Thursday, July 8, 2010

All good games!?

When we looked at the draw for round 3 most games looked to be interesting with strong tussles to eventuate.  The surprises encountered in earlier games are posted here http://members.dodo.com.au/phild707/
Reg won a piece to a two move tactic, but Andrew managed to wriggle out with a draw.
Dylan went down to Kevin
Nigel returned to club form and defeated David to be very pleased with himself.
Owen had a tough time against Vincent.
Carey v Phil was a symmetrical English for a while until white, noticing that black on the point of launching a Q side pawn offensive, correctly counterattacked in the centre. Carey 1st sac'ed a pawn then a knight to gain a crushing grip on e6 and f7 and all the initiative. Unfortunately, particularly after such an enterprising game by Carey, he got engrossed in the position, forgot to watch the clock and his flag fell. Bad luck as he deserved at least a draw. (Notes from Phil)
In my game against Fred - I had a crushing attack, won  an exchange and tried to get too much out of the position, ran short on time, dropped a few quick pawns and accepted a draw with 80 secs left.  Fred kept on hanging in and remarked afterwards, "Why is everyone's rating so low in this club?"

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