Colchester B drew and won their last two matches to finish the season unbeaten and finish in 1st place in NECL Division 2, improving on their 2nd place last season. They were 5 points clear at the top of the table (from Clacton A, Chelmsford B and Baddow B), this was a larger margin than that achieved by the A team in this division last season.
The team's final match was a 3-1 win against Chelmsford B. Felix won the exchange after the opening (an open Sicilian), but an inaccurate move and his opponent's strong bishop resulted in a draw by repetition. Mike held onto the gambit pawn in the Milner-Barry variation of the French Defence, he won a further pawn and was comfortably winning from then on. Mark got a strong position after the opening and converted this into an extra pawn. However, this wasn't quite enough to force the win in a rook and minor piece endgame. Nathan comfortably equalised as Black but then blundered a pawn when trying to open the game up. As pieces came off it looked like an outside chance of a draw at best, until his opponent blundered twice as time started to run out - once to a completely level endgame (it would have been knight and 3 isolated pawns against a rook with no way of stopping the rook being exchanged for the three pawns) and then into a mate-in-one.
| Date: Apr-2016 | ||||||
| NECL Division 2 | ||||||
| Brd | Col | CHELMSFORD B | Result | COLCHESTER B | Col | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | w | David Chandler (177) | 0 | 1 | Nathan Barnes (146) | b |
| 2 | b | Elliot Cocks (159) | ½ | ½ | Felix Schnell (167) | w |
| 3 | w | Ed Porter (147) | 0 | 1 | Mike Wagstaff (148) | b |
| 4 | b | Peter Brander (125) | ½ | ½ | Mark Johnson (104) | w |
| (avg=152) | 1 | 3 | (avg=141) | |||
Ten matches were played by the B team, with seven wins and a draw (against Clacton A) in the league; a win and a defeat in the knockout (against two division 1 teams). The player statistics (by board) are:
| Board 1 (Total 8/10) | |
|---|---|
| Svein Kjenner | 2/2 |
| Norbert Voelker | 2/2 |
| Nathan Barnes | 1.5/2 |
| Felix Schnell | 2/3 |
| Mike Wagstaff | 0.5/1 |
| Board 2 (Total 8.5/10) | |
|---|---|
| Svein Kjenner | 3/3 |
| Norbert Voelker | 3/3 |
| Felix Schnell | 2/3 |
| Clive Bellinger | 0.5/1 |
| Board 3 (Total 7/10) | |
|---|---|
| Norbert Voelker | 2/2 |
| Nathan Barnes | 1/1 |
| Clive Bellinger | 1.5/2 |
| Mike Wagstaff | 2/3 |
| Phil Daley | 0.5/1 |
| Svein Kjenner | 0/1 |
| Board 4 (Total 5.5/10) | |
|---|---|
| Norbert Voelker | 1/1 |
| Martin Harris | 1.5/2 |
| Mike Wagstaff | 2/3 |
| Clive Bellinger | 0.5/1 |
| Mark Johnson | 0.5/1 |
| Nathan Barnes | 0/1 |
| Brian Remmer | 0/1 |
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