30-03-2012, 06:00 PM
Round 4
Alan – wish I'd seen your message earlier because today we played against Fritz Baumbach's team, Stiftung BSW/DBAG – but not to worry – Ian and the other team play them tomorrow...
Today we left Phil out and so Peter had black against Baumbach, I was playing Black (for the 3rd time in a row) against a player whose obvious intent was on drawing and that was the result. Gerald followed suit soon after so we are now both on the scoreboard.
In a complicated game Peter managed to hold Baumbach for a very creditable draw, so now it was all down to Alan on Board 4. He was able to score the full point to give us a 2½-1½ win. Tomorrow we play Wales.
The second team started brightly against Norway 2 with most of the boards looking good. But things turned around and after Ian refused to take a forced draw trying to win for the team, and Steve lost on time, their higher-graded opponents eventually they ran out 4-0 winners.
Alan – wish I'd seen your message earlier because today we played against Fritz Baumbach's team, Stiftung BSW/DBAG – but not to worry – Ian and the other team play them tomorrow...
Today we left Phil out and so Peter had black against Baumbach, I was playing Black (for the 3rd time in a row) against a player whose obvious intent was on drawing and that was the result. Gerald followed suit soon after so we are now both on the scoreboard.
In a complicated game Peter managed to hold Baumbach for a very creditable draw, so now it was all down to Alan on Board 4. He was able to score the full point to give us a 2½-1½ win. Tomorrow we play Wales.
The second team started brightly against Norway 2 with most of the boards looking good. But things turned around and after Ian refused to take a forced draw trying to win for the team, and Steve lost on time, their higher-graded opponents eventually they ran out 4-0 winners.