BDCL Div 2 Individual Final – Dave Wightman (165) vs David Gardiner (155)
Dave Wightman met David Gardiner in the final of
the Birmingham League Division 2 Individual competition at South
Birmingham. Winning the toss, Dave Wightman chose the white pieces, but
was unable to gain any advantage out of the opening.
A tactical game led to few openings, but black slowly gained a space
advantage by virtue of incremental pawn advances. When the break came,
with the opening of the d and then h files, black was able to make a
well timed queenside castle to get the king to
safety, while white was left with a king trapped in a rapidly opening
centre. Black sacrificed a knight to pull the white king forwards and
into a mating net from which there was no escape. So, congratulations
to David Gardiner for a well executed game,
well played.
By Dave Wightman
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