Avengers 2 Brush Aside Gonzaga C

In R6, the Avengers 2nd team cruised to an easy 3.5-0.5 victory against an uncompetitive Gonzaga C.

		Anglian Avengers 2	2037		Gonzaga C-ing is Believing		1931
211	w	Player, Edmund C	2172	½ – ½	Carroll, Peter	c	2009
212	b	White, Russell P	2117 c	1 – 0	Casey, Eoghan		1954
213	w	Bui, Kyan	2057 e	1 – 0	Cullen, Ben		1894
214	b	Kerr, Rowland	1802 c	1 – 0	Moran, Darragh		1868

				3½ – ½

Darragh Moran gifted a piece to Rowland on move 24, but made the best of a bad job by creating a menacing pair of connected passed-pawns. This, however, was never likely to prove sufficient against Rowland’s robust technique.

Ben Cullen doubtless hoped to contain Kyan’s ambitions with a locked pawn-structure in a Caro-Kann Advance Variation, but was unable to prevent Kyan’s eventual break-through on the queen-side for a comfortable win.

Eoghan Casey grabbed Russell’s h-pawn, but castled queen-side into a devastating attack. Nice finish Russell!

Ed played it safe against Peter Carroll’s Modern Defence, and was rewarded with a modest but durable advantage. Possibly missing a technical win in a R+2P v R+P endgame, Ed reluctantly conceded a consolation draw on move 55.

After a second consecutive thumping win, this result takes Avengers 2 to third place in Division 2 / Group A.

See: 4NCL Online: Division 2 Tables

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