| Emsworth | ½-4½ | Fareham | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bd | Home | Res | Away | ||
| 1 | Martin Buckley | 1964 | 0 - 1 | Roland Bezuidenhout | 2347 |
| 2 | Kier Eyles | 1959 | ½ - ½ | Keith Gregory | 1991 |
| 3 | Edward Blanden | 1755 | 0 - 1 | Adam Ursell | 1938 |
| 4 | Peter Dallas | 1721 | 0 - 1 | David Deacon | 1881 |
| 5 | Phil Pinto | 1698 | 0 - 1 | Richard Ursell | 1819 |
We lost score wise heavily in the Cole Cup being black on odd boards as home team. Played to 70 minutes with 10 second / move increments.
Portsmouth v Fareham A in semi-final.
Fareham captain Keith emailed me 'A tight match where the final score bore no relation to the fact that several of the games could have ended differently'
Board 1: Martin lost a pawn to Roland who showed good technique to convert.
Board 2: Kier had a good draw with Keith. Kier said he missed a win on move 16.
Board 3: Ed lost a pawn to Adam but had compensation in a major piece ending. In time trouble, he got one of his rooks trapped.
Board 4: Pete played an unsound minor piece sacrifice I heard to Dave.
Board 5: I had a very long,complicated encounter with Richard blundering on move 67 with easy draw and a win was there.
[Phil Pinto Sat 18th Nov 2023 - WM]