Dark Wednesday at Wimborne 21/11/18 for Poole

Not our best night at the Merley Sport Club as both our teams went down to the home teams.

Our A team were trying to get on the winning trail but we knew it was going to be very tough against an very strong Wimborne team that had consolidated their A/B teams for this season. The grades were 744 vs 745 – no complaints there then!

On Bd 1 Martin (Poole) had an even position after coming out of the opening against Ian (Wimborne) with possible a  debatable marginal advantage and  little happening considered a draw. The other 3 games all seemed even at the time so hands were exchanged and a draw was agreed. 0.5/05.

Within a short period of time Allan (Wimborne) had a clear advantage on the Q side and developed a strong line with the Bishop fianchetto stopping development of the Q side Bishop and Rook. This attack proved to be crucial where pieces were traded and Allan ended up winning an exchange but also position on the D file and once his rook swept down to control all the finish was inevitable – very  good win for Allan and Mike will have better much better games. 1-0.

Meanwhile on Bd 3 John (Poole) was feeling the heat against a strong attack from Mark (Wimborne) on the H file which proved too much. Mark won a piece went on to give a Rook back to play his Q on a square where there was no defence. Another win for Wimborne 1-0

So with the match won credit to David (Poole) for giving all to gain a piece and a consequent win against Eddie (Wimborne) to salvalge a decent score for us.

Overall score Wimborne A 2.5- 1.5 Poole A- deserved win for Wimborne.

From a home prospective we always knew the competition would be tough but we will be back for a better result next time.

Unfortunatley our F team also lost on the night and ended up going down by the same score 2.5-1.5 to Wimborne F. Good win for Chris Ambrose and a comfortable draw for Paul Trowbridge and losses for Steve and Ben Howard (Junior) making his debut for the club. Details on the LMS site.

Onwards to the next games.

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November 23, 2018