Sunday, 17 January 2016

Inverclyde Top Glasgow League Division 2

Inverclyde soared to the top of Division 2 of the Glasgow Chess League with a pair of emphatic victories.

The first match was away to East Kilbride A, a team which had been relegated from Division One alongside Inverclyde and were expected to be one of the main challengers for the the Divison 2 Title. Inverclyde had a grading advantage on each board, but the differences were no so large as to make any of the games uncompetitive.

A comfortable win for Stephen Hilton gave Inverclyde an excellent start, which they quickly followed up with David Logue taking advantage of his opponent's mistake in a wild French Defence to give Inverclyde a 2-0 lead. From there further wins for Jim Montgomery, Kevin MacDonald and John Calder and a draw from Stephen Doherty gave Inverclyde a surprisingly comfortable victory.

Inverclyde's next game was at home versus Phones B. On this occasion they held large grading advantages on every board and were therefore strong favourites. They were able to live up to this status with four wins and two draws, winning 5-1.

These results give Inverclyde a 100% record so far in Division 2, with four wins out of four. With two teams to be promoted, Inverclyde have given themselves an excellent chance of bouncing back from relegation at the first attempt.

Full Results:

Bd Grade East Kilbride A (3) vs (8) Inverclyde Grade Comments
1 1870 Koehn, Lennart   0  -  1 Montgomery, Jim  2178 Away Win 
2 1840 Jelfs, Alan  0  -  1 McDonald, Kevin  1982 Away Win 
3 1807 Dunlop, Anthony  0  -  1 Calder, John  1902 Away Win 
4 1788 Dobbie, Graham M  0  -  1 Hilton, Steve H  1796 Away Win 
5 1660 McDonald, Duncan  ½  -  ½ Doherty, Stephen  1695 Draw 
6 1581 Brisbane, Tom  0  -  1 Logue, David  1684 Away Win 
  ½ -  


Bd Grade Inverclyde (8) vs (9) Phones B Grade Comments
1 2178 Montgomery, Jim  1  -  0 Findlay, James  1692 Home Win 
2 1982 McDonald, Kevin  1  -  0 Skettos, Nicolas  1562 Home Win 
3 1902 Calder, John  ½  -  ½ Paterson, Colin C  1505 Draw 
4 1796 Hilton, Steve H  1  -  0 Barroso, Agustin  0 Home Win 
5 1695 Doherty, Stephen  ½  -  ½ Ostrowski, Przemek  0 Draw 
6 1684 Logue, David  1  -  0 Galbraith, Allon  1199 Home Win 
  5 - 1