They say that nothing lasts forever… but, boy, let’s celebrate it while it lasts!
Crewe G is in pole position!
I know, I know. It will change as soon as the other teams complete their game, but still, our position doesn’t look bad at all.
Last week we’ve beaten Holmes Chapel B. Yes, you read correctly: the same Holmes Chapel B that won every single game of the season… until last week. Their combined rating was 600 points higher than ours and yet we delivered a surprisingly solid victory. And the most surprised of all was me, managing (God knows how) to beat an opponent rating 1600 with my 1350!
I was runnig out of time and ideas, then I remembered reading somewhere that Bobby Fischer sacrificed a rook and another major piece to gain positional advantage that led him to victory… so I thought “if it worked for him there was no reason why it shouldn’t work for me”. How very humble of me… but it did work beautifully indeed: I gave away my rook but I could use my bishops to pin all other pieces like a voodoo doll. You can see the game here.
Tonight we played against Gables A and delivered another victory. Thanks to Nev, who took all their fire power on himself in board 1, leaving the rest of us with manageable opponents. In our previous game against them, we lost 21/2 – 11/2 and today the match had the very same score, but this time we were the winning team. Do they call it Karma?