Inverclyde Central suffered a heavy defeat in their fifth league match against one of the favourites for the glasgow league title , Bearsden A.
The Dunbartonshire side were heavy favourites going into this fixture and with Inverclyde being considerably under strength this was always going to be a big ask from the Greenock club . In fact Bearsden out graded their opponents by an average 230 grade points , a huge advantage.
Inverclyde suffered an early defeat with Ian Nelson losing the first game of the night to a talented young player .
Unlucky defeats soon followed for team captain Jim Mc Granaghan and Stephen Hilton . New player Andy Curran had his experienced opponent on the ropes with a brave piece sacrifice , however his wily opponent hung on and managed to win the game .
This was followed by the first result of the night , a lucky draw for Marc Sheridan who was two pawns down and heading for defeat when his opponent blundered and allowed Sheridan to stage a comeback .
Further unlucky defeats followed for John Calder and Stephen Doherty .
However the result of the evening came last with Kevin Mc Donald managing a superb draw against a young up and coming International Master . This is following several excellent results against titled players for Mc Donald in the last couple of seasons.
Below is a full list of results.
1 2444 Greet, Andrew (IM) ½ - ½ McDonald, Kevin 2102
2 2005 Webb, Jeff R L 1 - 0 Calder, John 1846
3 1992 Wiltshire, Richard 1 - 0 Hilton, Steve H 1847
4 1951 MacGregor, Ian R 1 - 0 Nelson, Ian 1730
5 1964 Dyer, Michael T 1 - 0 Doherty, Stephen 1737
6 1826 Batchelor, Francis 1 - 0 McGranaghan, James 1662
7 1688 Burt, J Mel ½ - ½ Sheridan, Marc 1315
8 1657 Borland, Thomas E 1 - 0 Curran, Andrew D 1400
