not able to push the pawns through. I didn’t play all the right moves but managed to push up my queen and rook causing Gary to protect his king unwittingly letting me pick off a bishop for nothing which helped my bishop put even more pressure on his king in the corner and on bringing up my second rook the match was resigned. 3 ½ to 2 ½ win for Hastings
Adrian