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26.4.13 -
Witney 4 vs. Cumnor 2
1 Truran,
Joseph (120) 0-1 Varney, Zoe (114)
2 Holton, Jake
(99) 1-0 Varney, Daniel
(111)
3 Hauer,
Isabel (94) 1-0 Sterrie, David
(80)
4 Watkins, Seb
(87) 0-1 Bennett Anton,
Susana (11)
5 Manning,
Andy (29) 1-0 Shakespear,
Michaela (-)
6 Lloyd, Ben
(-) 1-0
Ives, Leonora ( )
4-2
- played 22 April.
A splendid result for our
final League match. We had agreed with Cumnor
that we would each field 6 juniors and both
teams fielded a youngster making their debut in
League chess. The first two games to finish were
Ben, who won on his debut and Andy who recorded
his first league win of the season. But then we
were pegged back as first Seb and then Joseph
lost. Isabel was ahead and steadily used her
advantage in material to achieve a mate leaving
the result of the match depending on the final
game. Jake played calmly and well and eventually
his pressure told and he won, so we took the
match 4–2.
This means we shall finish
4th in Division 4, a splendid effort by
everyone, young and old alike. Thank you,
players and parents for your support.
- Tim.
21.3.13 -
Witney 4 vs. Cowley 4
1 Truran,
Joseph (120)
1-0 Viscu, Catalin (132)
2
Kilbride-Newman, Bob (118) 1-0 Baker,
Jonathan AE (120)
3 Gilders Ian
(112)
1-0 Idle, Oscar (106)
4 Coburn, Matt
(104)
1-0 Mitchell, James F ( )
5 Holton, Jake
(99)
½-½ Burgess, John ( )
6 Watkins, Seb
(87)
0-1 Burgess, Jasmine ( )
4½-1½
- played on 18 Mar.
Another fine win reversing
the result of our away match with Cowley 4.
First to finish was Seb who was still recovering
from jet lag. Bob finished next and recorded a
good win where his attack was more successful
than his opponent’s. Jake then accepted a draw
in a very even position so the match was still
evenly poised. Joseph was the next to finish
with a fine win over a higher graded player.
Matt ensured we would win with a victory so we
all watched the end of Ian’s match. Although Ian
was 2 pawns up he was running short on time with
his opponent rather better off on time. However
he played the ending well and speedily until his
opponent, now also very short on time, allowed a
pawn through to queen and Ian won with both of
them having seconds to spare. Well done
everyone.
- Tim.
04.3.13 - Wantage 2 vs. Witney 4
1 Hemmings,
Peter (132) 1-0
Kilbride-Newman, Bob (118)
2 Ashford,
Martin E (131) 1-0 Coburn, Matt (104)
3 Leake, John
(98)
0-1 Holton, Jake (99)
4 Rey, Alvaro
(88)
0-1 Broome, Keith ( )
5 Smalley,
Roger (88) ½-½
Partridge, Tim R (93)
6 Hockaday,
Derek ( ) 1-0
Manning, Andy (29)
3½-2½
- played on 26 Feb.
An exciting match which went
right to the wire. The first to finish was Andy
who had a strong position but then blundered and
lost. Next to finish was Jake who polished off
his opponent in dominant fashion. Matt was
heavily out-graded and duly lost. Bob, also
out-graded, was defended well but rather than
settle for a draw he went for the win but found
himself outmanoeuvred and lost. Keith played
steadily and gradually got the advantage to
force home a win. So all depended on the last
game where Tim was facing a strong attack by
Queen and Bishop on his king out in the open. He
managed to hold off the pressure and mount an
attack of his own but blundered and lost his
queen. He settled for a draw by repetition, only
to be shown afterwards he had a forced mate. So
we lost rather than drew the match.
- Tim.
16.2.13 -
Witney 4 vs. City 4
1 Asenov,
Pavel (127) 0-1 Marham, Zaid
(140)
2 Gilders Ian
(112) 0-1 King,
Tim J (128)
3 Holton, Jake
(99) 0-1 Creasey,
Mark (120)
4 Murray, Jon
(86) 0-1
Rowlinson, John (106)
5 Hauer,
Marianne (102) 1-0 Rodriguez-Bachiller,
Agustin (92)
6 Hauer,
Isabel (94) ½-½ Luke,
John (63)
1½-4½
- played on 11 Feb.
This was a somewhat weakened
team fielding four youngsters due to people
being away for half term. Well outgraded on the
first four boards, we fought bravely against the
League leaders, but were outgunned. However
Marianne did well to win and Isabel to draw to
make the score look more respectable.
- Tim.
12.2.13 -
MCS/B2 vs. Witney 4
1 Sayers,
David (124)
0-1 Asenov, Pavel (127)
2 Krzysztofik,
Marcin (113) 1-0 Truran, Joseph (119)
3 Lasis,
Kirill (101)
0-1 Coburn, Matt (104)
4 McKnight,
Liam (100) ½-½
Holton, Jake (99)
5 Bancroft,
Jack ( )
1-0 Murray, Jon (86)
6 Miri, Danial
( )
0-1 Manning, Jenni ( )
2½-3½
- played on 04 Feb.
A re-arranged game which
proved to be extremely exciting. As they had
asked for the change they agreed to come to
Witney even though it was scheduled at MCS. The
first player to finish was Matt, who after a
fairly even game, managed to checkmate his
opponent with two Knights, a Bishop, Queen and
rook surrounding the king which was also blocked
by his own pieces too.
Next to finish was Jenni who
had outplayed her opponent. Jake then agreed a
draw in a pretty even position, so far so good.
Jon was down in material and finally succumbed.
Joseph was battling bravely but lost in the end
game. All depended on the final game where Pavel
had a pawn advantage in the end game and despite
both players having very little time left and a
crowd of us watching, Pavel coolly pressed home
his advantage. So we beat the team who were
second in our division, well done everyone.
- Tim.
03.2.13 -
Cumnor 2 vs. Witney 4
1 Varney, Zoe
(114)
1-0 Hauer, Marianne (103)
2 Varney,
Daniel (109) 1-0
Hauer, Isabel (94)
3 Sterrie,
David (80)
0-1 Holton, Jake (72)
4 Bennett
Anton, Susana (9) 1-0 Watkins, Seb (-)
5 Ives,
Leonora ( )
0-1 Manning, Jenni ( )
6 Spielhoffer,
Nathan ( ) 1-0 William, Read
(-)
4-2
- played 24 Jan
It was agreed that we would
each field six youngsters for this match which
gave each side a chance to give a youngster
their first league game. Jenni was the first to
finish with a fine win but then Bill, our first
timer lost on board 6. We went further behind
when Seb lost on board 4. Isabel then lost
despite fighting bravely to the end which left
Jake, who had established a good advantage and
looked likely to win and Marianne who was having
a titanic battle in her very exciting game. Jake
duly won but in the final game Marianne was
close to mating her opponent but was unable to
find the final blow and eventually lost. It was
a close match and we hope we can reverse the
result when they come to us later in the season
- Tim.
14.1.13 -
CWorkers 2 vs. Witney 4
1 _default (-)
0-1 Kilbride-Newman, Bob (117)
2 Matilal,
Tamal (114) 0-1 Gilders
Ian (113)
3 Ilic, Stevo
(102) 1-0
Coburn, Matt (111)
4 Wood, Paul
(-)
0-1 Murray, Jon (91)
5 Jackson,
William J (89) 0-1 Holton, Jake (72)
6 Miller,
David H (86) ½-½
Watkins, Seb (-)
1½-4½
- played 07 Jan
A good win against a fairly
evenly matched side. They had to default on
board one as the rest of the match was underway
by the time we knew they were a player short.
The first to finish was John who was a bishop up
and then caught his opponent in a mate which he
never saw coming. Next to finish was Jake who
gradually outplayed his opponent with some very
clever attacking moves. At three nil we knew we
had achieved at least a draw. Next to finish was
Seb who had reached the end game with an
advantage but accepted a draw which was what we
needed to close out the match. Matt and his
opponent both had significant attacking play but
in the end Matt lost. In the final game Ian
played the end game very accurately to win well.
We are now mid-table, well done everyone.
- Tim.
28.11.12 -
Cowley 4 vs. Witney 4
1 Baker,
Jonathan AE (122) ½-½ Coburn, Matt
(111)
2 Sengenberger,
Sara (114) 1-0 Murray, Jon (91)
3 Idle, Oscar
(94)
0-1 Holton, Jake (72)
4 Graham,
Oliver (61)
1-0 Manning, Jenni ( )
5 Ottino,
Solomon (75) 1-0
Watkins, Seb (-)
6 Baptista,
Joana ( )
1-0 Manning, Andy ( )
4½-1½
- played on 26 Nov.
As agreed with Cowley 4 we
each fielded 4 youngsters in our side which
meant that with 4 youngsters playing for the 3rd
Team we fielded 8 youngsters in our 4 teams on
Monday night. First to finish was Andy, who had
a rook advantage but was caught out by a Queen
mate.
Then Jenny lost after a
spirited display but found herself with a losing
end game. Seb held his own at the beginning but
found himself at the end unable to stop his
opponent Queening a pawn and winning. Jake
played particularly well, gradually gaining the
advantage and finally queening a pawn to beat
his opponent. It all depended on the two adults
on boards 1 and 2. John found himself
outmanoeuvred by his much higher rated opponent
and lost but Matt produced a magnificent
rearguard action and from 2 pawns down forced a
draw by repetition, again against someone more
highly rated.
Although it was a
disappointing result our youngsters gained
valuable experience.
- Tim.
22.11.12 -
St Clare's vs. Witney 4
1 Genis, David
(124) ½-½
Kilbride-Newman, Bob (117)
2 Kudlovich,
Mikita (-) 0-1 Coburn, Matt (111)
3 Shafiyev,
Ravil (-) ½-½ Partridge,
Tim R (89)
4 Nazarenko,
Daniel (-) 0-1 Broome, Keith ( )
5 Evans, Niall
(-) 0-1
Holton, Jake (72)
6 Celaj, Dean
(-)
0-1 Watkins, Seb (-)
1-5
- played on 20 Nov.
A fine result for an away
match. The first to finish was Seb, playing his
first league game, who gradually outplayed his
opponent and won comprehensively. Jake, who had
also established a piece advantage, was the next
to finish. Keith, who had come into the side at
short notice, finished off his opponent, so we
now led 3 – 0. At this point the other three
games were fairly equal but Matt gained an
advantage and forced the win. Tim had some
chances but in the end a draw was probably a
fair result. Finally Bob, having lost a piece
early on against a player rated higher, fought a
magnificent rearguard action to force a draw. A
good evening’s work by everyone.
- Tim.
08.11.12 -
City 4 vs. Witney 4
1 Marham, Zaid
(145)
½-½ Kilbride-Newman, Bob (117)
2 King, Tim J
(127)
½-½ Gilders Ian (113)
3 Creasey,
Mark (110)
1-0 Coburn, Matt (111)
4 Rowlinson,
John (106)
1-0 Murray, Jon (91)
5 Rodriguez-Bachiller,
A (95) 0-1 Partridge, Tim R (89)
6 Luke, John
(60)
1-0 Holton, Jake (72)
4-2
- played on 05 Nov.
Outgraded on 4 of the boards,
we anticipated a hard game and so it proved. The
first game to finish was on board 6 where Jake
had the initiative but then blundered and lost.
Tim was a bishop up quite early on and playing
steadily forced home his advantage and his
opponent resigned. Matt found himself down in
the end game and was forced to resign and John
was in a similar dilemma and resigned so all
depended on the top two boards.
Bob was several pawns down in
a Queen and Bishop ending but with his opponent
in serious time trouble managed to salvage a
draw from a losing position. Ian was playing
well, resisting his opponent’s attack on his
King and with strong counter play of his own but
with both players short of time a draw was
agreed. Well done everyone.
- Tim.
24.10.12 -
Witney 4 vs. CWorkers 2
1 Gilders Ian
(113) 1-0 Colebrook, Martin
(121)
2 Coburn, Matt
(111) 1-0 Cartwright, Paul (119)
3 Murray, Jon
(91) 0-1 Matilal, Tamal
(114)
4 Holton, Jake
(72) 0-1 Miller, David H (86)
5 Asenov,
Pavel ( ) ½-½ Jackson, William
J (89)
6 Manning,
Jenni ( ) 1-0 Buckland, Chris ( )
3½-2½
- played on 22 Oct.
Out-graded on every board, we
realised we had quite a challenge, especially as
we were fielding three youngsters as part of our
club policy of encouraging juniors.
First to finish was Jenni who
managed to mate her opponent although well down
in material, an unexpected win. Jake, who had
opened well, found himself in a level position
but in forcing the game he made a mistake and
the game was lost. John was gradually worn down
by his opponent and conceded. Pavel was playing
very steadily and with a long end game in
prospect a draw was agreed. So all depended on
the two top boards. Matt had been playing well
and was able to force his advantage home and
bring the sides level.
So to the final deciding
match where each player had a strong attack on
opposite sides of the board. Ian’s opponent was
in time trouble and was moving very quickly,
then Ian found himself in time trouble too but
managed to find a checkmate with both players
having not much more than a second left! Phew,
nail-biting stuff but a good win to start the
season.
- Tim.
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