The ratings don't lie
In chess as in life, a rating advantage makes you favourite to win. It doesn't always happen but tonight in did, in the Border League Division 1 match between Farnham A and Guildford A. The Guildford team held a rating advantage of just over 100 points a board on average. Wins for Gwilym Price, Nigel Povah, James Toon and Seb Galer, and a draw for Alan Punnett.
The web manager defended the Queen's Gambit Declined on board 4 and reached an interesting ending with two rooks vs a queen and equal pawns. In these positions who is better tends to depend on king safety and the pawn structure. Tonight the two rooks were stronger, and the web manager was able to trade off both rooks for a queen and pawn, leaving him a pawn up in a king and pawn ending. This required some care but looked to be always winning.
The web manager defended the Queen's Gambit Declined on board 4 and reached an interesting ending with two rooks vs a queen and equal pawns. In these positions who is better tends to depend on king safety and the pawn structure. Tonight the two rooks were stronger, and the web manager was able to trade off both rooks for a queen and pawn, leaving him a pawn up in a king and pawn ending. This required some care but looked to be always winning.