11-08-2014, 01:25 PM
Round 8 from Andy
Bo. 43 Iceland (ISL) - 66 Scotland (SCO) 3 : 1
15.1 GM Gretarsson, Hjorvar Steinn 2543 - GM McNab, Colin A 2441 1 - 0
15.2 IM Kjartansson, Gudmundur 2448 - IM Greet, Andrew N 2431 ½ - ½
15.3 GM Thorhallsson, Throstur 2426 - FM Tate, Alan 2347 1 - 0
15.4 GM Olafsson, Helgi 2555 - IM McKay, Roderick M 2349 ½ - ½
This was again another match we could have won.
Roddy was slightly worse but drew.
Colin sacrificed a pawn for the bishop pair but if he had played Bxc3 instead of giving up a second pawn he would have been better. Alan played a good game but blundered in time trouble allowing h4 and collapsed.
Andrew had a large advantage but swapped off too many pawns and couldn’t win B+N+pawn v R+pawn.
It was my lucky day at church when someone gave me a free Bank of Scotland five pound note since it was no use to them in Norway.
Bo. 43 Iceland (ISL) - 66 Scotland (SCO) 3 : 1
15.1 GM Gretarsson, Hjorvar Steinn 2543 - GM McNab, Colin A 2441 1 - 0
15.2 IM Kjartansson, Gudmundur 2448 - IM Greet, Andrew N 2431 ½ - ½
15.3 GM Thorhallsson, Throstur 2426 - FM Tate, Alan 2347 1 - 0
15.4 GM Olafsson, Helgi 2555 - IM McKay, Roderick M 2349 ½ - ½
This was again another match we could have won.
Roddy was slightly worse but drew.
Colin sacrificed a pawn for the bishop pair but if he had played Bxc3 instead of giving up a second pawn he would have been better. Alan played a good game but blundered in time trouble allowing h4 and collapsed.
Andrew had a large advantage but swapped off too many pawns and couldn’t win B+N+pawn v R+pawn.
It was my lucky day at church when someone gave me a free Bank of Scotland five pound note since it was no use to them in Norway.