In round 8 of the Lindsay Atkinson, Kevin showed his form against Neville's Caro Kann. Neville had done some preparation but was faced with imaginative play by Kevin and found himself completely outplayed. Neville said he has no intention of playing the Caro Kann again!
Carey had the better over his son, Dylan, but couldn't battle time pressure and agreed to a draw with a few minutes remaining. Afterwards dad was shown the mate he missed and how to stop the pawns he feared.
Phil played solidly against an ambitious Vincent in the King's Indian. Phil launched two surprises - h4 and a queen side castle - leaving Vincent exposed on his kingside and underdeveloped. Vincent was able to reorganise and launch a mating attack but just needed one more move. Phil stopped this with his own mating attack and won the game.
David shot to the lead with another win (7/9), this time against Andrew who gave away a knight on move 10 and later another piece - too easy!
Charlie was at a memorial dinner and unavailable.
Sadly the reserves were depleted through homework and illness and no tournament games were played.
Zen, Lenard, Russell, Nigel, Peter and Mitchell played some fun games.
Next week:
Vincent vs Nigel; Andrew vs Dylan; Phil vs Neville; Russell vs Reg; David vs Carey; Kevin vs Charlie
Reserves multiple games!
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