15-07-2014, 04:22 PM
Round 3
Scotland 1.5 - 2.5 Rositsan ir Maccabi Lithuania
My IM opponent made short work of beating me, but the other three games were not without interest. Alastair D's opponent was over-confident and overestimated his chances in a very sharp line: it was agreed a draw in a position where we certainly weren't worse - in fact Alastair might have done even better if he had found all the moves analysed later over the board. Steve had the better of a rook ending; however he allowed his opponent too much acivity and had to settle for another draw.
Meanwhile on board 1 the complications started around move 2 and it was a complete mess from start to finish. David looked to be in some trouble but somehow managed to hang on. Eventually it was agreed drawn, still with a scary position on the board.
A narrow defeat but against the 6th seeds it wasn't too bad a result.
Scotland 1.5 - 2.5 Rositsan ir Maccabi Lithuania
My IM opponent made short work of beating me, but the other three games were not without interest. Alastair D's opponent was over-confident and overestimated his chances in a very sharp line: it was agreed a draw in a position where we certainly weren't worse - in fact Alastair might have done even better if he had found all the moves analysed later over the board. Steve had the better of a rook ending; however he allowed his opponent too much acivity and had to settle for another draw.
Meanwhile on board 1 the complications started around move 2 and it was a complete mess from start to finish. David looked to be in some trouble but somehow managed to hang on. Eventually it was agreed drawn, still with a scary position on the board.
A narrow defeat but against the 6th seeds it wasn't too bad a result.