Muswell Hill 1 (3-3) Kings Head 1

[simon wilks]

The kids are alright.

The first team earnt a hard fough draw with a strong Kings Head team. First to finish were our two debutants: Stanley drew quickly with their substitute who outgraded him by 600 points, this was then followed by Nishchal impressively converting a pawn advantage in a Catalan ending. 

At this point, the last four matches went to the wire, with Muswell Hill looking on the worser end. Alecos succumbed to a classic Birds opening (1.f4) against Richard Mcmichael and I followed by blundering a rook sac that either mated or won my queen. 

However, Frankie managed to turn the tide in time trouble, his queen collecting white's loose pieces. Dan managed to hold a rook ending 2 pawns down when black places himself in a positional twist, allowing a sort of fortress where black can not keep both pawns to progress. 

The result leaves Muswell Hill on 3.5/5 and in a strong position for first spot. Next match is away to Hammersmith on Tuesday 15th March.

All the best,

Simon

MH 1				Kings Head 1
Simon Wilks (B)	2200	0-1	2264	Feliks J Kwiatkowski
Dan Hall	2094	0.5-0.5	2265	David Okike
Alecos Ethelontis	2134	0-1	2261	Richard McMichael
Nishchal Thatte	2042	1-0	2081	Steven Cole
Frankie Badacsonyi	1927	1-0	2077	Simon Randall
Stanley Badacsonyi	1460	0.5-0.5	2060	conor  O'Shaughnessy (sub)