Just the one match to report as the season reaches its end.

Our TVB team’s last match was against Wimbledon B, who were unfortunately only able to field four players.

Here’s what happened.

At one point a draw looked very likely. Victor had no trouble disposing of his low-rated opponent. Adrian C got into trouble in the opening, and, although he won material, his lack of development made his position too hard to defend.

At that point, the last time I looked at the games, Tom L was a piece for a pawn down in the ending, although, with not so many pawns remaining there were technical difficulties. Manuel’s opponent had an extra advanced passed h-pawn, again with queens off the board, which looked very strong. 

The next thing I knew, Manuel emerged to tell me he’d won his game: he thought he was always holding and his opponent, under time pressure, blundered before his flag fell in what was by then a losing position. Tom L had managed to defend his lost ending.

So we emerged with a victory which wasn’t as convincing as it looked on paper.

It was great to be able to give a club debut to Manuel and a team debut to Adrian C.

Thanks and well done to our team.