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Established 1947 - Middlesex League Champions 2009-2010 - City of London Rapidplay League Champions 2009

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Enfield 1 v Hendon 2 - 17 November 2009

Bd Enfield 1 Grade Result Hendon 2 Grade
1 Thethi, Pritpal S 180 ½ - ½ Bennett, Michael K 170
2 Rughwani, Neil R 164 0 - 1 Rogers, Tim E 157
3 Capes, Ian 158 1 - 0 Iwi, David 162
4 Gore, Alan D 156 0 - 1 Pepe, Salvatore 159
5 Capes, John S 146 ½ - ½ Limonov, Petr 144
6 Kyriacou, Kyriacos 145 1 - 0 Rogal, Chris 143
7 Porter, William S 140 ½ - ½ Pattni, Kishan 139
8 McNish, David 136 ½ - ½ Lennard, Graeme 120
  4-4  

Mini-report by Adam Raoof

Enfield’s line-up looked pretty strong, and some concerns were expressed at the outset as to whether we could get the full point from this fixture. As non-playing captain I looked at all the boards and reckoned we had an advantage on several. Solid draws on a couple of well-matched boards soon followed.

The match was in the balance when Chris Rogal had the win all but written up on the scoresheet. Then he inexplicably blundered a rook, with check, and went down soon after.

Tim Rogers was the new star of the second team – he made his own way to the venue, arrived 15 minutes late, played into an endgame with about five minutes on the clock and squeezed a win out of a complex pawn advantage to draw the match. Go Tiger Tim!

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