Milton Keynes A 1½-3½ Bedford A

Thursday 4th March 2016

MILTON KEYNES A BEDFORD A
1 181 Graham Borrowdale 0 1 Steve Ledger 195
2 181 Adrian Elwin ½ ½ Paul Habershon 181
3 170 Graham Smith 1 0 Ravi Arulnandhy 170
4 161 Robert Whiteside 0 1 Michael Botteley 170
5 133 Alan Heath 0 1 Richard Bodily 171
A solid victory to maintain second place in the league:-
  • Steve won pawns and the R and B ending.
  • Adrian and Paul both sides missed chances but level in the end.
  • Ravi rose from his sick bed to keep the team at full strength. He resigned somewhat prematurely when he saw other games going well.
  • Robert played R x P and instantly resigned even before Mike played a bishop fork winning a whole rook.
  • Richard had active piece compensation for a pawn and eventually reached an easily won rook ending.