Saturday 11 February 2012

Junior Club - 2012 competition round 2

Round 2 of the competition was played with slightly fewer juniors present.  There were seven at the club, so the draw was made:

AJ(3) V Dylan(3)
Harry(3) V Joe(3)
Tom(1) V Caroline(1)
James(1) Bye

Board two was the first to finish with Joe overpowering Harry.  Harry won his first round game, so Joe is definitely the rising star of the club.

Board three finished shortly after Joe's win.  Tom had built a splendid material lead and looked like he was moments away from checkmate.  But Caroline didn't give up and was able to swindle a stalemate, much to Tom's dismay.



Board one was turning into a drama.  A 'helpful' adult pointed out a missed opportunity for AJ.  After quickly being shushed no further comments were made.  But after realising that he had let Dylan off AJ lost his head.  Dylan is a good player even at 6 and AJ soon found himself in trouble.  He looked to checkmate Dylan, but he just didn't have enough material to do so and soon the game started to look quite random.  As the clock struck seven I stopped the game counted the material and declared Dylan the winner.  A real upset.

Right the cute but deadly Dylan.







So after two rounds the standings are:-


Name
Round 1
Round 2
Score
5
Dylan
W,6      3
B,1          3
6
3
Joe
B,9       3
B,4         3
6
1
AJ
B,8      3
W,5       1
4
4
Harry
B,10     3
W,3        1
4
9
James
W,3     1
Bye        3
4
2
Aidan
W,7     3
X
3
6
Tom
B,5      1 
W,8         2
3
11
Nicola
Bye     3
X
3
8
Caroline
W,1     1
B,6          2
3
10
Jamie
W,4     1
X
1
7
Leia
B,2      1
X
1

Round boxes show Colour, Opponent and score gained.

3 = win, 2 = Draw, 1 = loss.  X = No show 

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