Our second Guy Fawkes match involved our E team making the short journey to Hounslow. Dan, Barry and Jim did well to draw with higher graded opponents.
The Hounslow top board appears to be something of a ringer. Although Division X has no formal eligibility rules it’s designed as a fairly friendly division for less strong players, although sometimes in the past clubs have agreed to play stronger players against each other on top board.
In fact Seshagiri had a grade of 165F last season and a FIDE rating of 2042, although his last internationally rated games were back in 2004. I assume he’s a new player just moved into the area, and perhaps Hounslow weren’t aware of his strength.
Hounslow C | Richmond E | ||
1 | Seshagiri Vaddadi – | 1:0 | Omar Anbargi 107 |
2 | Barry Fraser 113 | ½:½ | Dan Donohoe 104 |
3 | John O’Toole 108 | ½:½ | Barry Sutton 97 |
4 | Andrew Cleminson 87 | ½:½ | Jim Anandajeyarajah 85 |
2½:1½ |
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