WORLD CHESS LEAGUE “LIVE”: Round 2 report
WORLD CHESS LEAGUE “LIVE”
A joint venture between Castlehill Chess Club Dundee and Dundee Chess Club.
Time-Control – 10 minutes + 5 seconds (Two matches each player)
Round 2 – Group A
Result – Sun 5th Nov 23 – 11:00am
Dundee City B 10½ – 11½ Petts Wood & Orpington B (Eng)
This was a fantastic match between two sides who put their heart and soul in to it!
There were 11 boards in play and we could have had a few more! Petts Wood & Orpington had a slight grading advantage, especially on the top 5 boards and maybe that was the edge, who knows?
What I do know, it was a close match that could so easily have gone the other way! Stephen Hogg (2036) on board one took both points, as did board 10, Ana Belen Otero Seijas (1444), way to go Ana!
Unfortunately, we lost 3 matches 2 – 0, but Subhayu Banerjee (1562) on board 9 did win 1½ – ½, which is almost 2 nil!
Leyton Hackney (1634), Euan Murray (1857), Andy Rowe (1662), Conor Kelly (1415) & Ed Walston (1567) all shared the points, while Alisdair McLeod (1980) lost to a 2056, Robert Jackson (1760) lost to an 1827 and junior Matthew Hunter (1717) lost to an 1823.
Congratulations to Petts Wood & Orpington B on a well-deserved win under intense pressure! We wish them well for the rest of their campaign,
Dundee City B may have lost their round 2 match, but the future is looking bright on all fronts!
Dundee City B are in 4th place, just one point behind the leaders, with 5 rounds left!
For all the results, standings, and games (worth a watch), click the link below
Bring on round 3!