Following our brave but ultimately unsuccessful struggle against Cardigan in our first match in the new Dyfed Online League, Aberystwyth were looking for our first win against Steynton B on Tuesday 17th November. Adam Watkin-Jones played actively against Paul Orton on the Black side of a Ruy Lopez, and won material, but then White counterattacked and had chances of his own, as both players overlooked the capture of a rook, after which a counter-counter-attack ended things quickly: one of those games, perhaps, where the lower-rated player didn't really expect to win, and lost out as a result. I developed quietly against Jonathan Jones's Scandinavian and had a comfortable position when he tried a speculative pawn sacrifice. There was nothing there for Black in view of White's central control and good development, and he threw away too much material in an attempt to create tactical possibilities. Tom Gunn dominated the board when Keith Briggs played passively in a London system. White's attempt to find kingside counterplay led to nothing, and the capture of his problem bishop ended the game. Sam Holman, playing White in a Ruy Lopez, won the exchange against Gwyn Jones and was better for most of the game, but it's often difficult finishing in such circumstances, and Black belatedly got his two knights working together for a tactical coup. A 3-1 win for Aber, but with some adventures along the way.
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