B&H 4 draw with Args.

The fourth team managed to keep their second division hopes alive last night by holding the Args. to a dramatic draw in spite of an overwhelming grading difference. Anthony (135) drew with Peter Farr (179) on top board and Kevin (117) beat Jim Graham (156) on board three. Joe and Arthur on boards two and four were also out-graded by nearly 40 points. We're now in a three-way fight to avoid relegation with two home matches still to go.

[Event "MSL Argumentatives v BHCC 4th"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.03.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gee, Kevin"]
[Black "Graham, Jim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[EventDate "2019.03.27"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bd3 Bg4 6.c3 Qc7 7.h3 ( { Hiarc's opening book suggests } 7.Nbd2 ) 7...Bh5 8.O-O e6 9.Bg5 Be7 10.Bxe7 Ngxe7 11.Nbd2 Bg6 12.Bb5 O-O 13.Nh4 a6 14.Ba4 b5 15.Nxg6 hxg6 16.Bc2 Rfc8 17.Nb3 b4 18.Nc5 bxc3 19.bxc3 Na5 20.Qe2 Nb7 21.Na4 Nc6 22.Rab1 Ra7 23.Bd3 Qa5 24.Nb6 { At first glance this dangerous for the Knight, but it also looked interesting and gives my opponent something to think about. Besides I was a getting low on clock time and I couldn't see myself fighting to defend c3 for ages.

Update: I'm pleased to say the a quick look with the computer seems to agree with me, givng this variation +0.17 compared with about -0.7 for Bc2. } 24...Rc7 { I was surprised when Black played Ra7 earlier, and now vacating the back rank with the other rook seemed a mistake. I had noticed earlier that if my opponents KIng was forced to h7 the Bishops pin of g3 woud allow Qh5, but that couldn't happen ... could it? } 25.Rfc1 Nd6 26.f3 Rcb7 { Things are getting a bit desparare for white, but I hatched a possibly crazy plan that might save the day with a fork on c5 } 27.c4 Nxd4 28.Qe5 Qc5 { threatening a very nasty double-check } 29.Kh1 { low on time, this seemed prudent, what else? } ( 29.cxd5 Nxf3+ 30.Kf1 Qxc1+ 31.Qe1 Qxe1+ 32.Rxe1 Nxe1 33.Kxe1 Rxb6 ) 29...Rxb6 30.Rxb6 Qxb6 31.c5 Qb2 { low on time, just in time I saw Rb1 give me chances } 32.Rb1 Qc3 { I can't believe my luck :-) } ( { Black should have played } 32...Qd2 { allowing the queen to block on h6 , e.g. } 33.Rb8+ Kh7 34.Qh5+ Qh6 ) 33.Rb8+ Kh7 34.Qh5# 1-0

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4th Team Progress

A fine result for the 4th team recently - a draw against E. Grinstead 1 (current division 2 leaders) in spite of an average 14 point grading disadvantage. In particular, our boards 1 and 2 (Brian Izzard and Hussaini Ndakwo) both drew against opponents graded 30 points higher.
Anthony

4th Team Success

A resounding 4-1 win for the 4th team v. Uckfield 1 on 29th November ends our run of losses. Brian Izzard's unfinished game (as black, with a knight outpost in enemy territory and a king-side pawn majority) v. Gerry Michaud on board 1 was adjudicated in Brian's favour. A notable success against a player graded 30 points higher. Well done everybody.
Anthony

Yes!!!

Apparently the second team were victorious last night!!
Well done - I have no further details.

The fourth team also won 3½-1½.

Exciting finishes

Congratulations to the first team on proving to be the best and coming top of the Mid-Sussex League.

We have two matches left, both to be played tonight: the fourth team, playing away, are already assured of promotion to the second division, and the second team only need to beat Woodpushers 2 at home this evening to make it into the first division next season - no pressure! So many congrats to the fourth team on the success of a very determined effort and best of luck tonight for the second team. With a bit of luck, and an extra team, we will be back to two teams in each division next season. (I can't, unfortunately, make it tonight so perhaps someone could blog the result?)

Also big congrats to our talented nipper Callum who took part in the England Squad Trials at the weekend; he didn't just win a place on the U11 England Team, he came joint 2nd! He has already been booked for two fixtures and is very excited!!

b+h tm4 v. hastings3 16th feb 2012

hi all, carl here. i'd like to say a massive thankyou to the members of team 4 who turned out last night to face the strongest team that hastings 3 have put out so far this season. despite being heavily outgraded on several boards, b+h tm4 won the match 3-2 with 2 draws and 2 wins! so, a big thanks to martin roe, callum brewer, anthony stanton, and kevin gee. this result puts us top of division 3 and gives us a great chance to go on and win promotion to division 2. well done!!

mscl div3 / horsham 5 v. b+h tm4

hi all, carl here. team 4 played a match versus horsham 5 on monday. the result was a draw, 2.5 to 2.5. in grading terms this result may be seen as a little disapointing, but i have to say the horsham team played very well. nerves on both sides were jangling with the score on 2 wins each, the last board to come in being an agreed draw in a very double edged position. i'd like to thank aurthur, robin, kevin and bob for making the effort to play in an away match on a cold, wet and dark night. well done and big thanks.

Brighton&Hove 5 v Brighton&Hove 4

Well done the 4th Team,in achieving a strong performance. Our first arranged afternoon match with the MSCL.
Thanks especially to Ian George for his effort although several games seemed to be close.
Good luck to both sides for the rest of the season.
5th Team 4th Team
Robert C Davies 0 Arthur De Silver 1
Ian George 0.5 Anthony Stanton 0.5
Robert Counsell 0 Martin Roe 1
Susan Chadwick 0 Grant Minshull 1
Andrew Caswill 0 John Smuts 1