19-07-2014, 12:51 PM
Round 7:
Scotland 1 – 3 Moldova
We were always going to be up against it today, against 3 IMs and an FM and no titles of any kind on our side. And yet we were not without our chances. Steve battled away in a King’s Indian with no success, and I had a decent game – at one point I had a forced draw, but didn’t see it and eventually got ground down in a rook ending with level material but an inferior pawn structure.
To Alastair D’s credit, he tried hard to win against his IM opponent but coldn’t break through – still a draw was a decent result under the circumstances. David found himself in an ending again – in fact he was two pawns to the good but his IM opponent showed how to draw it with good technique.
So we had to content ourselves with a couple of draws – hopefully we will get an easier match tomorrow.
Scotland 1 – 3 Moldova
We were always going to be up against it today, against 3 IMs and an FM and no titles of any kind on our side. And yet we were not without our chances. Steve battled away in a King’s Indian with no success, and I had a decent game – at one point I had a forced draw, but didn’t see it and eventually got ground down in a rook ending with level material but an inferior pawn structure.
To Alastair D’s credit, he tried hard to win against his IM opponent but coldn’t break through – still a draw was a decent result under the circumstances. David found himself in an ending again – in fact he was two pawns to the good but his IM opponent showed how to draw it with good technique.
So we had to content ourselves with a couple of draws – hopefully we will get an easier match tomorrow.