| Ipswich C | | 1 – 3 | Saxmundham B | |
1 | Piotr Dolewka | 1528 | 0 – 1 | Mike Usher | 1762 |
2 | Ken Lunn | 1507 | 0 – 1 | Dominic Carter | 1657 |
3 | Martyn Colebrook | 1474 | 0 – 1 | Matthew Lawes-Wickwar | 1300 |
4 | Adam Wilson | 1454 | 1 – 0 | Lee Osmon | 1383 |
The B Team continued its winning ways at Ipswich last night, beating Ipswich C 3-1, to get back to top place in Division 3.
Lee unfortunately dropped a piece early in his game and despite fighting on, was forced to resign a little later. Dominic evened things up with a comfortable victory, gaining first a piece, then turning that into a Rook, after which his opponent threw in the towel.
Matthew battled long and hard in his game, but just as things were getting tricky, he was gifted a piece, and his opponent had to resign. On top board, Mike’s opponent played a somewhat passive opening, letting Mike build up a strong positional squeeze. Getting desperate, he lashed out on the kingside, only to find his Queen trapped. He played on but his position collapsed quickly leading to resignation a few moves later.