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Peter Clarke 1-0 Gerry Nolan
James Alexander 0-1 Giuseppe Valerio
Ray Holland 1-0 Peter Gill
George Ward 1-0 Nigel Staddon
Lau Gainspauling 1-0 Peter Housden
Another disaster, but Bedford C has definitely achieved its pre-season goal of avoiding promotion. It all started well, with everyone having reasonable-looking positions, but in quick succession Nigel and Peter H made unfortunate errors and that was the end for them. My game started ok, but I ended up with too many pawn weaknesses, resulting in losing one of them and that was all it took. Peter G had a very promising-looking attack, but then lost a couple of pawns and eventually the game. The one beacon of light in this general gloom was Joe’s game. He had a very blocked position with just pawns left, when it suddenly went wild. Both players ended up queening pawns, then swapping queens and Joe was able to queen a second pawn and win the game with just seconds left on the clock – a great result for him. I keep thinking that things can only get better and being regularly disappointed…
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best wishes
Gerry
Gerry Nolan
GFN Consulting Ltd
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