Inchicore vs. Rathmines, Thursday, November 20th 2008
1 Liam Porter 1831 1 / 0 Pat McEvoy 1533
2 Sean Murphy 1494 1 / 0 John Crowley 1634
3 Pearse Connolly 1438 0 / 1 David O’Connell 1438
4 Darrgh Connolly 1432 1 / 0 Nicholas Pierce 1432
5 Andrew Rodger 1431 0 / 1 Atanas Kouhtev 1436
6 Paul Malone 1400 ½ / ½ Patrick Freer 1431
7 John Curtis 1415 ½ / ½ John Maher 1415
8 Karl Dowling 1436 0 / 1 Peter Bishop 1400
Score 4/4
Report from Peter Bishop:
The Heidenfeld team managed a creditable draw against a stronger Inchicore team on Thursday 20th November. Nick Pierce surprisingly lost. Dave O’Connell is back to his winning ways (his opponent
resigned despite there being some play left). John Crowley was unlucky in the end game where his opponent had an extra passed pawn.
Atanas Kouhtev played a strange game. He lost a rook for a minor piece early on. John Maher, who saw the middle game, says despite this he was piling on the pressure. I saw the end game where it was obvious he had turned the game around because, a) he had regained his loss and b) had his opponent’s king in serious trouble. As I watched, that hold tightened. There was a great deal of space around Atanas’ king which his opponent tried to exploit but this only resulted in Atanas picking up more material.
In my game, my opponent gave me too much spare on his king side which I was used to win a pawn and also create a passed pawn. I turned down a draw because there was still play left and went on to win.
