The Annual Friendly match between St Albans Chess Club and Harrow Chess Club took place last night...
The match takes place at the splendid County Club in St Albans. Harrow's win has reduced their deficit to 3-2 in the match series. The win was by the narrowest of margins, 20½ - 19½ just one point out of 40 games.
Each player plays the same opponent twice, once as black and once as white. They score a point for their team if they win, half for a draw and nothing for a loss. Each player has 30 minutes to play all their moves so games last a maximum of 1 hour. Each player's time is recorded on a special chess clock and if a player exceeds the maximum thinking time then they lose the game "on time".
After the first game there is a short break so that players can enjoy the buffet and excellent bar facilities.
The match is referred to jokingly as "Double Cross" because Ian Cross (board 7) plays for both clubs and has turned out in previous years for both Harrow and St Albans.
5th DOUBLE CROSS CHALLENGE MATCH
16th
June 2014
Board
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Harrow
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R1
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R2
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St Albans
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1
|
Colin
Crouch
|
202
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0 – 1
|
1 - 0
|
Jeremy
Fraser-Mitchell
|
175
|
2
|
Steven
Coles
|
186
|
½ - ½
|
0 – 1
|
Neil
Willmott
|
176
|
3
|
Nevil
Chan
|
179
|
½ - ½
|
0 – 1
|
Chris
Majer
|
171
|
4
|
Charlie
Nettleton
|
179
|
0 – 1
|
0 – 1
|
Aidan
Ellis
|
165
|
5
|
Bill
Phillips
|
156
|
1 - 0
|
½ - ½
|
David
Bower
|
163
|
6
|
Atreya
Mandnikar
|
152
|
½ - ½
|
1 - 0
|
John
Gemmell
|
u/g
|
7
|
Greg
Breed
|
150
|
0 – 1
|
1 - 0
|
Ian
Cross
|
146
|
8
|
Jagdeep
Dhemrait
|
138
|
½ - ½
|
1 - 0
|
Michael
Flatt
|
132
|
9
|
John
Harvey
|
137
|
1 - 0
|
0 – 1
|
Simon
Narbeth
|
132
|
10
|
John
Marston
|
128
|
½ - ½
|
1 – 0
|
Dominic
Hebblethwaite
|
129
|
11
|
David
Powell
|
127
|
1 – 0
|
0 – 1
|
Paul
Laskier
|
124
|
12
|
Surjit
Dhemrait
|
123
|
0 – 1
|
0 – 1
|
Austin
McMahon
|
125
|
13
|
David
Wray
|
122
|
1 – 0
|
0 – 1
|
Chris
Pines
|
115
|
14
|
Faye
Ainscow
|
120
|
0 – 1
|
1 – 0
|
John
Peate
|
113
|
15
|
Miguel
Halpern
|
110
|
1 – 0
|
1 – 0
|
Keith
Feldman
|
106
|
16
|
Jenny
Goldsmith
|
106
|
½ - ½
|
1 – 0
|
Stuart
James
|
95
|
17
|
Robin
Nettleton
|
95
|
1 – 0
|
1 – 0
|
Peter
Baker
|
89
|
18
|
David
Walker
|
93
|
0 – 1
|
½ - ½
|
Rosemary
Phillips
|
u/g
|
19
|
Seamus
Cody
|
69
|
1 – 0
|
½ - ½
|
Sam
Dicker
|
u/g
|
20
|
Barry
Raynaud
|
47
|
0 – 1
|
0 – 1
|
Sangeetha
Gourd
|
u/g
|
|
Half-Time
|
|
10-10
|
10½-9½
|
|
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Final
|
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20½ - 19½
|
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