Dragons 2 Lose at Home to Edinburgh 3
On a night of missed opportunities Dragons 2 narrowly lost 3½-2½ to a weaker (on grades) Edinburgh 3 team.
| Wandering Dragons 2 | 2½‑3½ | Edinburgh 3 |
|---|---|---|
| O`Neil, Jim (1824) | ½‑½ | Archibald, David(1822) |
| Carter, Richard (1796) | 1‑0 | Smith, John (1743) |
| Monaghan, Mark (1739) | ½‑½ | Hutchison, Colin (1698) |
| Konarski, Jannic (1725) | 0‑1 | Aitchison, Keith (1681) |
| Brownlee, Ian (1676) | 0‑1 | McGregor, Lindsay (1659) |
| Walkowiak, Adam (1563) | ½‑½ | McConnell, Ivor (1370) |
The misses started at the top where Jim failed to convert a won position and had to settle with a draw. Jannic (on the left of the picture) created great winning chances and also failed to convert, losing out eventually. Mark M ended up in a drawing same coloured bishops ending with Mark's King forward and active. Mark brilliantly won a pawn and it looked like he could force a win. But his opponent held on, came up with a tactic that got the pawn back and it was drawn, despite Mark trying to use his active King to make a break through.
Ian had a bad night, suffering from an opening error which he never recovered.
Richard Carter (see picture on the left) had a nice win on 2 and Adam (on the left of the picture on the right) played his "get out of jail free" card and swindled a draw from a totally lost position by getting his queen into a perpetual check position, a piece and rook down facing mate in 1.
Overall the team played well but did not put the points on the board.