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 |
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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 | - | 5½ |
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 |