Poole v Poole, Poole C and Poole C

Monday had 3 matches going on. B&DCL Div 2 Poole C vs Highcliffe C, Dorset League Poole C vs Dorchester D and B&DCL Div 5 Poole G vs Poole F.

B&DCL Div 2 Poole C 2 – 2 Highcliffe C. Wins for Martin and Leo gave the team a point leaving them both joint second and joint last, in a 5 way tie.

Dorset League Poole C 3.5 – 0.5 Dorchester D. Dorchester had more strength on the higher boards where Poole had a very even distribution which meant that we were able to take the bottom two boards with a grading advantage and then battle it out with a win and a draw on the top two boards.

B&DCL Div 5 Poole G 2 – 3 Poole F. With enough players able to make it we were able to play a 5 board match. In all fairness a draw wouldn’t have been an unfair result with one game ending as a loss on time in a fairly level position that played out to a draw. Petr and Bailey in particular seem to be having an excellent season so far and I look forward to seeing more of them in the higher divisions. It’s excellent to see the two teams in Div 5 getting on well with a healthy and increasing number of players and some excellent games being played.

Tarik
December 10, 2024