| Portsmouth B | 1-4 | Emsworth | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bd | Home | Res | Away | ||
| 1 | Paul Eyles | 1459 | 0-1 | Michael Krawczuk | 1968 |
| 2 | Ian Mullen | 1479 | 1-0 | Peter Dallas | 1765 |
| 3 | D Newton | 0-1 | Edward Blanden | 1712 | |
| 4 | Paul Barker | 1352 | 0-1 | Phil Pinto | 1710 |
| 5 | L Rowe | 0-1 | Mark Davies | 1651 | |
We won our Cole cup game away against Portsmouth B.
We were favourites with our higher grades but their players put up spirited battles.
On board 1 Mike won on time in an interesting uneven material drawn ending.
Board 2 was a topsy turvy game Pete told me; he could have won a bishop early, then was a rook down, finally his opponent allowed perpetual check that could have been avoided !
Board 3 Ed had an even game
Board 4 my opponent played passively, I built pressure won material but I did not play accurately late in game. He ended up losing on time.
Board 5 I watched [Mark's] game as I sat next to him; some good combos from both players. Ended up in an opposite coloured bishop ending with Mark's extra pawn giving win chances when strangely his opponent just put his bishop en pris.
We now progress to the Cole Cup final to play the winner of Chichester A v Fareham A. We'll be massive underdogs as both teams have quite a few over 2000 graded players. But its a one-off match in the new year and I for one will be genning up hard.
[Phil Pinto 9th Dec 2022 - WM]
| Emsworth | 3-2 | Chichester B | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bd | Home | Res | Away | ||
| 1 | Michael Krawczuk | 1980 | 1-0 | ||
| 2 | Peter Dallas | 1770 | 1-0 | ||
| 3 | Edward Blanden | 1724 | ½-½ | Chris R Squires | 1700 |
| 4 | Phil Pinto | 1721 | ½-½ | Mike Spence | 1740 |
| 5 | Adrian Parker | 1608 | 0-1 | Michael Webber | 1616 |
"for rating purposes Board 1 M Krawczuk 0-1 N Gyorke, Board 2 P Dallas 0-1 T Howeson. However both Gyorke and Howeson have previously played in the Cup for Chichester A and are ineligible so Chichester default top two boards and lose the match."
[Dave Cordner, Tournament Controller, 28th Feb 2023 - WM]
| Fareham A | 4½-½ | Emsworth | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bd | Home | Res | Away | ||
| 1 | Roland Bezuidenhout | 2277 | 1-0 | Michael Krawczuk | 1953 |
| 2 | Anthony Corkett | 2222 | 1-0 | Paul Northcott | 1896 |
| 3 | Keith Gregory | 1937 | 1-0 | Peter Dallas | 1748 |
| 4 | Richard Ursell | 1883 | ½-½ | Edward Blanden | 1747 |
| 5 | Joseph Coburn | 1821 | 1-0 | Phil Pinto | 1691 |