Our first match of 2020, against the students of Imperial College, newcomers to the top flight, gave us a much needed point.
The university team had a very strong top board but the grades of their lower boards declined very rapidly thereafter.
Gavin lost on board 1. Mike was unlucky on board 2, losing on time by a second in a position where he had queen against pawn. Lower down there were fewer problems, and we scored a comfortable victory.
Imperial College | Richmond | ||
1 | Li Tian Yeoh 260 | 1:0 | Gavin Wall 224 |
2 | Sourav Bhattacharjee – | 1:0 | Mike Healey 217 |
3 | Juan Manuel Arteaga 167 | 0:1 | Andreas Wetscherek 193 |
4 | Wasim Ahmed – | 0:1 | Caspar Bates 200 |
5 | Elliott MacNeil 156 | ½:½ | Martin Benjamin 181 |
6 | Desmond Chan – | 0:1 | John Burke 175 |
7 | Antonios Georgantas – | 0:1 | Chris White 180 |
8 | Jonny Vincent – | 0:1 | John Bass 176 |
9 | Imran Rahman 137 | 0:1 | Mike Smart 170 |
10 | Kene Nwegbu – | ½:½ | Chris Baker 168 |
3:7 |
Thanks to all who played and congratulations to the winners.
Best wishes to our opponents for the rest of the season.