Armstrong: Rathmines B v Elm Mount

The Armstrong team played Rathmines B on Tuesday 14th November. The match was played in Rathgar parish centre in Grosvenor road.

7 games were played on the night - the game Windebank v Quinn was postponed. The match score was Elm Mount 3.5 Rathmines B 1.5 with 2 adjourned (1 slightly better, 1 clearly worse).

Michal Zacharek was unable to break through a blocked position where each player had 2 knights and 2 rooks. Zygis had a relatively quick draw. David agreed a draw in an extremely complicated position where neither player could work out what to do. Ray had another quick win. Gerry is adjourned in an ending with the advantage of 2 bishops v bishop and knight plus a better pawn structure. Oliver won when his opponent blundered after 3.5 hours play. Alan is adjourned 2 pawns down with queens and a pair of rooks left on the board.

Update
The Windebank v Quinn game was drawn. Alan resigned his game.
Current score: Rathmines B 3 Elm Mount 4

Heidenfeld"B" update

Our round 1 "Derby" match ended 4-4. Our round 2 match has still one ongoing adjournment. Round 3 had us playing against Kilkenny. For this match we needed one substitution. With six games played on Saturday 22nd October, we shared the honours with the match standing at 3-3. Game 7 was played on Monday and resulted in an unfortunate loss for us. The match now stands at 4-3 for Kilkenny

Final standing from round 3
Our last game was played by the newest member to the team, Ray Hearty, who is back after spell away from the club. Playing on board 5 the game finished in a draw. This leaves the final score from round 3 - Elm Mount"B" 3½ Kilkenny 4½.

Round 2 final result
The last outstanding adjournment from round 2, Bray/Greystones v Elm Mount"B" ended in defeat for Greg. The game did not look promising from the resumption but play lasted 2½ hours anyway. This gives a a final result of Bray/Greystones 3½ Elm Mount"B" 4½.