Finchley Cup 2019-20

Finchley Cup Rapidplay

Knockout 2019-20

The Finchley Cup is a knock-out competition played over a minimum of four boards.
Each match shall be played over two rounds, with the second round reversing the colours.
The rate of play for each game is all moves in thirty minutes.

Day	Date	Venue	0pponents	Result
Thu	26-Sep-19	Away	Wanstead V	W 4½-3½
Mon	4-Nov-19	Away	Chingford II	L 3-5

Preliminary round

Wanstead House Thu 26^th Sep 2019

	Wanstead V			R1		R2	Loughton
1	Siddo, Charlton	134r	(B,W)	0-1		0-1	Faulkner, David J	154r	(W,B)
2	Swales, Andrew	133s		0-1		1-0	van Tol, Martin	151r
3	Collyer, Alex	131r		1-0		1-0	Kershaw, Graham J	146r
4	Harte, Ben	125r		½-½		0-1	Moth, Simon C	142r
				1½-2½		2-2
					3½-4½

Defending cup holders Loughton edged through to the quarter finals of the Finchley Cup in a nervy tie against an unexpectedly strong Wanstead 5^th team.

The first round of games ended with Loughton slightly on top, 2½-1½

Graham succumbed to an attack from his opponent who arrived late and then started playing very quickly.
Simon reached an opposite coloured bishops ending that was dead drawn following an unusual opening.
Martin sacrificed the exchange and won with a fierce attack.
Dave ground down his opponent with constant pressure that resulted in a critical mistake.

The second round was particularly exciting …..

It was not Graham’s night as he again lost quickly.
Simon blundered his d4 pawn in the French defence, but made a comeback in the middle game with an excellent combination to win rook for queen and eventually the game.
Martin was overconfident in his second game (his own words!) and was soon lost.

This left the match tied at 3½-3½ with Dave’s game remaining. However a draw would mean Wanstead V going through on bottom board elimination tiebreak.

Dave realised this and ground out an excellent win from a drawish looking endgame. It was a very tense finish for the spectators. Dave was definitely the man of the match!

Quarter Final

RBL Chingford Mon 4^th Nov 2019

	Chingford II			R1		R2	Loughton
1	Brady, David A	162r	(W,B)	1-0		½-½	Bowmer, Kevin	183r	(B,W)
2	Rose, Peter W	152r		1-0		½-½	van Tol, Martin	147s
3	Oakley, Robin J	145r		½-½		½-½	Moth, Simon C	142r
4	Spear, Brian J	135r		0-1		1-0	Groce, Ken	123r
				2½-1½		2½-1½
					5-3

Grade qualifier r = Rapid play s = Standard play

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