Away against a potentially strong Muswell Hill side, and despite having a couple of regular team members missing, our first team managed to win the match 7½-½. New team members Paul du Buf, Isaac Sanders and Tim Rogers recorded their first wins for the team.
| Muswell Hill | Muswell Hill | Hendon 1 | Hendon 1 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Costeloe, C Andrew AJ (sub) | 137 | 0 - 1 | Cherniaev, Alexander | 226 | ||
| 2 | Thomas, Joseff | 196 | 0 - 1 | Mures, Cristian | 199 | ||
| 3 | Gavriel, Tryfon C | 188 | 0 - 1 | Eden, Tomer | 195 | ||
| 4 | Makepeace, Philip J | 183 | 0 - 1 | Raoof, Adam N | 185 | ||
| 5 | Villiers, Thomas | 164 | ½ - ½ | Ellis, Daniel | 179 | ||
| 6 | Jenkins, Graeme | 160 | 0 - 1 | du Buf, Paul | - | ||
| 7 | Peet, Tom G | 147 | 0 - 1 | Sanders, Isaac B | 159 | ||
| 8 | Ransome, Wilson | 143 | 0 - 1 | Rogers, Tim E | 157 | ||
| ½ - 7½ | |||||||
Mini-Report by Mike Bennett and Adam Raoof
Away against a potentially strong Muswell Hill side, and despite having a couple of regular team members missing, our first team managed to win the match 7½-½. New team members Paul du Buf, Isaac Sanders and Tim Rogers recorded their first wins for the team. (MB)
Some concern was expressed by our opponents that the presence of a grandmaster on board one indicated that we were taking the match (too?) seriously. When our top board’s opponent failed to show for the second year running your captain did not demure, and Alex faithfully dispatched his substitute / victim in short order – last to start his game and first to finish!
I won a piece very quickly but then took the rest of the evening to convert the full point.