When two teams from the same club play each other, there is always the opportunity for the lower team to cause an upset. Last season the C team inflicted a particularly painful defeat on the B team.
On Tuesday (19/11/24) the C and D teams faced each other. However, the two teams have been formed to be of roughly level strength this year - as such the match was potentially quite balanced.
I will lets Sam (the D team captain) take up the story:
“With the scores tied at 1 each, Alan was heading for a draw and I was winning against Shourya being 3 pawns up. A victory for Derby D against their own club team Derby C was looking like the most probable outcome . Then a momentary loss of concentration by myself, resulted in a King fork and the game was lost. Chess can be so frustrating!”
So the C team scraped the narrowest of victories!
| Derby C | 2½ - 1½ | Derby D | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marshall, Stuart | 1709 | ½ - ½ | Kennedy, Alan | 1662 |
| 2 | Cockburn, Andre | 1533 | 0 - 1 | Sands, Garry | 1555 |
| 3 | Eaga, Shourya | 1532 | 1 - 0 | Samra, Mohinderpal | 1362 |
| 4 | Weighill, Carl | 1761 | 1 - 0 | O'Donovan, Tony | 1340 |
Sam (& Kevin)