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Bathurst grab victoryLast Thursday’s match against Bathurst was a great night for chess, all the players enjoyed their games and the company of good friends. Unfortunately, for Blayney it was a horrific result in the match score, going down 5.5 to 3.5. Blayney had received a setback with Brian Pethwick being forced to withdraw due to an accident earlier in the day, but still expected to give a good account in the match. Young Corey Timbs stepped into the breach, filling the void left by Brian’s injury, but found Evan Stroeve to be too good, losing rapidly. Corey will benefit from the experience, as it is through playing better players that you learn. Brian Patten found himself floundering after an early mistake that seen him squander massive material to his opponent, Mark Evans. Mark never allowed Brian to get back into the game and duly won. David Rogerson was simply outplayed by Petra Stevanovic. Petra was visiting with her relative, Slavko Kojic, and coming from a solid chess centre, Bosnia, she was able to rapidly dismantle a strangely meek offering from David. Glen Mann tried hard in his game against Chris Dowling but Chris proved too good on the night and prevailed. That was the story of our night, down 4-0 with all of our lower boards failing for one reason or another, it was left to the remaining five players to try and salvage the match. Mick Hendricks gave another good account of himself. In a sparkling game against Richard Thatcher, Mick decided to not castle in pursuit of an ambitious attack, followed it up with a piece sacrifice and won his game to restore some credibility to the scoreline. John Cooper had gotten a good advantage over Karl Matiszik in their game. But Karl is renowned as being his most dangerous when he is on the backfoot, and true to his customary fashion, he wrangled a win where most players would have just gone slowly and surely to defeat. So there ended any hope of Blayney achieving a miracle comeback, the match stood at 5-1 with only three games to finish. Garry Mann was very solid and played a very nice game to overcome Naum Todoroski. Naum admitted afterwards that he underestimated Garry, thinking that he could trick his younger adversary, but was quite impressed with Garry’s solid play. Garry is intensely preparing for the HSC, and not bothering with chess much lately, so his effort is even more commendable. Phil Bourke and John McLoon were involved in an enthralling struggle, and in one of those classic chess moments, Phil misplayed the ending to go from a won game to a dead drawn game, and three moves later, John McLoon resigned thinking that he had a lost game. Phil didn’t accept the resignation and pointed out that it couldn’t be won, and the game was declared a draw. Phil was commended for his sportsmanship, but declared to all and sundry that they shouldn’t rely on him to always be so sporting. Fritz Van der Wal and Slavko Kojic provided another intense and educational struggle on Board One. These two players represent the zenith of chess talent in the Central West and we are looking forward to seeing how they do in the upcoming Blayney Open. The result of last’s Thursday night game was a win for Fritz, as Slavko ran into time trouble in a tough position, and his flag fell. Everything now focuses on the 1st Blayney Open, 8th and 9th September. All is in readiness, and we are confidently expecting in excess of 30 players to be participating. Anyone with even the slightest interest in chess should grab the opportunity of either playing in or viewing this event. Further details are available from Phil Bourke - 6368 3407, Brian Patten - 6368 2694, or Glen Mann - 6368 3823, or from the Blayney Chess website, or come down to the Bowling Club on Thursday evening from 6pm onwards. We would be happy to answer any questions you may have. |
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