Fylde Individual Championship
This part of the bulletin was provided by John Cooper.
Second round results:-
Steve Lamb (1) 0
John Cooper (1) 1
Oleg Cukovs (1) 0
David Andrews (1) 1
Doug Williams (1) 1 George
Ellison (0.5) 0
Michael Parker(0.5)1 Phil Raynor
(0) 0
Pat Coleman (0) 0
Leo Ainsworth (0) 1
Dennis Davies (0) 1 Les
Hughes (0) 0
No draws this round, which is quite unusual. The big
surprise, for most of us, will be David Andrews' win with Black against our
reigning champion, Oleg Cukovs. Evidently David's Yorkshire grade is more
accurate than his current BCF grading (126).
David shares the lead with me, after an
uncharacteristic blunder by Steve Lamb, and Doug Williams whose recent form
has been tremendous. Following his recent victory against Oleg in a league
match, Doug has now beaten Poulton's other star player George Ellison. George,
who had a fine result at the recent Preston Congress, is sure to come bouncing back.
The other 3 games followed the form-book. Pat Coleman's
bishop was trapped by the in-form Leo Ainsworth and Pat was unable to
hold Leo after that. Les Hughes showed stern resistance to Dennis Davies in a
game lasting 54 moves and I thank Les for sending me the score of his game. I
heard that the inclusion of a recent game on the league website has produced
many "hits"; so if you think have had an interesting game send me a
copy of the score so that it may be considered for publication on the website.
The draw for the Third round, which is to be
completed by 10 February, is as follows:-
WHITE
BLACK
David Andrews (2)
Doug Williams (2)
John Cooper (2)
Michael Parker (1.5)
Oleg Cukovs (1)
Dennis Davies (1)
Leo Ainsworth (1)
Steve Lamb (1)
George Ellison (0.5)
Pat Coleman (0)
Phil Raynor (0) Les
Hughes (0)
Div B
Lytham Ex 2 v Poulton 1 3-1
At the halfway stage, Lytham Ex 2 took a two point lead at
the head of the table with a convincing win over last season's champions,
Poulton 1. Lytham's top boards excelled by winning both their games even
though they were outgraded in both cases. Doug Williams beat Oleg Cukovs
and Leo Ainsworth beat George Ellison. Lynn Morrison, outgraded by Simon
Rogers, also won to give Lytham Ex 2 the full points.
Div C
Preston 3 v Lytham Ex 5 3-1
Preston 3 are running riot in Division C having won all
their first five matches.
Poulton 2 v Bispham 2½-1½
Poulton 2 stay in contention with Preston as a result of
this win over Bispham. For Bispham, Blaine McGrady is still unbeaten after
four outings. For Poulton, 13 year old James McConnachie has won his last
four games. Dave Hartley has also been playing solidly with two wins and
three draws out of his six games.
| Div B |
|
|
|
| Lytham Ex 2 |
|
|
Poulton 1 |
| D. J. Williams |
1 |
0 |
O. Cukovs |
| L. Ainsworth |
1 |
0 |
D. G. Ellison |
| L. Morrison |
1 |
0 |
S. Rogers |
| M. Wood |
0 |
1 |
K. Gorman |
|
3 |
1 |
|
| Div C |
|
|
|
| Preston 3 |
|
|
Lytham Ex 5 |
| G. Pennington |
1 |
0 |
S. Willder |
| D. Ramsay |
0 |
1 |
R. Lord |
| K. Quinn |
1 |
0 |
A. Burdon |
| D. Skidmore |
1 |
0 |
G. Robinson |
|
3 |
1 |
|
| Poulton 2 |
|
|
Bispham |
| G. Ball |
½ |
½ |
B. McGrady |
| D. Hartley |
½ |
½ |
P. Saxon |
| C. McConnachie |
½ |
½ |
R. Broxson |
| J. McConnachie |
1 |
0 |
N. Thompson |
|
3½ |
1½ |
|