The second team defeated SC Eschborn 2 by 5.5-2.5 as expected. However, given the fact that Nied went into the match as the clear favourite, its course turned out to be very laborious.
At 7 out of 8 boards, Nied's players were the DWZ favourites and on average Nied's advantage amounted to 220 DWZ - this made the upcoming match appear like a walk in the park. However, our guests put up a strong fight and refused to simply fall over.
Peter ended his game at the top board with a draw in accordance with both players' performance. Georg committed an oversight in an advantageous position and subsequently had to consent to a draw. At the ladies' board, Franzi first won an exchange and later her game, not without her opponent making her demonstrate her technique in delivering mate with queen and rook. Michael invaded his opponent's position with queen and rook and forced his opponent to resign. Naren and Manfred contributed full points as well, making it five and thus securing victory for the team. Dražen had misplayed a promising position and had to lay down his arms. Finally, Walter agreed to a draw after having a clear win during the middlegame and found himself a pawn up in an endgame that could not be won.
At the close, a 5½-2½ victory could be accounted for, which keeps the second team in contention for a promotion spot. The next round now brings an away match the undefeated first rank holders from Kelkheim. There, a more efficient performance is definitely neccessary to prevail.
| Bezirksklasse A - Round 5 - 26.01.2020 | Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SC 1961 König Nied 2 | - | SC 1974 Eschborn 2 | 5.5 : 2.5 | |||||||
| Board | Name | No. | DWZ | ELO | Name | No. | DWZ | ELO | ||
| 1 | Peter Bittner | 1 | 1796 | 1862 | - | Alexander Buss | 2 | 1714 | 1770 | 0.5 : 0.5 |
| 2 | Michael Dehl | 2 | 2038 | 2110 | - | Uwe Mauersberger | 3 | 1656 | 1756 | 1.0 : 0.0 |
| 3 | Walter Gräbner | 3 | 1920 | 2034 | - | Björn Sigurd Klowski | 4 | 1631 | 1641 | 0.5 : 0.5 |
| 4 | Franziska Prüfert | 4 | 1658 | 1743 | - | Frieda von Beckh | 5 | 1606 | 1513 | 1.0 : 0.0 |
| 5 | Georg Arnold | 6 | 1563 | - | Anton Pyshny | 6 | 1588 | 1670 | 0.5 : 0.5 | |
| 6 | Dražen Klikić | 7 | 1427 | 1504 | - | Armin Rupp | 7 | 1413 | 1555 | 0.0 : 1.0 |
| 7 | Naren Kumar | E | 1767 | - | Karlheinz Korn | E | 1248 | 1.0 : 0.0 | ||
| 8 | Manfred Neumann | E | 1724 | - | Anthony Sami | E | 1228 | 1.0 : 0.0 | ||
| Rank | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | TP | BP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sfr. 1932 Kelkheim 2 | XX | 4.5 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 10 | 26.5 | ||||
| 2 | SC 1961 König Nied 2 | XX | 4.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 7.0 | 8 | 25.5 | ||||
| 3 | SVG 1932 Eppstein 2 | 4.0 | XX | 3.0 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 7 | 24.5 | ||||
| 4 | SV 1920 Kelsterbach 2 | 3.5 | 5.0 | XX | 6.0 | 2.5 | 6.0 | 6 | 23.0 | ||||
| 5 | Sfr. Taunus | 3.0 | 4.0 | 2.5 | XX | 6.0 | 5.0 | 5 | 20.5 | ||||
| 6 | SV 1929 Raunheim 2 | 2.5 | 2.0 | XX | 2.5 | 6.0 | 5.5 | 4 | 18.5 | ||||
| 7 | SC 1979 Hattersheim 2 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 5.5 | XX | 5.0 | 4 | 18.0 | ||||
| 8 | Sfr. Hochheim | 3.0 | 2.0 | 5.5 | 2.0 | XX | 4.0 | 3 | 16.5 | ||||
| 9 | SC 1974 Eschborn 2 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.0 | XX | 4.5 | 2 | 14.5 | ||||
| 10 | SC Frankfurt-West 2 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 3.5 | XX | 1 | 12.5 |
