2009 November

The Club played its first Stevenson Cup match and secured a very well-earned victory. Although outgraded on four of the six boards, the players all performed well. First to finish was captain Phil, who fought off some early pressure from his opponent to go a piece up and secure the full point. Poor old Richard was thrown in at the deep end due to the unavailability of our top two boards, but he put up a good fight against his highly graded opponent. Tom reinstated our lead with a fine win, but Thomas, who has been out of action for some time, could not stop Snodland again drawing level. It was down to Mick, who won with a powerful seventh-rank pawn threat, and Steve, with a devastating attack of queen and bishops, to give us the victories which settled the match in our favour.