Russell Dive (L) and Nic Croad earlier this yearI've run out of superlatives for Russell Dive's recent performances, his results can speak for themselves. Mark Van der Hoorn was polished off almost before I'd finished my first cup of coffee!
Is there any precedent for Russell's astonishing club championship whitewash?
Other (fairly irrelevant) results were: Anthony Ker beat Michael Nyberg, Ross Jackson had his winning streak curtailed by Nic Croad, and I managed to hoist myself off the bottom of the table with a scrappy 97 move win against Brian Nijman which finished about 12:40 am.
Martin Hill finished in style to take the B grade title. He dispatched Hamish Shierlaw, leaving himself with 8.5/9. Congratulations to you Martin!
Full results:
A Grade
Ker 1 Nyberg 0
Dive 1 Van der Hoorn 0
Jackson 0 Croad 1
Sellen 1 Nijman 0
B grade
Rabina 0 Forster 1
Shierlaw 0 Hill 1
Stracy 1/2 Aldridge 1/2
C grade
Proctor 1/2 Pattekar 1/2
Matthew left a comment asking for games. Can anybody donate any? I am a bit reluctant to use my own, as they are so crap! Here is an example from the previous week:
White: Michael Nyberg
Black: Ian Sellen
In our defence, time trouble came into it.
Position after Black's 59th move:
Michael could have cleaned up now with 60. Nd6, which protects the d pawn from being rounded up by the Rook. Instead he played:
60. Kc5?
Now there is a reasonably simple win for me: 60. .......Rc1+ followed by Rd1 and Rxd7, when the 3 pawns must prevail against the lone Knight. Instead, the game ended:
60. ....... Rd1??
61. Nd6 Black resigns
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